it's astonishing to me that, after a decade of Republicans gaining ground by appealing to their base, Democrats return again and again to the question, "what if we also tried appealing to the Republicans' base?" it's such a fundamental error
December 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
it's astonishing to me that, after a decade of Republicans gaining ground by appealing to their base, Democrats return again and again to the question, "what if we also tried appealing to the Republicans' base?" it's such a fundamental error
dating advice is such a weird thing to get attached to. There are like 5 good pieces of dating advice and everyone's already heard them. Yes, men get into politics looking for an ideology that will tell them how to feel about women, but that has nothing to do with the actual practice of dating.
December 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
dating advice is such a weird thing to get attached to. There are like 5 good pieces of dating advice and everyone's already heard them. Yes, men get into politics looking for an ideology that will tell them how to feel about women, but that has nothing to do with the actual practice of dating.
Right, obviously do not speed 30km over the limit through an intersection? I've clearly said that what constitutes a responsible speed is contextual; please apply that principle broadly before assuming I think it's fine to go 140 in a school zone or whatever.
December 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Right, obviously do not speed 30km over the limit through an intersection? I've clearly said that what constitutes a responsible speed is contextual; please apply that principle broadly before assuming I think it's fine to go 140 in a school zone or whatever.
Ok, so you agree? You agree that limits are more a tool to punish recklessness than the line that determines what is reckless per se, and that it is sometimes appropriate to (under certain conditions) exceed them.
December 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Ok, so you agree? You agree that limits are more a tool to punish recklessness than the line that determines what is reckless per se, and that it is sometimes appropriate to (under certain conditions) exceed them.
& in turn a lower limit means fewer fatalities. If you lower it to 0, there'll be 0 fatalities (& tbh i'd love it if we banned cars)
The limit's arbitrary & it's silly to treat it as universally "correct." In icy conditions, you have to drive slower. When the road's empty, it's fine to speed a bit
The limit's arbitrary & it's silly to treat it as universally "correct." In icy conditions, you have to drive slower. When the road's empty, it's fine to speed a bit
December 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
& in turn a lower limit means fewer fatalities. If you lower it to 0, there'll be 0 fatalities (& tbh i'd love it if we banned cars)
The limit's arbitrary & it's silly to treat it as universally "correct." In icy conditions, you have to drive slower. When the road's empty, it's fine to speed a bit
The limit's arbitrary & it's silly to treat it as universally "correct." In icy conditions, you have to drive slower. When the road's empty, it's fine to speed a bit
well yeah obviously. But limits themselves are arbitrary. Surely you've noticed how affluent neighbourhoods have much lower limits. It's silly to treat the limit as delineating what is safe when limits themselves are not determined based on safety. Some are too high, others are too low.
December 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
well yeah obviously. But limits themselves are arbitrary. Surely you've noticed how affluent neighbourhoods have much lower limits. It's silly to treat the limit as delineating what is safe when limits themselves are not determined based on safety. Some are too high, others are too low.
it's a holdover from the days when it was bad enough that you had to treat it like penance. Having a broken wifi card was like wearing a hair shirt and eating plain rice. It was righteous asceticism—a life of neither sin nor luxury—and you had to be grateful.
December 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
it's a holdover from the days when it was bad enough that you had to treat it like penance. Having a broken wifi card was like wearing a hair shirt and eating plain rice. It was righteous asceticism—a life of neither sin nor luxury—and you had to be grateful.
