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· May 29
It's like so many NYT articles. You ask yourself who the intended audience was, and it always seems that their ideal reader is someone who doesn't know anything about the topic, but wants to sound informed about it to their friends.
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The Dutch immigration service has defended the deportation of three women to Afghanistan, despite a European court ruling that the Taliban's treatment of women amounts to persecution. The IND says it can imagine scenarios in which women can live under Taliban rule. www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/dutc...
Dutch stand by decision to deport three Afghan women - DutchNews.nl
The Dutch immigration service IND is sticking to its decision to deport three Afghan women to Afghanistan, despite widespread criticism over the treatment of women under Taliban rule. The IND says the...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Dutch immigration service has defended the deportation of three women to Afghanistan, despite a European court ruling that the Taliban's treatment of women amounts to persecution. The IND says it can imagine scenarios in which women can live under Taliban rule. www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/dutc...
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I have often seen masculinity, conventional version, as a constant renunciation, in return for corrosive power. All the things you're not allowed to like, enjoy, do, say, wear, but (metaphorically speaking) this straitjacket comes with a gun.
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I have often seen masculinity, conventional version, as a constant renunciation, in return for corrosive power. All the things you're not allowed to like, enjoy, do, say, wear, but (metaphorically speaking) this straitjacket comes with a gun.
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The opportunists who pretended to be "fooled" by Trump and then "saw the light" when they ran out of opportunities with him, and then used their conversion to get on TV, start grift groups, and get book deals and fame, should seriously not push the envelope and invite scrutiny.
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The opportunists who pretended to be "fooled" by Trump and then "saw the light" when they ran out of opportunities with him, and then used their conversion to get on TV, start grift groups, and get book deals and fame, should seriously not push the envelope and invite scrutiny.
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They're literally all that pizzagate guy who shot up Comet pizza now.
November 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
They're literally all that pizzagate guy who shot up Comet pizza now.
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I predicted Atlanta after Charlotte and I was wrong, but I think that my underlying theory is sound: they're doing a conspiracy theory tour
I told you guys they were going to New Orleans.
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I predicted Atlanta after Charlotte and I was wrong, but I think that my underlying theory is sound: they're doing a conspiracy theory tour
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No matter how too-online you are, you are nowhere near as too-online as Republican federal appointees, judicial and executive.
Judge Oldham's call for the end of certifying questions from CA5 to state Supreme Courts includes this somewhat inexplicable shot at this here website.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
No matter how too-online you are, you are nowhere near as too-online as Republican federal appointees, judicial and executive.
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I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.
I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.
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What a terrible day to know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What a terrible day to know how to read
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A media whose central message is “be afraid! Everything is bad! Everything is dangerous! Click here to give us ad revenue off making you sad and angry!” is a media that will break a country.
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A media whose central message is “be afraid! Everything is bad! Everything is dangerous! Click here to give us ad revenue off making you sad and angry!” is a media that will break a country.
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But Bannon and Stephen Miller do.
We've created fictional influencers—from Bane to Tyler Durden to Rick Sanchez to Cartman to Heath Ledger's Joker—who made villainy seem so hip, and dehumanized victims' pain so hilarious, that a wave of propagandists with teenage mentalities saw their chance.
We've created fictional influencers—from Bane to Tyler Durden to Rick Sanchez to Cartman to Heath Ledger's Joker—who made villainy seem so hip, and dehumanized victims' pain so hilarious, that a wave of propagandists with teenage mentalities saw their chance.
April 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
But Bannon and Stephen Miller do.
We've created fictional influencers—from Bane to Tyler Durden to Rick Sanchez to Cartman to Heath Ledger's Joker—who made villainy seem so hip, and dehumanized victims' pain so hilarious, that a wave of propagandists with teenage mentalities saw their chance.
We've created fictional influencers—from Bane to Tyler Durden to Rick Sanchez to Cartman to Heath Ledger's Joker—who made villainy seem so hip, and dehumanized victims' pain so hilarious, that a wave of propagandists with teenage mentalities saw their chance.
