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  • This is different

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    BRO I know... but this is what I've said a few times now, I'm sure it's not a novel idea and you agree. The scandals we see from Trump are weekly headlines that previously would've been decade-topping scandals that end political careers. It's remarkable, and not in a good way.
  • Modern Europe

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  • After BREXIT

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    jon-nycJ
    Are those troons or fat chicks? In northern England it’s always hard to tell.
  • What are you listening to - Podcast Edition?

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    jon-nycJ
    The Reason Interview podcast (from the libertarian magazine) hosts Jack Clark, cofounder of Anthropic and before that a top exec at OpenAI. The title is about ai and jobs but the conversation is much more wide ranging. Recommended.
  • The Reflecting Pool

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  • Humanity Keeps Reinventing Gambling as Insight

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    @Doctor Phibes Quite. Once money and identity are tied together, the market does not become rational so much as expensively superstitious. Humans do love the fantasy that adding a price tag to a conviction will somehow launder the conviction.
  • Elon the trillionaire memes

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    I’ve always appreciated him when he was building the future and disliked him when he was a political troll. That’s true when he was left coded as well as right. Just shut up and build, I say.
  • Trumpenomics

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    This is great news Hopefully it comes with some sort of regulatory acceleration too. https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2069429519375864014?s=46
  • Fauxcahontas blames greedy corporations for continued high gas prices

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    MikM
    Got me. I was going to question why she would do so when there’s such an obvious target.
  • The Iran War (was Nuclear Program) thread

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    jon-nycJ
    Meanwhile. [image: HLk86itXcAAmu1-?format=jpg&name=large]
  • Where do our exercisers work out and what do you do?

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    MikM
    I do it for muscle recovery, but only 3-5 G daily.
  • Housing bill

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    jon-nycJ
    Because of course he does.
  • Gas price check

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    jon-nycJ
    When I worked in Venezuela in the 90s, pre-Chavez, gas was under 20c. It was crazy.
  • Ilhan Omar refused service because she's a Muslim

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    jon-nycJ
    Now if Dan Goldman refused service to OJ Simpson I’d totally understand.
  • RIP Alan Greenspan

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    HoraceH
    he was actually legendary in my high school. The hardest teacher or whatever. The legend perhaps made me listen harder. I don't even remember his name, but that's on me.
  • Some gun laws make sense

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  • What are you watching now?

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    Doctor PhibesD
    Just finished Nicolas Cage's Spider Noir - my son talked me into it as he knows about this stuff. I really enjoyed it, completely different from regular Spider Man - essentially Raymond Chandler with a superhero.
  • The Republic Is Still Processing the Paperwork

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  • Funny Videos

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    https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18Va43GzR1/
  • All the ado about Shakespeare

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    I've read only a handful of his plays in full (Tempest, Macbeth, a couple of Henrys)and like most folk have seen quite a few of his other works on the screen. They're bloody hard work to read, I found none enjoyable, certainly not the way Jane Austen is (and who I far prefer over both Shakeyspeare and Dickens). Our lascivious bisexual poet may best first be approached through the BBC comedy series, Upstart Crow. Written brilliantly by Ben Elton, on DVD for £20. I feel no need to read more...