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writer & editor, inveterate communist, wife guy, he/him
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This sums it for me “Baudrillard: Even if there were no Americans living in the United States, there would still be America. France is just a country; America is a concept. Deborah Solomon: Are you saying that America represents the ideal of democracy? Baudrillard: No, the simulation of power.”

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i'm reclaiming the term wife guy from (a) weirdos who want to be praised for loving their wife and (b) The Atlantic

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

happy pride to the bisexual 90s taco bell

submitted 8 days ago • 37 comments

layoffs are getting imminent at my work because of federal cuts to science and R&D funding. brilliant people who could have made a lot more money in industry but dedicated their careers to doing work that benefits the american public. it's all so inconceivably stupid

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my big-picture takeaway from being involved in gen AI governance at work is that "looks good to me Sent from my iPhone" is the dominant ethos of the gen. AI era and the death knell of creative labor

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my wife and I are doing a co-op honor mode run of Baldur's Gate 3 and it's been fun finding out that we are a very good team at this

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

"It is offensive to call us the Gestapo when in fact we are simply a Secret State Police force. A Geheime Staatspolizei, if you will."

submitted 24 days ago • 18 comments

the american revolution was a military, economic, and political victory against Mad King George but not a psychological one. americans long to be ruled by a deranged old man

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George W. Bush was the worst President of the last few generations and it's really not close. what we in the US are (rightly!) up in arms about is that Trump is the worst President for us, specifically - which is a different thing

submitted 31 days ago • 53 comments

In the Harry Potter books, the highest virtue for women is to be a self-sacrificing mother to a boy. There is a reason Rowling has never written a book with a female protagonist.

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

reading this physics proposal that refers to axions as "possibly the most degenerate fluid in the universe" and I'm just not sure the PI is fully aware of the competition

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smugly dropping a link to an AI-generated report you haven't read may be the stupidest recorded form of discourse. god I love this website

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx

submitted 64 days ago • 295 comments

I will quit my job and work for any candidate who promises to put the leadership of this administration in the same overseas gulag they've been shipping people to

submitted 66 days ago • 117 comments

normal people should not have to pay attention to the stock market. they should have federally guaranteed pensions. the market is for 1. finance guys named like Thurston, Chudley, etc. 2. degenerate gamblers the 401(k) is the devil's invention

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