RIP “I feel liberated. We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.” - you had a great run as the best quote in the FT from people who really would benefit from reading the FT, there's a new sheriff in town.
fyi, i have a podcast and it's really great and fun. and there are a lot of super-smart people who've been on to talk about not just the Middle Ages but how and why it's studied here in the USA. please give it a listen.
AmericanMedieval.com
Is there anyone in my follower circles with legal reach in Croatia who can help someone retrieve an owed $24k invoice?
If people really want this place to be "Better than Twitter," they've got to cut it out with the doomerism. Catastrophizing almost feels competitive on this website, and that's not great for the culture here.
Not to be THAT feminist, but I knew this was the case before opening the article. Men see fatherhood as an abstract milestone that's a proof of their virility, women see the associated costs.
Not to mention that women not being locked into domesticity is the core of the antifeminist backlash today.
My Trade Secrets today. Latest superpower energy offers to emerging markets:
China - cheap green tech to wean you off hydrocarbons.
US - coercion into trade deal to buy US fossil fuels, then huge chaotic war creating global oil shock.
WHICH MESSAGE WILL RESONATE? 1/2
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This appalling White House video game imagery on Iran illustrates what @teotten1.bsky.social and I discuss on today's pod: The role of fantasy, unreality and sadism-as-entertainment in MAGA politics.
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I planned to share my report on the body cam footage early next week when I learned that a DC news station had obtained some of the footage as a result of my lawsuit and they were going to scoop me. After working on this for a year, I couldn't let that happen. Published 2 mins before they aired :)
nice to see that some American institutions are still functioning
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Vinay Prasad has been an a noxious influence on public health and drug regulation. Good riddance. UCSF should not take him back. He should wander in the wilderness forever. www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/h...
I worked in restaurants for 10 years and knew a dozen charismatic dirtbag bartenders with severe personality issues and the state of Maine is acting like this guy is a unicorn
In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.
FDD is currently experiencing the definition of dog catching the car and not knowing what to do with it— it begged and begged and begged and begged and begged for a war with Iran, in their case explicitly for Israel, and now some of its most senior fellows are freaking out at the repercussions.
Girl Scout troop's idea to sell cookies outside of a Mount Laurel, New Jersey, marijuana dispensary has drawn both praise and criticism. + Burlington County Girl Scout troop's cookie booth outside Mount Laurel marijuana dispensary draws praise, criticism By WPVI, Amanda Pitts March 06, 2026, 17:52 MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (WPVI) -- A Girl Scout troop's idea to sell cookies outside of a Mount Laurel, New Jersey, marijuana dispensary has drawn both praise and criticism, prompting the cancellation of a planned follow-up sale.
people opposing this are cowards
God forbid women succeed at capitalism
It's easy to condescend, but when the media is amplifying the marketing, organizations are blaming layoffs on AI being able to fully replace professional workers, and the system sounds so confident, users will assume it does the thing.
Blaming users deflects responsibility from the product makers.
At some point we're just going to have to be comfortable calling the terminally stupid what they are.
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My thoughts on 2026 for Republicans.
I'd love to hear that there were dozens of ballots voting for Berger that were discarded due to arriving a day late. Berger and his voter suppression goons in the NCleg changed the rules such that ballots not received by election day are trashed. They also cut the cure time to three days, so it's up
in the criminal justice system, the people are mostly represented by a public defender, who protect their rights against the crimes of the state. these are their stories.
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And I'm thinking about the calculus of variations and how he recounts it, more specifically.
Cover of Morris Kline's book, Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times
For some reason, I'm thinking Morris Kline's book, Mathematical Thought Through The Ages might be relevant. And I haven't thought about that book in 20 years, I think.
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Now I'm thinking of all the people she killed. At least 7, by my count.
Yes, I am a fan of L&O:CI and have been since the pandemic when I had to work from home and binged on Criminal Intent on USA. 🤪
Olivia d'Abo, Rita Moreno, Roy Scheider, John Glover, Colm Meaney, damn fine actors, one and all.
Yep. One of the great villains in that episode. 😉
Someday soon I need to visit it. 😀
It is good and important that different people write different presentations because scientists aren’t all alike! The more and the more varied the better!
Because you don’t know from which angle it will be easy to see tha there’s an untouched path…
Or that someone else will learn from you expressing your viewpoint and knowledge, yes.
