Utopian Incrementalist

It would take a lot to make me overcome my vendetta against the TSA. I hate 'em.

I still hate TSA. The worst people.

Another example of the "better messaging" fallacy. Despite all evidence, people continue to believe that electoral outcomes are primarily determined by the quality of messaging. Too much of the shouting on social media is wasted on this pointless activity.

Here's a good recent example of what I mean, where a Democrat pushes back instead of accepting a Trump-friendly distortion as the premise.

Thanks @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social for alerting me to it, @corybooker.com for sharing/praising it, and especially @neguse.house.gov for doing it.

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That's a lot of military hardware to position and not go to war. A lot.

Tim Berners-Lee: What happened to the internet surprised me. But we can fix it The inventor of the worldwide web tells Decca Aitkenhead what has gone wrong with his creation and why he’s still optimistic about its future

He seems completely lost. Check out this interview for even more cluelessness:

www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...

Children are just empty vessels that you pour information into. It's so simple.

The Sermon on the Mount and the Parables have one overriding message: God cares equally for the least among us and so should you. Many modern Christians are essentially anti-Christian. Their religion is a tribal affiliation and not an ethical code.

Studies have shown that people who do research on the internet develop a false sense of knowledge about topics they have looked up that way.

www.apa.org/news/press/r...

During a time of education polarization, this is a problem for Democrats.

I fundamentally agree with this outlook.

Other people's pet peeves are usually annoying. They should avoid sharing them publicly or writing New Yorker articles about them.

I guess it doesn't matter so much if the losing party doesn't file new briefs in such a situation. Either they get an unexpected second bite at the apple, or the case returns to the status quo before the en banc rehearing. Either way, they are not made worse off.

You can read the justification for this procedure here:

www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

I don't think this is as strange as you think. A quick search suggests that other circuit courts also allow a sua sponte rehearing en banc. The fifth circuit's internal rules expressly allow for such:

www.ca5.uscourts.gov/docs/default...

Current U.S. high-tech culture: Magic computer stuff solve problem.

It's both short-term and long-term stupid, unless your goal is to turn the U.S. into a lawless authoritarian bully like certain other nations.

In addition to being morally wrong to simply kill suspected criminals rather than arresting them, charging them with crimes, and giving them due process, it completely shreds any American credibility when trying stand up for human rights or the rule of law in other places and times.

The Cocomelonization of the adult brain continues.

This Platner thing is probably the single worst case of leftist bullshit I've ever seen in my life. Bunch of people who were shouting "Stupid feckless Dems won't stand up for Mr. Nazi Tattoo!" mere days ago are now shouting "Stupid feckless Dems are trying to stick us with Mr. Nazi Tattoo!"

Grossman spends too much time online. It affects his judgment. He is often insightful, but then says some really stupid stuff like that.

Stop overrelying on "AI" for important shit. Like, honestly, stop using it for important shit at all, but definitely stop uncritically trusting it at the level of the GODDAM FEDERAL JUDICIARY.

Magical thinking in high places.

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