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And then all the SS guys there who saw the purported shooter and so would have seen the hypothetical actual shooter in this scenario would have to be in on it. And we think the clowns in charge of this admin could 1) plan this, and 2) keep it secret? Come on.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
And then all the SS guys there who saw the purported shooter and so would have seen the hypothetical actual shooter in this scenario would have to be in on it. And we think the clowns in charge of this admin could 1) plan this, and 2) keep it secret? Come on.
The logistics of it being staged make no sense though. We know someone shot at him--a guy behind him died. There's a photo of the literal bullet going right by his head. So we're meant to think he trusted someone to take that shot and not hit him?
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The logistics of it being staged make no sense though. We know someone shot at him--a guy behind him died. There's a photo of the literal bullet going right by his head. So we're meant to think he trusted someone to take that shot and not hit him?
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“Capitalism forces you to wake up at 7am against your body’s natural rhythms” no that’s Taylorism and if you don’t like living in a society that coordinates effort to ensure a better outcome for all then I don’t think you’ll love the alternatives
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“Capitalism forces you to wake up at 7am against your body’s natural rhythms” no that’s Taylorism and if you don’t like living in a society that coordinates effort to ensure a better outcome for all then I don’t think you’ll love the alternatives
Dude got so bored winning races he started collecting achievements he made up instead.
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Dude got so bored winning races he started collecting achievements he made up instead.
People will be like "some of the facts are wrong but the basic claim is interesting/true" but if you're not an expert in the field how could you know that if you can't trust him to get the facts right?
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
People will be like "some of the facts are wrong but the basic claim is interesting/true" but if you're not an expert in the field how could you know that if you can't trust him to get the facts right?
If you come at the king you best not miss, and this is very much likely a miss even if they did endorse. The risk/reward is just not there.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you come at the king you best not miss, and this is very much likely a miss even if they did endorse. The risk/reward is just not there.
Presumably his defense would be that they were in pretty heated litigation against each-other in 2024 resulting in a mutual NDA (that she violated with her book) so he couldn't. Still...
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Presumably his defense would be that they were in pretty heated litigation against each-other in 2024 resulting in a mutual NDA (that she violated with her book) so he couldn't. Still...
qntm also wrote the single best story about brain uploading I know of, in the form of a wikipedia entry: qntm.org/mmacevedo
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November 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
qntm also wrote the single best story about brain uploading I know of, in the form of a wikipedia entry: qntm.org/mmacevedo
For near-future have you read Blindsight and its sequel? Also his Rifters series which is inferior but also good. Snow Crash is a classic as well. And depending on your definition of near-future there's also The Quiet War by Paul McAuley (a much smarter better version of the Expanse).
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For near-future have you read Blindsight and its sequel? Also his Rifters series which is inferior but also good. Snow Crash is a classic as well. And depending on your definition of near-future there's also The Quiet War by Paul McAuley (a much smarter better version of the Expanse).
Not to excuse not reporting on this sooner but I do think he may plan to talk more about this in future installments... He's doing a jumping-back-and-forth-in-time thing.
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Not to excuse not reporting on this sooner but I do think he may plan to talk more about this in future installments... He's doing a jumping-back-and-forth-in-time thing.
But for a lot of lefties it's extremely attractive to blame everything bad on money because it removes any need to wonder about whether their agenda is actually popular (same people are absolutely convinced single payer is wildly popular based on a few misleadingly phrased polls).
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
But for a lot of lefties it's extremely attractive to blame everything bad on money because it removes any need to wonder about whether their agenda is actually popular (same people are absolutely convinced single payer is wildly popular based on a few misleadingly phrased polls).
Also well-meaning campaign finance people in the 90s/early aughts convinced a huge number of leftwing people that the source of all political evil in the US is money in politics. There was some truth to that but there's less now and it's only one factor.
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Also well-meaning campaign finance people in the 90s/early aughts convinced a huge number of leftwing people that the source of all political evil in the US is money in politics. There was some truth to that but there's less now and it's only one factor.
Also since when do federal judges use the royal we???
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Also since when do federal judges use the royal we???
Carl Zimmer too.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Carl Zimmer too.
Definitely possible there will be a sudden crisis somewhere in the US, Tehran style, and a resulting political crisis. But it's not going to end with people in big cities turning on the taps and having nothing come out.
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Definitely possible there will be a sudden crisis somewhere in the US, Tehran style, and a resulting political crisis. But it's not going to end with people in big cities turning on the taps and having nothing come out.
But a lot of people really don't understand the difference between "there will need to be significant economic and lifestyle adjustments to deal with much less water being available absent a solar/desal get of jail free card" and "the southwest will be uninhabitable."
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
But a lot of people really don't understand the difference between "there will need to be significant economic and lifestyle adjustments to deal with much less water being available absent a solar/desal get of jail free card" and "the southwest will be uninhabitable."
Oh yeah, the compact is a mess and there won't be enough water to go around. A lot of sub-optimal choices will be made I think and it will be distributed unequally. Some small communities may indeed be screwed because they have less political power than ag.
November 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Oh yeah, the compact is a mess and there won't be enough water to go around. A lot of sub-optimal choices will be made I think and it will be distributed unequally. Some small communities may indeed be screwed because they have less political power than ag.
Well the CO compact is a bit different than reducing household use, but I don't think we actually disagree. I just mean that you can implement restrictions on household use either through intrusive regulation or pricing, whichever you think is more democratic.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Well the CO compact is a bit different than reducing household use, but I don't think we actually disagree. I just mean that you can implement restrictions on household use either through intrusive regulation or pricing, whichever you think is more democratic.
Phoenix and Las Vegas are pretty aggressive about this as I understand it, though I don't know what Israel does. But also this is a problem prices are going to be really good at solving! People will complain but the "phoenix will become uninhabitable" takes are silly.
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Phoenix and Las Vegas are pretty aggressive about this as I understand it, though I don't know what Israel does. But also this is a problem prices are going to be really good at solving! People will complain but the "phoenix will become uninhabitable" takes are silly.
But also if water gets many times more expensive than it currently is people will survive -- it's still a tiny percentage of household incomes.
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
But also if water gets many times more expensive than it currently is people will survive -- it's still a tiny percentage of household incomes.