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"A complex decision is like a great river, drawing from its many tributaries the innumerable premises of which it is constituted." - HA Simon
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all opinions my own but also your cat's
https://adamelkus.com/ + also @ aelkus on twitter
all opinions my own but also your cat's
fox news formula is to get telegenic people sharing a single braincell to foam at the. mouth and bark
Megyn Kelly: “So I really do kind of not only want to see them killed in the water, whether they’re on the boat or in the water, but I’d really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so that they lose a limb and bleed out a little.” 1/2
Megyn Kelly Mocked for Her Bizarre Bloodthirsty Fantasy
The former Fox News host had a wild take on the Trump administration’s deadly strikes on alleged drug boats.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
fox news formula is to get telegenic people sharing a single braincell to foam at the. mouth and bark
its similar to belief that transgender people exist because of social media contagion
It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
its similar to belief that transgender people exist because of social media contagion
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It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
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Trump has pardoned:
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
December 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Trump has pardoned:
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
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This could be a goddamn apocalypse for GOP state govts.
Note that a 14pt shift left in a red state is still catastrophic for the GOP: the only safe red states in such a wave (assuming even distribution) would be ID, OK, TN, KY, ND, AL, SD, WV, and WY.
looks like two completed counties (v red rurals) with Behn improving on Harris by 10 in one and 15 in the other -- huge shifts but not winning shifts
the Needle took a big dive to the right on the reporting of the Williamson County early vote, now R+5.7
betting markets now aligning on 5+ pt margin
the Needle took a big dive to the right on the reporting of the Williamson County early vote, now R+5.7
betting markets now aligning on 5+ pt margin
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This could be a goddamn apocalypse for GOP state govts.
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look however shitty your day has been or however bad your night is going just take comfort in knowing you’re not mike johnson
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
look however shitty your day has been or however bad your night is going just take comfort in knowing you’re not mike johnson
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Also, there's no contrast. Beijing's position is absolutely constant: wombs are state organs.
This truly comes across as Stratistimes saying they can excuse restricting abortions but draw the line at coercive reproductive control, which is… A Choice. Or in this case, not a choice, I guess.
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Also, there's no contrast. Beijing's position is absolutely constant: wombs are state organs.
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Yeah that’s the thing the gop can’t really dump him even after he dies and they can’t afford to not dump him
They wedded themselves to a guy who 20% of voters will never turn on and is radioactive to another huge swath of voters they need.
They wedded themselves to a guy who 20% of voters will never turn on and is radioactive to another huge swath of voters they need.
Right. If anything this just leaves them rudderless because the die hards have made him a messianic figure. If he dies with no clear succesor who can gently pull them from the brink, the waterfall is still there (and I highly doubt JD is skillfully enough to pull that off).
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Yeah that’s the thing the gop can’t really dump him even after he dies and they can’t afford to not dump him
They wedded themselves to a guy who 20% of voters will never turn on and is radioactive to another huge swath of voters they need.
They wedded themselves to a guy who 20% of voters will never turn on and is radioactive to another huge swath of voters they need.
trump says “they do nothing but complain”, but its been hard to hear him say a single positive word about this country in a decade
Pure, unmitigated hate.
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
trump says “they do nothing but complain”, but its been hard to hear him say a single positive word about this country in a decade
we oftrn talk about social media being a radicalization engine, but for some it is an *de*-radicalization engine. unending, nonstop exposure since early 2010s to people with niche ideologies behaving badly has sharpened/reinforced my inclination towards conservatism
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
we oftrn talk about social media being a radicalization engine, but for some it is an *de*-radicalization engine. unending, nonstop exposure since early 2010s to people with niche ideologies behaving badly has sharpened/reinforced my inclination towards conservatism
the QT and the replies are really great sources for people to block. the Argentine nationalists are understandable given education, but the foreign leftists have no excuse
every time Argentineans post their little crybully rants about the Falklands it's a reminder of the mentality that resulted in their incompetent fascist junta getting hundreds of their own conscript soldiers killed in an unprovoked invasion.
