All of the most expensive things in our lives are fundamentally shaped by decisions made by people living and working in NYC

I don’t know any Mainers that are a III.

Russia doesn’t have a guaranteed way to deliver a nuclear warhead. A first strike that is simply shot down, with all the diplomatic fallout that would come with it, is a probable scenario

And Jamelle has been reaching so many people on TikTok using long form historically contextualized argument. It’s not just snappy one liners over there

Losing his job because of a descent into fascism, going to write a romance novel set in a society descending into fascism. Nothing strange here

You cannot serve both God and money, but fake money is an entirely different matter

Notice how their power is measured implicitly in the USD they hold and not in crypto.

This is in the same vein as 19th century western observers who referred to Manchu rule of China as “the Tartar yoke”

Emphasis on walking, not marching. If soldiers marched like that in front of the Kaiser it would be interpreted as an act of revolution

Free movement of capital and commodities has historically been of higher importance than of people. That’s because it’s not really about human freedom

I’m curious to know if there are still any Legitimists out there.

I once read a biography of William Henry Harrison that didn’t feel the need to mention he was elected president until the epilogue

We will feast on a buffet of noble gases

You beat me to it

I was working at farm and one day we used a disc harrow to prep a field for planting. When somebody asked at lunch what we were doing that morning I simply replied harrowin’ which was accurate but also momentarily alarming

They’re making bots now that really look like they need a cup of coffee

I’d like to not have to log in every time I open the app. But I’m assuming someone is probably already on that

Anger and anxiety was also a big problem in the late 60s. The chill hippies were the ones who didn’t disappear from public life in 1972

It’s likely to be included as an anecdote to illustrate how AI chatbots we’re being used in government

Can’t ban it yet. The national security team has the Iran war plans in their DMs

I don’t want to hear what the White House has to say about it. Silence is better than whatever they would come up with

Go forbid Starbucks and other coffee companies catering to latte loving elites

Bipartisan outrage at the grassroots and yet Democrats are playing dead and waiting for better conditions to make a bold move

20 years ago in Catholic High School I had a teacher who was really into Bonhoeffer. He was TradCath but also sincerely progressive in some respects. I see Bonhoeffer’s reputation as a victim of cultural drift away from more nuanced times

Jamelle, I’d love to hear your thoughts on how assertive Congress could be while still remaining within the bounds of the Constitution

Strong cultural revolution vibes. Villainize people with expertise, let everything fall apart

I’m really looking forward to some superb owl content today!

The term weaponized incompetence comes to mind

I just watched videos on Bluesky for the first time. It absolutely blew away Reels and YT shorts.

I know this law was designed as a national security measure. But with enforcement falling to an incoming Trump administration it just looks like an extortion racket.