usually if you ask experts why an empire fell theyβll say itβs nuanced and multifaceted, so i think itβs kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like βoh they took the idiot train to moronsvilleβ
I went to see that film when it recently made a pass through theaters and it was amazing.
As an old person now Iβm also astonished at the fitness those performances required.
In Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell Strange uses laudanum and sleep depravation to enter a state of induced madness in order to increase his magical ability. It feels like this may also be whatβs necessary now to understand voters.
In Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell Strange uses laudanum and sleep depravation to enter a state of induced madness in order to increase his magical ability. It feels like this is also whatβs necessary now to appeal to voters.
Being βout of touchβ now means having some connection to reality.
This neatly encapsulates The Dipshit Paradox:
Any ignorance creating sufficiently damaging effects will become indistinguishable from malice. Any sufficiently damaging malice will be abetted by ignorance. We must never exonerate malice simply because it can easily be explained by stupidity.
I keep seeing people say that this won't affect them because they don't drive and an oil shock is way, way more than just the cost of putting gas in your car.
I used to think the death penalty is bad, but I've revised my opinion. It's bad when it's applied to the common people for "common" crimes because of the very real possibility of false conviction. But there's no risk of that when you are prosecuting a public official for something they did publicly.
One reason I like it is because peril is not the central feeling of the show, at least not for me. The show exists in a kind of intermediate realm where there is an overarching peril in the background but the moment to moment stakes are low, or mitigated. That makes it feel like an escape for me.
I think I watched that episode last night. I liked it myself but I could tell it was a bit much for my wife.
Plur1bus is really good.
I don't think it's for everyone, but so far it's my favorite show since Andor.
It used to be that every part of the system felt sluggish by the time you needed an upgrade, but now it's already snappy. I can't tell 1/10 of a second from 1/20th. Gaming is the only thing that matters any more and it's a Mac so... still no gaming. lol.
If I had a bottom of the line 2021 machine and got a top of the line 2026 machine i'm sure I'd notice the difference, but top of the line to top of the line I seriously doubt I'll notice a single thing. Codex isn't going to run faster. My editor isn't going to launch noticeably faster.
I am getting a new laptop at work and I thought, "Why? The one I have is brand new?". Then I looked and my computer was made in 2021. I used to upgrade every two years like clock work because it really made a difference. I felt like I needed more performance, or better graphics. Now... meh.
When I was in elementary school I befriended a WWII vet who piloted P-47s (best plane). His enlistment origin story was failing the weight check at 123 lbs and, after gorging for a week, steeling himself to swallow lead pellets if he failed again. The recruiter faked a higher weight to pass him
non-denominational (crypto-baptists)
'non-denominational' christian five seconds after they told you that god forgave them for the most heinous shit you've ever heard in your life
Josh Marshall used to call it becoming a dignity wraith. For a time he kept a tally of people who had been wraithed. Of course, in the 2nd admin he's starting with people who don't have that much dignity to begin with, but he demands even that.
The machines studied everything we made and determined this was the point. The solar system now exists to make more. They are also missionaries.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.
Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.
good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs
I had a cat who would wake us up in the morning by pulling down on the spring doorstop and letting it goβ¦ bwoiiingβ¦. bwoiiing β¦ bwoiiingβ¦. Sheβd do it for an hour if thatβs what it took.
Yes, you are allowed to feel maximum schadenfreude at this abject humiliation Trump just dealt to Noem.
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If nothing else things like this burn up time. Trump is both term limited and old, so time is our ally. Every day spent in hearings, every day spent transitioning leaders, is a day taken out of their progress subverting America. Burn up enough of their time and America survives.
The look on her face make me feel like she doesn't understand english. Like the look is that of someone who simply can't comprehend the words she's hearing.
Because they think they are playing a video game. Morally, they see no difference.
The authority that Trump has asserted in taking America to war against Iran is, like many of his other power grabs, an expression of the very tyranny the Framers were seeking to prevent. βKings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object,β a young congressman named Abraham Lincoln wrote in 1848. This was βunderstood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.β This quote, incidentally, is immortalized on the Houseβs website, if any members of Congress are looking for it.
The design of the Constitution divided warmaking authority between Congress and the executive to prevent a president to take the country to war by themselves for any petty or self-serving reason. You know, like a king would. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Underrated effect. Writing code by hand is like making furniture by hand. Having LLMs write code for you is like being an air traffic controller. Itβs actually more demanding and stressful than doing it by hand.
