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Like I've said before there's a small gaggle of FGOs who get it, but the GOFOs are completely out to lunch and sleepwalking the institution into a world where DoD regularly pulls sub 50% positivity ratings regardless of who's in the WH, and hoo boy is the institution not going to like that world
December 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Like I've said before there's a small gaggle of FGOs who get it, but the GOFOs are completely out to lunch and sleepwalking the institution into a world where DoD regularly pulls sub 50% positivity ratings regardless of who's in the WH, and hoo boy is the institution not going to like that world
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I mean we all know what pete is doing to direct, and we all know no one in uniform will bother to contradict that because muh a-paw-lit-ukul norms, and then the institution is gonna do the pikachu face when people continue to be like "oh so you view non-GOP voters as the enemy well fuck you I guess"
The Governor of West Virginia has requested that the Purple Heart be awarded to SPC Sarah Beckstrom and Ssgt Andrew Wolfe for wounds sustained during the WVNG's mobilization in DC.
The DoD's decision on these awards will be extremely telling.
The DoD's decision on these awards will be extremely telling.
December 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I mean we all know what pete is doing to direct, and we all know no one in uniform will bother to contradict that because muh a-paw-lit-ukul norms, and then the institution is gonna do the pikachu face when people continue to be like "oh so you view non-GOP voters as the enemy well fuck you I guess"
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These guys really should just watch sports and do sports betting instead because complaining about "underperformance" in a win is degenerate gambler behavior
This is why I'm really starting to hate the data bros.
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
December 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
These guys really should just watch sports and do sports betting instead because complaining about "underperformance" in a win is degenerate gambler behavior
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I consider this one of my core texts for figuring out the MAGA movement. It looks like these forums are now moving to TikTok.
Down the Rabbit Hole: The world of estranged parents' forums | Issendai.com
The members of estranged parents' forums claim their children cut them off for no reason, but their own postings say otherwise.
www.issendai.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I consider this one of my core texts for figuring out the MAGA movement. It looks like these forums are now moving to TikTok.
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Why does it matter that the regions Russia is occupying are Russian speaking, Owen? What are you trying to imply by saying that?
Do you know who else eastern Ukraine voted for? Zelensky.
Do you know who else eastern Ukraine voted for? Zelensky.
December 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Why does it matter that the regions Russia is occupying are Russian speaking, Owen? What are you trying to imply by saying that?
Do you know who else eastern Ukraine voted for? Zelensky.
Do you know who else eastern Ukraine voted for? Zelensky.
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my negotiation strategy with russia is kill more russians
What are you even talking about! I am saying it is a delusional fantasy to suggest Russia is going to invade European countries like Poland, Germany or indeed the UK, which is the insane drivel currently being promoted in support of a disastrous arms race.
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
my negotiation strategy with russia is kill more russians
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sometimes i think about how california manages to be the world's fifth-largest economy and yet also a consistently dysfunctional and shambolic state government
This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
sometimes i think about how california manages to be the world's fifth-largest economy and yet also a consistently dysfunctional and shambolic state government
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If California were governed competently San Francisco would be one of the largest cities in the world.
sometimes i think about how california manages to be the world's fifth-largest economy and yet also a consistently dysfunctional and shambolic state government
This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
December 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
If California were governed competently San Francisco would be one of the largest cities in the world.
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Our local news recently reported that a nonprofit is collecting toys for kids whose parents were deported. FB commenters were overwhelmingly negative. Many suggested ICE raid the toy drive and arrest the kids, too.
I hate that I’m now aware of how much of our country craves this sort of cruelty.
I hate that I’m now aware of how much of our country craves this sort of cruelty.
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Our local news recently reported that a nonprofit is collecting toys for kids whose parents were deported. FB commenters were overwhelmingly negative. Many suggested ICE raid the toy drive and arrest the kids, too.
I hate that I’m now aware of how much of our country craves this sort of cruelty.
I hate that I’m now aware of how much of our country craves this sort of cruelty.
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there were excesses to woke 1, but the primary reason these people won’t stop crowing about censorship it is that there was a brief moment where being a vicious public asshole bore real social consequences
Our local news recently reported that a nonprofit is collecting toys for kids whose parents were deported. FB commenters were overwhelmingly negative. Many suggested ICE raid the toy drive and arrest the kids, too.
I hate that I’m now aware of how much of our country craves this sort of cruelty.
I hate that I’m now aware of how much of our country craves this sort of cruelty.
