Ramon Noguera (Sad Dad)
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"If our society had to agree upon a symbol, it would most likely not be a circle, a cross, or a line, but the dizzying exponential curve." Niklas Luhmann; Die Systemtheorie der Gesellschaft (2017: 300)
Today, in our daily 2025 WTF Special...
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today, in our daily 2025 WTF Special...
This is the way...
December 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is the way...
Una frase a Dune II, en boca de Leto II (i originalment atribuïda a Louis Veuillot: "Quan sóc més feble que tu, et demano llibertat perquè aquests són els teus principis; quan sóc més fort que tu, et trec la llibertat perquè aquests són els meus principis." Per guardar.
December 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Una frase a Dune II, en boca de Leto II (i originalment atribuïda a Louis Veuillot: "Quan sóc més feble que tu, et demano llibertat perquè aquests són els teus principis; quan sóc més fort que tu, et trec la llibertat perquè aquests són els meus principis." Per guardar.
" ...as politically implausible as Deneen’s ‘Aristopopulism’, and about as historically accurate as Asterix."
Yet here we are, pulling out the intellectual big guns to battle against nostalgia-tinted political infantilism, and "neo-royalist" arguments cooked in SV circle-jerks.
Yet here we are, pulling out the intellectual big guns to battle against nostalgia-tinted political infantilism, and "neo-royalist" arguments cooked in SV circle-jerks.
‘All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power supposedly post-liberal politicians re-enact Thatcherism and Reaganism?’
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on post-liberal political thought.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on post-liberal political thought.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jan-Werner Müller · Caesar wept: Trolling the Libs
All post-liberals have at one point or another declared themselves anti-libertarian. Why is it, then, that once in power...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
" ...as politically implausible as Deneen’s ‘Aristopopulism’, and about as historically accurate as Asterix."
Yet here we are, pulling out the intellectual big guns to battle against nostalgia-tinted political infantilism, and "neo-royalist" arguments cooked in SV circle-jerks.
Yet here we are, pulling out the intellectual big guns to battle against nostalgia-tinted political infantilism, and "neo-royalist" arguments cooked in SV circle-jerks.
Friendly reminder of why China is not our friend either. Sense of urgency, anyone?
China established a new UN “Friends of Global Governance” group.
Members include:
Iran
Cuba
Pakistan
Venezuela
North Korea
This initiative of Xi Jinping “offers China's wisdom to uphold international fairness, responding to the needs of the people.”
Members include:
Iran
Cuba
Pakistan
Venezuela
North Korea
This initiative of Xi Jinping “offers China's wisdom to uphold international fairness, responding to the needs of the people.”
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Friendly reminder of why China is not our friend either. Sense of urgency, anyone?
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
Zero proves però també zero dubtes que l'Estratègia de Seguretat Nacional de Trump és pro-Russa i anti-Europea perquè majorment l'ha escrit Grok, i la preposició 'trans' a l'expressió "Relació Trans-Atlàntica" ha disparat el filtre MAGA de la maleïda andròmina.
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Zero proves però també zero dubtes que l'Estratègia de Seguretat Nacional de Trump és pro-Russa i anti-Europea perquè majorment l'ha escrit Grok, i la preposició 'trans' a l'expressió "Relació Trans-Atlàntica" ha disparat el filtre MAGA de la maleïda andròmina.
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
When teaching about inequality, the main lesson I can give my students is "choose your parents well."
New: “Donald Trump Jr’s Fortune Jumped Six-Fold In A Year” 📈
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social (who you should follow) for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social (who you should follow) for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Donald Trump Jr. Is Worth
The president’s oldest son once shunned his father to loaf as a vagabond in Colorado. He eventually came home, joined the family business and is amassing the kind of fortune that would make his father...
www.forbes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
When teaching about inequality, the main lesson I can give my students is "choose your parents well."
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not sure how one argues with a straight face anymore that liberal elites did not play an outsized role in the slow-then-sudden disappearance of the cordon sanitaire around open racism and eugenics
Thanks for validating me, governor
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
not sure how one argues with a straight face anymore that liberal elites did not play an outsized role in the slow-then-sudden disappearance of the cordon sanitaire around open racism and eugenics
All hail Juché Britannia.
(It's truly surreal that this is coming from the Tories.)
(It's truly surreal that this is coming from the Tories.)
I don’t get how Jenrick can actually believe that we should shrink the population and then start making more of our own things from pots and pans to what iPhones? How does he think that happens?
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
All hail Juché Britannia.
(It's truly surreal that this is coming from the Tories.)
(It's truly surreal that this is coming from the Tories.)
Now I understand better why Skynet hates humans. It was fed MAGA hatred from birth/inception.
The US National Security Strategy seems to be—at least in part—written/edited by AI.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Now I understand better why Skynet hates humans. It was fed MAGA hatred from birth/inception.
