Nathaniel Styer
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Opinions are mine. Will play your RPG. Michigan born and educated. New York City is my home.
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I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.
It's pretty much mandatory at work that I appear to be using it, so I've doe a few functional things with it, and it's a moderate time-saver if used right. But nowhere near worth it's stock value, energy cost.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
Then I realize there's a lot of people who simply can't write coherent paragraphs.
September 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.
This is the future Democrats want.
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is the future Democrats want.
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Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
The absolutely dark truth is that the Boy Scouts admitted girls because of falling participation and the fallout from decades of covering up sex abuse on a scale with the Catholic Church.
As a private citizen, Hegseth has been a critic of the Scouts since they admitted girls. Now his beliefs shape the how DOD operates.
"This is an institution the left didn't control. They didn't want to improve it. They wanted to destroy it or dilute it into something that stood for nothing.
"This is an institution the left didn't control. They didn't want to improve it. They wanted to destroy it or dilute it into something that stood for nothing.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The absolutely dark truth is that the Boy Scouts admitted girls because of falling participation and the fallout from decades of covering up sex abuse on a scale with the Catholic Church.
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Current* conditions near Grand Haven, MI:
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Current* conditions near Grand Haven, MI:
This remains #1 on the list weird things about America’s Weirdest Guy (who we made president).
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This remains #1 on the list weird things about America’s Weirdest Guy (who we made president).
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Man I posted this 11 hours ago and I think the story has changed twice more since lmfao.
Now the state dept is contradicting Rubio saying it is the plan and he's walking *that* back and just calling it framework.
No one knows what anyone is doing in this admin lmfao
Now the state dept is contradicting Rubio saying it is the plan and he's walking *that* back and just calling it framework.
No one knows what anyone is doing in this admin lmfao
So let me get this straight...
The story line now is the 28 point peace plan *wasn't* approved? And Witkoff sent it out anyhow?
This admin is so goddamn incompetent lmfao.
The story line now is the 28 point peace plan *wasn't* approved? And Witkoff sent it out anyhow?
This admin is so goddamn incompetent lmfao.
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Man I posted this 11 hours ago and I think the story has changed twice more since lmfao.
Now the state dept is contradicting Rubio saying it is the plan and he's walking *that* back and just calling it framework.
No one knows what anyone is doing in this admin lmfao
Now the state dept is contradicting Rubio saying it is the plan and he's walking *that* back and just calling it framework.
No one knows what anyone is doing in this admin lmfao
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Governor Hochul on Elise Stefanik doubling down on her claims that Mamdani is a “jihadist.”
Video: Kathy Hochul via X (@KathyHochul)
Video: Kathy Hochul via X (@KathyHochul)
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Governor Hochul on Elise Stefanik doubling down on her claims that Mamdani is a “jihadist.”
Video: Kathy Hochul via X (@KathyHochul)
Video: Kathy Hochul via X (@KathyHochul)
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I'm struggling to get my head around this. Two explanations I can think of:
1. This is severe Trump administration incompetence with an incoherent and disjointed White House and State Dept.
2. This is some BS Art of the Deal negotiation tactic to make the actual proposal look comparatively better.
1. This is severe Trump administration incompetence with an incoherent and disjointed White House and State Dept.
2. This is some BS Art of the Deal negotiation tactic to make the actual proposal look comparatively better.
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I'm struggling to get my head around this. Two explanations I can think of:
1. This is severe Trump administration incompetence with an incoherent and disjointed White House and State Dept.
2. This is some BS Art of the Deal negotiation tactic to make the actual proposal look comparatively better.
1. This is severe Trump administration incompetence with an incoherent and disjointed White House and State Dept.
2. This is some BS Art of the Deal negotiation tactic to make the actual proposal look comparatively better.
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The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
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Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.
Oh yeah, that's the stuff.
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Oh yeah, that's the stuff.
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The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
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Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
I feel the same way as I did when the NYC schools chancellor went to congress to defend our schools. He stood up for what he believes in and won over opponents.
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I feel the same way as I did when the NYC schools chancellor went to congress to defend our schools. He stood up for what he believes in and won over opponents.
It helps to have values that you believe in and people believe you believe in those values.
a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It helps to have values that you believe in and people believe you believe in those values.
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"Before I left the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board back in 2022, I created (along with Dan Iwrey and Rob Casimir) what might be the greatest municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived… or at the very least the ONLY municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived."
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November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
"Before I left the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board back in 2022, I created (along with Dan Iwrey and Rob Casimir) what might be the greatest municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived… or at the very least the ONLY municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived."
