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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
Genuinely I think the first season of Andor is about the closest thing you can possibly get to perfect TV
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Genuinely I think the first season of Andor is about the closest thing you can possibly get to perfect TV
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Worth it, it's far better than every cinematic Star War made since 1980
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
Disney Spent More On ‘Andor’ Than Any Of Its ‘Star Wars’ Movies
Disney has revealed it spent $60.5 million on Star Wars streaming series Andor in 2024, giving the show a total cost of $705.5 million - far higher than the spending on any of the movies in the saga.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Worth it, it's far better than every cinematic Star War made since 1980
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...
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I thought it was ridiculous when people said “this might be the best single production in the franchise.”
By about half way through S1 I had moved to “ok, can’t rule it out.”
By about half way through S1 I had moved to “ok, can’t rule it out.”
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I thought it was ridiculous when people said “this might be the best single production in the franchise.”
By about half way through S1 I had moved to “ok, can’t rule it out.”
By about half way through S1 I had moved to “ok, can’t rule it out.”
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle
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Genuinely do not understand the people who think it's some weird double standard or hypocrisy to treat Whitmer and Mamdani's visits to the white house differently. Whitmer was going there to support his tarrifs, Mamdani was just going for a conversation
November 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Genuinely do not understand the people who think it's some weird double standard or hypocrisy to treat Whitmer and Mamdani's visits to the white house differently. Whitmer was going there to support his tarrifs, Mamdani was just going for a conversation
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It's remarkable how centrists and anti-liberal leftists both insist this is a harbinger of a "populist realignment": The former because they like to fear-monger about a red/brown alliance - the latter because they would accept such an alliance if it brought down the "liberal establishment."
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's remarkable how centrists and anti-liberal leftists both insist this is a harbinger of a "populist realignment": The former because they like to fear-monger about a red/brown alliance - the latter because they would accept such an alliance if it brought down the "liberal establishment."
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Mamdani said israel was committing a genocide in the oval office, this is not remotely the same thing
a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Mamdani said israel was committing a genocide in the oval office, this is not remotely the same thing
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Van Hollen is perhaps the quintessential example of the fact ‘fight vs fold’ is not 1:1 of ‘progressive vs. moderate’ because he’s not progressive per se but he is a fighter for his liberal beliefs.
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Van Hollen is perhaps the quintessential example of the fact ‘fight vs fold’ is not 1:1 of ‘progressive vs. moderate’ because he’s not progressive per se but he is a fighter for his liberal beliefs.
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Another example of what I want to call the 'Marine Corps-ification' of hoplites, where the agoge becomes boot camp and hoplite values idealized Marine values and all of the uniqueness of Greek martial culture is drained away and replaced with a self-flattering conception of American 'warfighters.'
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Another example of what I want to call the 'Marine Corps-ification' of hoplites, where the agoge becomes boot camp and hoplite values idealized Marine values and all of the uniqueness of Greek martial culture is drained away and replaced with a self-flattering conception of American 'warfighters.'
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It's extremely bad for left politics that we are apparently incapable of doing the internal hygiene required to keep these vicious bullies from claiming the mantle of "leftism"
Felt the need to share my journal entry today. Don't know why. Here it is, make of it what you will.
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It's extremely bad for left politics that we are apparently incapable of doing the internal hygiene required to keep these vicious bullies from claiming the mantle of "leftism"
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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as long as you live in America there is no choice you can make that absolves you of moral responsibility for the American state, the only thing you can do is ensure that it behaves in the least unethical way possible
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
as long as you live in America there is no choice you can make that absolves you of moral responsibility for the American state, the only thing you can do is ensure that it behaves in the least unethical way possible
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the prompt injection thing in particular intuitively seems unsolvable because separating data from instructions is not even a coherent concept for an LLM, and even if you could do it, it would make the system less general.
