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"I have an idea for a blog post, I'll just quickly sketch what I'm thinking" <- this is a trap, do not fall for it!
(got sucked into a fugue state, and now here I am, 4 hours later, wondering why there's so much other stuff I still need to get done today...)
(got sucked into a fugue state, and now here I am, 4 hours later, wondering why there's so much other stuff I still need to get done today...)
January 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM
"I have an idea for a blog post, I'll just quickly sketch what I'm thinking" <- this is a trap, do not fall for it!
(got sucked into a fugue state, and now here I am, 4 hours later, wondering why there's so much other stuff I still need to get done today...)
(got sucked into a fugue state, and now here I am, 4 hours later, wondering why there's so much other stuff I still need to get done today...)
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oh fuck it, free to read www.patreon.com/posts/alrigh...
January 10, 2026 at 12:32 AM
oh fuck it, free to read www.patreon.com/posts/alrigh...
saw a lil robin yesterday
January 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
saw a lil robin yesterday
TIL that the guy who runs the NYT today is actually the great-grandson of the guy who ran it during WWII, where their stance was basically: "reporting on the holocaust would make us look biased"
January 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
TIL that the guy who runs the NYT today is actually the great-grandson of the guy who ran it during WWII, where their stance was basically: "reporting on the holocaust would make us look biased"
went out and took some more photos
honestly love the story that these two tell - that the scales of Justice only look balanced when it's not looking at you
honestly love the story that these two tell - that the scales of Justice only look balanced when it's not looking at you
December 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
went out and took some more photos
honestly love the story that these two tell - that the scales of Justice only look balanced when it's not looking at you
honestly love the story that these two tell - that the scales of Justice only look balanced when it's not looking at you
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Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.
finally got around to reading this paper: doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
beyond just the conclusions (which are really interesting!), it's really cool to see the care that was taken to establish that the authors weren't measuring a different effect that could lead to the same results
beyond just the conclusions (which are really interesting!), it's really cool to see the care that was taken to establish that the authors weren't measuring a different effect that could lead to the same results
The social media discourse of engaged partisans is toxic even when politics are irrelevant
Abstract. Prevailing theories of partisan incivility on social media suggest that it derives from disagreement about political issues or from status compet
doi.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
finally got around to reading this paper: doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
beyond just the conclusions (which are really interesting!), it's really cool to see the care that was taken to establish that the authors weren't measuring a different effect that could lead to the same results
beyond just the conclusions (which are really interesting!), it's really cool to see the care that was taken to establish that the authors weren't measuring a different effect that could lead to the same results
this is a really really good article
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
this is a really really good article
this is such a good piece of writing, really cannot recommend it enough
I wrote much less this year than I've written in the past five, so there's not a whole lot to revisit. This piece, though, I still think is probably the best article I've ever written, even if it was a dumb professional move to write it [free to read] www.patreon.com/posts/empero...
The Emperor’s Luxury SUV Isn’t Good, But He’d Still Kill Us All To Keep It | Victoria Scott
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December 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
this is such a good piece of writing, really cannot recommend it enough
took some pictures in the fog & flooding yesterday
December 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
took some pictures in the fog & flooding yesterday
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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feel like the people who think things need images even if they don't have any good images to illustrate their point, are coterminous with people who think they should say/present/etc things even when they have nothing useful to say
i would like it if there was less stuff that was more worthwhile
i would like it if there was less stuff that was more worthwhile
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
feel like the people who think things need images even if they don't have any good images to illustrate their point, are coterminous with people who think they should say/present/etc things even when they have nothing useful to say
i would like it if there was less stuff that was more worthwhile
i would like it if there was less stuff that was more worthwhile
saw Knives Out 3, really enjoyed it. If you have the chance to see it in theaters, it's well worth it imo
thematic spoilers (rot13): Ernyyl, V'z whfg n fhpxre sbe fgbevrf gung srvag cynlvat pbzcnffvba nf anvirgl orsber rnearfgyl rzoenpvat vg nf gur bayl guvat gung vf gehyl *erny*.
thematic spoilers (rot13): Ernyyl, V'z whfg n fhpxre sbe fgbevrf gung srvag cynlvat pbzcnffvba nf anvirgl orsber rnearfgyl rzoenpvat vg nf gur bayl guvat gung vf gehyl *erny*.
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
saw Knives Out 3, really enjoyed it. If you have the chance to see it in theaters, it's well worth it imo
thematic spoilers (rot13): Ernyyl, V'z whfg n fhpxre sbe fgbevrf gung srvag cynlvat pbzcnffvba nf anvirgl orsber rnearfgyl rzoenpvat vg nf gur bayl guvat gung vf gehyl *erny*.
thematic spoilers (rot13): Ernyyl, V'z whfg n fhpxre sbe fgbevrf gung srvag cynlvat pbzcnffvba nf anvirgl orsber rnearfgyl rzoenpvat vg nf gur bayl guvat gung vf gehyl *erny*.
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The state shouldn’t need to know your gender/sex like, at all
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The state shouldn’t need to know your gender/sex like, at all
visited edinburgh, took some photos 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
visited edinburgh, took some photos 🧵
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Eastern WA (digital)
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Eastern WA (digital)
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A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when your memory fails
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when your memory fails
Went out yesterday to get some "autumn vibes" pictures around town
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Went out yesterday to get some "autumn vibes" pictures around town
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The function of the waffles joke is an in-group signifier. Singal, Graber, and Oppiliappan are showing in-group solidarity; they're all in on a joke. The joke is they have institutional power, and you don't, and they feel contempt for you, that you still want to have opinions about how power's used.
October 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The function of the waffles joke is an in-group signifier. Singal, Graber, and Oppiliappan are showing in-group solidarity; they're all in on a joke. The joke is they have institutional power, and you don't, and they feel contempt for you, that you still want to have opinions about how power's used.
![Screenshot of a web form.
Subject field reads "Is Labour's position on trans rights as horrific as Streeting says?"
Message field (1000 chars max) reads:
"Sir Kier Starmer - I'm a trans person living in [redacted].
Today I was disheartened, but unfortunately not surprised, to see Wes Streeting's comments in online forums stating that transgender people should be barred from all single-sex spaces.
Leaving aside that this is plainly discriminatory; leaving aside that Labour was elected on a promise to do right by the trans community; leaving aside that adopting far-right opinions on social issues concedes that voters should elect far-right leaders and weakens Labour's own electoral prospects -- surely you can see how this accomplishes nothing but violate the basic dignity of the smallest of minority groups? Is that really who we are?
I ask that you take decisive action: Make it clear that Wes Streeting does not speak for Labour by removing him from his position as health secretary, where he has overseen an NHS that deliberately under-funds transgender care to perpetuate systemic harm.
I remain hopeful that a brighter future is possible."
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September 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Believe trans people when we tell you the 'science' behind the Cass Report is as solid as the 'science' behind paracetamol causing autism.
September 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Believe trans people when we tell you the 'science' behind the Cass Report is as solid as the 'science' behind paracetamol causing autism.
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This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
Spent a while lying in a field watching the stars & started feeling the urge to create new mythologies for the night sky.
It's surprising, sometimes, that we really are the same people as those humans thousands of years ago
It's surprising, sometimes, that we really are the same people as those humans thousands of years ago
August 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Spent a while lying in a field watching the stars & started feeling the urge to create new mythologies for the night sky.
It's surprising, sometimes, that we really are the same people as those humans thousands of years ago
It's surprising, sometimes, that we really are the same people as those humans thousands of years ago