Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
associate editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
local man clearly suffering from economic anxiety
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
local man clearly suffering from economic anxiety
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He’s literally just some guy, that’s the whole point of having a president and not a king. You can tell him to get bent and all he can do is sputter.
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
He’s literally just some guy, that’s the whole point of having a president and not a king. You can tell him to get bent and all he can do is sputter.
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I know words don't mean anything but the secretary in his FFG cancellation message says that he "won't spend a dollar that doesn't go into readiness and our ability to defeat future threats." but like readiness and modernization are opposites, if you're funding one you're not funding the other
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November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I know words don't mean anything but the secretary in his FFG cancellation message says that he "won't spend a dollar that doesn't go into readiness and our ability to defeat future threats." but like readiness and modernization are opposites, if you're funding one you're not funding the other
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If you really want to signal status, do the normal thing and buy a $20 bottle of olive oil, then serve it to your guests with decent wine and homemade hummus and foccacia. Maybe some charcuterie if you can stretch to it.
bring back respectable middle-class financial values (not blowing $100k plus $50k interest on a depreciating asset)
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If you really want to signal status, do the normal thing and buy a $20 bottle of olive oil, then serve it to your guests with decent wine and homemade hummus and foccacia. Maybe some charcuterie if you can stretch to it.
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If I'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle, it better guarantee favorable treatment from the Supreme Court for years to come.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
If I'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle, it better guarantee favorable treatment from the Supreme Court for years to come.
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if i'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle it better have have arm rakers for precise piloting and a mint green color scheme
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
if i'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle it better have have arm rakers for precise piloting and a mint green color scheme
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If I'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle it had better be a god damned Vyzov
I don't truck with no frost or blizzaia
I don't truck with no frost or blizzaia
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If I'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle it had better be a god damned Vyzov
I don't truck with no frost or blizzaia
I don't truck with no frost or blizzaia
this tool is very funny and also i feel like toggling between lesbian and gay is just an illustration of the queer income gap
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
this tool is very funny and also i feel like toggling between lesbian and gay is just an illustration of the queer income gap
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If I'm spending $100K on a personal vehicle, it'd better be able to make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
if i'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle it better have dynamic hyperspectral camouflage and synthetic myomer strength enhancements
if I'm spending $100K on a personal vehicle it better be bipedal and have hardpoints for a brace of PPCs
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If I'm spending $100K on a personal vehicle, it'd better be able to make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
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if i'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle I better see some serious shit.
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
if i'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle I better see some serious shit.
fukuyama once framed "getting to denmark," aka a european social democracy, as the obviously correct goal of national development. a decade into continent-wide stagnation, people are starting to remember why economic growth really matters actually
On the surface, Eurozone growth looks pretty decent all things considered. But when looking under the hood, the picture worsens considerably:
- Ireland (4% of the EZ) accounts for 40% of growth
- Spain (10%) accounts for 20%
- Half of the Eurozone is growing at 0.5% or below
- Ireland (4% of the EZ) accounts for 40% of growth
- Spain (10%) accounts for 20%
- Half of the Eurozone is growing at 0.5% or below
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
fukuyama once framed "getting to denmark," aka a european social democracy, as the obviously correct goal of national development. a decade into continent-wide stagnation, people are starting to remember why economic growth really matters actually
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Even worse than it seems, given that Irish GDP figures are essentially meaningless.
On the surface, Eurozone growth looks pretty decent all things considered. But when looking under the hood, the picture worsens considerably:
- Ireland (4% of the EZ) accounts for 40% of growth
- Spain (10%) accounts for 20%
- Half of the Eurozone is growing at 0.5% or below
- Ireland (4% of the EZ) accounts for 40% of growth
- Spain (10%) accounts for 20%
- Half of the Eurozone is growing at 0.5% or below
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Even worse than it seems, given that Irish GDP figures are essentially meaningless.
if i'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle it better have dynamic hyperspectral camouflage and synthetic myomer strength enhancements
if I'm spending $100K on a personal vehicle it better be bipedal and have hardpoints for a brace of PPCs
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
if i'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle it better have dynamic hyperspectral camouflage and synthetic myomer strength enhancements
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JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
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for all they scream about "importing the third world" it's the most idiotic, base tribal clannishness they aspire too as well. fuck rule of law, fuck the law, fuck rules, fuck neutral institutions, fuck universalism, fuck meritocracy.
i mean what are these "western values" these guys are so hopped up about? they are directly antagonistic to western europe. they don't believe in civil liberties. they reject democracy. and don't get me started on christianity, they hate their white neighbors almost as much as the brown ones
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
for all they scream about "importing the third world" it's the most idiotic, base tribal clannishness they aspire too as well. fuck rule of law, fuck the law, fuck rules, fuck neutral institutions, fuck universalism, fuck meritocracy.
