Patrick T. Quinn
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Democracies have difficulty finding a leader who’s charismatic, competent, & capable of navigating party machinery. Past leaders would score 3/5,3/5,3/5 to have a chance.
Now:
TB 4,4,3
GB 1,4,3
DC 4,2,2
TM 1,2,2
BJ 4,0,3
LZ 0,0,4
RS 1,3,2
KS 0,1,3
DJT 5,0,5
NF 4,0,5
Blair as caretaker might work.
Now:
TB 4,4,3
GB 1,4,3
DC 4,2,2
TM 1,2,2
BJ 4,0,3
LZ 0,0,4
RS 1,3,2
KS 0,1,3
DJT 5,0,5
NF 4,0,5
Blair as caretaker might work.
December 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Democracies have difficulty finding a leader who’s charismatic, competent, & capable of navigating party machinery. Past leaders would score 3/5,3/5,3/5 to have a chance.
Now:
TB 4,4,3
GB 1,4,3
DC 4,2,2
TM 1,2,2
BJ 4,0,3
LZ 0,0,4
RS 1,3,2
KS 0,1,3
DJT 5,0,5
NF 4,0,5
Blair as caretaker might work.
Now:
TB 4,4,3
GB 1,4,3
DC 4,2,2
TM 1,2,2
BJ 4,0,3
LZ 0,0,4
RS 1,3,2
KS 0,1,3
DJT 5,0,5
NF 4,0,5
Blair as caretaker might work.
That is a wonderful idea. A Farewell to Liberalism sendoff party. After this, it‘s Nazi, nazi all the way. All the cool people will be there. Even those who’d been shy. Every excess indulged. Coke and cake and wild dancing. Steak for the vegetarians. Foul language. The cussing! It’s going to be wild
December 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
That is a wonderful idea. A Farewell to Liberalism sendoff party. After this, it‘s Nazi, nazi all the way. All the cool people will be there. Even those who’d been shy. Every excess indulged. Coke and cake and wild dancing. Steak for the vegetarians. Foul language. The cussing! It’s going to be wild
Why shouldn’t racists or flat-earthers be heard?
Journalists have set themselves up as indirect censors and opinion shapers. Theroux’s approach is much more illuminating.
Journalists have set themselves up as indirect censors and opinion shapers. Theroux’s approach is much more illuminating.
December 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Why shouldn’t racists or flat-earthers be heard?
Journalists have set themselves up as indirect censors and opinion shapers. Theroux’s approach is much more illuminating.
Journalists have set themselves up as indirect censors and opinion shapers. Theroux’s approach is much more illuminating.
There are few statesmen who can reorient their country even over a long period. Except following crisis or revolution these changes occur only in Asia, which might be to do cohesion & the quality of leadership.
Anglophone democracies are exceptionally poorly led. We’re doomed.
Anglophone democracies are exceptionally poorly led. We’re doomed.
December 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
There are few statesmen who can reorient their country even over a long period. Except following crisis or revolution these changes occur only in Asia, which might be to do cohesion & the quality of leadership.
Anglophone democracies are exceptionally poorly led. We’re doomed.
Anglophone democracies are exceptionally poorly led. We’re doomed.
Shouldn’t we interpret 2 to encompass 1, and 3 to include 2? If a person thinks 2 pints is moderation they perhaps think 1 is also.
Or, perhaps the 10-tankard chaps consider the lightweights on 4 per day to be teetotallers.
Or, perhaps the 10-tankard chaps consider the lightweights on 4 per day to be teetotallers.
July 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Shouldn’t we interpret 2 to encompass 1, and 3 to include 2? If a person thinks 2 pints is moderation they perhaps think 1 is also.
Or, perhaps the 10-tankard chaps consider the lightweights on 4 per day to be teetotallers.
Or, perhaps the 10-tankard chaps consider the lightweights on 4 per day to be teetotallers.
Captcha has quietly introduced an IQ element into the puzzles. Below 120 the FT isn’t for you. Above 80 , Fox prefers you not to waste their electricity.
June 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Captcha has quietly introduced an IQ element into the puzzles. Below 120 the FT isn’t for you. Above 80 , Fox prefers you not to waste their electricity.
Weird capitalisation in the headline. Ships Impossibly Appearing could be a 1980s synth duo.
June 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Weird capitalisation in the headline. Ships Impossibly Appearing could be a 1980s synth duo.
Perhaps creatives will create more garbage bait that LLMs will find irresistible.
March 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Perhaps creatives will create more garbage bait that LLMs will find irresistible.
One careful (Russian) owner
March 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
One careful (Russian) owner
Well said.
Sometimes we need reminding that success comes to decent (not necessarily perfect) people too.
