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Pedestrians always have the right of way. Always. This is a question on the NYS driver's license test.
An absolutely bizarre way to describe a child in a crosswalk with the light getting killed by a massive vehicle turning right (without the right of way).
February 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Pedestrians always have the right of way. Always. This is a question on the NYS driver's license test.
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How is AIPAC not a group by Yglesias own definition?
It seems like the Malinowski case is actually a perfect example of a single issue group demanding total fealty to their incredibly unpopular position and then tanking you for not adopting it.
It seems like the Malinowski case is actually a perfect example of a single issue group demanding total fealty to their incredibly unpopular position and then tanking you for not adopting it.
February 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM
How is AIPAC not a group by Yglesias own definition?
It seems like the Malinowski case is actually a perfect example of a single issue group demanding total fealty to their incredibly unpopular position and then tanking you for not adopting it.
It seems like the Malinowski case is actually a perfect example of a single issue group demanding total fealty to their incredibly unpopular position and then tanking you for not adopting it.
I’ll write the theory…you’ll do the praxis
February 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I’ll write the theory…you’ll do the praxis
“Can you come visit [the unit] at 4pm?” I HAVE A JOB! DO REALTORS ONLY RENT TO PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS?
February 18, 2026 at 2:34 PM
“Can you come visit [the unit] at 4pm?” I HAVE A JOB! DO REALTORS ONLY RENT TO PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS?
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Journalists simultaneously believe that they have the most important job in the world but that nobody changes anything they think or do in response to the work product they create
The media-would-have-changed-the-election theory 1) flatters journalists by giving them way more influence than they actually have — particularly among a swath of voters who may decide the presidential election who don’t consume much of any media
February 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Journalists simultaneously believe that they have the most important job in the world but that nobody changes anything they think or do in response to the work product they create
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Posting some shit about Plato's cave on here: overplayed, everyone remembers that from college
Mentioning it in a meeting at work: everyone pegs you as the weird guy who did the reading in college and now they're afraid you read the meeting minutes
Mentioning it in a meeting at work: everyone pegs you as the weird guy who did the reading in college and now they're afraid you read the meeting minutes
February 17, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Posting some shit about Plato's cave on here: overplayed, everyone remembers that from college
Mentioning it in a meeting at work: everyone pegs you as the weird guy who did the reading in college and now they're afraid you read the meeting minutes
Mentioning it in a meeting at work: everyone pegs you as the weird guy who did the reading in college and now they're afraid you read the meeting minutes
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The race to the bottom in destroying state institutions while not at all gaining from it because "anti-system" is to most nothing but vague vibes and social prejudices is obviously not a healthy path
To assume "anti-system" here = support for whatever leftie/socialist policy you want is naive
To assume "anti-system" here = support for whatever leftie/socialist policy you want is naive
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The race to the bottom in destroying state institutions while not at all gaining from it because "anti-system" is to most nothing but vague vibes and social prejudices is obviously not a healthy path
To assume "anti-system" here = support for whatever leftie/socialist policy you want is naive
To assume "anti-system" here = support for whatever leftie/socialist policy you want is naive
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one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
What strikes me is that 'the volk' have incredibly incoherent and everywhere ideas, but the people who claim to speak for them in the press are like clerics who think there are two poles for all politics and everything must fit between them. These poles are like, eight inches apart
February 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM
one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
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Do Not Debate High School Sports Rules, Call Them Out For Marrying Kids
February 18, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Do Not Debate High School Sports Rules, Call Them Out For Marrying Kids
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The more I think about the DC press slagging AOC for a lack of FP depth while Donald Trump is President, twice, is making me angry enough to explode. The fuck is wrong with the journalists that they're like this
February 18, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The more I think about the DC press slagging AOC for a lack of FP depth while Donald Trump is President, twice, is making me angry enough to explode. The fuck is wrong with the journalists that they're like this
Whoahhhh got unfollowed by a six year mutual. Probably for being mad at Dems or just posting too much so I truly can’t complain but it’s odd to think abt.
February 18, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Whoahhhh got unfollowed by a six year mutual. Probably for being mad at Dems or just posting too much so I truly can’t complain but it’s odd to think abt.
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It's interesting that the language of software engineering had almost no influence on the humanities compared to the language of telecom engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering
February 18, 2026 at 4:43 AM
It's interesting that the language of software engineering had almost no influence on the humanities compared to the language of telecom engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering
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Construction
CLT allows for flat pack delivery and quicker installation.
CLT allows for flat pack delivery and quicker installation.
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Construction
CLT allows for flat pack delivery and quicker installation.
CLT allows for flat pack delivery and quicker installation.
watching knight of hte seven kingdoms and it's fine ig but the thing that's striking is how GRRM just managed to make this bafflingly compelling world and how the first five seasons were so equally compelling that variations on the intro theme are still stirring!
February 18, 2026 at 3:26 AM
watching knight of hte seven kingdoms and it's fine ig but the thing that's striking is how GRRM just managed to make this bafflingly compelling world and how the first five seasons were so equally compelling that variations on the intro theme are still stirring!
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for years Putin has demanded a multipolar global order unconstrained by liberal rules. Is he ready to live in one? new post
You Got Your Multipolar World. Now What?
For years Putin has demanded a new global order. Now he has to live in one.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
for years Putin has demanded a multipolar global order unconstrained by liberal rules. Is he ready to live in one? new post
So basically the way it works now is that each month each department can only hire half as many people as quit the previous month.
Oooh now we’re getting to something interesting. Slightly cutting headcount from agency budgets but making it easier for them to hire up to that slightly lower headcount.
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
So basically the way it works now is that each month each department can only hire half as many people as quit the previous month.
The journalists are asking suuuuuch evil questions at Zohran lmao
February 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The journalists are asking suuuuuch evil questions at Zohran lmao
Blown away by how risky/daring Mamdani’s “let us raise income taxes and fund us more or I raise property taxes” move against Albany is. My intuition is that his initial popularity and alliance w Hochul can make it land but curious what NYS politics knowers think?
February 17, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Blown away by how risky/daring Mamdani’s “let us raise income taxes and fund us more or I raise property taxes” move against Albany is. My intuition is that his initial popularity and alliance w Hochul can make it land but curious what NYS politics knowers think?
Is there any real source on this one?
“NYC contributed 54.5% of state revenue and receives 40.5% back” is a fascinating figure
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Is there any real source on this one?
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If a meteor impacted the times building tomorrow I would feel bad for the security guards and cleaning ladies
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 17, 2026 at 5:37 AM
If a meteor impacted the times building tomorrow I would feel bad for the security guards and cleaning ladies
Zohran: Albany, let us raise taxes on the wealthy or the city will have to raise property taxes to maintain service.
February 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Zohran: Albany, let us raise taxes on the wealthy or the city will have to raise property taxes to maintain service.
The book Dracula is lowkey quite mid
February 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The book Dracula is lowkey quite mid