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The only major faction which does not believe it is the far right, which understands itself to be in a cultural battle for hearts and minds which is only glancingly correlated with economic anything. It’s worked out wonderfully for them
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The only major faction which does not believe it is the far right, which understands itself to be in a cultural battle for hearts and minds which is only glancingly correlated with economic anything. It’s worked out wonderfully for them
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much LESS charitably to the people we're talking about I think the idea that material conditions and political/moral/intellectual/social conditions are not intrinsically bound to each other to the point of total congruence is anathematic to their worldview
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
much LESS charitably to the people we're talking about I think the idea that material conditions and political/moral/intellectual/social conditions are not intrinsically bound to each other to the point of total congruence is anathematic to their worldview
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Yes, I’ve made this point for 5 years or more but the reason it’s so hard to move away from this structural economic view of the political and social universe is because the center wants to believe it (to downplay social issues) and left also wants to believe it (to vindicate Marx)
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yes, I’ve made this point for 5 years or more but the reason it’s so hard to move away from this structural economic view of the political and social universe is because the center wants to believe it (to downplay social issues) and left also wants to believe it (to vindicate Marx)
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It’s also to be fine to say “In the course of my studies, I believe X is the optimal, equitable policy”
It has become a very ugly habit among a certain set of nonprofit attorneys who pretend they have been chosen by the unwashed masses to speak for them and then accuse others of being paternalistic
It has become a very ugly habit among a certain set of nonprofit attorneys who pretend they have been chosen by the unwashed masses to speak for them and then accuse others of being paternalistic
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It’s also to be fine to say “In the course of my studies, I believe X is the optimal, equitable policy”
It has become a very ugly habit among a certain set of nonprofit attorneys who pretend they have been chosen by the unwashed masses to speak for them and then accuse others of being paternalistic
It has become a very ugly habit among a certain set of nonprofit attorneys who pretend they have been chosen by the unwashed masses to speak for them and then accuse others of being paternalistic
you know i encourage more nimbys to do this. every environmental org in america should do this, as much as possible. maybe it'll finally generate enough pressure to reform our discretionary approval system lmfao
AI-enabled NIMBYism has come to clean energy deployment. Virtually all the examples mentioned in this piece are wind, solar and transmission projects. 💡🔌
How Scottish campaigners are using AI to battle rural planning applications
Tool allows individuals to send unique, complex objections of about 4,000 words within a couple of minutes
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
you know i encourage more nimbys to do this. every environmental org in america should do this, as much as possible. maybe it'll finally generate enough pressure to reform our discretionary approval system lmfao
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AI-enabled NIMBYism has come to clean energy deployment. Virtually all the examples mentioned in this piece are wind, solar and transmission projects. 💡🔌
How Scottish campaigners are using AI to battle rural planning applications
Tool allows individuals to send unique, complex objections of about 4,000 words within a couple of minutes
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
AI-enabled NIMBYism has come to clean energy deployment. Virtually all the examples mentioned in this piece are wind, solar and transmission projects. 💡🔌
peasant mindset strikes again
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
peasant mindset strikes again
interesting response to that viral article. what i think is interesting in these debates is that the straightforward, classical measures of economic goodness all say the economy is pretty good. and yet also people are weird and mad about it. so one wishes to find a *new* measure that captures this
The Poverty Line is Not $140,000
A recent essay by Michael W. Green makes a very bold claim that the poverty line should not be where it is currently set — about $31,200 for a family of four — but should be much higher…
economistwritingeveryday.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
interesting response to that viral article. what i think is interesting in these debates is that the straightforward, classical measures of economic goodness all say the economy is pretty good. and yet also people are weird and mad about it. so one wishes to find a *new* measure that captures this
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it's fitting that Life after Cars (by @thewaroncars.bsky.social ) starts its 'cars ruin nature' chapter by describing a car killing a beloved owl, because I can attest that @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com once collided with an owl while on a bike, and both parties emerged unscathed.
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
it's fitting that Life after Cars (by @thewaroncars.bsky.social ) starts its 'cars ruin nature' chapter by describing a car killing a beloved owl, because I can attest that @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com once collided with an owl while on a bike, and both parties emerged unscathed.