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I think Michael Hobbe's hate of The Atlantic often overwhelms his ability to read things clearly.
If you check whatever he's reacting to, sometimes to often, it will take the position he's arguing for, but with additional nuance. The problem is.... you also have to read it.
If you check whatever he's reacting to, sometimes to often, it will take the position he's arguing for, but with additional nuance. The problem is.... you also have to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I think Michael Hobbe's hate of The Atlantic often overwhelms his ability to read things clearly.
If you check whatever he's reacting to, sometimes to often, it will take the position he's arguing for, but with additional nuance. The problem is.... you also have to read it.
If you check whatever he's reacting to, sometimes to often, it will take the position he's arguing for, but with additional nuance. The problem is.... you also have to read it.
I really wish people understood Zohran Mamdani's main power is going to be appointing committees.
I believe his intentions are good, his goals are awesome, his committees will be great.
But if you think he was just handed a wand to remodel The West you're in for a brutal surprise.
I believe his intentions are good, his goals are awesome, his committees will be great.
But if you think he was just handed a wand to remodel The West you're in for a brutal surprise.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I really wish people understood Zohran Mamdani's main power is going to be appointing committees.
I believe his intentions are good, his goals are awesome, his committees will be great.
But if you think he was just handed a wand to remodel The West you're in for a brutal surprise.
I believe his intentions are good, his goals are awesome, his committees will be great.
But if you think he was just handed a wand to remodel The West you're in for a brutal surprise.
I just want to vent into the void.
I am deeply irritated with my family. From the faked murder of my sister, to the faked FBI scandals, to the blaming me for everything, I think I'm owed some apologies. I know I'll never get them. I know I even have to give up some boundaries to resolve crisises.
I am deeply irritated with my family. From the faked murder of my sister, to the faked FBI scandals, to the blaming me for everything, I think I'm owed some apologies. I know I'll never get them. I know I even have to give up some boundaries to resolve crisises.
August 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I just want to vent into the void.
I am deeply irritated with my family. From the faked murder of my sister, to the faked FBI scandals, to the blaming me for everything, I think I'm owed some apologies. I know I'll never get them. I know I even have to give up some boundaries to resolve crisises.
I am deeply irritated with my family. From the faked murder of my sister, to the faked FBI scandals, to the blaming me for everything, I think I'm owed some apologies. I know I'll never get them. I know I even have to give up some boundaries to resolve crisises.
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I sometimes just throw out stuff to enjoy the arguments. I’ll be like “Arthur from the Tick was the last good liberal”, I don’t know what that means, it’s just a series of words I found pleasing
June 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I sometimes just throw out stuff to enjoy the arguments. I’ll be like “Arthur from the Tick was the last good liberal”, I don’t know what that means, it’s just a series of words I found pleasing
Man, I didn't mind youtube ads when they were at the bottom of the screen. Even the ad reads that creators do one - four times a video. I was fine with an ad break every 15-30 minutes.
But google in out of control with the ad 5 minute ad breaks every three minutes of video.
But google in out of control with the ad 5 minute ad breaks every three minutes of video.
June 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Man, I didn't mind youtube ads when they were at the bottom of the screen. Even the ad reads that creators do one - four times a video. I was fine with an ad break every 15-30 minutes.
But google in out of control with the ad 5 minute ad breaks every three minutes of video.
But google in out of control with the ad 5 minute ad breaks every three minutes of video.
I always find this kind of opinion bizarre.
I am confident everyone I know has spoken up. Many of the people I know have plans to effectively do something. And there was literally a protest in Philly that drew nearly a million people.
Are we all supposed to protest 24/7 or its fake?
I am confident everyone I know has spoken up. Many of the people I know have plans to effectively do something. And there was literally a protest in Philly that drew nearly a million people.
Are we all supposed to protest 24/7 or its fake?
I guess I'm still wondering why everyone in the majority that didn't vote for this & in the even bigger majority that opposes what's going on now who can speak out loudly isn't speaking out loudly. Because if they would, a lot would change.
June 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I always find this kind of opinion bizarre.
I am confident everyone I know has spoken up. Many of the people I know have plans to effectively do something. And there was literally a protest in Philly that drew nearly a million people.
Are we all supposed to protest 24/7 or its fake?
I am confident everyone I know has spoken up. Many of the people I know have plans to effectively do something. And there was literally a protest in Philly that drew nearly a million people.
Are we all supposed to protest 24/7 or its fake?
One of the things I've been endlessly fascinated by is how people mistake photographs for reality. People think they cannot lie! There was no photoshop before 1995!!
Photoshop (program) is inspired by the process of developing photos & all the ways you can manipulate film! You know, in a photo shop
Photoshop (program) is inspired by the process of developing photos & all the ways you can manipulate film! You know, in a photo shop
June 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
One of the things I've been endlessly fascinated by is how people mistake photographs for reality. People think they cannot lie! There was no photoshop before 1995!!
Photoshop (program) is inspired by the process of developing photos & all the ways you can manipulate film! You know, in a photo shop
Photoshop (program) is inspired by the process of developing photos & all the ways you can manipulate film! You know, in a photo shop
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please like and share this drawing i did, for an experiment, thank you
May 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
please like and share this drawing i did, for an experiment, thank you
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Is this anything? Or is only authoritarianism when you can't have brunch anymore?
Major escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to pressure Harvard University to fall in line with the president’s agenda: It halted the elite school’s ability to enroll international students.
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Is this anything? Or is only authoritarianism when you can't have brunch anymore?
omg i hate Ezra Klein so much.
When Andrew Marantz is talking about the neoliberal government failing and that it could lead to a "time of monsters" stupid EZ is like "Or it could be abundance! I have a book out about how it could be abundance!"
When Andrew Marantz is talking about the neoliberal government failing and that it could lead to a "time of monsters" stupid EZ is like "Or it could be abundance! I have a book out about how it could be abundance!"
May 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
omg i hate Ezra Klein so much.
When Andrew Marantz is talking about the neoliberal government failing and that it could lead to a "time of monsters" stupid EZ is like "Or it could be abundance! I have a book out about how it could be abundance!"
When Andrew Marantz is talking about the neoliberal government failing and that it could lead to a "time of monsters" stupid EZ is like "Or it could be abundance! I have a book out about how it could be abundance!"
Consensus is that I am the idiot.
I think I have some fundamental misunderstanding in what "understanding" means and what people are supposed to be doing in college?
I thought we were using our brains & refining our skills? What am I missing?
I think I have some fundamental misunderstanding in what "understanding" means and what people are supposed to be doing in college?
I thought we were using our brains & refining our skills? What am I missing?
I guess I'm the idiot for thinking that English Majors would be able to parse and contextualize a work they hadn't read by an author they have studied?
Like, if you show me a Vermeer or Delacroix I hadn't seen before I could contextualize it. I could talk about technique & subject.
Like, if you show me a Vermeer or Delacroix I hadn't seen before I could contextualize it. I could talk about technique & subject.
May 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Consensus is that I am the idiot.
I think I have some fundamental misunderstanding in what "understanding" means and what people are supposed to be doing in college?
I thought we were using our brains & refining our skills? What am I missing?
I think I have some fundamental misunderstanding in what "understanding" means and what people are supposed to be doing in college?
I thought we were using our brains & refining our skills? What am I missing?
I guess I'm the idiot for thinking that English Majors would be able to parse and contextualize a work they hadn't read by an author they have studied?
Like, if you show me a Vermeer or Delacroix I hadn't seen before I could contextualize it. I could talk about technique & subject.
Like, if you show me a Vermeer or Delacroix I hadn't seen before I could contextualize it. I could talk about technique & subject.
May 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I guess I'm the idiot for thinking that English Majors would be able to parse and contextualize a work they hadn't read by an author they have studied?
Like, if you show me a Vermeer or Delacroix I hadn't seen before I could contextualize it. I could talk about technique & subject.
Like, if you show me a Vermeer or Delacroix I hadn't seen before I could contextualize it. I could talk about technique & subject.
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a gargantuan economic development that healthier societies would be well positioned to exploit politically. but we have xenophobia and hyper policing as our de facto climate policy instead of managed fossil fuel phase out. this is not an accident
Solar energy has consistently been underestimated.
Today, it adds more capacity/yr to global grid than any other source in history.
If trend continues, solar will deliver more electricity generation/yr than any technology before it.
Graph from @nathanielbullard.com - great newsletter
Today, it adds more capacity/yr to global grid than any other source in history.
If trend continues, solar will deliver more electricity generation/yr than any technology before it.
Graph from @nathanielbullard.com - great newsletter
May 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
a gargantuan economic development that healthier societies would be well positioned to exploit politically. but we have xenophobia and hyper policing as our de facto climate policy instead of managed fossil fuel phase out. this is not an accident
Sometimes I'm watching youtube "explainer" video essays.... and I'm just like .... embarrassed by insights like "Maybe just stop drilling for oil".
Yes, unassailable. We could stop drilling for oil, but do you remember what happened in 2020 when we only *slowed* down the economy??
Yes, unassailable. We could stop drilling for oil, but do you remember what happened in 2020 when we only *slowed* down the economy??
May 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Sometimes I'm watching youtube "explainer" video essays.... and I'm just like .... embarrassed by insights like "Maybe just stop drilling for oil".
Yes, unassailable. We could stop drilling for oil, but do you remember what happened in 2020 when we only *slowed* down the economy??
Yes, unassailable. We could stop drilling for oil, but do you remember what happened in 2020 when we only *slowed* down the economy??
