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they should have just shot everyone at malheur in the head and walked away
there's a through-line in my mind (probably pigeon superstition tho) from the Malheur fiasco to this, where it seems like the Dems really do believe there's enough agitated right-wingers ready to start shooting that they need to walk on eggshells to avoid a civil war
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
they should have just shot everyone at malheur in the head and walked away
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My hottest take is that Weiss fucked up the story less out of direct political motivation than out of the pattern of incompetent management everywhere: insisting on changes to something at the last minute in order to demonstrate your authority and make it seem as if you have something to contribute.
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My hottest take is that Weiss fucked up the story less out of direct political motivation than out of the pattern of incompetent management everywhere: insisting on changes to something at the last minute in order to demonstrate your authority and make it seem as if you have something to contribute.
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Between CBS and the Epstein files it really is starting to feel like the country is falling apart on an epistemological level; no one trusts shit and really can you blame them
December 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Between CBS and the Epstein files it really is starting to feel like the country is falling apart on an epistemological level; no one trusts shit and really can you blame them
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It was hard to convince Americans torture is wrong as a moral principle during Bush's term, and that was with the debate about whether torture makes us safer. I'm afraid for a portion of Trump's base, that calculation matters less. Idea of torturing undocumented immigrants may even bring pleasure.
December 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It was hard to convince Americans torture is wrong as a moral principle during Bush's term, and that was with the debate about whether torture makes us safer. I'm afraid for a portion of Trump's base, that calculation matters less. Idea of torturing undocumented immigrants may even bring pleasure.
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if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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it must have felt so good to be the digital media manager when the word came down to unschedule the piece from the 60 minutes feed but no one said anything about unscheduling it from the international website
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
it must have felt so good to be the digital media manager when the word came down to unschedule the piece from the 60 minutes feed but no one said anything about unscheduling it from the international website
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interesting phenomenon where you can be a star wars fan while only recognizing one of the movies as good. the only more extreme case is james bond: a true bond movie fan recognizes that none of them are good.
December 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
interesting phenomenon where you can be a star wars fan while only recognizing one of the movies as good. the only more extreme case is james bond: a true bond movie fan recognizes that none of them are good.
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How is anyone supposed to satirize this
The upcoming celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is a time to take stock and see if the U.S. is living up to the revolutionary ideals the country was founded upon.
December 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
How is anyone supposed to satirize this
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Bluesky is basically two groups: middle-aged dorks who like graphs, and middle-aged dorks who are like "IF YOU SHOW ME A GRAPH I WILL CHOP OFF YOUR HEAD"
December 8, 2023 at 7:52 PM
Bluesky is basically two groups: middle-aged dorks who like graphs, and middle-aged dorks who are like "IF YOU SHOW ME A GRAPH I WILL CHOP OFF YOUR HEAD"
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There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
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Disapproval of 70 means Trump is losing the Uber drivers who will tell you about their gambling debts and alien abductions. Not great for ol' Donnie!
December 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Disapproval of 70 means Trump is losing the Uber drivers who will tell you about their gambling debts and alien abductions. Not great for ol' Donnie!
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
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The faction of the the left that lives for harassment is just slamming Matt for this, but he’s correct and this has been considered for years a major cause of the recent homelessness spike. Watching people maliciously misread his very short tweet and call him a “Nazi” is something else.
Homelessness increased primarily because of immigration (lots of people came to the US without setting up housing).
December 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The faction of the the left that lives for harassment is just slamming Matt for this, but he’s correct and this has been considered for years a major cause of the recent homelessness spike. Watching people maliciously misread his very short tweet and call him a “Nazi” is something else.
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Yes, it’s entirely true that many of the migrants who came under the Biden admin did not have housing arranged for them when they arrived and so ended up in homeless shelters at first, at times for months, while they got on their feet. This is 100% true, not an anti-immigrant gotcha, just the facts.
The faction of the the left that lives for harassment is just slamming Matt for this, but he’s correct and this has been considered for years a major cause of the recent homelessness spike. Watching people maliciously misread his very short tweet and call him a “Nazi” is something else.
Homelessness increased primarily because of immigration (lots of people came to the US without setting up housing).
