Eli Kahn 🏳️🌈
@elikahn.bsky.social
Urban/environmental policy guy, YIMBY, sci-fi/fantasy writer, liberal, atheist. Californian in the DC area. All posts represent my views, not those of my employer.
where are they painted that were drowned after their vows?
where are they painted that were drowned after their vows?
the main things keeping me from doing video content of some kind:
-I’d need to figure out what works lighting and background wise, and that involves going through the pit of self-loathing, as well as spending money(?)
-I don’t have enough of a schtick yet to be able to create a large enough volume
-I’d need to figure out what works lighting and background wise, and that involves going through the pit of self-loathing, as well as spending money(?)
-I don’t have enough of a schtick yet to be able to create a large enough volume
December 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
the main things keeping me from doing video content of some kind:
-I’d need to figure out what works lighting and background wise, and that involves going through the pit of self-loathing, as well as spending money(?)
-I don’t have enough of a schtick yet to be able to create a large enough volume
-I’d need to figure out what works lighting and background wise, and that involves going through the pit of self-loathing, as well as spending money(?)
-I don’t have enough of a schtick yet to be able to create a large enough volume
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I *hate* Forrest Gump. Not only is it...wait for it...
totally reactionary
...it's a mess in its timelines
The moral of Forrest Gump is "be a moron and obey and never question and you'll prosper, and if you don't, you'll get AIDS and die."
totally reactionary
...it's a mess in its timelines
The moral of Forrest Gump is "be a moron and obey and never question and you'll prosper, and if you don't, you'll get AIDS and die."
damn, really? Forrest Gump?
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I *hate* Forrest Gump. Not only is it...wait for it...
totally reactionary
...it's a mess in its timelines
The moral of Forrest Gump is "be a moron and obey and never question and you'll prosper, and if you don't, you'll get AIDS and die."
totally reactionary
...it's a mess in its timelines
The moral of Forrest Gump is "be a moron and obey and never question and you'll prosper, and if you don't, you'll get AIDS and die."
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A vile and disgusting statement from a sitting Senator.
Freedom of religion is fundamental to the identity of America. What a disgrace.
Freedom of religion is fundamental to the identity of America. What a disgrace.
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A vile and disgusting statement from a sitting Senator.
Freedom of religion is fundamental to the identity of America. What a disgrace.
Freedom of religion is fundamental to the identity of America. What a disgrace.
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related to this a lot of people in the pundit class need to learn how to just be annoyed by someone or something without turning it into What’s Wrong With America
i am fascinated by how nate silver turns everything he doesn’t like into a bespoke ideology. it’s not that he is annoyed by HCR, it is that she is a dreaded “ism” responsible for everything he doesn’t like about the democratic party. same with bluesky.
what the fuck are you talking about man
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
related to this a lot of people in the pundit class need to learn how to just be annoyed by someone or something without turning it into What’s Wrong With America
with rare exceptions, joylessness is a trait more of the ideologue than the ideology
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
with rare exceptions, joylessness is a trait more of the ideologue than the ideology
the fact that people even consider “national service” a viable and thinkable policy proposal is so upsetting.
“we should totally force everyone of a certain age to spend a couple years doing whatever I’ve decided is healthy. this is a beneficial policy consistent with a free democracy, to me”
“we should totally force everyone of a certain age to spend a couple years doing whatever I’ve decided is healthy. this is a beneficial policy consistent with a free democracy, to me”
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
the fact that people even consider “national service” a viable and thinkable policy proposal is so upsetting.
“we should totally force everyone of a certain age to spend a couple years doing whatever I’ve decided is healthy. this is a beneficial policy consistent with a free democracy, to me”
“we should totally force everyone of a certain age to spend a couple years doing whatever I’ve decided is healthy. this is a beneficial policy consistent with a free democracy, to me”
the fact that Meta is actually partnering with Ray-Bans for their AI glasses thing is so bizarre because whenever I see an ad for Ray-Bans my immediate knee-jerk reaction is “ah yes, here’s someone whose Facebook account has been hacked”
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
the fact that Meta is actually partnering with Ray-Bans for their AI glasses thing is so bizarre because whenever I see an ad for Ray-Bans my immediate knee-jerk reaction is “ah yes, here’s someone whose Facebook account has been hacked”
it’s not that getting a masters degree was a *bad* choice necessarily, but here are some things I could’ve done but didn’t that would have been much more productive investments *in my career*:
-shaved my head the first time I considered it
-sought therapy for the first time in 2011 rather than 2016
-shaved my head the first time I considered it
-sought therapy for the first time in 2011 rather than 2016
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
it’s not that getting a masters degree was a *bad* choice necessarily, but here are some things I could’ve done but didn’t that would have been much more productive investments *in my career*:
-shaved my head the first time I considered it
-sought therapy for the first time in 2011 rather than 2016
-shaved my head the first time I considered it
-sought therapy for the first time in 2011 rather than 2016
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if the last year has taught us anything it's that the right to drive like a reckless shithead is way more valuable to the average american than speech
December 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
if the last year has taught us anything it's that the right to drive like a reckless shithead is way more valuable to the average american than speech
half the problem with broadcast tv news is they hire people who are supposed to look like what someone who was 40 in 1950 would have perceived as an authority figure! all news anchors look and dress like uncanny valley wax museum freaks! they hire 0 people who don’t “harken back to an earlier era”!
