Peter Kurze
@peterkurze.bsky.social
Imagine there’s no heaven…
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Pronouns: who/me
They embarrassed themselves.
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
They embarrassed themselves.
He’s running late for that too.
December 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
He’s running late for that too.
It’s not uncommon in Europe to make traffic fines proportional to income. The point of the fine, after all, is to discourage the behavior.
December 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It’s not uncommon in Europe to make traffic fines proportional to income. The point of the fine, after all, is to discourage the behavior.
I believe making authority in the workplace less hierarchical would go a long ways towards solving these problems.
December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I believe making authority in the workplace less hierarchical would go a long ways towards solving these problems.
That strategic electoral considerations should be primary in determining ethical policy formulation is a guaranteed long term loser. It reminds me of the US proclivity to rush to the defense of the worst dictators in the world when they came under attack from insurgencies supported by the USSR
December 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
That strategic electoral considerations should be primary in determining ethical policy formulation is a guaranteed long term loser. It reminds me of the US proclivity to rush to the defense of the worst dictators in the world when they came under attack from insurgencies supported by the USSR
So taking the point about arbitrary management power separately from the racism. Ok, solve the problem. How about instituting collective decision making that engages all employees and whose deliberations are an anonymized but public record so customers can see where to spend their money.
December 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
So taking the point about arbitrary management power separately from the racism. Ok, solve the problem. How about instituting collective decision making that engages all employees and whose deliberations are an anonymized but public record so customers can see where to spend their money.
Now that we’re all piled into this car with no engine, who wants to drive?
“whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it”
“whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it”
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Now that we’re all piled into this car with no engine, who wants to drive?
“whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it”
“whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it”
I don’t disagree about UBI, but I get real concerned when people talk about ‘AI productivity gains’. We need to think much more carefully about value when we consider it. Basing those claims upon monetary outcomes alone will distort everything. Who’s counting the real cost of shitty AI assistants?
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I don’t disagree about UBI, but I get real concerned when people talk about ‘AI productivity gains’. We need to think much more carefully about value when we consider it. Basing those claims upon monetary outcomes alone will distort everything. Who’s counting the real cost of shitty AI assistants?
They don’t have to tell anyone what to do. Bari Weiss auditioned for the job she and was selected specifically because of who she is.
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
They don’t have to tell anyone what to do. Bari Weiss auditioned for the job she and was selected specifically because of who she is.
It runs deeper than that. The people that do the hiring want the same-washing so they choose people that will comply, perhaps even be enthusiastic about it.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It runs deeper than that. The people that do the hiring want the same-washing so they choose people that will comply, perhaps even be enthusiastic about it.
I don’t put a lot of stock into disputes like this, and, living in California, didn’t see any ads to speak of, but my perception was that the thing that swung most strongly towards Trump was the goddamn sane-washing press. Not sure what drove that, but it happened.
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I don’t put a lot of stock into disputes like this, and, living in California, didn’t see any ads to speak of, but my perception was that the thing that swung most strongly towards Trump was the goddamn sane-washing press. Not sure what drove that, but it happened.
“You are not a serious reporter. You should know better by now than to expect a straight answer out of me.”
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“You are not a serious reporter. You should know better by now than to expect a straight answer out of me.”
It’s like a Vegi-Matic commercial: “Wait! There’s More!”
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It’s like a Vegi-Matic commercial: “Wait! There’s More!”
I think that’s right before the clause that states that the President shall take care that none of those pesky little laws apply to him or his rich buddies.
Pathetic Pedo Piece of Poo Prize.
Pathetic Pedo Piece of Poo Prize.
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I think that’s right before the clause that states that the President shall take care that none of those pesky little laws apply to him or his rich buddies.
Pathetic Pedo Piece of Poo Prize.
Pathetic Pedo Piece of Poo Prize.
The non-optional health issues of human beings should not be a profit center to be ruthlessly exploited. Full Stop. If you can’t imagine a better world, maybe you should opt out of the conversation. Is it simple? No. Could it be much better? Absolutely.
December 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The non-optional health issues of human beings should not be a profit center to be ruthlessly exploited. Full Stop. If you can’t imagine a better world, maybe you should opt out of the conversation. Is it simple? No. Could it be much better? Absolutely.
I can’t help seeing Richter as Wiley Coyote with his eyes popping out at the sight of that skull in the car and, realizing that his moment has come, ordering a box of Thomas Aquinas’ skull jokes from Acme. Hysterical!
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I can’t help seeing Richter as Wiley Coyote with his eyes popping out at the sight of that skull in the car and, realizing that his moment has come, ordering a box of Thomas Aquinas’ skull jokes from Acme. Hysterical!
And forcing their leader to walk the plank.
December 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
And forcing their leader to walk the plank.
Fair enough, but when it comes to health care, there are limits to how ‘free’ the markets can be. The nature of healthcare introduces implicit coercion because we are not really free to take it or leave it. This is a central component of market failure for healthcare.
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Fair enough, but when it comes to health care, there are limits to how ‘free’ the markets can be. The nature of healthcare introduces implicit coercion because we are not really free to take it or leave it. This is a central component of market failure for healthcare.
Your position seems to be that nothing can be done to make things better. I reject that. Markets and the rules governing them are created by humans through a political process. What we are now doing is failing but the rules and the structure are up to us not some mystical economic forces.
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Your position seems to be that nothing can be done to make things better. I reject that. Markets and the rules governing them are created by humans through a political process. What we are now doing is failing but the rules and the structure are up to us not some mystical economic forces.
There are complicated issues but they can be solved. Most of the research that drives innovation is done on the public dime (or at least it was until RFKj started swinging the wrecking ball). It’s transferred for pennies on the dollar to private companies to productize and exploit.
December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There are complicated issues but they can be solved. Most of the research that drives innovation is done on the public dime (or at least it was until RFKj started swinging the wrecking ball). It’s transferred for pennies on the dollar to private companies to productize and exploit.
It has been well known since at least the 50s that structuring health care delivery as a profit driven marketplace is guaranteed to fail. We are virtually alone among successful nations in our inability to figure this out. That failure is ideologically driven and requires significant dishonesty.
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It has been well known since at least the 50s that structuring health care delivery as a profit driven marketplace is guaranteed to fail. We are virtually alone among successful nations in our inability to figure this out. That failure is ideologically driven and requires significant dishonesty.
Jobs doing what? To accomplish what? To what end? Just to be busy? To be unfree?
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Jobs doing what? To accomplish what? To what end? Just to be busy? To be unfree?
I pray every day for your pre-coffee happiness.
December 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I pray every day for your pre-coffee happiness.
Even setting aside the double entendre it’s gross. We love miners. I mean they’re not not like the really great people I rub elbows with at MAL, but they work so hard to make my friends rich and they want so little from life. They’re so … so … so … you know … one dimensional.
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Even setting aside the double entendre it’s gross. We love miners. I mean they’re not not like the really great people I rub elbows with at MAL, but they work so hard to make my friends rich and they want so little from life. They’re so … so … so … you know … one dimensional.