Nom de Plume Brett

the answer to “why are institutions folding to trump in spite of his weaknesses” is partly that some of the people leading them like having their worst instincts indulged. but its also worth pointing out that many people simply are mercenary

Oh no Coast Guard 2.0 will not be able to resist themselves, I mean the new minder that supervises the commandant will not let them (terminal 06 ass bullshit) and will make sure we have a boat out for it.

So we might get another MacArthur Park but in DC?

If you thought DC staffers were annoying before just wait simply going to Capital Hill Books (suspected producer of anti-Coalition Provincial Authority messaging) is a courageous act of resistance

I do like that we are getting to test empirically if the reason we failed at wining in Iraq and Afghanistan was due to language or cultural differences as we are currently testing it with NG units in their own home states.

Some say I am being to hard on the NG about being the interior troops to the Regime. I mean they are the obese who are out there actively seeking to terrorize their neighbors.

“It was unclear what they would do” is exactly how it started with the NG in Cali and now look at them, interior troops of such quality it would make Stasi jealous.

Robot moving a giant box in a black and white plant. “Cybernetics: How will you use it?” with text copy: CYBERNETICS-how will you use it? Quietly but irresistibly, Cybernetics is changing the shape of our shearing table ahead to chop out and reject any defective section. industrial way of life— and will make fantastic changes in our personal lives as well. Cybernetics is the science that is substituting the machine for the many functions of the human mind.“ The ad, which has quite a long text, goes on to describe the automation of an automobile assembly line.

1954 Shawmut Bank (Boston) ad: “What will YOU do with Cybernetics?” (H/t Sean Manion!) — makes some familiar promises re: “substituting the machine for the many functions of the human mind,” leading to “more production, more jobs, more income and far, far more leisure.”

This is not actually true, as long as your slip and fall or trafic offense does not impact the regime then the rule of law is alive and well if it does it no longer is see for example DoJ refusal to get a warrant to arrest Corey Mills for assault.

But this whole dual trick system means it’s dead.

You speak Italian? Get the hell out of here can’t contribute anything to fascism debate.

What the fuck.

It’s so weird man, the tariffs are being calculated by the businesses themselves because customs isn’t prepared or staffed to charge them upon entry. Stop using your enlightenment brain to analyze the systems of the dynastic republic

The font thing is interesting in that they are shit at it but that is a rabbit hole to having to explain nazi font laws so never a good time.

But the shot of the -60 chancing the car is shot for shot from sicario 2: day of don’t watch this shit.

Acemoglu and Robinson in why nations fail makes the argument the last time we have seen something like this in the American governance structure is pre Cromwell’s governance reforms under Henry the 8th.

Love this for everyone, what if we just reversed the Cromwelian differentiation between the king and the organs of the state.

It starts to raise interesting sociological questions. Monks writing gilded manuscript ass concept of communication.

None of you should be allowed to run public communication for anything important. Frankly if your spending your Sunday afternoon posting on a primarily text focused social media website (and arguing with others) your concept of how to communicate is so foreign to the vast majority of people

Love being in the Soviet Union, well more like post start of Glasnost Soviet Union or pre Stalin Soviet Union but still. Makes me want to die.

US effectively moving to a system where tax policy is set by the executive branch, fully adhoc, unpredictable, and bespoke per company, and based in large part on the presidents' personal relationships with the company's leadership

Oh man this is a great thread! It reminds me of one of @yunawong.bsky.social greats threads on Twitter from like 5 years ago that I can’t easily dig up on my phone (so someone else should)

I mean yeah, on the other hand this was the result of wondering why I have seen so many in the 3rd most populous county in the US.

i imagine, for example, the country South Jalisco invades its neighbor Bareem. it generates a lot of angry people on social media. The platform owner releases a swarm of bots to engage trolls in polite arguments and wear them down

When did putting bull bars on your SUV become so popular?

It’s that classic Sullivan line of “their must be another conference room filled with deputies secretaries that are actually in charge”

It’s true, we’re everywhere.

If you can’t be kind on here, at least share peedfs

there's a knee-jerk "we need more anger!" response to things but the online cultures built up around anger are largely unhealthy

If you have found a person who makes money farming bellow the age of 60, they probably hold a masters degree in agricultural engineering.

American farmer isn’t real and is a myth. The average American farmer owns a law firm or is an accountant, and owns what is legally classified as a farm for tax write offs.

On their end to get access to precursors which are primary shipped in from abroad (PRC) which costs a lot more then ideal or the cost of its conversion to narcotics.