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Casaubon
@zas.bsky.social
· Dec 9
it is now more important than ever to become an enormous snob
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Frankly, weeks where days happen but it’s days they are years overdue
maybe heading towards some of those weeks where decades happen
BREAKING: The UK Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X, per the Telegraph
January 11, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Frankly, weeks where days happen but it’s days they are years overdue
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Impossible to hate the press enough
Absolutely insane that “to deter Trump from attacking” gets sanewashed as “to ease Trump’s security fears”
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Impossible to hate the press enough
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This is the very definition of an illegal order www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Trump 'orders US army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland'
Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
This is the very definition of an illegal order www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
When will our so called leaders wake up to the fact that mothers and grandmothers are willing to kill and die for what is right?
And more seriously, where are the primary challengers?
And more seriously, where are the primary challengers?
“i think ‘no kings’ is too nice a slogan”
—old lady at protest today
—old lady at protest today
January 11, 2026 at 1:48 AM
When will our so called leaders wake up to the fact that mothers and grandmothers are willing to kill and die for what is right?
And more seriously, where are the primary challengers?
And more seriously, where are the primary challengers?
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“i think ‘no kings’ is too nice a slogan”
—old lady at protest today
—old lady at protest today
January 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
“i think ‘no kings’ is too nice a slogan”
—old lady at protest today
—old lady at protest today
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genuinely fascinating to me that even after an american is executed in the street by the state your instinct is not to condemn and discuss this on its own terms but to use it as fodder for abstraction and discourse policing
It’s not even so much about “sane” vs. “insane” anymore, as it so often was circa 2020. The fundamental split today is between the *decent* and the *indecent.* It is monstrous to desire, excuse, sanitize, whitewash avoidable killing even of one’s perceived foes.
January 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
genuinely fascinating to me that even after an american is executed in the street by the state your instinct is not to condemn and discuss this on its own terms but to use it as fodder for abstraction and discourse policing
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you don’t hate The New York Times enough
This is insane. Brooks says everyone is too blinded by ideology to see the truth of what the video shows. Then the host asks him what it shows and he refuses to answer.
“Left and right are equally to blame for everything all the time” is also an ideology!
“Left and right are equally to blame for everything all the time” is also an ideology!
sounds like david f’ing brooks
January 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
you don’t hate The New York Times enough
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Constant prompting can habituate users to follow the AI’s lead. In high-stakes environments (medical, legal, or technical), this "automation bias" can lead to people accepting AI suggestions without verification.
January 10, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Constant prompting can habituate users to follow the AI’s lead. In high-stakes environments (medical, legal, or technical), this "automation bias" can lead to people accepting AI suggestions without verification.
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Its important that the "alignment" question gets reframed as "Alignment to who exactly?" and also ensuring that people are taught the safe ways of operation for AI. The part in commercial AI where it asks you a leading question in bold at the end of the turn? Thats actually very dangerous lol.
January 10, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Its important that the "alignment" question gets reframed as "Alignment to who exactly?" and also ensuring that people are taught the safe ways of operation for AI. The part in commercial AI where it asks you a leading question in bold at the end of the turn? Thats actually very dangerous lol.
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now why are we in it
January 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
now why are we in it
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And by the way, if the actual problem is that the Minneapolis PD refuses to do its job, we're in a better place if that's made explicit as well. It will have no effect on the issuance of the warrant and the mayor can deputize civilians to serve it.
January 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
And by the way, if the actual problem is that the Minneapolis PD refuses to do its job, we're in a better place if that's made explicit as well. It will have no effect on the issuance of the warrant and the mayor can deputize civilians to serve it.
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Right, go through the process and make them defy it. Issue the arrest warrant and demand he turn himself in. If he refuses, try to arrest him. If they give him a 24/7 guard, have the standoff. If they have them leave the state, that's a win! He'll never be able to work a blue state again.
To be honest, though, the city should force them to make this explicit. Show up with an arrest warrant and then have them brandish their guns and refuse to accept it, like the criminal gang they are.
