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30 • i learned economics to write better stories. now i want to live in the worlds i know are possible 🌻 he/him
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on the vocabulary of the soul: there are deeper, more true things, than what we can see.
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
on the vocabulary of the soul: there are deeper, more true things, than what we can see.
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It's fascinating how closely this lines up with the split inside many households with a domestic abuser - drama because there's disagreement over whether to coddle the abuser to avoid triggering them or to fight back / separate
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
It's fascinating how closely this lines up with the split inside many households with a domestic abuser - drama because there's disagreement over whether to coddle the abuser to avoid triggering them or to fight back / separate
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makes you wonder the extent to which the loser behavior of a lot of Democratic electeds is just downstream of the loser behavior of apparently a bunch of Democratic voters
December 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
makes you wonder the extent to which the loser behavior of a lot of Democratic electeds is just downstream of the loser behavior of apparently a bunch of Democratic voters
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The response to this feels somewhat akin to the response to Hillbilly Elegy— that certain liberals must read it and praise it so that they can properly and publicly perform humility to atone for their eliteness. This is despite both of these books being written by Ivy Leaguers.
December 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The response to this feels somewhat akin to the response to Hillbilly Elegy— that certain liberals must read it and praise it so that they can properly and publicly perform humility to atone for their eliteness. This is despite both of these books being written by Ivy Leaguers.
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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Most planners I know are familiar with this playbook, and will also point out that democratically mandated public consultation processes are often manipulated to play into this, which is how we get watered down (or non existent) rather than transformative project outcomes.
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
December 8, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Most planners I know are familiar with this playbook, and will also point out that democratically mandated public consultation processes are often manipulated to play into this, which is how we get watered down (or non existent) rather than transformative project outcomes.
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I think about this all the time
(from catandgirl.com/the-genius/)
(from catandgirl.com/the-genius/)
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I think about this all the time
(from catandgirl.com/the-genius/)
(from catandgirl.com/the-genius/)
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Wait so Disney buys stock from OpenAI and OpenAI pays Disney in stock to license its characters? Amazing
Sources: Disney's Sora deal is entirely in OpenAI stock rather than a cash licensing fee; Disney has the option to buy additional stock beyond the $1B stake (Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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December 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Wait so Disney buys stock from OpenAI and OpenAI pays Disney in stock to license its characters? Amazing
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Thinking about the commonly observed phenomenon of industries losing prestige, compensation, & male pursuit when they're declared feminized. Were men pushed out by DEI or have some men turned elsewhere from demonized professions declared feminine & invalid?
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Thinking about the commonly observed phenomenon of industries losing prestige, compensation, & male pursuit when they're declared feminized. Were men pushed out by DEI or have some men turned elsewhere from demonized professions declared feminine & invalid?
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like his complaint is literally that there are people who believe in things, believe those things are right, and believe in those things regardless of whether they are popular.
December 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
like his complaint is literally that there are people who believe in things, believe those things are right, and believe in those things regardless of whether they are popular.
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The world would be better off if the Palestinians just didn't exist, says former president of the United States
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The world would be better off if the Palestinians just didn't exist, says former president of the United States
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fuck the Democratic party 👍
As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
fuck the Democratic party 👍
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The thing that gets me about this is that even if we wanted to make a positive AI ad, they never showcase AI being used to enhance someone’s day or improve their workflow. There’s no “it allows me to more easily do what I love.” It’s always presented as a failsafe for the dispassionate and incurious
Every ad for AI is like
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The thing that gets me about this is that even if we wanted to make a positive AI ad, they never showcase AI being used to enhance someone’s day or improve their workflow. There’s no “it allows me to more easily do what I love.” It’s always presented as a failsafe for the dispassionate and incurious
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I don't know what this was originally about, but it reminds me:
In most of the mostly white spaces I regularly participate in (for political work), the dominant norm is snark, whereas in the majority-POC spaces I inhabit, the dominant norm is sincerity.
The former, I endure; the latter, I enjoy.
In most of the mostly white spaces I regularly participate in (for political work), the dominant norm is snark, whereas in the majority-POC spaces I inhabit, the dominant norm is sincerity.
The former, I endure; the latter, I enjoy.