December 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yes, it’s entirely true that many of the migrants who came under the Biden admin did not have housing arranged for them when they arrived and so ended up in homeless shelters at first, at times for months, while they got on their feet. This is 100% true, not an anti-immigrant gotcha, just the facts.
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Real wages have increased, pretty consistently, for the last decade.
December 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Real wages have increased, pretty consistently, for the last decade.
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On the other hand, WAR for a +13 Dem seat is supposed to be used to not run up the score but to shave the margin and elect someone more to the left, not the center!
But this just keeps going to show those guys don't understand what politics actually is and why it exists.
But this just keeps going to show those guys don't understand what politics actually is and why it exists.
December 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
On the other hand, WAR for a +13 Dem seat is supposed to be used to not run up the score but to shave the margin and elect someone more to the left, not the center!
But this just keeps going to show those guys don't understand what politics actually is and why it exists.
But this just keeps going to show those guys don't understand what politics actually is and why it exists.
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a lotta yall still dont get it
Political consultants can use multiple slurp juices on a single candidate
So if you have 1 astronaut and 3 rust belt conservatives, you can create 3 new moderates
Political consultants can use multiple slurp juices on a single candidate
So if you have 1 astronaut and 3 rust belt conservatives, you can create 3 new moderates
December 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
a lotta yall still dont get it
Political consultants can use multiple slurp juices on a single candidate
So if you have 1 astronaut and 3 rust belt conservatives, you can create 3 new moderates
Political consultants can use multiple slurp juices on a single candidate
So if you have 1 astronaut and 3 rust belt conservatives, you can create 3 new moderates
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My weed delivery service will find any reason to sell you discounted flower
August 4, 2024 at 4:37 PM
My weed delivery service will find any reason to sell you discounted flower
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"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
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I think this strengthens the case for Stancilism.
Immediate post pandemic economy was *weird* in a way that made it hard to compare it to similar years.
But we've got low unemployment and low inflation now. Very hard to make the case that now is worse than the Volcker shock.
Immediate post pandemic economy was *weird* in a way that made it hard to compare it to similar years.
But we've got low unemployment and low inflation now. Very hard to make the case that now is worse than the Volcker shock.
UMich consumer sentiment (current conditions) at 50.4 is a new all-time low -- going back to data from the 1970s.
U.S MICHIGAN CONSUMER SENTIMENT (DEC) ACTUAL: 52.9 VS 53.3 PREVIOUS; EST 53.5
December 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I think this strengthens the case for Stancilism.
Immediate post pandemic economy was *weird* in a way that made it hard to compare it to similar years.
But we've got low unemployment and low inflation now. Very hard to make the case that now is worse than the Volcker shock.
Immediate post pandemic economy was *weird* in a way that made it hard to compare it to similar years.
But we've got low unemployment and low inflation now. Very hard to make the case that now is worse than the Volcker shock.
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Ashby, 28, is a former Scientologist and adult convert to the Russian Orthodox Church. She believes abortion should be illegal, but wildly accessible in “abortion speakeasies.” Ashby’s primary issue is that there’s too much nail art on TikTok. She has a tattoo of J.D. Vance but did not vote in 2024
December 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Ashby, 28, is a former Scientologist and adult convert to the Russian Orthodox Church. She believes abortion should be illegal, but wildly accessible in “abortion speakeasies.” Ashby’s primary issue is that there’s too much nail art on TikTok. She has a tattoo of J.D. Vance but did not vote in 2024
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
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December 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles
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theonion.com/trump-still-...
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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It was extremely successful! Strongest recovery in the world, best labor market in generations, benefits heavily distributed towards the low end, real income growth. And he tried endlessly to sell it. But there’s something structurally broken that can’t be solved by “better speeches”
it's kind of funny from a economic policy perspective, Bidenomics was actually fairly successful (full employment, IRA + other state-driven investment)
he just... never really managed to figure out how to sell any of it with comms
he just... never really managed to figure out how to sell any of it with comms
Pretty sure a president who could communicate well and wasn’t a bazillion years old could have explained to the public why this is Actually Good.
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It was extremely successful! Strongest recovery in the world, best labor market in generations, benefits heavily distributed towards the low end, real income growth. And he tried endlessly to sell it. But there’s something structurally broken that can’t be solved by “better speeches”