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
there were excesses to woke 1, but the primary reason these people won’t stop crowing about censorship it is that there was a brief moment where being a vicious public asshole bore real social consequences
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It's not fair that Chomsky's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein should overshadow his important work denying genocides in Cambodia and Bosnia
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It's not fair that Chomsky's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein should overshadow his important work denying genocides in Cambodia and Bosnia
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A lot of people who work in or adjacent to D politics saw Trump win the pop vote (even slightly) and it completely scrambled their world view because they thought they couldn't relate to voters anymore. The past 11 months have shown that voters may not be as far gone as they initially thought
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A lot of people who work in or adjacent to D politics saw Trump win the pop vote (even slightly) and it completely scrambled their world view because they thought they couldn't relate to voters anymore. The past 11 months have shown that voters may not be as far gone as they initially thought
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This is obviously an extremely convenient explanation if you’re a liberal. Maybe… too convenient? Maybe… suspiciously convenient?
One of the things that I think is really undervalued but extremely important is that undermining civil rights translates to economic insecurity. The ICE raids and people feeling economically woeful are not separable. /2
December 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is obviously an extremely convenient explanation if you’re a liberal. Maybe… too convenient? Maybe… suspiciously convenient?
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Newsom (whom I despise fwiw) is also constantly calling Trump a fat pedophile on social media
Some people are very determined to bring back the R-slur.
![Will Menaker: "This is so lame and a retread of shit that didn't work twice already. Stop acting aghast and just call him out for being an obese, senile pedophile whose entire administration is staffed by [R-slur]s and pigs."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zzfwzjxdhnb5bo4fjxztzfbd/bafkreiatmzgfhy5ttcs57hyhniux5oi6cidjocj4ojsnvizfalvkfpd6vi@jpeg)
December 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Newsom (whom I despise fwiw) is also constantly calling Trump a fat pedophile on social media
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absolutely the fuck not
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
absolutely the fuck not
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This is always true. “How many of those people exist,” “what share of the population are they,” “is the number going up or down,” and “how does this compare to past circumstances” are absolutely vital questions that can only be answered with the careful collection of data.
Well I'm happy for you, Will. Sincerely, However, one of the disfunctions of our society is the tendency for people to dismiss other's experiences. There are a great deal of people living pay check to pay check in constant stress and opportunities for economic stability have declined.
December 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is always true. “How many of those people exist,” “what share of the population are they,” “is the number going up or down,” and “how does this compare to past circumstances” are absolutely vital questions that can only be answered with the careful collection of data.
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Yeah there's basically been this slow motion contraction in academia, journalism, tech, and entertainment since mid-2022. Given these sectors produce literally all our cultural opinions, IMO it's underrated on why "bad vibes" prevail.
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Yeah there's basically been this slow motion contraction in academia, journalism, tech, and entertainment since mid-2022. Given these sectors produce literally all our cultural opinions, IMO it's underrated on why "bad vibes" prevail.
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Basically, a load of vibe producing jobs had bad localized impacts during the biden admin (gamedev, journalism, programmers, artists). This leads me to my proposal for UBI for vibe producing jobs.
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Basically, a load of vibe producing jobs had bad localized impacts during the biden admin (gamedev, journalism, programmers, artists). This leads me to my proposal for UBI for vibe producing jobs.
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The virgin Bluesky poster, citing the lived experience of ten or twelve people who all use a niche social media site
vs.
The chad Current Population Survey, citing the lived experience of 720,000 people annually, carefully selected to ensure no groups are left out or underrepresented
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The chad Current Population Survey, citing the lived experience of 720,000 people annually, carefully selected to ensure no groups are left out or underrepresented
Will is pointing to the data from the Current Population Survey, which asks 60,000 people about their lived experience every month.
He is the one taking their lived experience seriously in this conversation.
He is the one taking their lived experience seriously in this conversation.
December 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The virgin Bluesky poster, citing the lived experience of ten or twelve people who all use a niche social media site
vs.
The chad Current Population Survey, citing the lived experience of 720,000 people annually, carefully selected to ensure no groups are left out or underrepresented
vs.
The chad Current Population Survey, citing the lived experience of 720,000 people annually, carefully selected to ensure no groups are left out or underrepresented
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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CBP in particular cannot be reformed. The culture there is and always has been a nightmare.
He hits mandatory retirement age before 2029 so he's called his shot on this (much like dort), but yeah, this didn't come out of the ether in the last 9 months so any civil service institution which inculcates such rank partisanship has to be destroyed, not reformed
one thing that i don't think people remark enough on is Bovino is not a political appointee
December 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
CBP in particular cannot be reformed. The culture there is and always has been a nightmare.
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He hits mandatory retirement age before 2029 so he's called his shot on this (much like dort), but yeah, this didn't come out of the ether in the last 9 months so any civil service institution which inculcates such rank partisanship has to be destroyed, not reformed
one thing that i don't think people remark enough on is Bovino is not a political appointee
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."
December 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
He hits mandatory retirement age before 2029 so he's called his shot on this (much like dort), but yeah, this didn't come out of the ether in the last 9 months so any civil service institution which inculcates such rank partisanship has to be destroyed, not reformed