I feel a little weird about the shingy interview, partially because he won't be specific about anything, but also because, like.... you can pay a person to shoot landscapes or do your audio. I know audio engineers looking for work. The bonus of their expertise is they will know what you don't!
April 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I feel a little weird about the shingy interview, partially because he won't be specific about anything, but also because, like.... you can pay a person to shoot landscapes or do your audio. I know audio engineers looking for work. The bonus of their expertise is they will know what you don't!
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Do you think their resume will list every institution they are put in charge of to dismantle, or do they just consolidate it to one "Toadie, SR" record on linkedin
Rubio and Hegseth have installed this twenty-something DOGE affiliate, Nate Cavanaugh, as acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, per filing.
Before DOGE took control of USIP, the duly appointed president was George Moose, a career diplomat who first joined the foreign service in 1967.
Before DOGE took control of USIP, the duly appointed president was George Moose, a career diplomat who first joined the foreign service in 1967.
March 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Do you think their resume will list every institution they are put in charge of to dismantle, or do they just consolidate it to one "Toadie, SR" record on linkedin
I was talking with a friend today and she felt like no progress has been made in her lifetime.
I'd never say racism is solved, but the changes over my life time have been huge. People have gone from being disgusted that my family is mixed race to interested.
I'd never say racism is solved, but the changes over my life time have been huge. People have gone from being disgusted that my family is mixed race to interested.
March 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I was talking with a friend today and she felt like no progress has been made in her lifetime.
I'd never say racism is solved, but the changes over my life time have been huge. People have gone from being disgusted that my family is mixed race to interested.
I'd never say racism is solved, but the changes over my life time have been huge. People have gone from being disgusted that my family is mixed race to interested.
I can't tell if it's naive, but I keep reading things from people who survived fascism and it seems a lot of them say you've got to find people worth protecting to survive as a person & civilization.
It feels true, but I think I'm just a soft hearted fool.
It feels true, but I think I'm just a soft hearted fool.
March 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I can't tell if it's naive, but I keep reading things from people who survived fascism and it seems a lot of them say you've got to find people worth protecting to survive as a person & civilization.
It feels true, but I think I'm just a soft hearted fool.
It feels true, but I think I'm just a soft hearted fool.
Since this isn't my professional account I can speak my mind with out people being like "Is this about me??"
Anyway, I'm always dubious of guys that talk shit about their ex wives/ex girlfriends. Like... you married them. Add on to that they often call women hysterical....
Anyway, I'm always dubious of guys that talk shit about their ex wives/ex girlfriends. Like... you married them. Add on to that they often call women hysterical....
March 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Since this isn't my professional account I can speak my mind with out people being like "Is this about me??"
Anyway, I'm always dubious of guys that talk shit about their ex wives/ex girlfriends. Like... you married them. Add on to that they often call women hysterical....
Anyway, I'm always dubious of guys that talk shit about their ex wives/ex girlfriends. Like... you married them. Add on to that they often call women hysterical....
There is something fundamentally broken on the internet when someone dresses fancy, reads 3 websites, then does a video essay and the comments are "Wow! The amount of research you did was astounding!"
Yo, it's wikipedia, atlas obscura & art today.
You're just fooled by lighting!
Yo, it's wikipedia, atlas obscura & art today.
You're just fooled by lighting!
March 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
There is something fundamentally broken on the internet when someone dresses fancy, reads 3 websites, then does a video essay and the comments are "Wow! The amount of research you did was astounding!"
Yo, it's wikipedia, atlas obscura & art today.
You're just fooled by lighting!
Yo, it's wikipedia, atlas obscura & art today.
You're just fooled by lighting!
If you are looking to discover the grim level most people are living at, turn off your ad filter on youtube & absorb some of the health care scams, crypto scams, religious scams & payday loan scams. It's frightening!
March 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you are looking to discover the grim level most people are living at, turn off your ad filter on youtube & absorb some of the health care scams, crypto scams, religious scams & payday loan scams. It's frightening!
I really fucking got monkey pawed with the rising interest in Moby Dick becoming a bunch of shitty rewrites.
March 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I really fucking got monkey pawed with the rising interest in Moby Dick becoming a bunch of shitty rewrites.
One of the problems with gen z LGBT youths being cut off from their elders is they think they are the first ones to have the discussion whether or not bisexual women can ever be real lesbians
February 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
One of the problems with gen z LGBT youths being cut off from their elders is they think they are the first ones to have the discussion whether or not bisexual women can ever be real lesbians
There is a specific type of man who follows a woman around to start fights after she has corrected him once.
I hope this genre of man is dying out with my generation.
I hope this genre of man is dying out with my generation.
February 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There is a specific type of man who follows a woman around to start fights after she has corrected him once.
I hope this genre of man is dying out with my generation.
I hope this genre of man is dying out with my generation.