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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
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If I'm being honest, the collapse of the post-Cold War international order and the violent occupation of an American city are making it difficult for me to concentrate on housing policy.
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
If I'm being honest, the collapse of the post-Cold War international order and the violent occupation of an American city are making it difficult for me to concentrate on housing policy.
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as a Honda Fit aficionado this is the most incredible upturn in the vibes
January 17, 2026 at 6:53 AM
as a Honda Fit aficionado this is the most incredible upturn in the vibes
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This is the ideal vehicle form. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
January 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This is the ideal vehicle form. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
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this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
Spam is also, yanno, not solved.
For me, GMail lets through an obviously spammy mail maybe once a month and marks as spam probably a few emails a week things that are not spam.
Note that my observable email received rate is like <10/day, so this is not a trivial mistake rate!
For me, GMail lets through an obviously spammy mail maybe once a month and marks as spam probably a few emails a week things that are not spam.
Note that my observable email received rate is like <10/day, so this is not a trivial mistake rate!
Speaking of Bayesian spam filtering... a few years ago he posted something on Twitter (when it still was Twitter) about how he didn't understand why Twitter didn't just fix trust & safety like spam was fixed in email. I pointed out that it's a way more difficult problem and his fans started yelling.
The last really useful thing Paul Graham did was popularize Bayesian spam filtering (and before that, he wrote a really good book on ANSI Common Lisp). That was about 20 years ago. Ever since then, and I think it coincides with the advent of YC, he’s just been a disappointment factory.
January 3, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Spam is also, yanno, not solved.
For me, GMail lets through an obviously spammy mail maybe once a month and marks as spam probably a few emails a week things that are not spam.
Note that my observable email received rate is like <10/day, so this is not a trivial mistake rate!
For me, GMail lets through an obviously spammy mail maybe once a month and marks as spam probably a few emails a week things that are not spam.
Note that my observable email received rate is like <10/day, so this is not a trivial mistake rate!
Cigna having issues locating my account because my last name is only two letters 🤦🏻
I give them my Health Insurance ID # but that doesn't seem to help because I'm actually trying to file a claim under a different policy I have with Cigna lol
I give them my Health Insurance ID # but that doesn't seem to help because I'm actually trying to file a claim under a different policy I have with Cigna lol
December 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Cigna having issues locating my account because my last name is only two letters 🤦🏻
I give them my Health Insurance ID # but that doesn't seem to help because I'm actually trying to file a claim under a different policy I have with Cigna lol
I give them my Health Insurance ID # but that doesn't seem to help because I'm actually trying to file a claim under a different policy I have with Cigna lol
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Can some of you read my essay which has been somewhat betrayed by this out of context quote without shitting on it thanks
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Can some of you read my essay which has been somewhat betrayed by this out of context quote without shitting on it thanks
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The public: "We are desperate for help with the cost of living. Please do something."
Trump administration: "Penis."
Trump administration: "Penis."
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The public: "We are desperate for help with the cost of living. Please do something."
Trump administration: "Penis."
Trump administration: "Penis."
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Report on the condition of Marwan Barghouti from his Israeli attorney on X
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Report on the condition of Marwan Barghouti from his Israeli attorney on X
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I just want things to get better, for once
I am so fucking tired
I am so fucking tired
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I just want things to get better, for once
I am so fucking tired
I am so fucking tired
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
LLMs improve software engineering productivity, by automating bs tasks like *checks notes* coming up with expense justifications
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
LLMs improve software engineering productivity, by automating bs tasks like *checks notes* coming up with expense justifications
my hot take is that airport lounges are underrated
i shall not be explaining this opinion (unless someone asks)
i shall not be explaining this opinion (unless someone asks)
This was great. Obviously fishing with dynamite but every paragraph ends with an irony bomb and it’s all very enjoyable.
For the record: IMO lounges are crazy overrated and generally not worth a huge credit card fee or long wait in line for.
For the record: IMO lounges are crazy overrated and generally not worth a huge credit card fee or long wait in line for.
The Airport-Lounge Wars
When you’re waiting for a flight, what’s the difference between out there and in here?
www.newyorker.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
my hot take is that airport lounges are underrated
i shall not be explaining this opinion (unless someone asks)
i shall not be explaining this opinion (unless someone asks)
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Remember, when anyone asks some version of “but where are the leaders? who could lead a proper movement or government?” Whether it be Iran or Palestine or any other repressive or authoritarian regime, the answer is almost always, “in prison.”
Marwan Barghouti's lawyer Ben Marmarelli: there are reports that Barghouti was badly assaulted in prison, they "broke his ribs, teeth, fingers and cut part of his ear". Israeli Prison Service refused to comment or let the lawyer meet with him.
December 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Remember, when anyone asks some version of “but where are the leaders? who could lead a proper movement or government?” Whether it be Iran or Palestine or any other repressive or authoritarian regime, the answer is almost always, “in prison.”
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there is a problem with datacenters. they have a huge footprint. they use a huge amount of electricity. much of the electricity they use is eating up renewable capacity and forcing us to keep natgas plants alive.
agricultural water usage in the county is 3.5 orders of magnitude larger.
agricultural water usage in the county is 3.5 orders of magnitude larger.
You can have strong feels about data centers without spreading this kind of nonsense. Bad environmental journalism
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
there is a problem with datacenters. they have a huge footprint. they use a huge amount of electricity. much of the electricity they use is eating up renewable capacity and forcing us to keep natgas plants alive.
agricultural water usage in the county is 3.5 orders of magnitude larger.
agricultural water usage in the county is 3.5 orders of magnitude larger.
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"this strike, which I did not order, was awesome and I totally support the person (not me) who did order it while I was out of the room enthusiastically supporting their decision, because I am a warfighter, who once again did not order or see this particular strike"
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"this strike, which I did not order, was awesome and I totally support the person (not me) who did order it while I was out of the room enthusiastically supporting their decision, because I am a warfighter, who once again did not order or see this particular strike"
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the problem is there's already a lefty boycott list which is basically "everything" with the reasoning changing every few years. there needs to be a clear reason to trigger the boycott; otherwise it becomes boycott mush. target, disney+ all had clear trigger points, it'll be hard to replicate.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
the problem is there's already a lefty boycott list which is basically "everything" with the reasoning changing every few years. there needs to be a clear reason to trigger the boycott; otherwise it becomes boycott mush. target, disney+ all had clear trigger points, it'll be hard to replicate.
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the loop between "holy shit, AI can do <X> now, that's amazing, how did it even do that" and "I never want to see another <X> as long as I live" is just very tight
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
the loop between "holy shit, AI can do <X> now, that's amazing, how did it even do that" and "I never want to see another <X> as long as I live" is just very tight