the only real issue is that the limit detection absolutely would not work & there'd regularly be accidents where someone on the highway got throttled to 25 when their GPS decided they were three blocks south of themselves
that, plus you always need some wiggle room to speed up for passing & merging
that, plus you always need some wiggle room to speed up for passing & merging
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
the only real issue is that the limit detection absolutely would not work & there'd regularly be accidents where someone on the highway got throttled to 25 when their GPS decided they were three blocks south of themselves
that, plus you always need some wiggle room to speed up for passing & merging
that, plus you always need some wiggle room to speed up for passing & merging
tbf "I do it all the time and never hurt anyone" is also true of harmless activities like playing checkers or riding the bus
I think you'd have to actually quantify the harm of going (e.g.) 10km/h over the limit on the highway before declaring it harmful
I think you'd have to actually quantify the harm of going (e.g.) 10km/h over the limit on the highway before declaring it harmful
December 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
tbf "I do it all the time and never hurt anyone" is also true of harmless activities like playing checkers or riding the bus
I think you'd have to actually quantify the harm of going (e.g.) 10km/h over the limit on the highway before declaring it harmful
I think you'd have to actually quantify the harm of going (e.g.) 10km/h over the limit on the highway before declaring it harmful
yay! I love the charter! I love having only such rights and freedoms as the province deigns to offer me
At this point it's politically impossible to remove the notwithstanding clause, but it's incompatible with democracy & a just society would treat any politician who invoked it as an authoritatian
At this point it's politically impossible to remove the notwithstanding clause, but it's incompatible with democracy & a just society would treat any politician who invoked it as an authoritatian
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
yay! I love the charter! I love having only such rights and freedoms as the province deigns to offer me
At this point it's politically impossible to remove the notwithstanding clause, but it's incompatible with democracy & a just society would treat any politician who invoked it as an authoritatian
At this point it's politically impossible to remove the notwithstanding clause, but it's incompatible with democracy & a just society would treat any politician who invoked it as an authoritatian
tbf I find it really endearing when they do Korean Jesus and stuff, so I think I've forfeited some of my right to make fun of the White Jesus types
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
tbf I find it really endearing when they do Korean Jesus and stuff, so I think I've forfeited some of my right to make fun of the White Jesus types
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oh god not the quantum microtubule consciousness theory
that's the 20th-century version of Descartes thinking the soul was linked to the brain via the pineal gland
it's just an ad-hoc defence of dualism grounded in quantum mysticism
that's the 20th-century version of Descartes thinking the soul was linked to the brain via the pineal gland
it's just an ad-hoc defence of dualism grounded in quantum mysticism
December 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM
oh god not the quantum microtubule consciousness theory
that's the 20th-century version of Descartes thinking the soul was linked to the brain via the pineal gland
it's just an ad-hoc defence of dualism grounded in quantum mysticism
that's the 20th-century version of Descartes thinking the soul was linked to the brain via the pineal gland
it's just an ad-hoc defence of dualism grounded in quantum mysticism
people don't need to love highbrow art, but what really gets me is when people make criticisms of highbrow art that make no sense. "Too ambiguous" you're just putting random words together
(not that No Country is THAT highbrow but yknow)
(not that No Country is THAT highbrow but yknow)
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
people don't need to love highbrow art, but what really gets me is when people make criticisms of highbrow art that make no sense. "Too ambiguous" you're just putting random words together
(not that No Country is THAT highbrow but yknow)
(not that No Country is THAT highbrow but yknow)
yes, but generally not when importing, because if you make all your subscriber re-confirm their membership, you'll lose a bunch of subscribers. Ghost & buttondown don't re-confirm either. They all say (including substack), "make SURE everyone on your list has opted in," but they can't really check.
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
yes, but generally not when importing, because if you make all your subscriber re-confirm their membership, you'll lose a bunch of subscribers. Ghost & buttondown don't re-confirm either. They all say (including substack), "make SURE everyone on your list has opted in," but they can't really check.
to be fair, importing/exporting subscribers from one platform to another is a normal feature of email newsletters. And if that's allowed, then someone can concoct a fake subscriber list and "import" it. I don't think there's a way for them to prevent this short of axing the newsletter model entirely
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
to be fair, importing/exporting subscribers from one platform to another is a normal feature of email newsletters. And if that's allowed, then someone can concoct a fake subscriber list and "import" it. I don't think there's a way for them to prevent this short of axing the newsletter model entirely
tbf, unless you show your kid how it can be wrong and why it's more work to ask the machine first when you always have to check elsewhere after, your kid will discover chatgpt on their own and go, "great, so this can just replace research"
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
tbf, unless you show your kid how it can be wrong and why it's more work to ask the machine first when you always have to check elsewhere after, your kid will discover chatgpt on their own and go, "great, so this can just replace research"
It's a flatly terrible biblical exegesis too. "Our desires were put in our heads by God and are therefore unproblematic" well I desire my neighbour's ass, but God wrote a pretty pointed commandment to the effect that this is wrong.
"Women are helpers" does this imply ALL of 21st-century gender? No!
"Women are helpers" does this imply ALL of 21st-century gender? No!
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
It's a flatly terrible biblical exegesis too. "Our desires were put in our heads by God and are therefore unproblematic" well I desire my neighbour's ass, but God wrote a pretty pointed commandment to the effect that this is wrong.
"Women are helpers" does this imply ALL of 21st-century gender? No!
"Women are helpers" does this imply ALL of 21st-century gender? No!
some kids do, individually, benefit from homeschooling, and many homeschool environments are not abusive
writ large, in the current system, homeschooling is a tool for enabling and empowering child abusers
writ large, in the current system, homeschooling is a tool for enabling and empowering child abusers
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
some kids do, individually, benefit from homeschooling, and many homeschool environments are not abusive
writ large, in the current system, homeschooling is a tool for enabling and empowering child abusers
writ large, in the current system, homeschooling is a tool for enabling and empowering child abusers
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November 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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