there are a lot of examples of "people are foolish for spending money on things" that I don't blame on individuals, but I really do think everyone who has a non-work required Giant Expensive Car is dumb as hell

butlerian jihad but only for leaf blowers

Dick is gone, Bush remains.

I also have no nostalgia for the road to fascism, which is a trap I think a lot of liberal and progressive folks are falling into—romanticizing the conditions that preceded this moment of acceleration. The path that led to this mess is not the way out.

"It happens on both the Right and the Left."

Translation: "It happens almost exclusively on the Right."

I enter into these conversations assuming that I will be calm cool and collected and then am immediately the most animated man you’ve ever seen. evenness is very much a trait I envy

Zwei Dinge können gleichzeitig wahr sein:

1. Ich habe keinen Platz für weitere Bücher.

2. Ich habe gerade neue Bücher gekauft.

Americans love being like “the stock market only works for rich people, which is why instead of buying low cost target date index funds, I’m going to store my wealth in this house that needs maintenance and requires me to oppose new development and homeless shelters if I want to keep its value.”

“All cities are walkable if you’re not a bitch.”

payment processor censorship is one reason we must resist the idea of a cashless all-digital society

Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!

I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts.

Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...

This is Taco. He is the most relaxed little guy in the world. Mostly because he does not know about emails or the economy, but shoulder rubs help too. 13/10 (IG: tacofoxyhuahua)

There are only three political positions in America today

1) I like the fascism

2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)

3) I oppose the fascism

The rest is details

Good morning rebels...