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The ex/en/perdurant question always seemed like the more interesting and less touched upon one to me, and RD did us the curtesy of answering it here.

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Welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social , Woody.

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One thing I think about a lot is what it would look like for a political party to effectively compete explicitly on a theory of change.

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Is the accusation here that letting someone leave via a different exit when presented with an administrative warrant is obstruction of justice?

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More like the Piece of Westphalia, amiright!

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Self driving cars will almost certainly eventually be better than humans at driving. The fewer people driving, the better it will be for society as a whole. This seems pretty reasonable to me.

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It’s quite interesting to think of the branches of conservatism that aren’t embedded in the same framework as this.

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“Each wife is more ethical than the last, and each frog less so.” He murmurs to himself while reading about Henry VIII.

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K-Pope remains undefeated.

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so they're mycoblogging

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One if by land Two if by sea Three if by the GOP.

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Old North Church in Boston last night on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.

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The All-in podcast clip that’s circulating is perhaps the best example I’ve seen of how people can convince themselves that even when what they are doing is overtly corrupt they can convince themselves otherwise.

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Is there a governors group or some other org working on preparing for this now?

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*philosophers of science audibly sweating*

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“May all of your slop be squat-free, and may all of your squats be slop-free” - ancient programmer proverb www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/a...

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It is my sincere hope that you come to understand the incredible irony of this statement in a manner that is not cripplingly embarrassing.

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I would just like one democratic politician to say “I look forward to seeing the standards John Roberts would like to see in place if and when he himself faces charges.”

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This is basically doing the reverse of the American Revolution

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Rather unfortunately, there’s some evidence that the causality runs in the opposite direction: www.theatlantic.com/business/arc...

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Bisexual icon Hank Green comes out of the closet again. This time as a sarcastic werewolf.

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Helluva day to read The Big Sort.

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Unbelievable timing

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This is high art

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Just watched the Rick Steves Fascism doc, and I feel like we should be talking more about this guy.

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