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When an 80 year old scientist says “fucking publish it” I am All Ears
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
When an 80 year old scientist says “fucking publish it” I am All Ears
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Coming soon to a medical building near you: A "Dr." who fails every medical test but sued there way to a degree by answering "God will heal you if you send my pastor enough money" to every question.
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Coming soon to a medical building near you: A "Dr." who fails every medical test but sued there way to a degree by answering "God will heal you if you send my pastor enough money" to every question.
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Are you fucking kidding me it’s like we are living in a cartoon
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Are you fucking kidding me it’s like we are living in a cartoon
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if you get your credit card out to find out what happens you’ve strayed too far from god’s light
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
if you get your credit card out to find out what happens you’ve strayed too far from god’s light
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hell yeah brother
The issue isn't who gets representation, it's that once you start unwinding federalism, why stop at presidential elections? Why bother having "states" at all other than as national administrative boundaries?
And why keep the Senate at all? Why not just a giant House, proportionally elected?
And why keep the Senate at all? Why not just a giant House, proportionally elected?
Sorry, but this is nonsensical. Federalism isn't a binary. Elect the President by national popular vote and both the little and the big empty states STILL get overrepresented in the Senate, which, need I remind you, confirms judicial and other nominations.
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
hell yeah brother
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something that i think is really helpful in conjunction with this excellent @liberalcurrents.com essay re: uncontrollable male desire is @goingmedieval.bsky.social 's blog outlining the socially constructed way we view desire - look back and suddenly it is the women who have uncontrollable desire!
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
something that i think is really helpful in conjunction with this excellent @liberalcurrents.com essay re: uncontrollable male desire is @goingmedieval.bsky.social 's blog outlining the socially constructed way we view desire - look back and suddenly it is the women who have uncontrollable desire!
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capitalism is not only a meritocracy, it is also all-knowing and psychic
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
capitalism is not only a meritocracy, it is also all-knowing and psychic
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"...prediction markets, if they’re liquid and transparent, capture, in a way, all of the world’s information and every signal."
Many people really believe this, and not just about prediction markets, but markets in general. And that means everything has to be reduced to the market or sloughed off.
Many people really believe this, and not just about prediction markets, but markets in general. And that means everything has to be reduced to the market or sloughed off.
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"...prediction markets, if they’re liquid and transparent, capture, in a way, all of the world’s information and every signal."
Many people really believe this, and not just about prediction markets, but markets in general. And that means everything has to be reduced to the market or sloughed off.
Many people really believe this, and not just about prediction markets, but markets in general. And that means everything has to be reduced to the market or sloughed off.
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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The value of knowledge is in having done the work. The value of research is in having done the research. The value of a summary is in having summarized the information. The value of writing is in having done the writing.
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search theconversation.com/learning-wit...
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The value of knowledge is in having done the work. The value of research is in having done the research. The value of a summary is in having summarized the information. The value of writing is in having done the writing.
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pretend you're on the ground and not the one flying the plane
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
pretend you're on the ground and not the one flying the plane
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it’s cool that one day i will die and everything will keep going without me
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
it’s cool that one day i will die and everything will keep going without me
an underappreciated catalyst for our fall has been the transformation of every single aspect of our lives into gambling. like i know societies have been structured around it before but now the highest virtue of "rationality" is to gamble on your "predictions". fucking idiotic culture
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
an underappreciated catalyst for our fall has been the transformation of every single aspect of our lives into gambling. like i know societies have been structured around it before but now the highest virtue of "rationality" is to gamble on your "predictions". fucking idiotic culture
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*takes a long, hard look at everyone on bluesky who has been foaming at the mouth to turn public roadways into a panopticon because nothing could possibly be worse than speeding*
very big story here: apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
*takes a long, hard look at everyone on bluesky who has been foaming at the mouth to turn public roadways into a panopticon because nothing could possibly be worse than speeding*
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What if we could have leaders who aren't either evil monsters or spineless weenies
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What if we could have leaders who aren't either evil monsters or spineless weenies
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Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
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/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
the divide between naive tasters and regular THC users is massive. here "up to 100mg of THC" is a scary thing, something that can get you way too fucked up. meanwhile one of the fastest growing products are 500mg and 1g THC bars
For @bloomberg.com, I wrote the legal loophole around THC the government just closed, and what it means for the Four Loko of THC drinks www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Weed Drinks That Get You Very, Very High Could Be Gone Soon
Cannabis beverages with up to 100mg of THC are increasingly popular. A ban on hemp is threatening their survival.
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
the divide between naive tasters and regular THC users is massive. here "up to 100mg of THC" is a scary thing, something that can get you way too fucked up. meanwhile one of the fastest growing products are 500mg and 1g THC bars
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The biggest business in the world is selling chips to tech companies, using the revenue to invest in tech companies, using that investment to have those tech companies buy chips, which generates revenue and loan collateral to use to invest in tech companies, who buy more of the chips, and so on.
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The biggest business in the world is selling chips to tech companies, using the revenue to invest in tech companies, using that investment to have those tech companies buy chips, which generates revenue and loan collateral to use to invest in tech companies, who buy more of the chips, and so on.
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Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
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I love modern criminals, they’re always googling shit like “how to do crime”
"Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for 'zip ties near me'"
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I love modern criminals, they’re always googling shit like “how to do crime”
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The great mission and divine quest of The West: what is the religion that will make it so no one can get mad at me for being awful.
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The great mission and divine quest of The West: what is the religion that will make it so no one can get mad at me for being awful.
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