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In general, the aesthetics of Trump II remind me a lot of post-Soviet authoritarianism in Turkmenistan. You can just imagine Trump commissioning a statue exactly like this to stand outside the East Wing ballroom. www.rferl.org/a/meet_the_n...
Golden Turkmenbashi Finds New Home
It's been a tastelessly iconic symbol of Turkmenistan since it appeared in 1998: a 12-meter-tall, gold-plated statue of Saparmurat Niyazov, the country's longtime dictator, who also styled himself as ...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
In general, the aesthetics of Trump II remind me a lot of post-Soviet authoritarianism in Turkmenistan. You can just imagine Trump commissioning a statue exactly like this to stand outside the East Wing ballroom. www.rferl.org/a/meet_the_n...
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but also, let this be a lesson to everyone; time & energy is finite, nobody owes anyone attention, engagement or an argument
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
tonight while recording a guest spot on a podcast i experienced an unacceptable level of disrespect from one of the hosts. so i decided to do what felt right for me and i left. i didn’t need to stick around to show i’m “tough” or “thick skinned.” i reminded myself that no one is owed my time.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
but also, let this be a lesson to everyone; time & energy is finite, nobody owes anyone attention, engagement or an argument
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
there’s so many bad faith attempts at “debate” or whatever & it almost always ends with the one arguing looking afool & showing their ass
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The judge saw an internal dispute between DOT and FDNY and rather than deferring to the city’s judgment (FDNY misunderstood the design and status quo, DOT is right on the engineering merits) as judges typically do, she naively decided FDNY can be trusted to understand the basics here
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The judge saw an internal dispute between DOT and FDNY and rather than deferring to the city’s judgment (FDNY misunderstood the design and status quo, DOT is right on the engineering merits) as judges typically do, she naively decided FDNY can be trusted to understand the basics here
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Just noodling on an idea—US power in the world for nearly a century has been military, sure, as well as economic, but both of those were based on technical and scientific skill. Ability to maintain weapons and build new stuff. And we're nixing all of that. Bill's gonna come due.
December 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just noodling on an idea—US power in the world for nearly a century has been military, sure, as well as economic, but both of those were based on technical and scientific skill. Ability to maintain weapons and build new stuff. And we're nixing all of that. Bill's gonna come due.
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god this is a satisfying sentence
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
god this is a satisfying sentence