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
the QT and the replies are really great sources for people to block. the Argentine nationalists are understandable given education, but the foreign leftists have no excuse
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me normally: yeah the UK needs to take a second look at their international history in 20th century politics, especially during the Suez Crisis
me on the Falklands: RULE BRITANNIA
me on the Falklands: RULE BRITANNIA
every time Argentineans post their little crybully rants about the Falklands it's a reminder of the mentality that resulted in their incompetent fascist junta getting hundreds of their own conscript soldiers killed in an unprovoked invasion.
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
me normally: yeah the UK needs to take a second look at their international history in 20th century politics, especially during the Suez Crisis
me on the Falklands: RULE BRITANNIA
me on the Falklands: RULE BRITANNIA
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Into the passenger seat to let the designated driver take over, I hope
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Into the passenger seat to let the designated driver take over, I hope
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This whole thing is vibes based map-making and a perfect discourse tarpit because it lets everyone feel like an authority while systematizing a joke genre as though it’s a Linnaean taxonomy.
I know people are just having fun with it, but it drives me kind of insane whenever I see it.
I know people are just having fun with it, but it drives me kind of insane whenever I see it.
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This whole thing is vibes based map-making and a perfect discourse tarpit because it lets everyone feel like an authority while systematizing a joke genre as though it’s a Linnaean taxonomy.
I know people are just having fun with it, but it drives me kind of insane whenever I see it.
I know people are just having fun with it, but it drives me kind of insane whenever I see it.
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one of the biggest problems of "knowledge work" is how the artifacts we produce have limited utility outside of the context of the applications they were created in, or otherwise (eg with PDFs) meant to be viewed by people, which i write about in today's newsletter:
buttondown.com/dorian/archi...
buttondown.com/dorian/archi...
Making the Solution Transparent
Two ways I've noticed video can actually take less effort than writing, plus a meditation on an alternative to product roadmapping.
buttondown.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
one of the biggest problems of "knowledge work" is how the artifacts we produce have limited utility outside of the context of the applications they were created in, or otherwise (eg with PDFs) meant to be viewed by people, which i write about in today's newsletter:
buttondown.com/dorian/archi...
buttondown.com/dorian/archi...
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Trump has been trying to go full dictator this entire time, if he could just do it he already would have. His public support plummeting isn’t going to make the task easier
Reality Time:
If Trump truly intends to go full dictator, it'll happen in the next 11 months. The way he's destroying the country, there is a full on GOP bloodbath coming next Nov, and when that happens and Dems take ALL of Congress, he knows he's going to be impeached, removed, and jailed.
If Trump truly intends to go full dictator, it'll happen in the next 11 months. The way he's destroying the country, there is a full on GOP bloodbath coming next Nov, and when that happens and Dems take ALL of Congress, he knows he's going to be impeached, removed, and jailed.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Trump has been trying to go full dictator this entire time, if he could just do it he already would have. His public support plummeting isn’t going to make the task easier
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He literally has one thing now. Totally washed.
Everyone has their beats when it comes to politics. For example, I try to tie everything to state legislative elections.
I'm just glad my beat isn't trying to dunk on progressives and promoting an ideology that's rapidly dying because being milquetoast in 2025 is lame as hell
I'm just glad my beat isn't trying to dunk on progressives and promoting an ideology that's rapidly dying because being milquetoast in 2025 is lame as hell
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
He literally has one thing now. Totally washed.
sounds like a vintage At the Drive In song title
Hidden Camera At The Judo Therapist
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
sounds like a vintage At the Drive In song title
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Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was reminded of my very favorite tweet of all time today:
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When they released the video of the first boat strike two months ago, some people noticed how it showed the first missile hit, then cut to a burning wreck. Those people asked at the time if the cut was hiding the part where they murdered survivors.
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
When they released the video of the first boat strike two months ago, some people noticed how it showed the first missile hit, then cut to a burning wreck. Those people asked at the time if the cut was hiding the part where they murdered survivors.
lair of white worm done, now digging bit into
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
lair of white worm done, now digging bit into
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One of my favorite cross-cultural things is that everyone looks at their regional funny not-dog and automatically assumes "trickster spirit."
baby yotes always look like, despite their trepidation, they are still thinking of ways to steal your sandwich
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
One of my favorite cross-cultural things is that everyone looks at their regional funny not-dog and automatically assumes "trickster spirit."