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I had an old post on Twitter about this. The US spends about 18% of its GDP on the social safety net and 3.5% on military. Germany spends about 24-25% of its GDP on the social safety net and 2% on the military.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
January 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I had an old post on Twitter about this. The US spends about 18% of its GDP on the social safety net and 3.5% on military. Germany spends about 24-25% of its GDP on the social safety net and 2% on the military.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
Our military spending is not why they can have nice things or why we don't.
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Here. I wrote about American threats against Greenland and the fate of NATO.
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The Next Great Crisis
Greenland and the Fate of NATO
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January 6, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Here. I wrote about American threats against Greenland and the fate of NATO.
othermeans.io/p/the-next-g...
othermeans.io/p/the-next-g...
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Whether they make the playoff or not, they beat OU and Aggie. Good enough.
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Whether they make the playoff or not, they beat OU and Aggie. Good enough.
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Well, Aggie still ain't never played for an SEC championship. Heh.
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Well, Aggie still ain't never played for an SEC championship. Heh.
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As the great warrior poet ice cube once said “if the day does not require a GOP victory, it is good”
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
As the great warrior poet ice cube once said “if the day does not require a GOP victory, it is good”
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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The French switching to counting by twenties at 80 is the language equivalent of having the ghost runner in extra innings.
October 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The French switching to counting by twenties at 80 is the language equivalent of having the ghost runner in extra innings.
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October 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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The SCIF is well known as the Pink Pony Club
natsec libs who listen to sad gay girl pop? my god if there are two of us here, there must be dozens in the wild
October 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The SCIF is well known as the Pink Pony Club
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Oh? All hope is lost? Democracy is doomed? Liberalism has been vanquished?
Yeah okay buddy. Explain Sabrina Carpenter then.
Yeah okay buddy. Explain Sabrina Carpenter then.
September 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Oh? All hope is lost? Democracy is doomed? Liberalism has been vanquished?
Yeah okay buddy. Explain Sabrina Carpenter then.
Yeah okay buddy. Explain Sabrina Carpenter then.
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We could have been providing military aid to Ukraine. We could have been building our partnerships in the Pacific. We could have strengthened Europe’s defense industrial base. We could have helped build state capacity in South America.
What a fucking disaster this has all been.
What a fucking disaster this has all been.
September 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We could have been providing military aid to Ukraine. We could have been building our partnerships in the Pacific. We could have strengthened Europe’s defense industrial base. We could have helped build state capacity in South America.
What a fucking disaster this has all been.
What a fucking disaster this has all been.
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Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
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The best 26 seconds of the film is when Josh brolins character states near the end this is a public health problem, not a political violence problem, even after doing a bunch of political violence
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The best 26 seconds of the film is when Josh brolins character states near the end this is a public health problem, not a political violence problem, even after doing a bunch of political violence
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I don't know why I'm even going to bother, but no it wasn't. It was hardly even brought up in the Federalist papers. The people who created the United States were almost pathologically fixated on the Roman Republic and Enlightenment-era Liberalism.
White Christian Taliban shit right here.
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)
September 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I don't know why I'm even going to bother, but no it wasn't. It was hardly even brought up in the Federalist papers. The people who created the United States were almost pathologically fixated on the Roman Republic and Enlightenment-era Liberalism.
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LBJ says Hook ‘Em 🤘🤘🤘
August 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
LBJ says Hook ‘Em 🤘🤘🤘
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"So I actually like the deep state. I think that any functioning political system has to have a civil service that meets these basic Weberian requirements of being non-partisan, expert, professional, and the like."
- @frankfukuyama.bsky.social at #LibCon2025
- @frankfukuyama.bsky.social at #LibCon2025
August 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"So I actually like the deep state. I think that any functioning political system has to have a civil service that meets these basic Weberian requirements of being non-partisan, expert, professional, and the like."
- @frankfukuyama.bsky.social at #LibCon2025
- @frankfukuyama.bsky.social at #LibCon2025
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The petty crime rate in DC probably substantially dipped 15 years ago when we left. At the very least the Heritage Foundation stopped being pissed on at 3am. It was our public bathroom of choice between the Hawk n Dove and South Capitol Metro. -OS
August 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The petty crime rate in DC probably substantially dipped 15 years ago when we left. At the very least the Heritage Foundation stopped being pissed on at 3am. It was our public bathroom of choice between the Hawk n Dove and South Capitol Metro. -OS