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Setting aside the moral and intellectual critiques one could levy, the political savvy that concludes that podcasting with Ben Shapiro will help one win the democratic presidential primary is not one I’d be inclined to bet on
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Setting aside the moral and intellectual critiques one could levy, the political savvy that concludes that podcasting with Ben Shapiro will help one win the democratic presidential primary is not one I’d be inclined to bet on
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Me outlining the conclusions the tribunal reached is not me endorsing them. Especially when I emphasised repeatedly that this is a first instance decision and non-binding. I'm really not sure what more I can do to make my position on this clear - it has quite literally been my entire life since FWS.
January 17, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Me outlining the conclusions the tribunal reached is not me endorsing them. Especially when I emphasised repeatedly that this is a first instance decision and non-binding. I'm really not sure what more I can do to make my position on this clear - it has quite literally been my entire life since FWS.
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protestors have painted what appears to be a tunnel on the side of the mountain, causing ICE agents to run into the mountain at full speed.
disgusting.
disgusting.
January 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
protestors have painted what appears to be a tunnel on the side of the mountain, causing ICE agents to run into the mountain at full speed.
disgusting.
disgusting.
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The rabid feral animals in question:
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 AM
The rabid feral animals in question:
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With every game I play, I keep thinking back to Deus Ex, and the lessons that weren't learned.
Deus Ex has no minimap, no objective markers; it drops you into an environment and tells you to find something or someone.
Which forces you to engage with the world, and to think, to deduce.
Deus Ex has no minimap, no objective markers; it drops you into an environment and tells you to find something or someone.
Which forces you to engage with the world, and to think, to deduce.
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
With every game I play, I keep thinking back to Deus Ex, and the lessons that weren't learned.
Deus Ex has no minimap, no objective markers; it drops you into an environment and tells you to find something or someone.
Which forces you to engage with the world, and to think, to deduce.
Deus Ex has no minimap, no objective markers; it drops you into an environment and tells you to find something or someone.
Which forces you to engage with the world, and to think, to deduce.
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crazy that Jerome Powell has more respect for his office and institutional independence than basically every university board in the country
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 AM
crazy that Jerome Powell has more respect for his office and institutional independence than basically every university board in the country
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once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
Not remotely legal. Minnesota needs to arrest these thugs breaking down doors right now, before they start grabbing even more power
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 AM
once again: ICE is operating as if they have a general warrant, the specific type of warrant the founders were most concerned about when drafting the 4th Amendment
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I think a lot of people find a principle like this intuitive, but I have no idea why that would be true in general (and can think of some reasons why it would often turn out to be false)
January 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I think a lot of people find a principle like this intuitive, but I have no idea why that would be true in general (and can think of some reasons why it would often turn out to be false)
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i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
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On 10 January 1942, the German artillery command in the desert totted up the personnel losses its subordinate units had suffered. They came to almost 1/4 of the men present on 1 November 1941.
Personnel Losses in the German Army Artillery during CRUSADER
Background On 10 January 1942 the Artillerie-Kommandeur 104, commanding the army artillery of Panzergruppe Afrika, reported the current strength of the units under his command. This was all the hea…
rommelsriposte.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:50 AM
On 10 January 1942, the German artillery command in the desert totted up the personnel losses its subordinate units had suffered. They came to almost 1/4 of the men present on 1 November 1941.
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The Trump era, and especially Trump 2, has made it crystal clear that the mainstream media is a completely amoral institution. The Fourth Estate does not care about the nation's well-being at all--doesn't even care about being able to report interesting things! It just cares about access.
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The Trump era, and especially Trump 2, has made it crystal clear that the mainstream media is a completely amoral institution. The Fourth Estate does not care about the nation's well-being at all--doesn't even care about being able to report interesting things! It just cares about access.
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Negatively polarizing yourself into an Iraq war supporter 2 decades after the fact is an interesting one
Matt Taibbi says that America should've taken Iraq's oil when they invaded.
"And as for the Iraq oil thing, I was all in favor, like if we were there, yeah, let's take it... I guess the idea of turning it over to the Iraqi people, but I don't know, I felt a little more mercenary about that."
"And as for the Iraq oil thing, I was all in favor, like if we were there, yeah, let's take it... I guess the idea of turning it over to the Iraqi people, but I don't know, I felt a little more mercenary about that."
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Negatively polarizing yourself into an Iraq war supporter 2 decades after the fact is an interesting one
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If you sit down and try to write down a list of circumstances that justify the right of revolution, in Lockean political theory terms, this, uhhh..... this would be front and center!
Hell, I think we are reaching "Hobbes would agree" terrain!
Hell, I think we are reaching "Hobbes would agree" terrain!
Legal falsity aside, I think “our masked, anonymous paramilitary thugs have an absolute right to kill you and your job is simply to trust that they won’t” isn’t so much a defense as a confession
This is not the law.
