Christian Heinzel
@christianh.bsky.social
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Quite conservative about the liberal democratic order, rather liberal about everything else
FDGO Stan account
How should I know if my employer shares these opinions, I'm not stupid enough to ask. Yours probably does though.
Quite conservative about the liberal democratic order, rather liberal about everything else
FDGO Stan account
How should I know if my employer shares these opinions, I'm not stupid enough to ask. Yours probably does though.
i hate UPS I hate UPS I hate UPS I hate UPS I hate UPS I hate UPS
"We tried to deliver your parcel, but could not leave it without a signature." my ass, I can see that the doorbell hasn't been rung.
I also fucking saw the truck turn around 200m away during my morning run, just like last time
"We tried to deliver your parcel, but could not leave it without a signature." my ass, I can see that the doorbell hasn't been rung.
I also fucking saw the truck turn around 200m away during my morning run, just like last time
December 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
i hate UPS I hate UPS I hate UPS I hate UPS I hate UPS I hate UPS
"We tried to deliver your parcel, but could not leave it without a signature." my ass, I can see that the doorbell hasn't been rung.
I also fucking saw the truck turn around 200m away during my morning run, just like last time
"We tried to deliver your parcel, but could not leave it without a signature." my ass, I can see that the doorbell hasn't been rung.
I also fucking saw the truck turn around 200m away during my morning run, just like last time
Optimising your field course selection in econ grad school to minimise the amount of mandatory presentations because you are scared of them seems like a truly awful strategy based on some ~interesting~ seminar presentations I got to see recently
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Optimising your field course selection in econ grad school to minimise the amount of mandatory presentations because you are scared of them seems like a truly awful strategy based on some ~interesting~ seminar presentations I got to see recently
My wrapped is generally quite boring (I listen to the same few playlists, albums and podcasts every year for now 5 years lol) except for this one lmao
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My wrapped is generally quite boring (I listen to the same few playlists, albums and podcasts every year for now 5 years lol) except for this one lmao
The claim that fuel economy standards killed the station wagon more than consumer preference and manufacturer strategies is extremely funny tbh.
They still exist in markets where people buy Sedans, they're just not as popular as SUVs or practical as (mini) vans in the size range.
They still exist in markets where people buy Sedans, they're just not as popular as SUVs or practical as (mini) vans in the size range.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The claim that fuel economy standards killed the station wagon more than consumer preference and manufacturer strategies is extremely funny tbh.
They still exist in markets where people buy Sedans, they're just not as popular as SUVs or practical as (mini) vans in the size range.
They still exist in markets where people buy Sedans, they're just not as popular as SUVs or practical as (mini) vans in the size range.
Norway, famously the European (not EU) country most desperate for foreign oil supplies
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Norway, famously the European (not EU) country most desperate for foreign oil supplies
Very cool that bsky's smartest boys have decided more Fettermans but on purpose is the ideal strategy for the "labor movement" that definitely exists outside the dem party as an electoral force.
A real shame of switching websites is that you can't just search their history of Manchin...
A real shame of switching websites is that you can't just search their history of Manchin...
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Very cool that bsky's smartest boys have decided more Fettermans but on purpose is the ideal strategy for the "labor movement" that definitely exists outside the dem party as an electoral force.
A real shame of switching websites is that you can't just search their history of Manchin...
A real shame of switching websites is that you can't just search their history of Manchin...
Please do not think about the other theory the guy is famous for and how that's going over at DoD right now though.
Genuinely couldn't think of a funnier time to claim a W for Huntington besides maybe between Jan6 and the inauguration.
Genuinely couldn't think of a funnier time to claim a W for Huntington besides maybe between Jan6 and the inauguration.
Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.
Samuel Huntington Is Getting His Revenge
The idea of a global “clash of civilizations” wasn’t wrong—it was just premature.
foreignpolicy.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Please do not think about the other theory the guy is famous for and how that's going over at DoD right now though.
Genuinely couldn't think of a funnier time to claim a W for Huntington besides maybe between Jan6 and the inauguration.
Genuinely couldn't think of a funnier time to claim a W for Huntington besides maybe between Jan6 and the inauguration.
Now I get why they insisted on non-exclusive membership...
In ten years there will be 12 Your Parties
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Now I get why they insisted on non-exclusive membership...
This is probably going to have to wait until next autumn at this rate, but I do think there is a case to be made that if you are interested in "incentive compatible" EU joint R&D and procurement mechanisms, not adding another large player with a severe budget constraint and a broad DIB is good.
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions fail after Britain refuses to pay billions of euros in fees
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is probably going to have to wait until next autumn at this rate, but I do think there is a case to be made that if you are interested in "incentive compatible" EU joint R&D and procurement mechanisms, not adding another large player with a severe budget constraint and a broad DIB is good.
Fascinating Christmas market experience in the rural palatinate last night:
Elderly Syrian man is operating a stall registered from Damascus selling sweets and carpets, but for the 15 minutes I was around all he would talk about to customers was how amazing the fall of the regime felt to him
Elderly Syrian man is operating a stall registered from Damascus selling sweets and carpets, but for the 15 minutes I was around all he would talk about to customers was how amazing the fall of the regime felt to him
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Fascinating Christmas market experience in the rural palatinate last night:
Elderly Syrian man is operating a stall registered from Damascus selling sweets and carpets, but for the 15 minutes I was around all he would talk about to customers was how amazing the fall of the regime felt to him
Elderly Syrian man is operating a stall registered from Damascus selling sweets and carpets, but for the 15 minutes I was around all he would talk about to customers was how amazing the fall of the regime felt to him
I'm not saying it would be worse than scrolls, but Astrosoft365's warp-based file sharing service also hold the keys to destroying it through editing conflicts and version control issues.
tbqh microsoft excel would save the imperium
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I'm not saying it would be worse than scrolls, but Astrosoft365's warp-based file sharing service also hold the keys to destroying it through editing conflicts and version control issues.
