I think a lot of these guys (and also a lot of white people) essentially have a wellspring of self-generating grievance. They're not mad about a thing, they're mad and they decide what thing they're mad about later. It's not just unaddressable by politics, it's unaddressable by society.

I lost my sight two years ago. Mostly I'm okay with being blind. I've adapted well. I am very independent and have found new ways to "see" the world. But there's four things I miss seeing more than anything. My three children's faces. And the stars at night.

1/ This graph from @jonbruner.bsky.social tells an important story: America's current dominance in science only began after the mid-1930s, when persecuted scientists began fleeing universities in Germany and then elsewhere in occupied Europe.

Graph showing did not vote often being the majority

Never seen it framed this way by all recent elections

Wild

"Libertarians are like house cats: absolutely convinced of their fierce independence while utterly dependent on a system they don't appreciate or understand."

Consider that in the context of ai bros who take learning for granted and think they can shortcut the process of writing and thinking.

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And also sent this piece out with some reflections on what I heard about the the state of the war at Davos.

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13:13 Charles Lister @Charles_Lister NEW -- #Trump's global aid freeze has cut the salaries paid to many of the prison & camp guards responsible for securing 9,500 #ISIS militants & ~40,000 associated women/kids in northeast #Syria. Many are no longer turning up for work. 20:35 • 27/01/2025 • 934K Views 242 L. 2.1K 4.1K 714 Most relevant replies v Charles Lister @Charles_.. •16h For years, @CENTCOM has warned that #ISIS's "army in waiting" & its potential "next generation" lie in prisons & camps in NE #Syria. The threat posed by a mass breakout cannot be understated, as #ISIS was already resurgent in 2024:

Is it bad that Donald Trump stopped paying the guards who were locking up ISIS militants, guys

North Korean vibes 🇰🇵

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RFK Jr. Says He Resigned From Anti-Vax Nonprofit as He Seeks Top HHS Job He will still benefit in other ways from his anti-vaccine advocacy

RFK Jr says he has resigned from his anti-vax nonprofit as he seeks the top Health & Human Services job. A gov't ethics report shows he pulled in ~$10 million in income over the past year, mostly in speaking fees from his anti-vax propaganda www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

This book, despite being despicable, deserved more attention. Instead, it's been banned in the west.

I think all are missing the real thing here, remember all con men/grifters distract while the real steal is ongoing, so the panama canal, gulf of mexico, canada and greenland are all distractions form the conman/grifter incoming family/administration are meant to draw attention for the real steal

2/5. All this stuff about borders not mattering, people secretly wanting to be ruled by us, the unreality of their countries – not very American, not even MAGA, but very Kremlin.

My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.

Very tidy low-level custom Royal Enfield 500 Bullet at my local motorcycle dealer last week, I do like the Shotgun too

The Most Powerful Man in America is a Nazi Sympathizer Elon Musk is just the latest billionaire to exert tremendous influence over U.S. politics. When he says he supports Neo-Nazis, take him at his word.

Glad to see this put in simple terms and at the top of reddit politics. Normalizing Nazism as centrism is his project. And it's working.

The forces of capital could be at least be expressing some revulsion. Instead, we're getting lectures on not using the right words to describe this horror.

Don't get caught by russia psyops, it's one thing they are good at.

Stop calling it a hybrid war. It's a russian propaganda narrative. It is time to respond accordingly, but our politicians are pussies. NATO as well - No Action, Talk Only. #NAFO #Fellas Behave like Finland, excellent.

Phillips P O'Brien making it clear that Russia's war with Ukraine has become a global conflict. Europe is slow to wake up to Russia's acts of war, notably in the Baltic. And the price to Russia from North Korea could be missile technology that threatens the US. Yet so much of this is under reported

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"Our immigrant population has almost doubled while our crime rate has halved....we seem to have attracted immigrants who, by and large, are prone to integrate and strengthen the social fabric."

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Weekend Update #112: Ukraine Strikes a Senior Russian Officer (Again). Also: Pokrovsk and Kurakhove; Kursk and North Koreans

Hello All, just sent out my weekend update (free as always). The major story of the week was the Ukrainian killing of a Russian general in Moscow. This is not new in this war (or most others) and yet some people lost their minds. Americans might think of two names… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Peace will only come when Russia is given guarantees that Ukraine will not defend itself when we attack it again.

Satellite Images Show North Korea Boosting Arms Flow to Russia North Korea and Russia are deepening their military cooperation, as Pyongyang ramps up the supply of arms to Moscow for its war in Ukraine and receives much needed cash and oil from the Kremlin in ret...

North Korea has been a better ally for Russia than the USA and Germany have been for Ukraine. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

We are asking Ukrainians to defeat the armies of Putin and Kim Jong Un. In their efforts to do so, Ukrainians helped bring down Assad. Ukrainian resistance is one of the most stunning military achievements in modern history.

If we end vaccines we can let our body's immune system do what it does best, quickly succumbing to the same infections that have killed our ancestors for thousands of years.

Chart compiling statistics on the number of Americans killed annually by various causes. Includes source notes. This data was compiled by Todd Miller for his Sept. 2016 article https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-freakonomics-of-extre_b_11821634 The Royal Statistical Society recognized this compilation with its 2017 International Statistic of the Year award: https://rss.org.uk/RSS/media/File-library/News/Press%20release/18-12-2017-THE-RSS-ANNOUNCES-ITS-STATISTIC-OF-THE-YEAR-FOR-2017.pdf

Americans killed annually by
All Islamic jihadist terrorists 9
Armed toddlers 21
Lightning 31
Lawnmowers 69
Busses 264
Falling out of bed 737
Being shot by another American 11,737

2016 estimates. The Royal Statistical Society gave this compilation its International Statistic of the Year award.