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Grouchy exiled Hullensian, unrepentant Wadhamite.
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Most people are hugely underestimating how bad things are going to get politically and economically in the US in the near to medium-term.

submitted 12 days ago • 45 comments

"One of the positive characteristics attributed to presidentialism is accountability and identifiability. The voter in casting his ballot knows whom he or she is voting for and who will govern should this candidate win." - Linz, The Failure of Presidential Democracy, 1994 nymag.com/intelligence...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

submitted 20 days ago • 106 comments

This is a constitutional crisis: the President doesn't have the power to cancel funds appropriated by Congress. Also, the math is insane; there is NO way to cut $4B/day by getting rid of "fraud". Cuts of that magnitude will dangerously undermine the core functions of government.

submitted 21 days ago • 946 comments

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 22 days ago • 1829 comments

There isn't much to practically anticipate at the moment but civil unrest is virtually locked in

submitted 22 days ago • 20 comments

Changed my email signature to "And there's nothing any of you can do to stop me!" Mostly positive feedback so far

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

NEW on Wonkhe: A detailed national dataset on the disabled student experience paints a bleak picture of progress on enabling access to education. Jim Dickinson tries to find the light. https://buff.ly/3W7SI03

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

BLOG POST: “What I came to realise is that you don’t ever really shed working classness. It’s baked in. It shapes your attitudes to life and your perspective on the world. In the negative sense, the scars are permanent.” ✍ precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/08/25/t...

submitted 181 days ago • 15 comments

Tiffany Velour is a pampered society girl who inherited her uncle's private security firm. Jackie Fleece is a wisecracking ex-con turned private investigator. Together they take on the cases rougher fabrics can't handle. Coming this fall to ABC.

submitted 251 days ago • 3 comments

Look I'm sure the falcon can probably still hear the falconer

submitted 408 days ago • 0 comments

Exec: so what are the names of the gross pasty nerd billionaire and his weird girlfriend? Writer: Musk and Grime Exec: and the embezzler? Writer: Sam Bankman-Fraud Exec: and the politician and his son who do organized crime? Writer: Don and Don Junior Exec: get the fuck out of my office

submitted 478 days ago • 31 comments

I played rugby for nearly 15yrs and I've got literally no idea what the rules are other than you can't pass forward and I'm sure I'm not the only one

submitted 482 days ago • 0 comments