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the american university and research system is like a load bearing foundation of american economic might and it is remarkable to watch it get torn apart because these people think it makes their workers woke

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

Okay lets game this out: You are a Nintendo employee given unlimited funds and authority to move Switch 2 production to the US. No new factories, that's going to take way too long, you need to work with existing American Contract Manufacturing capacity. How fast can you do it? 1/x

submitted 8 days ago • 31 comments

"Because of public skepticism, it is not settled science" is a profoundly anti-scientific view. It's embracing the notion that grifters can overcome truth with sheer volume, that truth itself isn't based in observable reality but in the scope of consensus.

submitted 35 days ago • 64 comments

Wait did the Mike Tyson thing already happen? Sorry it's been a busy day

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

so far the only explanation i've seen that doesn't smack of "if only she'd listen to me she would have won" is "global discontent with incumbents because of inflation and post-pandemic malaise + toxic information environments"

submitted 157 days ago • 518 comments