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
the prompt injection thing in particular intuitively seems unsolvable because separating data from instructions is not even a coherent concept for an LLM, and even if you could do it, it would make the system less general.
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Many of us were literally saying this the evening of Jan. 6! “Act now or risk Trump coming back in four years and finishing the job.” But Pelosi knew better, she was sure of it. A miserable and pathetic failure of nerve that looms larger than anything she ever accomplished
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Many of us were literally saying this the evening of Jan. 6! “Act now or risk Trump coming back in four years and finishing the job.” But Pelosi knew better, she was sure of it. A miserable and pathetic failure of nerve that looms larger than anything she ever accomplished
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if you're an AI hater (and i'm not hating on haters) you should probably disinter these two scenarios in your mind. the "AI bubble go pop" world most likely involves it becoming very cheap; it's the expectation that it *will* get more expensive that is driving the center overbuilds and gov't begging
We've already seen AI driving people to psychosis, but man, what happens to these people if/when the bubble pops. Not just to the economy but also, just, to these people's brains, what happens If AI stops being available or just stops being cheap/free to use
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
if you're an AI hater (and i'm not hating on haters) you should probably disinter these two scenarios in your mind. the "AI bubble go pop" world most likely involves it becoming very cheap; it's the expectation that it *will* get more expensive that is driving the center overbuilds and gov't begging
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can't get SHIT done living in a kink comic
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
can't get SHIT done living in a kink comic
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yes it is absolutely fine to fire people for being in the epstein files. do not try to pull this “oh i’m not for larry summers im just for employment justice” crap. being friends with *jeffrey freaking epstein* is not something that needs to be a protected category
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
yes it is absolutely fine to fire people for being in the epstein files. do not try to pull this “oh i’m not for larry summers im just for employment justice” crap. being friends with *jeffrey freaking epstein* is not something that needs to be a protected category
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People don’t vote their interests, they vote their values. Rural white people vote to give the rich tax breaks for the same reason liberal immigrant doctors vote to get themselves taxed more.
Why do poor, rural people vote for the ultra-wealthy's best interests over their own?
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
People don’t vote their interests, they vote their values. Rural white people vote to give the rich tax breaks for the same reason liberal immigrant doctors vote to get themselves taxed more.
It would be nice if we had more high profile dems pointing out the fact that Epstein’s best friend is telling the feds to stop going after child pornography
Online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has been getting noticeably less attention and follow-up from authorities, per NYT, as the DHS is overwhelmingly used for Stephen Miller’s immigration crusade
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It would be nice if we had more high profile dems pointing out the fact that Epstein’s best friend is telling the feds to stop going after child pornography
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dont sleep on fusion. fusion has the juice. look at this shit. impeccable sci fi vibe. alien curvature for reasons u wouldnt understand bc u dont know what poincare sections of the plasma beam are. it's even greebled with ports and domes and shit. u can tell the physics nerds are really cooking here
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
dont sleep on fusion. fusion has the juice. look at this shit. impeccable sci fi vibe. alien curvature for reasons u wouldnt understand bc u dont know what poincare sections of the plasma beam are. it's even greebled with ports and domes and shit. u can tell the physics nerds are really cooking here
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The rhetorical move of the midwit abolitionists will be, you just haven’t read theory. I’ve read theory. This is explicit in Mariame Kaaba’s work. it’s all over the anarchist zines you love. The theorists who won’t go there still will not present an alternative that isn’t prison by another name.
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The rhetorical move of the midwit abolitionists will be, you just haven’t read theory. I’ve read theory. This is explicit in Mariame Kaaba’s work. it’s all over the anarchist zines you love. The theorists who won’t go there still will not present an alternative that isn’t prison by another name.
Someday at long last we will create the Make Brain Work Right Drug from the classic psychiatric paper There Is No Make Brain Work Right Drug
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Someday at long last we will create the Make Brain Work Right Drug from the classic psychiatric paper There Is No Make Brain Work Right Drug