"The question that you're basically asking is, can our cops arrest them? From a legal perspective, yes. From a practical perspective...they have bigger guns than we do." That's where we're at.
Look out for @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social!
Look out for @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social!
January 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Right, go through the process and make them defy it. Issue the arrest warrant and demand he turn himself in. If he refuses, try to arrest him. If they give him a 24/7 guard, have the standoff. If they have them leave the state, that's a win! He'll never be able to work a blue state again.
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Extremely high Taxation of the super wealthy is the solution to fascism in America
January 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Extremely high Taxation of the super wealthy is the solution to fascism in America
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Might branch into sculpture real quick
January 10, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Might branch into sculpture real quick
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It's amazing how much stuff happens in Signal chats these days.
Billionaires in a "Save California" Signal chat call a 5% wealth tax "Communism," the WSJ reports. "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who lives in the Bay Area and now has a roughly $150 billion nest egg, has said he was fine with the tax." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Signal Chat Where Silicon Valley Is Plotting Against California’s Billionaire Tax
Tech elite exchange criticism and tips about a wealth-tax proposal that has sent some billionaires shopping for homes elsewhere.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
It's amazing how much stuff happens in Signal chats these days.
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If you really believe in freedom and democracy then on some level you need to be willing to kill for them (as a last resort). If you aren't, then you don't actually value them the way you think you do.
We killed thousands upon thousands of people in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and WW2 and history fully vindicated us.
I’m not saying we need to kill but squeamish liberals need to find a spine, accept that we are in a history-defining moment that requires severity, and act accordingly.
I’m not saying we need to kill but squeamish liberals need to find a spine, accept that we are in a history-defining moment that requires severity, and act accordingly.
We are surrounded by liberals who truly believe fascist narratives about their weakness and unpopularity.
January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
If you really believe in freedom and democracy then on some level you need to be willing to kill for them (as a last resort). If you aren't, then you don't actually value them the way you think you do.
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Abundantly clear to me that he is, first and foremost, afraid of all the death threats. If that's driving policy, you have to resign
January 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Abundantly clear to me that he is, first and foremost, afraid of all the death threats. If that's driving policy, you have to resign
Thinking about how I’d frame this story “alcohol companies bribe republicans to recommend more drinking”
See also: no more firm limits on alcohol consumption, seems like an industry lobbying point www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/h...
New Dietary Guidelines Abandon Longstanding Advice on Alcohol
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Thinking about how I’d frame this story “alcohol companies bribe republicans to recommend more drinking”
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They really don't have enough guys. But they do have enough guys if every liberal's mental model of politics is that the moment we resist they'll just manifest another million guys into existence and kill us all
They don’t have the juice or manpower for it. This is not late 1930s Germany. There is no state monopoly on media. They are wildly unpopular.
The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
They really don't have enough guys. But they do have enough guys if every liberal's mental model of politics is that the moment we resist they'll just manifest another million guys into existence and kill us all
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drove by an immigration jump out by uniformed feds in progress, stopped and ran to film, and they peeled off instantly as rapid responders descended on the scene. just an impossible environment for them to do anything
January 9, 2026 at 10:38 PM
drove by an immigration jump out by uniformed feds in progress, stopped and ran to film, and they peeled off instantly as rapid responders descended on the scene. just an impossible environment for them to do anything
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯
January 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Constantly telling terrorized people to understand every nuance of institutional processes is just baffling when we see what the government is doing right now!
January 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Constantly telling terrorized people to understand every nuance of institutional processes is just baffling when we see what the government is doing right now!
Neither of those are contradictory and also it’s okay to update your beliefs to new information.
One weird thing is how up until yesterday people on here were like “midwestern democrats are fighters and the model for how to govern with slim majorities” and today it’s like “midwestern democrats are simply cowards with no ability or inclination to fight.”
January 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Neither of those are contradictory and also it’s okay to update your beliefs to new information.