Chad
@bchadhill.bsky.social
NOLA. Xennial. Former Democrat. He/him 🏳️🌈.
A (very obvious) question the media apparently won't ask.
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A (very obvious) question the media apparently won't ask.
Reposted by Chad
Justin, saying that AI replaces cognition is exactly congruent to saying that Ponzi schemes replace mutual funds. Convincing simulacra that appear to be doing impossible things are not replacing anything except other grifts. As labor saving tech they’re more mechanical turk than spinning jenny.
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Justin, saying that AI replaces cognition is exactly congruent to saying that Ponzi schemes replace mutual funds. Convincing simulacra that appear to be doing impossible things are not replacing anything except other grifts. As labor saving tech they’re more mechanical turk than spinning jenny.
Surviving newscycle to newscycle (while shamelessly lying) has always worked for him. Why change tactics now? This is the smartest move he's made on Epstein in a while.
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Surviving newscycle to newscycle (while shamelessly lying) has always worked for him. Why change tactics now? This is the smartest move he's made on Epstein in a while.
What's the play here?
My best guess is that DOJ will refuse to release the files no matter how Congress votes and no matter what Trump supposedly wants and he'll try to pass that off as the best he could do? (Tbf, it's really the only play he has.) What else could it be?
My best guess is that DOJ will refuse to release the files no matter how Congress votes and no matter what Trump supposedly wants and he'll try to pass that off as the best he could do? (Tbf, it's really the only play he has.) What else could it be?
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
What's the play here?
My best guess is that DOJ will refuse to release the files no matter how Congress votes and no matter what Trump supposedly wants and he'll try to pass that off as the best he could do? (Tbf, it's really the only play he has.) What else could it be?
My best guess is that DOJ will refuse to release the files no matter how Congress votes and no matter what Trump supposedly wants and he'll try to pass that off as the best he could do? (Tbf, it's really the only play he has.) What else could it be?
That's my read too, but ... it's not particularly convincing? What does this chart really show other than "there are business cycles"?
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
That's my read too, but ... it's not particularly convincing? What does this chart really show other than "there are business cycles"?
Pete was unlikely to be among my picks anyway, but he's Newsom'd himself as far as I'm concerned.
This wasn't an off-the-cuff remark. It's either something he genuinely believes (DQ'fying) or something his consultants convinced him would be savvy to say (DQ'fying).
This wasn't an off-the-cuff remark. It's either something he genuinely believes (DQ'fying) or something his consultants convinced him would be savvy to say (DQ'fying).
November 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Pete was unlikely to be among my picks anyway, but he's Newsom'd himself as far as I'm concerned.
This wasn't an off-the-cuff remark. It's either something he genuinely believes (DQ'fying) or something his consultants convinced him would be savvy to say (DQ'fying).
This wasn't an off-the-cuff remark. It's either something he genuinely believes (DQ'fying) or something his consultants convinced him would be savvy to say (DQ'fying).
They'll be gone by the time Dems might get their hands on them. It will be a scandal for a newscycle or two and then completely forgotten forever.
Secret Service erased texts from two-day period spanning Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says
A Secret Service spokesman disputes the Department of Homeland Security inspector general's account, saying its request came after a mobile phone migration had started, but no messages were lost.
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
They'll be gone by the time Dems might get their hands on them. It will be a scandal for a newscycle or two and then completely forgotten forever.
It sure would be great if some of Dem Inc's big money went to funding a few simple ads reminding voters of those promises and asking what happened.
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It sure would be great if some of Dem Inc's big money went to funding a few simple ads reminding voters of those promises and asking what happened.
His oldies bullshit ain't just about the charts from the 70s anymore.
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
His oldies bullshit ain't just about the charts from the 70s anymore.
Genuinely fascinating.
Someone posted – just yesterday, possibly based on little more than vibes – something along the lines of: the evangelicals initially showed suspicion of AI, but now they seem to have fully committed. Let me see if I can't dig that up.
Someone posted – just yesterday, possibly based on little more than vibes – something along the lines of: the evangelicals initially showed suspicion of AI, but now they seem to have fully committed. Let me see if I can't dig that up.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Genuinely fascinating.
Someone posted – just yesterday, possibly based on little more than vibes – something along the lines of: the evangelicals initially showed suspicion of AI, but now they seem to have fully committed. Let me see if I can't dig that up.
Someone posted – just yesterday, possibly based on little more than vibes – something along the lines of: the evangelicals initially showed suspicion of AI, but now they seem to have fully committed. Let me see if I can't dig that up.
Do the social media interns get rewarded with ... I dunno, a day shadowing Brett Stephens (or something equally dreadful) ... if their posts get ratioed on BlueSky?
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Do the social media interns get rewarded with ... I dunno, a day shadowing Brett Stephens (or something equally dreadful) ... if their posts get ratioed on BlueSky?