Sometimes we need reminding that success comes to decent (not necessarily perfect) people too.
March 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Well said.
Sometimes we need reminding that success comes to decent (not necessarily perfect) people too.
Sometimes we need reminding that success comes to decent (not necessarily perfect) people too.
It’s called Fascist Chic.
March 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s called Fascist Chic.
Both sides again, I see.
February 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Both sides again, I see.
LLMs and coding assistants have revived my interest in old projects abandoned because the effort wasn’t worthwhile.
February 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
LLMs and coding assistants have revived my interest in old projects abandoned because the effort wasn’t worthwhile.
I stopped following when I realised you know shit about robbing banks, & Moll at Jake’s got no keys to no getaway wheels, & my hair’s fine as it is, & I got no need for a passport, & I shouldn’t have been standing at Penn central holding 2 cups of macchiato like a schmuck, ’cos you’re not coming.
February 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I stopped following when I realised you know shit about robbing banks, & Moll at Jake’s got no keys to no getaway wheels, & my hair’s fine as it is, & I got no need for a passport, & I shouldn’t have been standing at Penn central holding 2 cups of macchiato like a schmuck, ’cos you’re not coming.
But how to hijack attention.
1. Novelty
2. Repetition
3. Riding social wave
4. Use readymade intuitions.
5. Easy participation.
6. Relatable drama archetype. DvsGoliath, etc.
7. Speed
Not sure what I’m talking about at this point, but it’s very important & insightful. I really should be working
1. Novelty
2. Repetition
3. Riding social wave
4. Use readymade intuitions.
5. Easy participation.
6. Relatable drama archetype. DvsGoliath, etc.
7. Speed
Not sure what I’m talking about at this point, but it’s very important & insightful. I really should be working
February 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
But how to hijack attention.
1. Novelty
2. Repetition
3. Riding social wave
4. Use readymade intuitions.
5. Easy participation.
6. Relatable drama archetype. DvsGoliath, etc.
7. Speed
Not sure what I’m talking about at this point, but it’s very important & insightful. I really should be working
1. Novelty
2. Repetition
3. Riding social wave
4. Use readymade intuitions.
5. Easy participation.
6. Relatable drama archetype. DvsGoliath, etc.
7. Speed
Not sure what I’m talking about at this point, but it’s very important & insightful. I really should be working
The missing pieces in liberal arsenal is usually not heart or brain. It is gut, or guts. The moral high ground is a dead end.
We’re simple creatures looking for indirect signals of human qualities such as boldness & tenacity. Cleverness obscures those signals, transgression amplifies them
We’re simple creatures looking for indirect signals of human qualities such as boldness & tenacity. Cleverness obscures those signals, transgression amplifies them
February 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The missing pieces in liberal arsenal is usually not heart or brain. It is gut, or guts. The moral high ground is a dead end.
We’re simple creatures looking for indirect signals of human qualities such as boldness & tenacity. Cleverness obscures those signals, transgression amplifies them
We’re simple creatures looking for indirect signals of human qualities such as boldness & tenacity. Cleverness obscures those signals, transgression amplifies them
Kick-ass liberalism is a thing. Electorates are ready for it.
February 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Kick-ass liberalism is a thing. Electorates are ready for it.
I wonder whether there is a pattern of use where GenAI is not for executing these tasks. Cost, efficiency, repeatability, etc.
Instead it is used to build a personal toolkit w/ orchestration in ephemeral completion-wizard style.
Efficient tool use is considered a sign of intelligence in animals.
Instead it is used to build a personal toolkit w/ orchestration in ephemeral completion-wizard style.
Efficient tool use is considered a sign of intelligence in animals.
February 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I wonder whether there is a pattern of use where GenAI is not for executing these tasks. Cost, efficiency, repeatability, etc.
Instead it is used to build a personal toolkit w/ orchestration in ephemeral completion-wizard style.
Efficient tool use is considered a sign of intelligence in animals.
Instead it is used to build a personal toolkit w/ orchestration in ephemeral completion-wizard style.
Efficient tool use is considered a sign of intelligence in animals.
Feels like the wrong debate.
Western society is balanced on a fulcrum with nazism at one end and justice at the other. Surprised this is not what burns inside all journalists and commentators.
Western society is balanced on a fulcrum with nazism at one end and justice at the other. Surprised this is not what burns inside all journalists and commentators.
February 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Feels like the wrong debate.
Western society is balanced on a fulcrum with nazism at one end and justice at the other. Surprised this is not what burns inside all journalists and commentators.
Western society is balanced on a fulcrum with nazism at one end and justice at the other. Surprised this is not what burns inside all journalists and commentators.