January 8, 2026 at 10:12 PM
If you sit down and try to write down a list of circumstances that justify the right of revolution, in Lockean political theory terms, this, uhhh..... this would be front and center!
Hell, I think we are reaching "Hobbes would agree" terrain!
Hell, I think we are reaching "Hobbes would agree" terrain!
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Embrace tradition
January 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Embrace tradition
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Filoni has strengths. Clone Wars is a really fascinating rehabilitation campaign for the Prequels that works, Rebels is a contained story that sticks the landing. But what Star Wars needs is 1) less reverence for its own canon, and 2) a willingness to let the lore break precendent for good stories
Dave Filoni and Lywen Brennan will reportedly replace Kathleen Kennedy as the new co-presidents of Lucasfilm
• Dave Filoni will oversee all creative development
• Lywen Brennan will oversee executive duties
• Announcement is expected to be made in a couple weeks
(via Puck News)
• Dave Filoni will oversee all creative development
• Lywen Brennan will oversee executive duties
• Announcement is expected to be made in a couple weeks
(via Puck News)
January 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Filoni has strengths. Clone Wars is a really fascinating rehabilitation campaign for the Prequels that works, Rebels is a contained story that sticks the landing. But what Star Wars needs is 1) less reverence for its own canon, and 2) a willingness to let the lore break precendent for good stories
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i remember when creating CSAM would mean your website was shutdown immediately and people not only wouldn't choose to hang out there but literally couldn't because again it was shutdown immediately
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
i remember when creating CSAM would mean your website was shutdown immediately and people not only wouldn't choose to hang out there but literally couldn't because again it was shutdown immediately
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ME: yeah could i get the impossible burger with cheese.
THE VIZIER WHO'S BEEN ADVISING ME: ahh, an excellent choice sire. an imitation of the genuine article. there are some "friends" of yours to whom it bears a passing similarity
ME: you want anything
VIZIER: [chuckles] what i want is of no import
THE VIZIER WHO'S BEEN ADVISING ME: ahh, an excellent choice sire. an imitation of the genuine article. there are some "friends" of yours to whom it bears a passing similarity
ME: you want anything
VIZIER: [chuckles] what i want is of no import
June 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
ME: yeah could i get the impossible burger with cheese.
THE VIZIER WHO'S BEEN ADVISING ME: ahh, an excellent choice sire. an imitation of the genuine article. there are some "friends" of yours to whom it bears a passing similarity
ME: you want anything
VIZIER: [chuckles] what i want is of no import
THE VIZIER WHO'S BEEN ADVISING ME: ahh, an excellent choice sire. an imitation of the genuine article. there are some "friends" of yours to whom it bears a passing similarity
ME: you want anything
VIZIER: [chuckles] what i want is of no import
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Reading Chotiner interviews with people who actually know what they're talking about is interesting because you realize his main skill is not "gotchas" but just like, facilitating effective communication. when that runs into someone who's used to dissimulating they get humiliated.
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Reading Chotiner interviews with people who actually know what they're talking about is interesting because you realize his main skill is not "gotchas" but just like, facilitating effective communication. when that runs into someone who's used to dissimulating they get humiliated.
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24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean
Hard to watch US TV media discussing how the US might occupy and run a foreign country as if it’s a perfectly normal political development.
January 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
24 hours ago, journalists were wondering aloud what "deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" could possibly mean
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i feel like i see a lot of "mysterious new account makes big bet on insider information" news stories and not enough people-being-arrested-for-that news stories
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
i feel like i see a lot of "mysterious new account makes big bet on insider information" news stories and not enough people-being-arrested-for-that news stories
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Mike Lee’s role is to justify Trump’s Venezuela invasion to conservative legal movement types, but this is fucking gibberish. The assertion that kidnapping a head of state “likely” falls under “inherent authority” is as close as it gets to admitting you’re a little errand boy doing as you’re told.
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Mike Lee’s role is to justify Trump’s Venezuela invasion to conservative legal movement types, but this is fucking gibberish. The assertion that kidnapping a head of state “likely” falls under “inherent authority” is as close as it gets to admitting you’re a little errand boy doing as you’re told.
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again, i think if you are going to violate the sovereignty of one people, and do it with the authority and tax dollars of your own people, the least you can do is get your story straight and sell it a little
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
again, i think if you are going to violate the sovereignty of one people, and do it with the authority and tax dollars of your own people, the least you can do is get your story straight and sell it a little
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kinda miss the times when people asked me why the study of colonialism / imperialism was relevant tbh
Uh
*TRUMP SAYS US WILL 'RUN' VENEZUELA UNTIL TRANSITION POSSIBLE
*TRUMP SAYS US WILL 'RUN' VENEZUELA UNTIL TRANSITION POSSIBLE
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
kinda miss the times when people asked me why the study of colonialism / imperialism was relevant tbh