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librarycommoner.bsky.social
현수
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My ADHD brain sampling a weird intersection of doomscrollable interests. Do people still use capital letters? I'm just barely literate in Korean.

he/him
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And I'm not opposed to nonprofits universally (I've worked for a number of them). I dislike the practice of farming out large social service roles to an opaque network of private organizations, which is recipe for fraud and abuse, makes measuring outcomes difficult, and creates interest groups.
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I would argue pretty strenuously that overreliance on nonprofits for social services is, in fact, a centrist position at best. NGO world cloaks itself in progressivism by adhering to cultural signifiers of social justice. Endless land acknowledgements as they take public jobs from union workers.
you ran on a right wing stance as one of your major planks?

no wonder you lost so badly
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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a significant funder of anti-housing NIMBY activism in the LA area is also a non-profit that makes money from arbitraging AIDS medication. Their founder first got involved in this because he was upset a proposed development would have blocked his view. They're also a slumlord.
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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do you know why so many LA area non-profits, activist groups and local legislators in their orbit are so opposed to a proposed gondola, funded entirely with private money, that would go from union station to dodger stadium? because it goes over the California endowment's offices.
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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idk if this is why he lost in his specific race like he claims, but Will is 110% right here on the broader point.
I would argue pretty strenuously that overreliance on nonprofits for social services is, in fact, a centrist position at best. NGO world cloaks itself in progressivism by adhering to cultural signifiers of social justice. Endless land acknowledgements as they take public jobs from union workers.
you ran on a right wing stance as one of your major planks?

no wonder you lost so badly
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Any local law enforcement agency that explicitly states "We will not provide security for any federal agents operating in our jurisdiction" will have increased the cost of one of these deployments by so much that they might even be unfeasible.
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara notes the MPD will not work with federal agents & says "In moments like this, I know how real the fear is in our community. People are going to want to speak out, protest, & exercise their 1st Amendment rights. We will absolutely defend people's right to do just that"
December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The brits were clearly in the right in some sense due to self determination of the population, etc. but I do think Borges was also right when he called the war a fight between two bald men over a comb. Absurd conflict.
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Seventy pages of notes allegedly written by Roh Sang-won, the unofficial mastermind behind the insurrection, in October 2023, paint a picture of what may have come to pass if martial law had not been lifted.

english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
What Korea could have looked like had Yoon’s insurrection succeeded
The martial law decree and plans drafted by a shadowy former military commander paint a picture of the type of authoritarian rule that Yoon envisioned, complete with media censorship and the rounding…
english.hani.co.kr
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Trump’s return to office has Malawi fearful of a setback in its progress toward ending AIDS.
The End of Ending AIDS
As the Trump administration pledges to meet global health targets, it has terminated some of its best tools for doing so.
foreignpolicy.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Really needs the word "tactical" in there if they want to smash the marketing.
APOLLO TURFSTORM is by far the most divorced name for a fucking lawnmower ever seen.
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Hi, I’m Troy McClure.

You might know me from APOLLO TURFSTORM: 3 Trouble in Paradise?
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Naturalized Americans are the fastest-growing voting bloc in the U.S. — and the GOP has launched an unprecedented effort to curb their political power.
https://bit.ly/4ahiZ3M
The GOP’s War on Naturalized Citizens’ Right to Vote
Read more here.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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For the first time in decades, the federal government refuses to acknowledge World AIDS Day. But we are prepared for this fight, and we won't let them harm our community. We have built systems of care, fought for our rights, and protected each other through every wave of hate. We are ready.
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Maybe I'm wrong, but copper wire theft seems like one of those "Local Police Have Gone on Strike Without Telling Us" sort of crimes.
Copper Thieves Are Wreaking Havoc Across America
Rising prices are spurring criminals to cut and raid cables. Companies and law enforcement are fighting back.
www.wsj.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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"Program officers who oversee grants related to housing should... track the legislation that their major grantees support/oppose, and press grantees to explain themselves when they lobby against pro-housing bills."
www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...
Philanthropy Needs to Pick a Side on the Housing Construction Debate
Despite California’s severe housing shortage, foundations are still funding on the wrong side of the housing fight there, guest author Ned Resnikoff writes.
www.insidephilanthropy.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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reading a compass policy paper and thought the juxtaposition amusing
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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We recorded an episode of @drawingadialogue.bsky.social where remus talked about the AIDS quilt and cartoonists who were involved in AIDS activism, I learned a lot in this episode and it's one I think back on often: comicarted.com/blog/2022/8/...
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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A series of ongoing investigations and trials have revealed that Yoon had long been hoping to declare martial law. Looking back, the omens of martial law are clear, even if they were initially dismissed as absurd conspiracy theories.

english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
Insurrection was Yoon’s plan all along: Inside the plot to declare martial law
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the martial law crisis under Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday, the Hankyoreh breaks down the warning signs that showed as early as six months into Yoon’s term
english.hani.co.kr
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Building codes in most states prohibit floor plans that include a combined bedroom/full bsth43. This is the next frontier after single-stair reform.
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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i think it's funny how the US and UK are in a race to commit economic suicide
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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if your solutions to improve the economy are 1) subsidize homebuying (as if we don't do that already) 2) ban China from buying single-family homes (fake problem) and "fewer immigrants" you're not a rebel truth teller in the Republican party you're actually an establishment figure with no new ideas
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The bigger thing about Nalin (& a lot of Gen Z conservatives) is that they try to center young people's economic struggles rhetorically don't actually offer anything new on econ policy. All his answers to economic struggles are "we need less immigrants", which is already established Trump policy
December 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Not sure I'd cosign every claim made in this essay, but I think the overall message is correct, urgent, and very well put. Functional illiteracy is one of the most dangerous social contagions we face today. jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
jmarriott.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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i unironically believe we should pay government people extremely well and that it's not necessarily bad if they're wealthy but "simply ignoring conflicts of interest" is just pure grifter shit. you are going to take a white house job and then give yourself money. you think i am too dumb to see that.
What can you even say? Obviously they’re full of shit, but I am impressed at the emptiness of this post. You knew he was laughing while typing it out. Just utter trash.

You could put this tweet on toilet paper
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM