Joe Emison
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Decide what to be, and go be it.
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Smart piece by @bharatramamurti.bsky.social on how political leaders can solve the Affordability Conundrum — address immediate voter pain through price controls and increase supply in the long-term through anti-monopoly and industrial policies.
The Other Big Winner in Yesterday's Elections
Yesterday’s elections were a big win for Democrats—and for price controls.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Smart piece by @bharatramamurti.bsky.social on how political leaders can solve the Affordability Conundrum — address immediate voter pain through price controls and increase supply in the long-term through anti-monopoly and industrial policies.
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/3 I am informed it’s normal to get more intolerant as I get older and I think I am absolutely getting less tolerant of other people’s absolute bullshit.
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
/3 I am informed it’s normal to get more intolerant as I get older and I think I am absolutely getting less tolerant of other people’s absolute bullshit.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Until the sun burns out
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Until the sun burns out
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
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My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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Pains me to say it but I think this is true. Some of my colleagues in the media who’ve stayed on X don’t even realize how badly its noxious algorithm is skewing their perception of politics and reality.
Also, that place seems designed to make you miserable unless you’re a Nazi. It’s just wretched.
Also, that place seems designed to make you miserable unless you’re a Nazi. It’s just wretched.
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Pains me to say it but I think this is true. Some of my colleagues in the media who’ve stayed on X don’t even realize how badly its noxious algorithm is skewing their perception of politics and reality.
Also, that place seems designed to make you miserable unless you’re a Nazi. It’s just wretched.
Also, that place seems designed to make you miserable unless you’re a Nazi. It’s just wretched.
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well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
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I'm mad. Please put in the newspaper that I'm mad.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I'm mad. Please put in the newspaper that I'm mad.
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“I chose a political culture that thinks masculinity means being an shitposter asshole who is proud to say ‘retard’, and now I can‘t find a suitable masculine mate.”
I think I may have spotted your problem.
I think I may have spotted your problem.
This Washington Post article about MAGA people trying and failing to date in Washington is...really something
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www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“I chose a political culture that thinks masculinity means being an shitposter asshole who is proud to say ‘retard’, and now I can‘t find a suitable masculine mate.”
I think I may have spotted your problem.
I think I may have spotted your problem.
New interview question I ask of tech leaders just dropped... "what do you think of this passage?"
November 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New interview question I ask of tech leaders just dropped... "what do you think of this passage?"
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This is a beautiful paragraph:
October 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is a beautiful paragraph:
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The Athletic: Rarely are work meetings this effective.
But, after a morning get-together, #CBJ checking line of Charlie Coyle, Cole Sillinger and Mathieu Olivier dominated in a 6-3 win over #LeafsForever
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
But, after a morning get-together, #CBJ checking line of Charlie Coyle, Cole Sillinger and Mathieu Olivier dominated in a 6-3 win over #LeafsForever
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
After morning meeting, Blue Jackets’ checking line erupts to lead rout of Leafs
All three skaters on the Blue Jackets' third line set or matched career highs against the Leafs.
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The Athletic: Rarely are work meetings this effective.
But, after a morning get-together, #CBJ checking line of Charlie Coyle, Cole Sillinger and Mathieu Olivier dominated in a 6-3 win over #LeafsForever
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
But, after a morning get-together, #CBJ checking line of Charlie Coyle, Cole Sillinger and Mathieu Olivier dominated in a 6-3 win over #LeafsForever
www.nytimes.com/athletic/676...
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I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
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Congrats, The Atlantic and The New York Times, this is the country you've created.
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Congrats, The Atlantic and The New York Times, this is the country you've created.
This belief is insane. SaaS gets replaced by SaaS. Salesforce should be worried because it's a comically expensive product given the current cost of software development, support, etc. LLMs for sure are reducing the cost of developing software, but no one is replacing SaaS with chatbots.
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This belief is insane. SaaS gets replaced by SaaS. Salesforce should be worried because it's a comically expensive product given the current cost of software development, support, etc. LLMs for sure are reducing the cost of developing software, but no one is replacing SaaS with chatbots.
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The interesting thing about not having a reality-based epistemology is that you’re left with weird power struggles over truth authority, since you really have nothing to base anything on beyond rhetoric, vibes and positioning.
October 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The interesting thing about not having a reality-based epistemology is that you’re left with weird power struggles over truth authority, since you really have nothing to base anything on beyond rhetoric, vibes and positioning.
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Hey at what point were you going to reveal that the woman who the story is based on is the Chief Marketing Office at a VC firm that is invested in a bunch of AI firms??????
www.canvas.vc/portfolio
www.canvas.vc/portfolio
October 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hey at what point were you going to reveal that the woman who the story is based on is the Chief Marketing Office at a VC firm that is invested in a bunch of AI firms??????
www.canvas.vc/portfolio
www.canvas.vc/portfolio
I don’t know any Trump supporters who like or respect (or read) the NYT. I know fewer and fewer non-Trump supporters who like or respect or read it either. What is their game plan? People who pay for newspapers who don’t have any political opinions?
I looked at 38 papers. The NYT was one of only a few not to have it as the top story and photo
The handful of exceptions were pretty much all places with a big D1 football game
I genuinely don't understand why the NYT is so reticent to give coverage to one of the largest protests in history
The handful of exceptions were pretty much all places with a big D1 football game
I genuinely don't understand why the NYT is so reticent to give coverage to one of the largest protests in history
October 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I don’t know any Trump supporters who like or respect (or read) the NYT. I know fewer and fewer non-Trump supporters who like or respect or read it either. What is their game plan? People who pay for newspapers who don’t have any political opinions?