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californian in london. mcmillanist–georgist. likes: type systems, banjo music, soup. dislikes: just-so stories, autocracy, cake
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
Kinda think we do need that shit. Sure, I don’t like it, but if we’re going to win, we might need clickbait. We need a lot of people who like clickbait to vote, show up at protests, etc. If the other side has this shit and we don’t, that’s part of how we lose.
I try not to repost news from Meidas because, and this is important, they click bait and rage bait and honestly I don't think any of us need that shit.
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Kinda think we do need that shit. Sure, I don’t like it, but if we’re going to win, we might need clickbait. We need a lot of people who like clickbait to vote, show up at protests, etc. If the other side has this shit and we don’t, that’s part of how we lose.
Friend just went through the TSA checkpoint in Philly, and they had face scanners. She asked whether it’s required now. They said yes, ma’am (a lie, but she believed them). The nerve!
October 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Friend just went through the TSA checkpoint in Philly, and they had face scanners. She asked whether it’s required now. They said yes, ma’am (a lie, but she believed them). The nerve!
so nice to be in a civilized country (has bidets)
October 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
so nice to be in a civilized country (has bidets)
Two shops, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Two shops, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Hey so who’s going to ICFP/SPLASH next week?
Hey so who’s going to ICFP this week?
October 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hey so who’s going to ICFP/SPLASH next week?
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Never have a felt such burning contempt as I do for these people. Every punishment I think of is too good for them.
April 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Never have a felt such burning contempt as I do for these people. Every punishment I think of is too good for them.
It’s 3:14 AM, and I am eating a $9 mini-can of Pringles, which I do not like, from the hotel minibar.
Jet lag sucks.
Jet lag sucks.
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s 3:14 AM, and I am eating a $9 mini-can of Pringles, which I do not like, from the hotel minibar.
Jet lag sucks.
Jet lag sucks.
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Dan dan noodles (vegan) at Emerald, Central, Hong Kong.
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Dan dan noodles (vegan) at Emerald, Central, Hong Kong.
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At the Women’s Rugby World Cup finals, and people are singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” Wut?
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
At the Women’s Rugby World Cup finals, and people are singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” Wut?
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"we don't owe anybody our vote"
you don't owe *politicians* your support, but you have moral obligations to other people that entail trying to avoid their death or oppression
you don't owe *politicians* your support, but you have moral obligations to other people that entail trying to avoid their death or oppression
new episode! - i'm against abstention threats*, but is trying to wrangle the online left a fool's errand?
with @lastpositivist.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/message
with @lastpositivist.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/message
Left-Abstention & Message Discipline with Liam Bright
Voting, & the herding of online cats.
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"we don't owe anybody our vote"
you don't owe *politicians* your support, but you have moral obligations to other people that entail trying to avoid their death or oppression
you don't owe *politicians* your support, but you have moral obligations to other people that entail trying to avoid their death or oppression
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We know it wasn’t Israel because the shooter only killed Kirk and not a bunch of children too.
September 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We know it wasn’t Israel because the shooter only killed Kirk and not a bunch of children too.
It’s not libel when it’s a well documented thing they’ve been doing frequently. Kids are showing up at Gaza hospitals with head shots from snipers, and IDF soldiers joke on social media about how great it is to shoot children.
September 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It’s not libel when it’s a well documented thing they’ve been doing frequently. Kids are showing up at Gaza hospitals with head shots from snipers, and IDF soldiers joke on social media about how great it is to shoot children.
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There's no point in punishing the nominees of the opposition for stances that we consider beyond the pale — let alone ones that are problematic. The logic of "teaching them a lesson" presupposes that we still have a system in which the opposition can win elections.
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
There's no point in punishing the nominees of the opposition for stances that we consider beyond the pale — let alone ones that are problematic. The logic of "teaching them a lesson" presupposes that we still have a system in which the opposition can win elections.
“Actual liberation” is permanent when you envision a totalitarian victory that crushes all dissent, forever, but leftistly.
I genuinely don't know what "actual liberation" is supposed to mean or why it would be permanent.
August 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Actual liberation” is permanent when you envision a totalitarian victory that crushes all dissent, forever, but leftistly.
With nearly every wealthy country but the U.S. lining up to recognize Palestine, I’ve gotta wonder if this is partly a paradoxical effect of electing Trump. Have we so trashed our diplomatic credibility that can no longer protect our client from consequences?
August 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
With nearly every wealthy country but the U.S. lining up to recognize Palestine, I’ve gotta wonder if this is partly a paradoxical effect of electing Trump. Have we so trashed our diplomatic credibility that can no longer protect our client from consequences?
The Retrievals podcast, season 2, is truly excellent.
July 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Retrievals podcast, season 2, is truly excellent.
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243. Giving dumb nicknames to politicians or groups you don't like (e.g. tRump, Obummer, magats, demonrats, israHELL) is exceptionally cringe and makes you look unserious. Always has been. Just don't do it.
July 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
243. Giving dumb nicknames to politicians or groups you don't like (e.g. tRump, Obummer, magats, demonrats, israHELL) is exceptionally cringe and makes you look unserious. Always has been. Just don't do it.
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Craig DiLouie: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the children of red peak
Guillermo del Toro: ah! you mean
DiLouie: no
DiLouie: no i don't mean
DiLouie: people keep making that mistake but i don't mean
Guillermo del Toro: ah! you mean
DiLouie: no
DiLouie: no i don't mean
DiLouie: people keep making that mistake but i don't mean
July 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Craig DiLouie: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the children of red peak
Guillermo del Toro: ah! you mean
DiLouie: no
DiLouie: no i don't mean
DiLouie: people keep making that mistake but i don't mean
Guillermo del Toro: ah! you mean
DiLouie: no
DiLouie: no i don't mean
DiLouie: people keep making that mistake but i don't mean
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bro u are not that tough
July 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
bro u are not that tough
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How can you be disappointed by something this adorable?
July 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
How can you be disappointed by something this adorable?
“And, as we shall see, it's not obvious people in the USA are actually getting better healthcare out of this.”
I got much better healthcare in the US—on the high-deductible private insurance I had as a university lecturer—than I currently get from the NHS. 1/
I got much better healthcare in the US—on the high-deductible private insurance I had as a university lecturer—than I currently get from the NHS. 1/
I decided to make a long blog post combining general sociological things I am aware of with personal observations of cultural and lifestyle differences between the UK and USA.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/07/comp...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/07/comp...
Comparisons Between Life in the UK and the USA
For most of my life I have lived in the UK, but for six years I lived in the United States of America. Somewhat erratic and unpleasant polit...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“And, as we shall see, it's not obvious people in the USA are actually getting better healthcare out of this.”
I got much better healthcare in the US—on the high-deductible private insurance I had as a university lecturer—than I currently get from the NHS. 1/
I got much better healthcare in the US—on the high-deductible private insurance I had as a university lecturer—than I currently get from the NHS. 1/