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
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Trump didn't warp the party, that was done before him by the very "Never Trump" elites who thought they could control the racist, misogynistic part of society starting in the 60s. They took over no later than 2010.
Trump is a symptom, a catalyst, not the cause. He just gave them permission.
Trump is a symptom, a catalyst, not the cause. He just gave them permission.
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Trump didn't warp the party, that was done before him by the very "Never Trump" elites who thought they could control the racist, misogynistic part of society starting in the 60s. They took over no later than 2010.
Trump is a symptom, a catalyst, not the cause. He just gave them permission.
Trump is a symptom, a catalyst, not the cause. He just gave them permission.
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"Sell their houses to who, Ben? Fucking Aquaman?!!" will live in my head forever.
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"Sell their houses to who, Ben? Fucking Aquaman?!!" will live in my head forever.
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But honestly, few of us can say the best thing we ever did is also the last thing we ever did.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
But honestly, few of us can say the best thing we ever did is also the last thing we ever did.
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I am imposing tariffs on everyone ahead of me in my fantasy football league standings.
November 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I am imposing tariffs on everyone ahead of me in my fantasy football league standings.
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Well that’s convenient now that there are only two.
A phone poll in 2022 (which would put people on the spot and not let them Google) found that less than half Americans could name all three branches of government.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Well that’s convenient now that there are only two.
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Tweet less; research more.
October 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Tweet less; research more.
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“Our age has witnessed a dramatic collapse of faith in institutions of all kinds. The benign examination of institutional life that is vital for societal health has turned into a corrosive instinct to attack every major institution…“ - Cardinal McElroy
October 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“Our age has witnessed a dramatic collapse of faith in institutions of all kinds. The benign examination of institutional life that is vital for societal health has turned into a corrosive instinct to attack every major institution…“ - Cardinal McElroy
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I tend to think every nerdy trans woman should read Margaret Atwood's The Loneliness of the Military Historian and sit with it for a moment no matter what it is exactly she's nerdy about, but that goes double for you www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
The Loneliness of the Military Historian
This is why few people ask me to dinner, though Lord knows I don’t go out of my way to be scary. If I roll my eyes and mutter, if I clutch at my heart and scream in horror like a third-rate actress ch...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I tend to think every nerdy trans woman should read Margaret Atwood's The Loneliness of the Military Historian and sit with it for a moment no matter what it is exactly she's nerdy about, but that goes double for you www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
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Blacks and minorities thought that Obama's election signaled that America was finally ready to listen.
The Right thought that now that they'd "allowed" one of "Those People" to be elected, that Blacks and minorities would have to shut up.
The Right thought that now that they'd "allowed" one of "Those People" to be elected, that Blacks and minorities would have to shut up.
September 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Blacks and minorities thought that Obama's election signaled that America was finally ready to listen.
The Right thought that now that they'd "allowed" one of "Those People" to be elected, that Blacks and minorities would have to shut up.
The Right thought that now that they'd "allowed" one of "Those People" to be elected, that Blacks and minorities would have to shut up.
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Unfortunately, I have learnt too much today and my brain has popped
September 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Unfortunately, I have learnt too much today and my brain has popped
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as Stephen says you have to think about batteries, the grid etc, it's not quite that simple. but beyond obvious that China is going to be absolutely swimming in dirt cheap electricity within 5-10 years
September 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
as Stephen says you have to think about batteries, the grid etc, it's not quite that simple. but beyond obvious that China is going to be absolutely swimming in dirt cheap electricity within 5-10 years
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The follow-up post is the best part.
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The follow-up post is the best part.
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staring at the kid, trying your best to love them but always at the back of your mind you're thinking "you ruined my ley lines"
May 31, 2025 at 7:13 AM
staring at the kid, trying your best to love them but always at the back of your mind you're thinking "you ruined my ley lines"