The annual advent season baking marathon is underway, currently it's looking like we'll be hitting 8kg of dough split between 6 different types
(Admittedly like 3.5kg is just mini Stollen)
(Admittedly like 3.5kg is just mini Stollen)
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The annual advent season baking marathon is underway, currently it's looking like we'll be hitting 8kg of dough split between 6 different types
(Admittedly like 3.5kg is just mini Stollen)
(Admittedly like 3.5kg is just mini Stollen)
I think I've had an idea how I can turn a mediocre empirical research sketch in a subfield I don't really want to work in into a coherent contribution that would take it into the field I actually want to do my research in.
I'm mildly horrified by the prospect of having found "a thing" here.
I'm mildly horrified by the prospect of having found "a thing" here.
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I think I've had an idea how I can turn a mediocre empirical research sketch in a subfield I don't really want to work in into a coherent contribution that would take it into the field I actually want to do my research in.
I'm mildly horrified by the prospect of having found "a thing" here.
I'm mildly horrified by the prospect of having found "a thing" here.
Tbf the former describes a majority of French politicians throughout history as best I can tell
France is making a hard choice between "sociopath in questionable relationship" and "literal fascists" for the, oh, third time in a row.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tbf the former describes a majority of French politicians throughout history as best I can tell
presumably this is the face he also made whenever he remembered his underage son was about to be sent the precise porn he just watched
i went and got the most obviously scared shitless screengrab. he looks slightly more terrified before this but it's got motion blur, this is the first frame of his whole face after he learns that isn't blurred
he looks
u n h a p p y
he looks
u n h a p p y
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
presumably this is the face he also made whenever he remembered his underage son was about to be sent the precise porn he just watched
Reposted by Christian Heinzel
Okay, so maybe I wasn't too mean to him ...
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Okay, so maybe I wasn't too mean to him ...
Reposted by Christian Heinzel
Vindication for the 33% of haters
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Vindication for the 33% of haters
honestly 10/10 content, literally every section of this chapter is in direct conflict with the one above it and like half of the rest
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
honestly 10/10 content, literally every section of this chapter is in direct conflict with the one above it and like half of the rest
Reposted by Christian Heinzel
Do better. There’s no excuse to he homophonic in 2025
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Do better. There’s no excuse to he homophonic in 2025
I always thought the greatest strength of the Westminster system was that a parliamentary majority could actually pretty unilaterally decide to break some eggs to implement a far more abitious program than in consensus-driven legislative processes.
You don't have immediate upcoming elections!
You don't have immediate upcoming elections!
Too much analysis was still treating breaking the tax pledge as “just another unpopular decision” rather than recognising consequence of breaking a promise which defined an election for the public. If is correct the govt won’t now break it they may have avoided a deeply scarring loss of public trust
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I always thought the greatest strength of the Westminster system was that a parliamentary majority could actually pretty unilaterally decide to break some eggs to implement a far more abitious program than in consensus-driven legislative processes.
You don't have immediate upcoming elections!
You don't have immediate upcoming elections!
I actually hate how much more open and confident I get around strangers when I'm
i) wearing a suit
ii) speaking in English rather than German
This sort of has implications for where I should be taking my life in the longer run that I'm not sure I'm quite happy with.
i) wearing a suit
ii) speaking in English rather than German
This sort of has implications for where I should be taking my life in the longer run that I'm not sure I'm quite happy with.
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I actually hate how much more open and confident I get around strangers when I'm
i) wearing a suit
ii) speaking in English rather than German
This sort of has implications for where I should be taking my life in the longer run that I'm not sure I'm quite happy with.
i) wearing a suit
ii) speaking in English rather than German
This sort of has implications for where I should be taking my life in the longer run that I'm not sure I'm quite happy with.
@sharonk.bsky.social 's poasts about it made me pick up Kilcullen's The Dragons and the Snakes and the HTS section in chapter 3 is quite fascinating, noting a slim chance that as an Emirate of Idlib it may evolve into a regular State among States. Solid call for 2019, yet still short of reality.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
@sharonk.bsky.social 's poasts about it made me pick up Kilcullen's The Dragons and the Snakes and the HTS section in chapter 3 is quite fascinating, noting a slim chance that as an Emirate of Idlib it may evolve into a regular State among States. Solid call for 2019, yet still short of reality.
I was aware there is a decent body of applied micro literature on football, but what mad macro scientist managed to justify the use of vector autoregressive models for it?
As bad as the officiating was yesterday, just think that the “conversation about VAR in women’s football” needs to start with “it has drained some of the joy out of being in the stadium in men’s football”.
Arsenal, Chelsea and a key title battle? No, again, we need to talk about VAR
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I was aware there is a decent body of applied micro literature on football, but what mad macro scientist managed to justify the use of vector autoregressive models for it?
Presumably the next scoop is going to be about him having dinner with IRS agents or providing constituent services on saturdays
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Presumably the next scoop is going to be about him having dinner with IRS agents or providing constituent services on saturdays