zatapatique
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e.g. Artist, dog-lover, and memelord.
all sorts of confounders in this I imagine, but drinking becoming an almost inverted social marker feels both true and is also immensely funny given the entire history of modern alcohol abuse prevention
Also interesting:
"39% of all adults living in more deprived areas said that they were non-drinkers, which compared with 16% in the least deprived neighbourhoods."
"39% of all adults living in more deprived areas said that they were non-drinkers, which compared with 16% in the least deprived neighbourhoods."
February 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
all sorts of confounders in this I imagine, but drinking becoming an almost inverted social marker feels both true and is also immensely funny given the entire history of modern alcohol abuse prevention
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Summers in private: endlessly scheming with the world's most famous pervert to get a young female colleague whom he calls by a racist nickname to fuck him at conferences.
Summers in public: "I don't see that many women in my field, it must be because they're bad at math"
Summers in public: "I don't see that many women in my field, it must be because they're bad at math"
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Summers in private: endlessly scheming with the world's most famous pervert to get a young female colleague whom he calls by a racist nickname to fuck him at conferences.
Summers in public: "I don't see that many women in my field, it must be because they're bad at math"
Summers in public: "I don't see that many women in my field, it must be because they're bad at math"
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reading a bunch of emails from dracula with the subject line "re: bood" body text "nd more thalls 4 blod" and being like "did he disable spell check, how is he even sending these out like this"
February 5, 2026 at 3:51 AM
reading a bunch of emails from dracula with the subject line "re: bood" body text "nd more thalls 4 blod" and being like "did he disable spell check, how is he even sending these out like this"
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i am trying not to joke about the Epstein stuff because it's so horrible but there's also this ridiculous element where it's like... discovering Dracula is real, he's taken over human society at the highest levels, he's involved in tons of evil and also he's a huge dipshit
February 5, 2026 at 3:43 AM
i am trying not to joke about the Epstein stuff because it's so horrible but there's also this ridiculous element where it's like... discovering Dracula is real, he's taken over human society at the highest levels, he's involved in tons of evil and also he's a huge dipshit
BTC doing what it has been doing lately is an opportunity for a lot of us in here who would otherwise deny being economic Austrians about *anything* to let those repressed instincts go wild
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
BTC doing what it has been doing lately is an opportunity for a lot of us in here who would otherwise deny being economic Austrians about *anything* to let those repressed instincts go wild
You cannot explain everything with this, but you can explain a lot (and the English hardo right has this too): world openness has led to the rightful proprietors of some institutional seats to be outcompeted for those seats, and so both the openness and the institutions need to die
We only want the good immigrants who study hard and don't commit crimes, unless they try to take little Brayleigh's (28 ACT, 1350 SAT) God-given slot at an Ivy away by being smarter, in which case Korematsu didn't go far enough
February 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
You cannot explain everything with this, but you can explain a lot (and the English hardo right has this too): world openness has led to the rightful proprietors of some institutional seats to be outcompeted for those seats, and so both the openness and the institutions need to die
I'm getting more and more Lester Freamon-brained the further we get into everyone being obsessed with who exactly is in the emails, and nothing being asked about the money
Many multi-billion fund managers aren't worth that.Unlike public at large, you should point out what very clearly was happening and why ppl invested in a *nobody*(hi Leon). Would rather read about that than minister of agriculture of Tanzania "implicated" because someone wrote his name in one email
Incredible all the talk reg. Epstein for yrs, if he so much as wrote your name on his book your reputation is ruined, but financial media doesnt highlight that dude was worth $800 million and that the P&L associated with being worth that is very significant yet nobody on the street heard of him
February 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I'm getting more and more Lester Freamon-brained the further we get into everyone being obsessed with who exactly is in the emails, and nothing being asked about the money
the old saw remains undefeated : 'exponentially rising markets often go further than you think, but they do not correct by going sideways'
*MULTIPLE METALS FUTURES IN CHINA FALL BY DAILY DOWN LIMIT
chat, is this good ?
chat, is this good ?
February 2, 2026 at 7:35 AM
the old saw remains undefeated : 'exponentially rising markets often go further than you think, but they do not correct by going sideways'
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"average New Labour minister causes 3 scandals" factoid actualy just statistical error. average minister causes 0 scandals. Scandals Peter, who lives in cave & causes over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
January 31, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"average New Labour minister causes 3 scandals" factoid actualy just statistical error. average minister causes 0 scandals. Scandals Peter, who lives in cave & causes over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
The PR/comms/crisis management team low key quiet quitting on this one.
January 31, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The PR/comms/crisis management team low key quiet quitting on this one.