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
half the problem with broadcast tv news is they hire people who are supposed to look like what someone who was 40 in 1950 would have perceived as an authority figure! all news anchors look and dress like uncanny valley wax museum freaks! they hire 0 people who don’t “harken back to an earlier era”!
the real lesson of Time’s Person of the Year is that if you create a meaningless award and issue it annually, you too can create a regular news cycle that reminds people you exist
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
the real lesson of Time’s Person of the Year is that if you create a meaningless award and issue it annually, you too can create a regular news cycle that reminds people you exist
well, it might destroy freedom of expression and make it impossible for LGBT teenagers to find support resources, but at least it’ll pretend to solve a totally made-up nonissue
IT GETS WORSE: UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16
https://alecmuffett.com/article/134925
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #torproject #vpn
https://alecmuffett.com/article/134925
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #torproject #vpn
IT GETS WORSE: UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16
This is deranged, each nation’s boomers and reactionaries attempting to outdo the others: “Action to prohibit the provision of VPN services to children in the United Kingdom” … th…
alecmuffett.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
well, it might destroy freedom of expression and make it impossible for LGBT teenagers to find support resources, but at least it’ll pretend to solve a totally made-up nonissue
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I really hate how several horrifically abusive gulf slave-monarchy-theocracies have infiltrated our culture
December 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I really hate how several horrifically abusive gulf slave-monarchy-theocracies have infiltrated our culture
ok I do have a take about fonts: Times New Roman is for school assignments and *only* school assignments. If you put a document in TNR it will only ever look like a paper you’re writing for a class, and you’ll only ever treat it as such, for better or worse.
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
ok I do have a take about fonts: Times New Roman is for school assignments and *only* school assignments. If you put a document in TNR it will only ever look like a paper you’re writing for a class, and you’ll only ever treat it as such, for better or worse.
Tucson > Atlanta
Fresno > Minneapolis
Arlington, TX > New Orleans
Jacksonville, FL > San Francisco
Indianapolis > Boston
Fresno > Minneapolis
Arlington, TX > New Orleans
Jacksonville, FL > San Francisco
Indianapolis > Boston
“Albuquerque is a more populous city than Miami“ is one of those true facts that prove municipal boundaries in the US must be destroyed
Albuquerque is more populous than Miami... and I know it's not a flip at the mayoral level, but let's make sure it gets at least some of the attention Miami got today!
Here's how I explained these two races in my guide: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Here's how I explained these two races in my guide: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
December 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Tucson > Atlanta
Fresno > Minneapolis
Arlington, TX > New Orleans
Jacksonville, FL > San Francisco
Indianapolis > Boston
Fresno > Minneapolis
Arlington, TX > New Orleans
Jacksonville, FL > San Francisco
Indianapolis > Boston
Intolerable. There should be no all-male organizations anywhere on earth. To insist that one needs membership in an all-male organization is to admit to never having mastered a fundamental skill of adulthood.
‘For the Reinvention of Man’: How a Conservative Debating Society at Harvard Pushed Women From Its Ranks | News | The Harvard Crimson
The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
www.thecrimson.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Intolerable. There should be no all-male organizations anywhere on earth. To insist that one needs membership in an all-male organization is to admit to never having mastered a fundamental skill of adulthood.
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Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
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“You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...
www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...
www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...
the company that makes furbys came out with a long one
this feels like our generation’s equivalent of how boomers feel about pre-ripped jeans
this feels like our generation’s equivalent of how boomers feel about pre-ripped jeans
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the company that makes furbys came out with a long one
this feels like our generation’s equivalent of how boomers feel about pre-ripped jeans
this feels like our generation’s equivalent of how boomers feel about pre-ripped jeans
the least obnoxious way I can think to word how I feel about this stuff is: somehow I managed to get in shape without the US Department of Transportation being involved, whereas these guys really seem to wish someone would use the law to force them to work out, so…
becoming clear that most of trump’s cabinet positions actually see themselves as “secretary of dudes getting jacked,” the one thing these guys have any actual interest in, the single bit of advice they remember from a jordan peterson audiobook they half listened to, and they all suck at it.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
the least obnoxious way I can think to word how I feel about this stuff is: somehow I managed to get in shape without the US Department of Transportation being involved, whereas these guys really seem to wish someone would use the law to force them to work out, so…
Missouri would be better off if its elections were decided in the state of California
December 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Missouri would be better off if its elections were decided in the state of California
i do not think you should get to be a ceo, of anything, if you say or believe that women should not have positions of power or that women have too much social and political power in today’s society
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
i do not think you should get to be a ceo, of anything, if you say or believe that women should not have positions of power or that women have too much social and political power in today’s society
it turns out being mad about politics while I’m working out does in fact make me push harder, and I hate that for me
December 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
it turns out being mad about politics while I’m working out does in fact make me push harder, and I hate that for me
honestly what American society really needs right now is some maenads
December 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
honestly what American society really needs right now is some maenads
everyone on here always talks about how we need to impose penalties for bald-faced lying to the public, and I always wonder how we actually implement that.
but a good start would be for future interviewers to treat lies like this as a scandal instead of normal political comms.
but a good start would be for future interviewers to treat lies like this as a scandal instead of normal political comms.
VARNEY: Do you work 18 hours a day?
MIKE JOHNSON: More. More. And I have to, because President Trump works 21 hours a day.
MIKE JOHNSON: More. More. And I have to, because President Trump works 21 hours a day.
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
everyone on here always talks about how we need to impose penalties for bald-faced lying to the public, and I always wonder how we actually implement that.
but a good start would be for future interviewers to treat lies like this as a scandal instead of normal political comms.
but a good start would be for future interviewers to treat lies like this as a scandal instead of normal political comms.