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Lots of young folks absorbed this sort of discourse and decided that criticising e.g. Biden for not being Leninist enough was an aspirational ideal.
The same people spent a summer protesting Dems over Gaza (rightly) but hardly protesting Republicans (wtf??)
The same people spent a summer protesting Dems over Gaza (rightly) but hardly protesting Republicans (wtf??)
January 6, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Lots of young folks absorbed this sort of discourse and decided that criticising e.g. Biden for not being Leninist enough was an aspirational ideal.
The same people spent a summer protesting Dems over Gaza (rightly) but hardly protesting Republicans (wtf??)
The same people spent a summer protesting Dems over Gaza (rightly) but hardly protesting Republicans (wtf??)
A decade or more ago there was a (partly RU-funded) online campaign to rat***k electable democrats. They called Liz Warren a snake, they called Obama the deporter in chief. Very Russian, because yeah valid point, but also meme-ified and overwhelming all counterpoints.
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 AM
A decade or more ago there was a (partly RU-funded) online campaign to rat***k electable democrats. They called Liz Warren a snake, they called Obama the deporter in chief. Very Russian, because yeah valid point, but also meme-ified and overwhelming all counterpoints.
Is that St George on the wall?
January 4, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Is that St George on the wall?
I'm partial to the idea (in Kaldellis, maybe others) that the Res Publica continued until 1453, though the government's form changed many times.
It seems to me that Augustus really did save "the republic" (the Roman polity) from the bat-s**t stasis & civil war period.
It seems to me that Augustus really did save "the republic" (the Roman polity) from the bat-s**t stasis & civil war period.
January 4, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm partial to the idea (in Kaldellis, maybe others) that the Res Publica continued until 1453, though the government's form changed many times.
It seems to me that Augustus really did save "the republic" (the Roman polity) from the bat-s**t stasis & civil war period.
It seems to me that Augustus really did save "the republic" (the Roman polity) from the bat-s**t stasis & civil war period.
I dunno, it's not really a war. It's a couple raids. If US actually wanted to land troops, take territory, etc -- Venezuela is very big. Lots of space for guerilla action.
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I dunno, it's not really a war. It's a couple raids. If US actually wanted to land troops, take territory, etc -- Venezuela is very big. Lots of space for guerilla action.
Djinn, surely
January 2, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Djinn, surely
The other example of this sort of integration that comes to mind is Rome, and it worked for ... 1000-ish years?
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The other example of this sort of integration that comes to mind is Rome, and it worked for ... 1000-ish years?
Maybe a 17th c colonial state? It's less "small minority extracting wealth from Natives" and more of "persecuted religious minority tries to establish utopia." Very Massachusetts.
December 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Maybe a 17th c colonial state? It's less "small minority extracting wealth from Natives" and more of "persecuted religious minority tries to establish utopia." Very Massachusetts.
Also, like, most of our heritage is subsistence farming. Even my quaint ethnic traditions -- wheat on the Christmas eve table, etc -- are about having enough food to survive another year. The freedom to open a shop in the village *is* abundance.
December 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Also, like, most of our heritage is subsistence farming. Even my quaint ethnic traditions -- wheat on the Christmas eve table, etc -- are about having enough food to survive another year. The freedom to open a shop in the village *is* abundance.
So does Homer, and the Bible for that matter
December 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So does Homer, and the Bible for that matter
Both, for group chats. For phone calls the time difference kinda dictates.
December 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Both, for group chats. For phone calls the time difference kinda dictates.
But i can see me now on Christmas morning, coming down the stairs
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
But i can see me now on Christmas morning, coming down the stairs
Why the two voices? Its lawful, or it isn't. Investigate facts and then say the answer.
Oh yeah, the answer isn't what she wants. So she needs to both-sides it.
Oh yeah, the answer isn't what she wants. So she needs to both-sides it.
December 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Why the two voices? Its lawful, or it isn't. Investigate facts and then say the answer.
Oh yeah, the answer isn't what she wants. So she needs to both-sides it.
Oh yeah, the answer isn't what she wants. So she needs to both-sides it.
Yes! One major point if AI is processing heaps of noisy "data:" texts, images, etc, and returning useful summaries or patterns. If it might return hallucinations, a person has to troll through the data pile to verify.
December 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yes! One major point if AI is processing heaps of noisy "data:" texts, images, etc, and returning useful summaries or patterns. If it might return hallucinations, a person has to troll through the data pile to verify.
Yep. Today you're a removalist. Tomorrow you stuff envelopes.
Then you get two or three days of being broke. Just turn up to the labour hire place at 6am and leave at 10 because there's no work.
Then you get two or three days of being broke. Just turn up to the labour hire place at 6am and leave at 10 because there's no work.
December 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Yep. Today you're a removalist. Tomorrow you stuff envelopes.
Then you get two or three days of being broke. Just turn up to the labour hire place at 6am and leave at 10 because there's no work.
Then you get two or three days of being broke. Just turn up to the labour hire place at 6am and leave at 10 because there's no work.
The ND state capitol is one such. Elevators have bronze doors with working-class people, and chandeliers are giant wheat stalks. Very prairie socialist.
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The ND state capitol is one such. Elevators have bronze doors with working-class people, and chandeliers are giant wheat stalks. Very prairie socialist.
Two issues. 1, with Trump or anyone similar, all agreements are useless. Can't trust. But -- maybe more importantly -- 2, the escalation and nuke fears are still there, same as in Biden years. Even a "normal" prez would think twice before committing US troops.
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Two issues. 1, with Trump or anyone similar, all agreements are useless. Can't trust. But -- maybe more importantly -- 2, the escalation and nuke fears are still there, same as in Biden years. Even a "normal" prez would think twice before committing US troops.
Barry Lyndon but French, basically?
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Barry Lyndon but French, basically?
My boy scout map & compass skills might actually be useful
December 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
My boy scout map & compass skills might actually be useful
Wouldn't that make Katter's granddad also not welcome?
December 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Wouldn't that make Katter's granddad also not welcome?
Yeah nobody's saying to not help homeless people. Will isn't a Republican.
Though, the data is households, right? So its not capturing people who live at home? Or who live in share housing but might prefer to get their own place?
Though, the data is households, right? So its not capturing people who live at home? Or who live in share housing but might prefer to get their own place?
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Yeah nobody's saying to not help homeless people. Will isn't a Republican.
Though, the data is households, right? So its not capturing people who live at home? Or who live in share housing but might prefer to get their own place?
Though, the data is households, right? So its not capturing people who live at home? Or who live in share housing but might prefer to get their own place?
I dunno, if its looking more at old-timey words, does that just mean it finds the old-timey word patterns? Like the college kids in Good Will Hunting where their ideas are just a mishmash of what they've been hearing more?
December 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I dunno, if its looking more at old-timey words, does that just mean it finds the old-timey word patterns? Like the college kids in Good Will Hunting where their ideas are just a mishmash of what they've been hearing more?
First time I've seen someone pull off the belt-and-braces look
December 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
First time I've seen someone pull off the belt-and-braces look
He's just a man, saying we should have confidence
A confidence man, if you will
A confidence man, if you will
December 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
He's just a man, saying we should have confidence
A confidence man, if you will
A confidence man, if you will
Can't think the calls to lynch Pence endeared Trump to many Indiana party brokers
December 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Can't think the calls to lynch Pence endeared Trump to many Indiana party brokers