Pels que us diguin que les bateries dels vehicles elèctrics no són reciclables...
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Pels que us diguin que les bateries dels vehicles elèctrics no són reciclables...
Time for a remake of Whitehouse Down, where the baddies are a protofascist group that wears red baseball hats?
The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Time for a remake of Whitehouse Down, where the baddies are a protofascist group that wears red baseball hats?
Que un dia em sentiria orgullós de ser espanyol... cony, no ho tenia previst.
España se retira del festival de Eurovisión tras confirmarse que Israel participará en 2026. Holanda ha tomado la misma decisión. Es muy posible que Irlanda, Eslovenia e Islandia se unan al boicot. www.eldiario.es/vertele/noti...
España se retira de Eurovisión: RTVE anuncia que abandona el festival tras confirmarse la participación de Israel
RTVE ha anunciado que no participará en la próxima edición del festival de Eurovisión tras decidirse en la Asamblea General de la UER que Israel seguirá en el concurso
www.eldiario.es
December 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Que un dia em sentiria orgullós de ser espanyol... cony, no ho tenia previst.
After the pump comes the dump.
Etats-Unis / Krach boursier / -51 % en 26 minutes l'action d'American Bitcoin Corp, la société de Trump, s'effondre dans un contexte de forte baisse des valeurs crypto
Down 90% or More, Trump-Family Assets Are Outpacing Crypto Crash
The crash Tuesday in the crypto miner American Bitcoin Corp. was instantaneous. At 9:31 a.m. on Wall Street, just one minute after trading started, its shares were down 33%. Five minutes later, losses...
www.bloomberg.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
After the pump comes the dump.
Brutal l'efecte de la sobrerepresentació rural.
A really nice figure of population and partisan malapportionment in national legislatures around the world
from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...
from Beramendi, Boix, Guinjoan, and Rogers (yassified by The Economist) priceschool.usc.edu/wp-content/u...
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Brutal l'efecte de la sobrerepresentació rural.
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EDITORIAL | Todo nuevo bajo el Sol 🔆
«Estas corrientes colapsistas, antitecnológicas y antiindustriales no son más que fetichizaciones de un mundo rural inexistente, de un pasado bucólico de cuadro pintoresco, e instrumentalizaciones del sur global para defender posiciones en el norte».
«Estas corrientes colapsistas, antitecnológicas y antiindustriales no son más que fetichizaciones de un mundo rural inexistente, de un pasado bucólico de cuadro pintoresco, e instrumentalizaciones del sur global para defender posiciones en el norte».
Todo nuevo bajo el Sol - Corriente Cálida
Editorial La política industrial, la estética de la gran escala, la tecnología renovable y la energía limpia, abundante y barata deben ser, ya, la base material del mundo, pero también la base materia...
corrientecalida.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
EDITORIAL | Todo nuevo bajo el Sol 🔆
«Estas corrientes colapsistas, antitecnológicas y antiindustriales no son más que fetichizaciones de un mundo rural inexistente, de un pasado bucólico de cuadro pintoresco, e instrumentalizaciones del sur global para defender posiciones en el norte».
«Estas corrientes colapsistas, antitecnológicas y antiindustriales no son más que fetichizaciones de un mundo rural inexistente, de un pasado bucólico de cuadro pintoresco, e instrumentalizaciones del sur global para defender posiciones en el norte».
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ah! Tot el tema de l'ex-president d'Hondures va sobre Thiel i Prospera!
investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-d...
investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-d...
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
ah! Tot el tema de l'ex-president d'Hondures va sobre Thiel i Prospera!
investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-d...
investmentpolicy.unctad.org/investment-d...
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Actually it was fucking wrong. It was egregiously wrong. It's still wrong.
Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.
Samuel Huntington Is Getting His Revenge
The idea of a global “clash of civilizations” wasn’t wrong—it was just premature.
foreignpolicy.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Actually it was fucking wrong. It was egregiously wrong. It's still wrong.
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Cool. We’ve ripped up the social contract with young people, so they can’t afford to buy a home, or settle down and have children or ever retire. Let’s now force half of them to be trained only to do jobs they will hate in order to stop people from other countries moving here for a better life.
Turning half of unis into voc colleges could cut student immig a lot
"To underwrite the industrial strategy half the universities should be turned into vocational colleges linked to the needs of the armed forces+industry
We desperately need a skilled workforce that does not rely on immigration"
"To underwrite the industrial strategy half the universities should be turned into vocational colleges linked to the needs of the armed forces+industry
We desperately need a skilled workforce that does not rely on immigration"
May 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Cool. We’ve ripped up the social contract with young people, so they can’t afford to buy a home, or settle down and have children or ever retire. Let’s now force half of them to be trained only to do jobs they will hate in order to stop people from other countries moving here for a better life.
Mira, per una vegada em funciona aquest meme.
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Mira, per una vegada em funciona aquest meme.