Reposted by Chad
Fascism experts: “this is fascism! I’m getting outta here!”
The Death of Expertise guy: “this doesn’t look like anything to me”
The Death of Expertise guy: “this doesn’t look like anything to me”
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Fascism experts: “this is fascism! I’m getting outta here!”
The Death of Expertise guy: “this doesn’t look like anything to me”
The Death of Expertise guy: “this doesn’t look like anything to me”
I also VERY much doubt that "clubby world" ... which, checks notes, is referring to a period 10-20 years ago ... is "all but gone."
I'm not even going to say that's implausible. I'm going to say that's flatly not true.
What is this propaganda meant to accomplish? Why in the NYT?
I'm not even going to say that's implausible. I'm going to say that's flatly not true.
What is this propaganda meant to accomplish? Why in the NYT?
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I also VERY much doubt that "clubby world" ... which, checks notes, is referring to a period 10-20 years ago ... is "all but gone."
I'm not even going to say that's implausible. I'm going to say that's flatly not true.
What is this propaganda meant to accomplish? Why in the NYT?
I'm not even going to say that's implausible. I'm going to say that's flatly not true.
What is this propaganda meant to accomplish? Why in the NYT?
Remember when Douthat wasn't a total hack? (I am setting up responses of "No, I apparently don't live in the same alternative universe as you" etc., but he really did used to be different pre-Trump. Many such cases.)
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Remember when Douthat wasn't a total hack? (I am setting up responses of "No, I apparently don't live in the same alternative universe as you" etc., but he really did used to be different pre-Trump. Many such cases.)
Are we supposed to trust that Jonathan Martin is telling us anything other than the wet dreams of a very small circle of DC insiders whose outsized influence is partly responsible for the shambolic state of the Democratic Party today?
These are the same people who wanted a blitz primary. Fuck em.
These are the same people who wanted a blitz primary. Fuck em.
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Are we supposed to trust that Jonathan Martin is telling us anything other than the wet dreams of a very small circle of DC insiders whose outsized influence is partly responsible for the shambolic state of the Democratic Party today?
These are the same people who wanted a blitz primary. Fuck em.
These are the same people who wanted a blitz primary. Fuck em.
*betting markets!
We're talking about what tech bro degenerate who gamble on Kalshi thinks the Dem primary electorate is going to do in two-and-a-half years.
(Plus an obvious pro-Newsom op run through notoriously disreputable Jonathan Martin.)
We're talking about what tech bro degenerate who gamble on Kalshi thinks the Dem primary electorate is going to do in two-and-a-half years.
(Plus an obvious pro-Newsom op run through notoriously disreputable Jonathan Martin.)
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
*betting markets!
We're talking about what tech bro degenerate who gamble on Kalshi thinks the Dem primary electorate is going to do in two-and-a-half years.
(Plus an obvious pro-Newsom op run through notoriously disreputable Jonathan Martin.)
We're talking about what tech bro degenerate who gamble on Kalshi thinks the Dem primary electorate is going to do in two-and-a-half years.
(Plus an obvious pro-Newsom op run through notoriously disreputable Jonathan Martin.)
Reposted by Chad
She was, it turns out, always a true believer, and for the autocrat, the lying insincere clever opportunistic courtier who doesn’t believe a word of it is more reliable than the true believer.
September 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
She was, it turns out, always a true believer, and for the autocrat, the lying insincere clever opportunistic courtier who doesn’t believe a word of it is more reliable than the true believer.
"Rightwing Twitter" is likely about as representative of the right as it is of the left.
Philip Bump wrote a characteristically thoughtful piece on this topic yesterday.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
Philip Bump wrote a characteristically thoughtful piece on this topic yesterday.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
The Epstein files sinkhole widening under Trump
These polls suggest the issue is a bigger problem than the president wants to admit.
www.ms.now
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Rightwing Twitter" is likely about as representative of the right as it is of the left.
Philip Bump wrote a characteristically thoughtful piece on this topic yesterday.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
Philip Bump wrote a characteristically thoughtful piece on this topic yesterday.
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
Happy birthday to her! What a wonderful blessing that you can be there to celebrate 92 (!).
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Happy birthday to her! What a wonderful blessing that you can be there to celebrate 92 (!).
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I keep coming back to Watergate. Nixon was fine until opinion among the party base shifted. He resigned when enough GOP members of Congress followed the base. How does Trump lose his grip on the party? Hammer away on something that gets the base to turn on him. That seems to be Epstein.
It Took A Long Time For Republicans To Abandon Nixon
On July 23, 1974, Rep. Lawrence Hogan, Sr., a Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, bought airtime on TV networks across his home state of Maryland. He h…
fivethirtyeight.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I keep coming back to Watergate. Nixon was fine until opinion among the party base shifted. He resigned when enough GOP members of Congress followed the base. How does Trump lose his grip on the party? Hammer away on something that gets the base to turn on him. That seems to be Epstein.