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and here i think the evidence is overwhelming that the artificial scarcity of housing which presses most severely in those places that are producing the most good jobs is, in fact, pretty bad for people
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
and here i think the evidence is overwhelming that the artificial scarcity of housing which presses most severely in those places that are producing the most good jobs is, in fact, pretty bad for people
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Couldn't decide which meme format was more appropriate. Remember 600 people were fired for how they reacted to Kirk's death www.reuters.com/investigatio... Now the President is endorsing the execution of his political rivals and...?
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Couldn't decide which meme format was more appropriate. Remember 600 people were fired for how they reacted to Kirk's death www.reuters.com/investigatio... Now the President is endorsing the execution of his political rivals and...?
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Rejoice, for ginormous investments in LLMs have finally produced a genuine social good: new ways to mock Elon Musk.
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Rejoice, for ginormous investments in LLMs have finally produced a genuine social good: new ways to mock Elon Musk.
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Where we are in November 2025. The House Speaker reluctantly concedes that his political opponents should not be executed - and it counts as good news.
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Where we are in November 2025. The House Speaker reluctantly concedes that his political opponents should not be executed - and it counts as good news.
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The relationships between economic indicators (real wages, nominal prices, real income, etc) and economic sentiment changed fundamentally since 2021. That's the empirical reality. There are multiple theories consistent with this. We need to learn more.
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The relationships between economic indicators (real wages, nominal prices, real income, etc) and economic sentiment changed fundamentally since 2021. That's the empirical reality. There are multiple theories consistent with this. We need to learn more.
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This is the (IMO correct) position between "it's all vibes/tiktok" and "we/young ppl are poorer than before"
My sense is people would prefer to collectively give up some consumer goods in exchange for security or not feeling like you're falling behind peers if you take a break from the ratrace
My sense is people would prefer to collectively give up some consumer goods in exchange for security or not feeling like you're falling behind peers if you take a break from the ratrace
I think the thing a lot of people are upset by is actually rather difficult to measure with economic data
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is the (IMO correct) position between "it's all vibes/tiktok" and "we/young ppl are poorer than before"
My sense is people would prefer to collectively give up some consumer goods in exchange for security or not feeling like you're falling behind peers if you take a break from the ratrace
My sense is people would prefer to collectively give up some consumer goods in exchange for security or not feeling like you're falling behind peers if you take a break from the ratrace
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Bro, we just want the planes to take off and land, on the agreed-upon schedule, can you focus on that?
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Bro, we just want the planes to take off and land, on the agreed-upon schedule, can you focus on that?
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This is the 22nd time I’ve posted this Doonesbury since 2015.
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is the 22nd time I’ve posted this Doonesbury since 2015.
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Also, while I do feel vindicated. There’s no joy. It’s really very sad.
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Also, while I do feel vindicated. There’s no joy. It’s really very sad.
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Convenient.
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Convenient.
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“Hello…my name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.”
This is perfect. A Fox 52 episode podcast about the life of Jesus, apparently built on subterfuge, theft and lies. Many or most of the actors billed as participating had their voices repurposed from other work and didn't even know they were part of it. ew.com/celebrities-...
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, more had 'no knowledge' their voices would be used in Fox News Jesus podcast
Kristen Bell, Malcolm McDowell, and more stars had 'no knowledge' that their voices would be used in a Fox News podcast about Jesus until this week, as they recorded audio for a separate project 15 ye...
ew.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“Hello…my name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.”
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Yes. This. Changing your replies to followers only makes a huge difference for larger accounts. The only "downside" is once a month or so someone who can't read/follow instructions yells "this fucker turned off comments!" at you. It's better than many more randos missing the point & yelling though.
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Yes. This. Changing your replies to followers only makes a huge difference for larger accounts. The only "downside" is once a month or so someone who can't read/follow instructions yells "this fucker turned off comments!" at you. It's better than many more randos missing the point & yelling though.
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Good news: only really, really dumb people thought they really wanted free speech on campus
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Good news: only really, really dumb people thought they really wanted free speech on campus
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
Bad news: There are a deal-breakingly lot of really, really dumb people
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Yeah, but why does it feel like all of them are in charge of most of the major institutions?
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Yeah, but why does it feel like all of them are in charge of most of the major institutions?
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Tragically, I still see them all the time around Silicon Valley. I drove by one the other day with my kid in our car and said "I still can't believe people buy that ugly piece of shit" forgetting that I generally don't curse in front of the kids. But it got a guffaw from the kid, who agreed...
The month the Cybertruck was released I immediately saw two of them in my part of the city, always driven by the same two guys. I was shocked. "People are actually buying this thing!"
Almost two years later, I have never seen a third.
Almost two years later, I have never seen a third.
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Tragically, I still see them all the time around Silicon Valley. I drove by one the other day with my kid in our car and said "I still can't believe people buy that ugly piece of shit" forgetting that I generally don't curse in front of the kids. But it got a guffaw from the kid, who agreed...
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the price tags were lower and there was a lot of laudatory media coverage of Trump's economy, which was nothing more than uninterrupted trends from the Great Recession recovery that spanned both of Obama's terms as well.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
the price tags were lower and there was a lot of laudatory media coverage of Trump's economy, which was nothing more than uninterrupted trends from the Great Recession recovery that spanned both of Obama's terms as well.
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X is mass-deleting Grok posts that embarrass Musk by demonstrating that he wants Grok to praise him.
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
X is mass-deleting Grok posts that embarrass Musk by demonstrating that he wants Grok to praise him.
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Narrative violation: Vermont was an independent Republic for longer than Texas.
They even had a separate negotiated peace with Britain.
They even had a separate negotiated peace with Britain.
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Narrative violation: Vermont was an independent Republic for longer than Texas.
They even had a separate negotiated peace with Britain.
They even had a separate negotiated peace with Britain.
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An alarming story about Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras ...
"Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."
"Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An alarming story about Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras ...
"Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."
"Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."
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W. should have said: "It's not *his* fault that I was so woefully underprepared for the presidency that I let him roll me into a stupid war. Also into the VP selection. And all the rest. That's all on me."
G.W. Bush calls Dick Cheney an “old breed” of politician defined by “character and substance,” which is dubious, but still reads as a dig.
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
W. should have said: "It's not *his* fault that I was so woefully underprepared for the presidency that I let him roll me into a stupid war. Also into the VP selection. And all the rest. That's all on me."
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A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
CDC.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
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Just absurd, wallet inspector victim-level credulity here. Humiliating and shameful.
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Just absurd, wallet inspector victim-level credulity here. Humiliating and shameful.
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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2/ They must do the part where Jesus overturned the tables in the Temple and then kicked the asses of all the illegals who'd showed up in Jerusalem from other countries.
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
2/ They must do the part where Jesus overturned the tables in the Temple and then kicked the asses of all the illegals who'd showed up in Jerusalem from other countries.
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AGI is just astrology for smart computer boys
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
AGI is just astrology for smart computer boys