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at least now countries subjected to imf nonsense know we actually believe all that austerity bullshit, as we are now demonstrating like some inexperienced escape artist drowning themselves

baby has been eating so well recently it makes me so proud

i feel privileged to have religion because it always lends perspective

it's a bit odd to suggest you should only prepare for what you will be doing imminently.

the trick is to never get that big

trump is really turning a big dial that says "tariffs" on it and ignoring screams from the audience like a contestant on the price is right

but not being able to read their expression so just turning it up and hoping for the best

toast bread in a pan. or hash browns

appeals to "first they came for..." will win nothing and no one, because we are a materially oriented culture totally alienated from the idea that civil society exists, much less that there are principles undergirding it

the idea that any significant portion of americans are ideological in any real sense is laughable, much less that they are liberal. we don't have an ideologically oriented system, it's all about tribal identities and cultural allegiances

there is no significant ideologically liberal population in this country. the democrats are a center right party representing the interests of the urban educated professional class

what if i told you military industry is a perfect case for subsidized domestic industry and reliable jobs

it's just natural economic forces that make labor intensive goods like housing cost way more than highly efficient goods like software. one necessary part of the solution to the housing problem is to make construction more labor efficient

the peace dividend really has ruined them

the uk is just not a serious country

"we're so back"

ma'am you have had three mimosas

holy moly that's intense

some lakes are seasonally salty, so

each oven is it's own beast. what are you doing right now?

good color on that crust

just don't end up being the anglican government

why stop at 2?

i still question why so many small government people think it's important for official documents to record sex

agreed. the problem is that traditional democrats and republicans have managed to please very few people. in operating the civil service, the democrats are owned by corporate interests and do a poor job

i think civilians tend to not understand how much time the most competent civil servants spend working around incompetents and redundant contractors. i'm not suggesting that it is broadly believed that doge is effective in fighting it, but many feel something ought to be done

many can't see that ai is shit because (1) they've never cultivated a sense of taste distinct from marketing and hype and (2) this is as close as they've ever come to making something

as with many things it doesn't matter if it's really going to happen. it only matters if it is sufficiently credible to their fragile egos.

a lot of ai maximalists view themselves as Big Ideas people. their great obstacle in life is the creatives who refuse to quickly and cheaply create their vision.

this might be the first recession created solely by excessive layoffs from incompetent executives

the problems of this age are not what we have added, it's what we have taken away. the relations and modes of relation between people which no longer prevail upon we weak creatures to be something more