What in the Orientalist nonsense is this

I'll admit to being surprised, not because I didnt know how bad Trump is, but because I thought oligarchs would reign him in more than they have

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

I think that might be in part because the liberal left has hegemony--it's easier to be sober when your positions correspond to prevailing common sense.

Holy fucking shit you are idiots

If you didn't already see it, this from Cory Doctorow along these lines is quite scary: pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

as an author of a book on reparations I am intimately familiar with the move people make from "the thing you want isn't politically viable right now" to "you shouldn't want it, talk about wanting it, or even think about it" but it never stops being weird to me

Putting aside the Pohlad ownership factor, the completely unnecessary trade of Varland was the most dispiriting thing this season. I get the idea of the fire sale in general, but trading Varland seemed like a big middle finger to the fans

watch this.

You're a poll-tested mealy-mouthed nothing

photo of paulina borsook

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

An Update:

I received an email canceling my contract as a columnist at @startribune.com after sharing this story publicly.

(I had written columns past the one-year contract already + been asked to continue on in July).

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They think "spiritual revival" and "attacking the left" are the same thing

I must be missing a joke here

Lincoln was 6'4"?

This is not how politics works

Anytime the Astros lose is a good time

You're catching up!

Republicans attempted to overthrow the elected government

Bravery is essential to resistance

It's a bit of a cheat code to have one region have about 60% of the whole population of the world. But even if it was only China, that would be enough to be the winner.

All the hakarl and lutefisk you can eat

Yeah. Anyone who doesn't say D has never been to Asia

D has Japan

and Japan. D is the winner by a thousand miles

Hey Ezra he's talking to you

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He did not