Phictitious
phictitious.bsky.social
Phictitious
@phictitious.bsky.social
Progressive, history & science nerd, Philly sports fan. He/him.
These guys need to learn about Baumol's cost disease
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
(also I meant OH not IA in the 2nd list)
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Interestingly the 'fire engine red' color (the Texas one) or darker includes Biden '20 states plus TX, OK, IA, and MS of all places, but not IA, FL, NC, or AK, which we generally thought would be better targets.

The idea of Blexas 2028 though 👀
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
IOKIYAR has been the skeleton key to understanding politics ever since I started following it 20 years ago...
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Joining the war against disease on the side of disease
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I've seen like 10 of these grok slobberfests and it's funny how none of them mention Tesla or Twitter... Always rockets. Shows you what he's embarrassed by.
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I like Nonzero by Robert Wright as a Sapiens alternative! 1491 and Guns Germs and Steel (though flawed) are cool too. I've been meaning to read The Horse, The Wheel, and Language too.
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM