The thing is...
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The thing is, there's no public policy case for prediction markets: they're 100% risk-based gambling.
Which is to say, I'm perfectly 100% fine with a derivatives market in prediction markets. If you want to create a derivatives market, I'd prefer it be in a space without systemic repercussions.
Which is to say, I'm perfectly 100% fine with a derivatives market in prediction markets. If you want to create a derivatives market, I'd prefer it be in a space without systemic repercussions.
February 10, 2026 at 10:34 PM
The thing is, there's no public policy case for prediction markets: they're 100% risk-based gambling.
Which is to say, I'm perfectly 100% fine with a derivatives market in prediction markets. If you want to create a derivatives market, I'd prefer it be in a space without systemic repercussions.
Which is to say, I'm perfectly 100% fine with a derivatives market in prediction markets. If you want to create a derivatives market, I'd prefer it be in a space without systemic repercussions.
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The thing is that you cannot trace the genre conventions of yuri without knowing about the history about BL and you cannot trace the genre conventions of BL without knowing about the history of yuri
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The thing is that you cannot trace the genre conventions of yuri without knowing about the history about BL and you cannot trace the genre conventions of BL without knowing about the history of yuri
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the thing is it’s remarkably easy to live your life in a way that you never find yourself saying this to a congressional committee and these guys can’t even clear that bar
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
the thing is it’s remarkably easy to live your life in a way that you never find yourself saying this to a congressional committee and these guys can’t even clear that bar
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The thing is elite schools love to gloat about their "radical" past. They bragged at Cornell about the student takeover of the student union that established the African American studies program. They love that shit retrospectively
"But if the member presidents choose the guise of institutional neutrality as a way to gain political cover, they may now be leading higher ed toward greater authoritarianism."
Well the AAU is gonna love this (miniest of threads)
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Well the AAU is gonna love this (miniest of threads)
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
How Elite Colleges Aided Censorship During the Red Scares
Powerful organizations during the Red Scares crafted a world where “academic freedom” was conditional on political allegiance.
www.insidehighered.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The thing is elite schools love to gloat about their "radical" past. They bragged at Cornell about the student takeover of the student union that established the African American studies program. They love that shit retrospectively
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the thing is, mr lennon's family are wealthy property-developers, & whereas poor sh!tkvnce might get into trouble for this kinda thing, he has social license to do whatever he wants; point being, how many of these upper-class twits are attracted to nazism is a useful index of its threat potential.
Neo-Nazi associate and nepo baby Hugo Lennon has unmasked himself as the person behind an offensive series of posters depicting the Bondi shooter which had appeared at night around Melbourne recently. www.smh.com.au/national/pos...
Posters of the Bondi shooter appeared around Melbourne. The culprit has now been unmasked
A wealthy neo-Nazi associate has unmasked himself as behind the offensive posters depicting the Bondi shooter which appeared overnight around Melbourne recently.
www.smh.com.au
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 AM
the thing is, mr lennon's family are wealthy property-developers, & whereas poor sh!tkvnce might get into trouble for this kinda thing, he has social license to do whatever he wants; point being, how many of these upper-class twits are attracted to nazism is a useful index of its threat potential.
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The thing is, the Wolves are back.
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
The thing is, the Wolves are back.
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The thing is, they let the genie out of the bottle. Almost half the country has legalized it recreationally and 40 states have it available medically. People are used to it now, it's accessible and folks know it is non-addictive and less harmful than booze.
You can't put it back in there! It's done
You can't put it back in there! It's done
February 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The thing is, they let the genie out of the bottle. Almost half the country has legalized it recreationally and 40 states have it available medically. People are used to it now, it's accessible and folks know it is non-addictive and less harmful than booze.
You can't put it back in there! It's done
You can't put it back in there! It's done
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The thing is he's not pitching this to people who work, he's pitching this to retired people who are furious that other people might get marginally better working conditions than they had.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The thing is he's not pitching this to people who work, he's pitching this to retired people who are furious that other people might get marginally better working conditions than they had.
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the thing is he doesn't really give a fuck whether it's true does he, he just knows it plays well with stupid old farts who love banging on about common sense while shitting their pants
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
the thing is he doesn't really give a fuck whether it's true does he, he just knows it plays well with stupid old farts who love banging on about common sense while shitting their pants
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The thing is I was fooled during the Libertarian Party's 'respectability' run but watching them chuck that to the side and embrace Trumpism whole hog was my breaking point politically and ideologically. Individual libertarians may individually have good ethics.
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The thing is I was fooled during the Libertarian Party's 'respectability' run but watching them chuck that to the side and embrace Trumpism whole hog was my breaking point politically and ideologically. Individual libertarians may individually have good ethics.
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The thing is... you just never know who got it up on them
rip nelson rockefeller you wouldve loved kyrsten sinema
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The thing is... you just never know who got it up on them
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The thing is the NFL kickoff rule has been a huge success.
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
The thing is the NFL kickoff rule has been a huge success.
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the thing is bad bunny doesn’t even need to do a big protest or whatever, by simply singing his songs exactly how they are he is going to absolutely destroy the worst people’s brains lol
February 9, 2026 at 1:21 AM
the thing is bad bunny doesn’t even need to do a big protest or whatever, by simply singing his songs exactly how they are he is going to absolutely destroy the worst people’s brains lol
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The thing is if you want to read mid books that are not well written or edited AO3 is right there and free and at least has heart.
(And some of it is good actually!)
(And some of it is good actually!)
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The thing is if you want to read mid books that are not well written or edited AO3 is right there and free and at least has heart.
(And some of it is good actually!)
(And some of it is good actually!)
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The thing is, Chomsky was always fervent in his liberalism and campism, which fit together snugly.