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*Mortal Kombat voice* Flawless Victory
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
*Mortal Kombat voice* Flawless Victory
This album, Lux by Rosalia, is splendid. Gorgeous voices in 10 different languages doing 6 different genres with a big orchestra.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This album, Lux by Rosalia, is splendid. Gorgeous voices in 10 different languages doing 6 different genres with a big orchestra.
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Politico is calling Mamdani a transplant and if you lived and went to high school in NYC you're not a transplant, even if you weren't born here.
That isn't how this works. Even (most) immigrants are not transplants.
That isn't how this works. Even (most) immigrants are not transplants.
Mr. Mamdani goes to Washington
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s highly anticipated meeting with President Donald Trump is the biggest test yet for the inexperienced 34-year-old democratic socialist who was barely a blip o...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Politico is calling Mamdani a transplant and if you lived and went to high school in NYC you're not a transplant, even if you weren't born here.
That isn't how this works. Even (most) immigrants are not transplants.
That isn't how this works. Even (most) immigrants are not transplants.
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Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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On Vance distancing himself yesterday from Trump's happy talk about the economy. Vance is in touch with reality. He can be briefed on data and listens to business types. If he's talking down expectations, he probably has pretty good reason to think the economy's getting worse.
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
On Vance distancing himself yesterday from Trump's happy talk about the economy. Vance is in touch with reality. He can be briefed on data and listens to business types. If he's talking down expectations, he probably has pretty good reason to think the economy's getting worse.
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It’s crazy to think this is how much they’re lying in a time when EVERYTHING leaves some kind of digital footprint. Like, imagine 1965.
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It’s crazy to think this is how much they’re lying in a time when EVERYTHING leaves some kind of digital footprint. Like, imagine 1965.
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For example, the incident on October 23 where DHS claimed that Bovino was hit in the head with a rock before he deployed tear gas at protestors?
That didn't happen. He fired tear gas and then AFTERWARDS, someone threw a rock. He went back and forth on this under oath, repeatedly changing his story.
That didn't happen. He fired tear gas and then AFTERWARDS, someone threw a rock. He went back and forth on this under oath, repeatedly changing his story.
![Most tellingly, Bovino admitted in his deposition that he lied multiple times about the events that occurred in Little Village that prompted him to throw tear gas at protesters. As discussed further below, Bovino and DHS have represented that a rock hit Bovino in the helmet before he threw tear gas. See Doc. 190-1 at 1; Homeland Security (@DHSgov), X (Oct. 28, 2025 9:56 a.m.), https://x.com/dhsgov/status/1983186057798545573?s=46&t=4rUXTBt_W24m-uWR74DQ5A. Bovino was asked about this during his deposition, which took place over three days. On the first day, Bovino admitted that he was not hit with a rock until after he had deployed tear gas. Doc. 191-3 at 222:24–223:18. Bovino then offered a new justification for his use of chemical munitions, testifying that he only threw tear gas after he “had received a projectile, a rock,” which “almost hit” him. Doc. 191-3 at 222:24–223:18. Despite being presented with video evidence that did not show a rock thrown at him before he launched the first tear gas canister, Bovino nonetheless maintained his testimony throughout the first and second days of his deposition, id. at 225–27; Doc. 237 at 11–17. But on November 4, 2025, the final session of his deposition, Bovino admitted that he was again “mistaken” and that no rock was thrown at him before he deployed the first tear gas canister. Doc. 238 at 9:12–21 (“That white rock was . . . thrown at me, but that was after . . . I deployed less lethal means in chemical munitions.”); id. at 10:20–23 (Q. [Y]ou deployed the canisters, plural, before that black rock came along and you say hit you in the head, correct? A. Yes. Before the rock hit me in the head, yes.”).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreicw7j2w5vcipqh4vr75wu4kdmmqbqdmjkoixscqjjxkpwixh5gxru@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
For example, the incident on October 23 where DHS claimed that Bovino was hit in the head with a rock before he deployed tear gas at protestors?
That didn't happen. He fired tear gas and then AFTERWARDS, someone threw a rock. He went back and forth on this under oath, repeatedly changing his story.
That didn't happen. He fired tear gas and then AFTERWARDS, someone threw a rock. He went back and forth on this under oath, repeatedly changing his story.
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When she gets to Gregory Bovino, she finds him completely uncredible, and says he was evasive or outright lied multiple times across three days of testimony — and not just any falsehoods, he was not telling the truth about multiple things which were all captured on video, making it all very obvious.
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
When she gets to Gregory Bovino, she finds him completely uncredible, and says he was evasive or outright lied multiple times across three days of testimony — and not just any falsehoods, he was not telling the truth about multiple things which were all captured on video, making it all very obvious.