My hottest current take :
White and edgelord humor is one long line of insincere bullying that depends in you not wanting to be the person who “doesn’t get the joke”
White and edgelord humor is one long line of insincere bullying that depends in you not wanting to be the person who “doesn’t get the joke”
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I don't know what this was originally about, but it reminds me:
In most of the mostly white spaces I regularly participate in (for political work), the dominant norm is snark, whereas in the majority-POC spaces I inhabit, the dominant norm is sincerity.
The former, I endure; the latter, I enjoy.
In most of the mostly white spaces I regularly participate in (for political work), the dominant norm is snark, whereas in the majority-POC spaces I inhabit, the dominant norm is sincerity.
The former, I endure; the latter, I enjoy.
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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"If the whole system is a bureaucracy of made-up debts and accusations, then democratic action appears mainly as refusal and jubilee. ... What falls out of view is the possibility that public credit need not be organized primarily as repayable, quantified monetary debt at all."
The Utopia of Refusal: David Graeber, Debt & the Left Monetary Imagination
by Will Beaman & Scott Ferguson Note: David Graeber leaves behind a rich and complex body of work that remains influential for leftist thought and practice. Since his passing in 2020, however, …
moneyontheleft.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"If the whole system is a bureaucracy of made-up debts and accusations, then democratic action appears mainly as refusal and jubilee. ... What falls out of view is the possibility that public credit need not be organized primarily as repayable, quantified monetary debt at all."
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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They would rather have actual European countries pull out than to exclude a country that isn’t European
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
They would rather have actual European countries pull out than to exclude a country that isn’t European
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Probably the single largest transfer of wealth to an individual in history: Larry Ellison's wealth rose by $94.5 billion to $388 billion yesterday. Still only the second richest person in the world.
September 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Probably the single largest transfer of wealth to an individual in history: Larry Ellison's wealth rose by $94.5 billion to $388 billion yesterday. Still only the second richest person in the world.
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It is, as always, important that we do not let reactionaries have a monopoly on religion.
Religion, all religion, is ultimately about community & shared culture, it came be a thing to tie us together.
Religion, all religion, is ultimately about community & shared culture, it came be a thing to tie us together.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It is, as always, important that we do not let reactionaries have a monopoly on religion.
Religion, all religion, is ultimately about community & shared culture, it came be a thing to tie us together.
Religion, all religion, is ultimately about community & shared culture, it came be a thing to tie us together.
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We recently published a lesser known article by David Graeber written in 2013 called - Buncombe.
Here is the piece and an extract.
davidgraeber.org/articles/bun...
Here is the piece and an extract.
davidgraeber.org/articles/bun...
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We recently published a lesser known article by David Graeber written in 2013 called - Buncombe.
Here is the piece and an extract.
davidgraeber.org/articles/bun...
Here is the piece and an extract.
davidgraeber.org/articles/bun...
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A legitimately brilliant insight courtesy of MAGA crypto galaxy brain.
Tfw when MAGA detects the Zetro Card's radical potential for public finance.
See this link for more:
moneyontheleft.org/2025/08/24/h...
See this link for more:
moneyontheleft.org/2025/08/24/h...
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A legitimately brilliant insight courtesy of MAGA crypto galaxy brain.
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Maintaining the status quo is an essential part of the job of the mainstream media.
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Maintaining the status quo is an essential part of the job of the mainstream media.
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Artists of all walks:
Once you open "porn" up for removal, or acceptable removal, based upon a moving scale of gray morality, everyone's work is fair game. Everyone's. Because just being queer? Is considered by many perverse. Even if everyone has their clothes on, perverse.
Protect. Porn.
Once you open "porn" up for removal, or acceptable removal, based upon a moving scale of gray morality, everyone's work is fair game. Everyone's. Because just being queer? Is considered by many perverse. Even if everyone has their clothes on, perverse.
Protect. Porn.
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Artists of all walks:
Once you open "porn" up for removal, or acceptable removal, based upon a moving scale of gray morality, everyone's work is fair game. Everyone's. Because just being queer? Is considered by many perverse. Even if everyone has their clothes on, perverse.
Protect. Porn.
Once you open "porn" up for removal, or acceptable removal, based upon a moving scale of gray morality, everyone's work is fair game. Everyone's. Because just being queer? Is considered by many perverse. Even if everyone has their clothes on, perverse.
Protect. Porn.