diskcordian.bsky.social
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do think a huge issue with american manufacturing across all subset of the sector is that vast majority of firms are smaller, barely professional firms with middling producitivity and the advanced/big firms generally rely on the shitty middle/bottom for their supply chain
January 18, 2026 at 4:55 AM
do think a huge issue with american manufacturing across all subset of the sector is that vast majority of firms are smaller, barely professional firms with middling producitivity and the advanced/big firms generally rely on the shitty middle/bottom for their supply chain
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am i the only person who came away from this project liking tooze more but respecting him intellectually less
A highly revealing profile, in really quite a few different ways:
The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age
The long read: Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve enter...
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
am i the only person who came away from this project liking tooze more but respecting him intellectually less
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Its amusing to me how people, yankoids, britbongs and generally other mentally ill groups try to define VdL as "lefty", "lib", "communist" or whatever
When the woman's ideology is literally "the eternal fat boot of Franz Josef Strauss on your neck for eternity telling you how he fixed the roads"
When the woman's ideology is literally "the eternal fat boot of Franz Josef Strauss on your neck for eternity telling you how he fixed the roads"
January 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Its amusing to me how people, yankoids, britbongs and generally other mentally ill groups try to define VdL as "lefty", "lib", "communist" or whatever
When the woman's ideology is literally "the eternal fat boot of Franz Josef Strauss on your neck for eternity telling you how he fixed the roads"
When the woman's ideology is literally "the eternal fat boot of Franz Josef Strauss on your neck for eternity telling you how he fixed the roads"
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One of the smartest things Biden did was exile this dude to Japan lol
Rahm Emanuel is coming — whether Democrats like it or not.
Rahm Emanuel targets GOP and Dems as he tests 2028 campaign for president
The former Chicago mayor wants to lead a post-Trump "renewal wing" of the Democratic Party.
www.axios.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
One of the smartest things Biden did was exile this dude to Japan lol
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RT if you STAND with WASP FINANCE CAPITAL against the PRUSSIAN MENACE in the White House!
January 12, 2026 at 1:26 AM
RT if you STAND with WASP FINANCE CAPITAL against the PRUSSIAN MENACE in the White House!
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The MEK having strong bipartisan support after the invasion of Iraq is probably the ultimate “politicians sometimes just take money from foreign entities without looking into them at all” moment.
He’s a supporter of the People’s Mujahideen of Iran (MEK). This is not a joke.
January 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The MEK having strong bipartisan support after the invasion of Iraq is probably the ultimate “politicians sometimes just take money from foreign entities without looking into them at all” moment.
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If you're a natsec guy spewing forth the Clausewitz "war by other means" quote you better be able to spit out the other two parts of his paradoxical trinity and analyze them in relation to Fichte or I am sending your ass back to GWU with a copy of On War stapled to your face
January 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
If you're a natsec guy spewing forth the Clausewitz "war by other means" quote you better be able to spit out the other two parts of his paradoxical trinity and analyze them in relation to Fichte or I am sending your ass back to GWU with a copy of On War stapled to your face
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“Petrodollar” should be reserved for when large US petroleum trade deficits led to $ outflows that needed to be recycled and high oil meant a weak $. It is absurd to use the term for the $s behavior after the shale revolution when it behaved like a commodity currency in response to +ve ToT shocks.
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“Petrodollar” should be reserved for when large US petroleum trade deficits led to $ outflows that needed to be recycled and high oil meant a weak $. It is absurd to use the term for the $s behavior after the shale revolution when it behaved like a commodity currency in response to +ve ToT shocks.
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- Peter Singer
- Sam Bankman-Fried
- the girl reading this
- George W. Bush (PEPFAR)
- Claude
- Sam Bankman-Fried
- the girl reading this
- George W. Bush (PEPFAR)
- Claude
January 2, 2026 at 7:50 AM
- Peter Singer
- Sam Bankman-Fried
- the girl reading this
- George W. Bush (PEPFAR)
- Claude
- Sam Bankman-Fried
- the girl reading this
- George W. Bush (PEPFAR)
- Claude
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bruno latour: in my paper "Why Critique Has Run Out of Steam," i invented the paranoid hermeneutic as a cautionary tale
engineers trying to do STS: at long last we have invented the paranoid hermeneutic from the famous STS paper "Don't Invent the Paranoid Hermeneutic."
engineers trying to do STS: at long last we have invented the paranoid hermeneutic from the famous STS paper "Don't Invent the Paranoid Hermeneutic."
December 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
bruno latour: in my paper "Why Critique Has Run Out of Steam," i invented the paranoid hermeneutic as a cautionary tale
engineers trying to do STS: at long last we have invented the paranoid hermeneutic from the famous STS paper "Don't Invent the Paranoid Hermeneutic."
engineers trying to do STS: at long last we have invented the paranoid hermeneutic from the famous STS paper "Don't Invent the Paranoid Hermeneutic."
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the burgeoning Hallmark Abundance genre
I don’t always agree with of the broader political takes from some “abundance”-coded pundits but man the abundance critics are just pure nonsense merchants
like, what’s this guy’s deal? literally making up a guy to dunk on the idea that cities should build more housing and transit.
like, what’s this guy’s deal? literally making up a guy to dunk on the idea that cities should build more housing and transit.
December 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
the burgeoning Hallmark Abundance genre
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Military history devoid of social, cultural, diplomatic, literary etc forms of history is essentially meaningless. Knowing what soldiers and armies did in battle without understanding why they did them, the cultures that produced them, or the industries that supported them is pointless.
December 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Military history devoid of social, cultural, diplomatic, literary etc forms of history is essentially meaningless. Knowing what soldiers and armies did in battle without understanding why they did them, the cultures that produced them, or the industries that supported them is pointless.
