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Libertarianism as an abstract ideology was right for the moment, libertarianism as a social movement utterly failed.
Unfortunately belief in the former heavily selects for people who can’t understand the importance of the latter
Unfortunately belief in the former heavily selects for people who can’t understand the importance of the latter
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Libertarianism as an abstract ideology was right for the moment, libertarianism as a social movement utterly failed.
Unfortunately belief in the former heavily selects for people who can’t understand the importance of the latter
Unfortunately belief in the former heavily selects for people who can’t understand the importance of the latter
Do things like lane splitting in California count as good drivers (because people are following the law) or bad drivers (because the law is that way because bad drivers run the government)?
February 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Do things like lane splitting in California count as good drivers (because people are following the law) or bad drivers (because the law is that way because bad drivers run the government)?
It’s just such a weird position for SF specifically to think that work produced in the past would be more interesting than work produced in the (relative) future
February 7, 2026 at 4:26 AM
It’s just such a weird position for SF specifically to think that work produced in the past would be more interesting than work produced in the (relative) future
Something is to be said for the true classics
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Something is to be said for the true classics
My sense was always that they see a major mission as educating the future elite, and they think nepo babies will be in that elite regardless of what schools do
February 5, 2026 at 3:12 AM
My sense was always that they see a major mission as educating the future elite, and they think nepo babies will be in that elite regardless of what schools do
People want Omelas to be a utopia, but they don’t want anyone to be tortured, and they definitely don’t want to be able to hear the screams in their neighborhood.
Imho it’s not incoherent, merely impossible
Imho it’s not incoherent, merely impossible
February 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
People want Omelas to be a utopia, but they don’t want anyone to be tortured, and they definitely don’t want to be able to hear the screams in their neighborhood.
Imho it’s not incoherent, merely impossible
Imho it’s not incoherent, merely impossible
One of the surprising things shot moving to Ontario is that ~nobody shovels their own driveway, there’s just a half dozen companies with mini plows. So really your problem is it doesn’t snow often enough
https://driveway.here’s
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
One of the surprising things shot moving to Ontario is that ~nobody shovels their own driveway, there’s just a half dozen companies with mini plows. So really your problem is it doesn’t snow often enough
I like genre fiction more than most but "major outlets (e.g. The New Yorker, Clarkesworld)" is hilarious
January 30, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I like genre fiction more than most but "major outlets (e.g. The New Yorker, Clarkesworld)" is hilarious
Jesse Welles doesn't have quite the same pedigree, but getting this out so fast (and playing on MPR!) guarantees it a special place in my heart
www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0C...
Good vs. Ice
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Jesse Welles doesn't have quite the same pedigree, but getting this out so fast (and playing on MPR!) guarantees it a special place in my heart
www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0C...
* federal employee (non-gun carrying)
January 26, 2026 at 6:57 PM
* federal employee (non-gun carrying)
It really helps that Boston sports as a whole have such a reputation for being modest and inclusive
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It really helps that Boston sports as a whole have such a reputation for being modest and inclusive
I thought it was fine, and the fact that it was made by Trier who is definitely not in the twilight of his career is kind of interesting? Stellan Skarsgard in supporting is egregious category fraud tho
January 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I thought it was fine, and the fact that it was made by Trier who is definitely not in the twilight of his career is kind of interesting? Stellan Skarsgard in supporting is egregious category fraud tho
Or we promised them billions in oil industry FDI if they let us do a Sicario
January 21, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Or we promised them billions in oil industry FDI if they let us do a Sicario
How do tariffs work against a subset of a free trade union? Is Lego about to spin up a wholly owned Irish subsidiary?
January 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
How do tariffs work against a subset of a free trade union? Is Lego about to spin up a wholly owned Irish subsidiary?
Good bit where they keep teasing the Beerhall Putsch but never actually do it
January 8, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Good bit where they keep teasing the Beerhall Putsch but never actually do it
The actual pain point has to be the blockade, which has some legitimately dire outcomes if maintained.
January 7, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The actual pain point has to be the blockade, which has some legitimately dire outcomes if maintained.
I don’t really care about gamblers getting hosed, but the Maduro trade was almost certainly a leak of classified info, of the type that could get lots of people killed. Interesting to see if there’s a real investigation, but if I was Canel I’d set up an alert
January 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I don’t really care about gamblers getting hosed, but the Maduro trade was almost certainly a leak of classified info, of the type that could get lots of people killed. Interesting to see if there’s a real investigation, but if I was Canel I’d set up an alert
I think the issue is that the primary political and monetary patron of an anti-woke movement is the Trumpist GOP. Trump is personally incoherent enough that anyone rigorous would inevitably criticize him for something (possible exception for Hobbesian authoritarians).
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I think the issue is that the primary political and monetary patron of an anti-woke movement is the Trumpist GOP. Trump is personally incoherent enough that anyone rigorous would inevitably criticize him for something (possible exception for Hobbesian authoritarians).
That helps for assessment, but not for learning. And as a practical matter, if you start failing half your students because their exams are bad, a dept chair or dean is going to start yelling at you pretty quickly
December 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
That helps for assessment, but not for learning. And as a practical matter, if you start failing half your students because their exams are bad, a dept chair or dean is going to start yelling at you pretty quickly
But optimistic to include constitutional law under the “academic”
December 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
But optimistic to include constitutional law under the “academic”
Not the most fundamental point, but Americans can’t be both unexceptional and the absolute worst. You need to pick one.
December 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Not the most fundamental point, but Americans can’t be both unexceptional and the absolute worst. You need to pick one.
Growing up we would call those johnny cakes, and only later did I realize actual johnny cakes have corn meal
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Growing up we would call those johnny cakes, and only later did I realize actual johnny cakes have corn meal
I’ve had multiple people in Seattle whip out “if you don’t like the weather here, wait five minutes.” For comparison, this is the current forecast
December 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’ve had multiple people in Seattle whip out “if you don’t like the weather here, wait five minutes.” For comparison, this is the current forecast
I think the only way you can write anything like the OP is if you’re the one who cares about bowls in the sink, or at least if a reader can’t tell who cares about bowls.
“The things I don’t personally care about should have lower salience” is more or less the whole ask
“The things I don’t personally care about should have lower salience” is more or less the whole ask
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I think the only way you can write anything like the OP is if you’re the one who cares about bowls in the sink, or at least if a reader can’t tell who cares about bowls.
“The things I don’t personally care about should have lower salience” is more or less the whole ask
“The things I don’t personally care about should have lower salience” is more or less the whole ask
I think it’s more important that they’re taxed progressively, which is similar at least to a limited match out voucher
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I think it’s more important that they’re taxed progressively, which is similar at least to a limited match out voucher