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It would have the advantage of making everything *else* that has to happen marginally easier, by partially fixing the right-wing tilt of the federal government
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It would have the advantage of making everything *else* that has to happen marginally easier, by partially fixing the right-wing tilt of the federal government
All that war talk is projection as usual. They really are at war with the cities, so they pretend we’re making war on them.
December 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
All that war talk is projection as usual. They really are at war with the cities, so they pretend we’re making war on them.
Good observation, but I quibble with “random”. It’s not incidental that these are Black children.
December 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Good observation, but I quibble with “random”. It’s not incidental that these are Black children.
I wrote EXACTLY THIS SENTENCE to a friend and then looked at the replies and gasped
December 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I wrote EXACTLY THIS SENTENCE to a friend and then looked at the replies and gasped
Shades of Gödel here
December 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Shades of Gödel here
There’s a guy with “[email protected]”, I like that one a lot
December 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There’s a guy with “[email protected]”, I like that one a lot
Mysterious! I would like to know more about the events you allude to.
December 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Mysterious! I would like to know more about the events you allude to.
Obviously he was self-conscious about his short fingers and obtained a prosthesis.
December 31, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Obviously he was self-conscious about his short fingers and obtained a prosthesis.
Oh I took it to mean lack of depth in the humanities, and agreed, lol
December 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Oh I took it to mean lack of depth in the humanities, and agreed, lol
What could be more colonial than calling colonized people non-human? (While also talking about granting moral status to computer programs, to complete the insult, of course.)
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What could be more colonial than calling colonized people non-human? (While also talking about granting moral status to computer programs, to complete the insult, of course.)
Borrowed! Thank you
December 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Borrowed! Thank you
Yes. Even a broad coalition (which we do need now) requires boundaries. And this isn’t even a tough call.
December 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Yes. Even a broad coalition (which we do need now) requires boundaries. And this isn’t even a tough call.
He’s the carney, they’re the mark?
December 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
He’s the carney, they’re the mark?
They want to make coalition with fascists, and they think *I’m* the naive one. LOL.
December 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
They want to make coalition with fascists, and they think *I’m* the naive one. LOL.
Seriously!
Reactionary centrists always want to betray parts of the left coalition to win votes, even when it doesn’t win votes — suggesting that the betrayal is an end in itself. I think a lot of them would rather lose without us than win with us.
Reactionary centrists always want to betray parts of the left coalition to win votes, even when it doesn’t win votes — suggesting that the betrayal is an end in itself. I think a lot of them would rather lose without us than win with us.
December 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Seriously!
Reactionary centrists always want to betray parts of the left coalition to win votes, even when it doesn’t win votes — suggesting that the betrayal is an end in itself. I think a lot of them would rather lose without us than win with us.
Reactionary centrists always want to betray parts of the left coalition to win votes, even when it doesn’t win votes — suggesting that the betrayal is an end in itself. I think a lot of them would rather lose without us than win with us.
Here’s some approving analysis of his movement to the right. I don’t share the approval, obviously www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Mark Carney shows how to do centrist patriotism
Keir Starmer’s Canadian counterpart is defying liberal orthodoxy to embrace tighter borders and wrap himself in the flag
www.thetimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Here’s some approving analysis of his movement to the right. I don’t share the approval, obviously www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
I have revered Bugs Bunny for as long as I can remember.
December 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I have revered Bugs Bunny for as long as I can remember.
I love that book. It’s been a few years, might be time for a revisit.
December 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I love that book. It’s been a few years, might be time for a revisit.
Try our Five-Year Mission Burrito
December 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Try our Five-Year Mission Burrito
Sure. I’ll do Indian burritos. See you at The Wrap of Naan.
December 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sure. I’ll do Indian burritos. See you at The Wrap of Naan.
I was still in NYC on 9/11.
There’s perhaps something to be written here about New Yorkers having to repeatedly watch in horror as the rest of the country reacts to mass death in the worst possible ways.
There’s perhaps something to be written here about New Yorkers having to repeatedly watch in horror as the rest of the country reacts to mass death in the worst possible ways.
December 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I was still in NYC on 9/11.
There’s perhaps something to be written here about New Yorkers having to repeatedly watch in horror as the rest of the country reacts to mass death in the worst possible ways.
There’s perhaps something to be written here about New Yorkers having to repeatedly watch in horror as the rest of the country reacts to mass death in the worst possible ways.
I visited NYC later to spend time with family, and was struck by how much more COVID trauma they were carrying than I was. Not to downplay my own, but theirs was more profound.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I visited NYC later to spend time with family, and was struck by how much more COVID trauma they were carrying than I was. Not to downplay my own, but theirs was more profound.