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Fuck dating apps, I will find a wife by posting a truly deranged personal ad in the London Review of Books
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Fuck dating apps, I will find a wife by posting a truly deranged personal ad in the London Review of Books
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Dems in Disarray (voters enforcing conformity with party's ideological agenda)
CNN: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line | CNN Politics
When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Dems in Disarray (voters enforcing conformity with party's ideological agenda)
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Yes, it's true they don't Really Understand Tolkien or Ian M. Banks but that's also such a superficial approach
Did the French bourgeoisie Really Understand Baudelaire? No, but that's not really the point either, he was still part of their style
Did the French bourgeoisie Really Understand Baudelaire? No, but that's not really the point either, he was still part of their style
December 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yes, it's true they don't Really Understand Tolkien or Ian M. Banks but that's also such a superficial approach
Did the French bourgeoisie Really Understand Baudelaire? No, but that's not really the point either, he was still part of their style
Did the French bourgeoisie Really Understand Baudelaire? No, but that's not really the point either, he was still part of their style
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yasujiro ozu movies if he was evil
This article isn't political, but you can tell exactly who these people voted for, even if the estrangement wasn't about politics.
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
www.wsj.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
yasujiro ozu movies if he was evil
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The essence of Blue Labour thought is that somewhere in Downing Street there is a button marked “reindustrialise” that Tony Blair could have pressed, but instead he opted for the “more Woke Studies” button.
My brother in Christ, reindustrialization is based on international capital flows, not dumbass ideas to move down the value chain by turning colleges into vocational schools. You do realize that modern industry is almost always *high* skilled automation?
Read your Michael Pettis, you utter clown.
Read your Michael Pettis, you utter clown.
No reindustrialising? Our academic institutions are a part of the problem, overproducing elites and funnelling them into bullshit unproductive jobs. Half the universities need to close or become vocational colleges. You didn't even mention productivity.
Brexit is in the past. That ship has sailed.
Brexit is in the past. That ship has sailed.
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The essence of Blue Labour thought is that somewhere in Downing Street there is a button marked “reindustrialise” that Tony Blair could have pressed, but instead he opted for the “more Woke Studies” button.
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I loved it. But I also think that it’s delusional and out of touch to argue that the franchise is something new. I think Korean Americans have surpassed both Japan and S. Korea and I don’t meant that in a good or flattering way.
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I loved it. But I also think that it’s delusional and out of touch to argue that the franchise is something new. I think Korean Americans have surpassed both Japan and S. Korea and I don’t meant that in a good or flattering way.
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They’re calling him the world’s most sober man:
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
They’re calling him the world’s most sober man:
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we need to let in more immigrants and raise the birth rate because the alternative is drowning in an aging population's nostalgia
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
we need to let in more immigrants and raise the birth rate because the alternative is drowning in an aging population's nostalgia
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I spilled lembas crumbs all over myself watching the war of the ring through the master stone in the Tower of Avallónë & a vanyar teenager shouted "this Úmanyar eating corn bread" & everyone laughed
November 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I spilled lembas crumbs all over myself watching the war of the ring through the master stone in the Tower of Avallónë & a vanyar teenager shouted "this Úmanyar eating corn bread" & everyone laughed
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Just decided to start reading again after my teachers forced me to write that the curtains were blue as a “metaphor”, are these audiobooks high-alpha?
- Atomic Habits
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich
- Meditations
- The Brothers Karamazov
- Rommel: the Desert Fox
- Atomic Habits
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich
- Meditations
- The Brothers Karamazov
- Rommel: the Desert Fox
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Just decided to start reading again after my teachers forced me to write that the curtains were blue as a “metaphor”, are these audiobooks high-alpha?
- Atomic Habits
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich
- Meditations
- The Brothers Karamazov
- Rommel: the Desert Fox
- Atomic Habits
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- I Will Teach You To Be Rich
- Meditations
- The Brothers Karamazov
- Rommel: the Desert Fox
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Consider a programmer looking at code they themselves wrote a year ago, now having to identify and fix a bug. They have to rebuild the mental model of what is going on, which is easier if they have already had a mental model of what is going on.
June 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Consider a programmer looking at code they themselves wrote a year ago, now having to identify and fix a bug. They have to rebuild the mental model of what is going on, which is easier if they have already had a mental model of what is going on.
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Chotiner: how can you defend genocide?
Me: actually, I don’t.
Chotiner: you’re anti-genocide? Are the rest of your politics this good?
Me: the rest of my opinions on politics and media.
Chotiner: impressive. I also see you’re quite tall.
Me: yes. I love reading and Clairo.
Chotiner: wow.
Me: actually, I don’t.
Chotiner: you’re anti-genocide? Are the rest of your politics this good?
Me: the rest of my opinions on politics and media.
Chotiner: impressive. I also see you’re quite tall.
Me: yes. I love reading and Clairo.
Chotiner: wow.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Chotiner: how can you defend genocide?
Me: actually, I don’t.
Chotiner: you’re anti-genocide? Are the rest of your politics this good?
Me: the rest of my opinions on politics and media.
Chotiner: impressive. I also see you’re quite tall.
Me: yes. I love reading and Clairo.
Chotiner: wow.
Me: actually, I don’t.
Chotiner: you’re anti-genocide? Are the rest of your politics this good?
Me: the rest of my opinions on politics and media.
Chotiner: impressive. I also see you’re quite tall.
Me: yes. I love reading and Clairo.
Chotiner: wow.
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The Only Children of White Collar Professional Parents In The 1990s website is uniquely badly-positioned to have good memories or holiday food
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The Only Children of White Collar Professional Parents In The 1990s website is uniquely badly-positioned to have good memories or holiday food