His paling with Epstein was *ideologically consistent.* It's inseparable from his constant defenses of holocaust deniers, hostility to antifa, and endless cover for dictators and atrocities.
His paling with Epstein was *ideologically consistent.* It's inseparable from his constant defenses of holocaust deniers, hostility to antifa, and endless cover for dictators and atrocities.
Oh smart man genius intellectual Chomsky got hoodwinked into taking tons of money from Epstein & being his fanboy? So how smart are we supposed to take him for?
Noam Chomsky's wife says he was 'ensnared' and 'manipulated' by Epstein - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/noam-chomskys-wife-says-he-was-ensnared-and-manipulated-epstein
February 8, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The thing is, Chomsky was always fervent in his liberalism and campism, which fit together snugly.
His paling with Epstein was *ideologically consistent.* It's inseparable from his constant defenses of holocaust deniers, hostility to antifa, and endless cover for dictators and atrocities.
His paling with Epstein was *ideologically consistent.* It's inseparable from his constant defenses of holocaust deniers, hostility to antifa, and endless cover for dictators and atrocities.
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The thing is, back in the day if you wanted to become a conspiracy theorist you had to go to a meeting, probably in a dodgy pub, with some really nasty looking guys who'd hand you a pamphlet written by Barry and that meant they were relatively few. The Internet has made becoming a nutter costless.
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The thing is, back in the day if you wanted to become a conspiracy theorist you had to go to a meeting, probably in a dodgy pub, with some really nasty looking guys who'd hand you a pamphlet written by Barry and that meant they were relatively few. The Internet has made becoming a nutter costless.
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The thing is that there’s a lot of people in the Peninsula and South Bay who think SF is a hellhole compared to nice cities like Saratoga and Burlingame
The only people who unironically think SF was some awful city are Fox News viewers in the middle of nowhere. Nobody of wealth, power or influence actually ever thought this. I have conservative relatives whose entire views of California are shaped by Fox News.
SF is the most beautiful major American city. Very funny/good to see people who thought it is hell discover this objectively true fact and other amazing things the city has (burritos).
February 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The thing is that there’s a lot of people in the Peninsula and South Bay who think SF is a hellhole compared to nice cities like Saratoga and Burlingame
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the thing is that death DOES very much exist in neopets, they have done multiple murder mystery plots, but i do not think your neopets game should necessarily have death mechanics. both things are true
February 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the thing is that death DOES very much exist in neopets, they have done multiple murder mystery plots, but i do not think your neopets game should necessarily have death mechanics. both things are true
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The thing is that as reading editions, mass market paperbacks (for all the joy I’ve gotten out of them) are pretty rotten. The ideal format for cheap books you can fit in your pocket is more like the old hardback Oxford World Classics, which are the perfect size and don’t fall apart or crumble.
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The thing is that as reading editions, mass market paperbacks (for all the joy I’ve gotten out of them) are pretty rotten. The ideal format for cheap books you can fit in your pocket is more like the old hardback Oxford World Classics, which are the perfect size and don’t fall apart or crumble.
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The thing is, you can sit at a piano for the first time and have fun. It's actually better without a teacher. Tickle the keys. Mess around and find whatever rhythm moves you.
Learning to enjoy expressing yourself--in music or in writing--is a great foundation for everything else.
Learning to enjoy expressing yourself--in music or in writing--is a great foundation for everything else.
I don't know what to tell you. You can't sit at a piano for the first time ever and play a sonata. You can't pick up a tennis racket for the first time and serve a 110MPH Ace.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
You have to fuck up.
You have to be able to handle failing.
You have to love it enough to not get it right and keep on.
February 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The thing is, you can sit at a piano for the first time and have fun. It's actually better without a teacher. Tickle the keys. Mess around and find whatever rhythm moves you.
Learning to enjoy expressing yourself--in music or in writing--is a great foundation for everything else.
Learning to enjoy expressing yourself--in music or in writing--is a great foundation for everything else.
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The thing is, I feel like regardless of if he is in the files, he has done a massive number of crimes and nobody has done jack shit, so if he IS in the files, welp, I suspect they will still do jack shit.
February 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
The thing is, I feel like regardless of if he is in the files, he has done a massive number of crimes and nobody has done jack shit, so if he IS in the files, welp, I suspect they will still do jack shit.
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The thing is, let's assume you're just talking about people inadvertently using AI because it's being shoved into anything: nobody is scolding normal people at the mercy of tech giants, or people forced to prompt at their jobs.
If you go out of your way to generate stuff? That's on you.
If you go out of your way to generate stuff? That's on you.
February 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
The thing is, let's assume you're just talking about people inadvertently using AI because it's being shoved into anything: nobody is scolding normal people at the mercy of tech giants, or people forced to prompt at their jobs.
If you go out of your way to generate stuff? That's on you.
If you go out of your way to generate stuff? That's on you.
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The thing is that I also know like tons of poor/disable/self-taught people on social media that do art without using AI, the only people I know that use AI are people without any of those things who just doesn't feel like doing shit xd
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The thing is that I also know like tons of poor/disable/self-taught people on social media that do art without using AI, the only people I know that use AI are people without any of those things who just doesn't feel like doing shit xd
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The thing is that the president is very racist
February 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
The thing is that the president is very racist
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the thing is the Gateway funding is just not something that can be negotiated on. it's our money. it's appropriated. attempting to trade it for something after it's been appropriated is merely acknowledging that the grounds for freezing it are wholly fictitious. in a sane world, it's impeachable.
February 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
the thing is the Gateway funding is just not something that can be negotiated on. it's our money. it's appropriated. attempting to trade it for something after it's been appropriated is merely acknowledging that the grounds for freezing it are wholly fictitious. in a sane world, it's impeachable.