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I'm not surprised that the Trump administration thinks that's how scientific findings work, but I'm a little surprised that someone who works for the NYT thinks that's how scientific findings work. (Less surprised than this time last year, but still a little surprised.)
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I'm not surprised that the Trump administration thinks that's how scientific findings work, but I'm a little surprised that someone who works for the NYT thinks that's how scientific findings work. (Less surprised than this time last year, but still a little surprised.)
Go look up what country those athletes represented until Russia was banned from these games. We'll wait.
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Go look up what country those athletes represented until Russia was banned from these games. We'll wait.
Oops. Didn't work.
February 6, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Oops. Didn't work.
And their colleagues framed it like they deserved it.
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM
And their colleagues framed it like they deserved it.
That close to the end it should be fine if it just sits in the oven as it cools down.
January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
That close to the end it should be fine if it just sits in the oven as it cools down.
Ya, it's a relief, actually. Now it doesn't even need to be dealt with.
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Ya, it's a relief, actually. Now it doesn't even need to be dealt with.
Bet we are....
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Bet we are....
It's quite difficult to muster up much more than exhausted pity for anyone who "feels betrayed" by this president, with his record running from delusional over-promising to deliberate pathological lying. (Unless their votes re-inflicted him on the world, in which case I can muster up loathing.)
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
It's quite difficult to muster up much more than exhausted pity for anyone who "feels betrayed" by this president, with his record running from delusional over-promising to deliberate pathological lying. (Unless their votes re-inflicted him on the world, in which case I can muster up loathing.)
You're currently seeing the reaction of one city in a blue state, and the masked thugs have been unleashing the racist attacks for months. Half of you voted for this monstrous president A SECOND TIME. There is no important difference.
January 19, 2026 at 4:12 PM
You're currently seeing the reaction of one city in a blue state, and the masked thugs have been unleashing the racist attacks for months. Half of you voted for this monstrous president A SECOND TIME. There is no important difference.
Ya, I think they'll find they did. It just turns out they didn't mean it.
January 18, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Ya, I think they'll find they did. It just turns out they didn't mean it.
Oh my. That's a game changer right there, that is.
January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Oh my. That's a game changer right there, that is.
Peak Halifax = knowing the AI picture is wrong and also knowing who the AI picture is being wrong with.
January 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Peak Halifax = knowing the AI picture is wrong and also knowing who the AI picture is being wrong with.
You should ask if they can mildly (heavily?) sedate you, so that you can sleep through as much of the initial awfulness as possible.
January 9, 2026 at 12:38 AM
You should ask if they can mildly (heavily?) sedate you, so that you can sleep through as much of the initial awfulness as possible.
Yes, you're right. I shouldn't have jumped straight to aggressive. I think I did so bc from this president's pov, telling him to stop or face consequences would be considered aggressive, due to him being a sociopath with no one checking his power, but you're quite right.
January 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Yes, you're right. I shouldn't have jumped straight to aggressive. I think I did so bc from this president's pov, telling him to stop or face consequences would be considered aggressive, due to him being a sociopath with no one checking his power, but you're quite right.
If acting docile is a bad thing then presumably its opposite -- calling him out, ie acting aggressive -- is a good thing.
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 PM
If acting docile is a bad thing then presumably its opposite -- calling him out, ie acting aggressive -- is a good thing.
Explain how acting aggressive instead is positive.
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Explain how acting aggressive instead is positive.
I want to know how your specific suggestion of standing up to the bully is logically more 'right' than NOT doing so, if the goal is to avoid the threat of reprisal.
January 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I want to know how your specific suggestion of standing up to the bully is logically more 'right' than NOT doing so, if the goal is to avoid the threat of reprisal.
I know precisely how appeasement fared in the 1930s. I also know that 'standing up to Hitler' wouldn't have changed a damn thing for Czechoslovakia, Poland, Holland, etc etc. So apart from moral high ground, what's the logic?
January 6, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I know precisely how appeasement fared in the 1930s. I also know that 'standing up to Hitler' wouldn't have changed a damn thing for Czechoslovakia, Poland, Holland, etc etc. So apart from moral high ground, what's the logic?
I don't 'need an explanation' on the theoretical level of principle. I want to hear your logic in relation to how 'not cowering' diminishes the actual threat on the ground. Maybe read less political science and more history.
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I don't 'need an explanation' on the theoretical level of principle. I want to hear your logic in relation to how 'not cowering' diminishes the actual threat on the ground. Maybe read less political science and more history.
Explain that logic. Not as a theoretical expression of your favourite playground principle, but in relation to an actual existential threat.
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Explain that logic. Not as a theoretical expression of your favourite playground principle, but in relation to an actual existential threat.
Threats. Your president has issued threats.
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Threats. Your president has issued threats.