Reposted by Dan
It's for that reason that I really think it should just be outright banned, whatever constitutional issues there are with it be damned. The party is beyond redemption and every member is a criminal by their mere membership.
January 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
It's for that reason that I really think it should just be outright banned, whatever constitutional issues there are with it be damned. The party is beyond redemption and every member is a criminal by their mere membership.
I feel it could be any family-owned ethnic restaurant but it reminds me of my favorite Thai place so I will go with that
January 11, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I feel it could be any family-owned ethnic restaurant but it reminds me of my favorite Thai place so I will go with that
What we call social media (which are really *mass* social media in which large publics participate; forums and chat rooms were social media too but without the mass character) are the culmination of a historical series, and we can begin to see its effects by mapping the effects of each prior stage
January 5, 2026 at 8:23 AM
What we call social media (which are really *mass* social media in which large publics participate; forums and chat rooms were social media too but without the mass character) are the culmination of a historical series, and we can begin to see its effects by mapping the effects of each prior stage
From books to telegraph and telephone, to early more or less unidirectional mass media such as cinema and television, later bidirectional and many-directional ones (usenet/forums, chat rooms, AIM), and ultimately to mass social media with potentially unbounded participant frameworks (such as this)
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM
From books to telegraph and telephone, to early more or less unidirectional mass media such as cinema and television, later bidirectional and many-directional ones (usenet/forums, chat rooms, AIM), and ultimately to mass social media with potentially unbounded participant frameworks (such as this)
But once you've seen a few movies by a handful of the greats of world cinema, you've been exposed to two or three new paradigms and you learn to watch with a mind more open to yet further ones, and that difficulty disappears. That's when you can start to actually experience the movies themselves
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 AM
But once you've seen a few movies by a handful of the greats of world cinema, you've been exposed to two or three new paradigms and you learn to watch with a mind more open to yet further ones, and that difficulty disappears. That's when you can start to actually experience the movies themselves
I honestly think the main reason people overlook the sheer entertainment value of "arthouse" cinema is that they are unfamiliar with storytelling paradigms other than the standard Hollywood one, so their main experience is difficulty understanding what is going on, which they mistake for boredom.
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 AM
I honestly think the main reason people overlook the sheer entertainment value of "arthouse" cinema is that they are unfamiliar with storytelling paradigms other than the standard Hollywood one, so their main experience is difficulty understanding what is going on, which they mistake for boredom.
Ok you’re right, that is a better suit than I realized. Look forward to watching. I love the repertoire of that concert so much. Somehow both totally frivolous and perfectly elegant
January 2, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Ok you’re right, that is a better suit than I realized. Look forward to watching. I love the repertoire of that concert so much. Somehow both totally frivolous and perfectly elegant
Love! But hang on, is that Yannick? I get his style but I do think he could dress a little nicer for the Vienna Phil
January 2, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Love! But hang on, is that Yannick? I get his style but I do think he could dress a little nicer for the Vienna Phil
No love for Otello (Verdi at his Wagner-est)?
December 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
No love for Otello (Verdi at his Wagner-est)?
Oh yeah. Viande fumée > pastrami
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Oh yeah. Viande fumée > pastrami
It’s a frustrating trap. But I think a good message to help us escape it would be: safe streets are a racial justice issue!
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It’s a frustrating trap. But I think a good message to help us escape it would be: safe streets are a racial justice issue!
We should fix this, absolutely, though it’s politically tough because car dependency is so strong that any traffic calming proposal runs into huge opposition. But people of color are *also* disproportionately likely to be victims of traffic violence for this same reason.
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We should fix this, absolutely, though it’s politically tough because car dependency is so strong that any traffic calming proposal runs into huge opposition. But people of color are *also* disproportionately likely to be victims of traffic violence for this same reason.
Is it because people of color are worse drivers? Obviously not; that would be a racist view. It’s because the neighborhoods with the largest minority populations tend to have the most autocentric road designs, which encourage rampant speeding.
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Is it because people of color are worse drivers? Obviously not; that would be a racist view. It’s because the neighborhoods with the largest minority populations tend to have the most autocentric road designs, which encourage rampant speeding.
We have the same issue here in Chicago with red light cameras and speed cameras. We constantly hear the nominally equity-based objection that the brunt of the tickets is disproportionately borne by people of color. But it falls apart as soon as you ask why people of color are getting more tickets.
December 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
We have the same issue here in Chicago with red light cameras and speed cameras. We constantly hear the nominally equity-based objection that the brunt of the tickets is disproportionately borne by people of color. But it falls apart as soon as you ask why people of color are getting more tickets.
On your recommendation I am in the process of applying for one of these for my workplace.
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On your recommendation I am in the process of applying for one of these for my workplace.
It’s ok, we all need a shoulder to chryon
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It’s ok, we all need a shoulder to chryon
Also, left-NIMBYism (or whatever this view should be called) always causes people who believe it to fall into other major misunderstandings elsewhere in their politics. An effect of the common failure to grasp how central urbanism is to a socialism appropriate to our current situation
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Also, left-NIMBYism (or whatever this view should be called) always causes people who believe it to fall into other major misunderstandings elsewhere in their politics. An effect of the common failure to grasp how central urbanism is to a socialism appropriate to our current situation
Nathan has always been dead wrong about this. It’s a serious theoretical mistake that would lead left-wing politics into a dead end. Fortunately at the moment, thanks to Mamdani and Wilson, that tendency seems to be on the back foot, but I bet we’ll hear more from it
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Nathan has always been dead wrong about this. It’s a serious theoretical mistake that would lead left-wing politics into a dead end. Fortunately at the moment, thanks to Mamdani and Wilson, that tendency seems to be on the back foot, but I bet we’ll hear more from it
Absolutely, though left-NIMBYism is a real tendency that I think even has a real constituency (a certain older brand of anti-gentrification politics). It's premised on a major theoretical blunder that would lead left-wing politics into a dead end, and it may take some effort to defeat
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Absolutely, though left-NIMBYism is a real tendency that I think even has a real constituency (a certain older brand of anti-gentrification politics). It's premised on a major theoretical blunder that would lead left-wing politics into a dead end, and it may take some effort to defeat
Our cycling infrastructure will be a permanent patchwork, and we’ll be forever mediocre in a hundred other ways, if we can’t take away the aldermanic veto. It’s just intolerable.
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Our cycling infrastructure will be a permanent patchwork, and we’ll be forever mediocre in a hundred other ways, if we can’t take away the aldermanic veto. It’s just intolerable.
She just shouldn’t have this right. We have to end aldermanic prerogative one way or another. It is an absolute prerequisite of our progress as a city.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
She just shouldn’t have this right. We have to end aldermanic prerogative one way or another. It is an absolute prerequisite of our progress as a city.
The material, cultural and aesthetic meet in the order of signs
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The material, cultural and aesthetic meet in the order of signs