Epistemically disturbing is the right frame, if like many people on this website, you're kinda built to be "be serious, the levels of coordination required for {conspiracy X} to be true are just impossible to pull off in modern life", this certainly feels more than a little awkward
the epstein stuff is disturbing not just morally but epistemically. how much of the random stuff that is happening now that seems kind bad is, in fact, the work of one rich pervert I'm going to find out about in 30 years?
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Epistemically disturbing is the right frame, if like many people on this website, you're kinda built to be "be serious, the levels of coordination required for {conspiracy X} to be true are just impossible to pull off in modern life", this certainly feels more than a little awkward
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I have the dark take that people need jk Rowling to have always been evil because if they admit that she was radicalised online they'd have to admit to themselves the way in which they might also be subject to radicalization
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I have the dark take that people need jk Rowling to have always been evil because if they admit that she was radicalised online they'd have to admit to themselves the way in which they might also be subject to radicalization
throwback to a peak moment of Trump1 youtu.be/vhQkku7jLfo
January 26, 2026 at 7:29 PM
throwback to a peak moment of Trump1 youtu.be/vhQkku7jLfo
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𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩—wax was a bad call. I should’ve flagged heat resistance as a 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 instead of assuming you’d stay within 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴. That one’s on me.
January 25, 2026 at 9:43 PM
𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩—wax was a bad call. I should’ve flagged heat resistance as a 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 instead of assuming you’d stay within 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴. That one’s on me.
Mikel Arteta:
When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order
January 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Mikel Arteta:
Look, is it too much to ask that the presumptive runaway PL winners score from open play, at home, against half decent sides? I'm just asking questions here.
January 25, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Look, is it too much to ask that the presumptive runaway PL winners score from open play, at home, against half decent sides? I'm just asking questions here.
Wanting this result to hold if only to see levels of "LinkedIn version of a football manager" quotes previously thought to be unreachable by man
January 25, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Wanting this result to hold if only to see levels of "LinkedIn version of a football manager" quotes previously thought to be unreachable by man
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“The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down”
January 25, 2026 at 3:13 AM
“The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down”
This is my dream but, let's be real, in an environment where the default counter of "why would I, a non {insert the behaviour being incentivised}, pay for this", is a perma winner, combined with the British hatred towards children (a policy like this for dogs would poll better)... obv not happening
"famille nombreuse" design (child credit, actual money, none of this voucher bs, that increases non-linearly in n_children, plus discounts up the wazoo in all public services once you qualify) solves a lot of these problems
alas...
alas...
January 25, 2026 at 11:17 AM
This is my dream but, let's be real, in an environment where the default counter of "why would I, a non {insert the behaviour being incentivised}, pay for this", is a perma winner, combined with the British hatred towards children (a policy like this for dogs would poll better)... obv not happening
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This country's ability to rinse the young and then berate them as lazy avocado addicts is ridiculous.
They're so up against it, it's madness.
- as.ft.com/r/094f3968-1...
They're so up against it, it's madness.
- as.ft.com/r/094f3968-1...
Will student loans be the next mis-selling scandal?
[FREE TO READ] Graduates are in uproar about Budget changes to loan repayment terms, and they have a point
as.ft.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:59 PM
This country's ability to rinse the young and then berate them as lazy avocado addicts is ridiculous.
They're so up against it, it's madness.
- as.ft.com/r/094f3968-1...
They're so up against it, it's madness.
- as.ft.com/r/094f3968-1...
I saw a Famous Poster take a victory lap around the lines of "he didn't invade now, did he, you bunch of deranged neurotics" and I think it finally crystallised for me what I dislike with prediction market brain >>
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I saw a Famous Poster take a victory lap around the lines of "he didn't invade now, did he, you bunch of deranged neurotics" and I think it finally crystallised for me what I dislike with prediction market brain >>
Quick one while they are asleep, but start from the conclusion here, and read up
One of the many uncomfortable things about this time round is that the full Groyperification of the American right is that so much of it is explicitly Nazi-referent in a coy knowing way that it makes you feel nuts constantly spotting it or explaining to normies.
January 22, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Quick one while they are asleep, but start from the conclusion here, and read up
Movie pitch: classic modern anti-hero story about a man spiralling down at work since his divorce, only it's about Pep Guardiola since Klopp left him.
January 20, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Movie pitch: classic modern anti-hero story about a man spiralling down at work since his divorce, only it's about Pep Guardiola since Klopp left him.
One day, we'll get to rejoice at the spectacle of all the folks who were in favour of this, and how much they'll pretend that none of it every took place
January 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
One day, we'll get to rejoice at the spectacle of all the folks who were in favour of this, and how much they'll pretend that none of it every took place