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‘Inoffensive man’?

He’s condoned and abetted a literal genocide and actively promoted fascist rhetoric. Chalk that down as two reasons why he’s ‘viscerally loathed’

polanyi apology form

Fouling the air in the USA and beyond

Kathleen Stock @Docstockk • 5h X I watched Piers Morgan vs Nick Fuentes: the idea Morgan "won" the bout is delusional. I did, however, see the final extinction of the Big Confrontational Interview format. Wrote about it for @unherd UnHerd Click to read By Kathleen Stock Does Nick Fuentes have daddy. issues? Does Nick Fuentes have daddy issues? From unherd.com • 15 {7 24 © 117 Ill 24K N 1 X.com Daniel Finkelstein * @Dannythefink I found this article completely shocking. Your inability to be able to distinguish between Piers Morgan and Nick Fuentes, and the idea (unstated but still obvious) that they are broadly morally comparable is outrageous and, to use your own word, bonkers.

That’s one of the Times’ Sensibles they employ to polish the turd that is their crackpot politics coverage, now squabbling with one of the paper’s most lavishly rewarded wingnut psychos, who they keep around to speak in favour of any far right cause they fancy latching onto.

Psycho is a Christmas movie.

A New York Times headline that reads: "Calibri’s Run-In With Rubio Wasn’t Its First Controversy."

Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.

The fact that the Trump Administration continues to enjoy such broad support from big businesses and rich assholes while 69% of Americans disapprove of his handling of the economy really drives home that we live in an oligarchy rather than a democracy.

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I have no way to know one way or another but I strongly suspect that the Liam Neeson thing is a "he will, Ron Burgundy-like, read any voiceover that you put in front of him as long as the check clears" situation rather than a "he is secretly an anti-vaxxer activist" situation.

This is so deeply sad. We need safer bike infrastructure in San Diego. My uncle used to bike to work from Solana Beach to La Jolla but no longer does bc he feels it's unsafe

We're completely screwed if our response to measles is going to be asking antivaxxers - the most selfish and stupid people in our society - to voluntarily self-report and quarantine for 21 days each every time they get exposed

Absolutely staggering to consider the deadweight loss that AI has caused educators in terms of burdening them by making cheating easier, and how little our society's elites care

[icq uh oh]

And so we look forward to the glorious future moment in which the real-terms value of the bung is less than the transaction cost of delivering it to your bank-account...

Flawless political economying imho

Sky News 0 @SkyNews • 2h X The UK is "rapidly developing" plans to prepare the whole country for the possible outbreak of war, Al Carns has said Sky's Security and Defence Editor @haynesdeborah and other journalists spoke with the armed forces minister

The idea that Britain is prepared to fight a major war - militarily or domestically - strikes me as considerably crazier and more dangerous than any country of the others floating around, even in an era where the political class has quite clearly gone absolutely bananas across the board.

Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.s... • 39m There are now five countries boycotting Eurovision, and last year's winner has returned the trophy in protest over Israel's continued participation. This movement will grow. Israel will be isolated for perpetrating genocide. Palestine will be free.

I doubt there’s any happy ending here, but this is what the two-year all-channels screeching campaign was about: left to their own devices - without being threatened about what could happen if they opened their mouths - people would voice their opinions and those who can act upon them, would.

I mean inflation is doing the work in any event so

Rich people are taxed *exactly the same as poor people* on the equivalent income

* apart from that awful awkward difficult moment when you are well in the top 5% or earners and the tax free amount gets withdrawn

Can the wealthy be too taxed? lol

The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars Dangerous, polluting SUVs and pickup trucks took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.

“For half a century, a litany of federal policies has favored large SUVs & trucks, pushing automakers & buyers toward larger models. Instead of counteracting #CarBloat thru regulation, policymakers have subtly encouraged it. That has been a boon for car companies but a disaster for everyone else.”

shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights

The uncertificated securities regulation 2001 wants a word

I particularly like those statements about people "tokenising stocks". Wait wait wait. The whole point of a share/stock is that it is a "token" which gives you "fractional ownership" of a company. Guys, we've already done this.

Again, quite a good example of how the slow erosion of the right's firewall against explicit far right bigotry has wider cultural impacts.

This soft soap profile of a noted football hooligan who died whilst participating in an intimidation campaign is part of accepting "well, they have concerns."

Last week, TikTok user @chadified_ggm8 revealed that he’s not actually 6’9”, but actually just 6’6” and wears lifts because he has a “LMTN facecard.” “LMTN” means “low to mid tier normie.” For those of you who do not have internet-induced psychosis, this is a very tall man experiencing such extreme body dysmorphia that he think he needs to be nearly seven-feet tall to attract women.

Activating my "prehistoric megafauna" filter on Hinge.

Book Review: Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration by David Miller - LSE Review of Books In Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration, David Miller defends the ability of states to control their borders and exercise the right to exclude immigrants on the basis of com...

Remembered earlier today the academic David Miller, who has dedicated his career to developing the intellectual architecture for systemically monstering and excluding migrants. Thankfully, some excellent reviewers of his work recognised this way back in 2016 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

Altman: just making sure, you guys really are going to give me the money, right. Like I am in absolutely desperate need of cash right now, like I need it right now or the whole bubble pops and the shell game holding up the entire economy collapses.

Disney: we've survived worse, brother.

The smug reactionary centrists will sacrifice anyone but themselves

The law did fine in practice.

All the things you wouldn’t want are already illegal and will get cis people prosecuted and kicked out of spaces too (as they’re mostly done by cis people anyway!)