Software dev, gamer, Tolkien geek, liberal post-Zionist agnostic frum Jew, pro-regulated-markets progressive, bear lover, general weirdo, proud dad of 2. Blocks people who follow without interacting first. He/Him
the corruption number here makes me want to turn into the joker and then, as the joker, turn into a significantly more unhinged joker
Polling USA"Who's better on..." 🔵Women's Rights: D +18 🔵Environment: D +17 🔵Democratic Norms: D +10 🔵Cost of Living: D +4 🟣Political Violence: Even 🟣Wars/Terrorism: Even 🔴AI: R +1 🔴Corruption: R +1 🔴Guns Control: R +3 🔴Immigration: R +5 🔴Crime: R +14 Ipsos / July 26, 2026
That said, we *are* disproprtionately represented in certain professions and in certain geographic locations - being an ethnoreligious group, the latter is to be expected. But yeah, most of the country is not remotely like my hometown, which is (or at least was when I was a kid) ~30% Jewish.
Erin BibaI am always trying to explain to folks that most Americans have never met a Jew and people do not believe me and I just need you to understand that the perception that we are a powerful group in this country is intentionally created by antisemites and you’re unknowingly buying in.
Might be a controversial opinion, but I don’t think chatbots should help you expand the reach of your genocidal manifestos.
jakeYeah there are limits to everything, but I’m on Team It’s a Really Fucking High Bar if you want to disallow saying something, and on Team Even Higher if you want to stop me from talking about it with my chatbot.
So we announced this at SDCC, but I didn't make a huge fuss, because I was at SDCC and I don't have Bluesky on my phone. But. Starting this November, I will be writing the My Little Pony comic, with art by @amymebberson.bsky.social, colors by Joana LaFuente and letters by @longtalljodie.com.
DEAR ASSHOLES: THE TREATMENT FOR MEASLES IS TO GET A SHOT AND NOT GET THE DISEASE IN THE FORST PLACE YOU FUCKING SPOTTED MORONS
Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be NeededAs the US sees its highest number of measles cases in decades and vaccination rates fall, researchers are developing drugs to help those who contract the virus or who are particularly vulnerable.www.wired.com
People got mad a few years ago when I made it my drum to beat to say that information markets are for insider trading but fast forward a few years and in fact the point of information markets is now, explicitly, insider trading
Micahwe literally had a commando being busted for insider trading on the maduro raid there is no chance large scale election theft happens without a bunch of dipshits making kalshi accounts about it
we literally had a commando being busted for insider trading on the maduro raid there is no chance large scale election theft happens without a bunch of dipshits making kalshi accounts about it
shaunathe problem with conspiracies is they require a LOT of people to stay quiet about incredibly juicy things. always a tough sell. and in the attention economy? impossible.
Half of Mamdani’s genius is convincing ordinary people that progressive ideas will materially benefit their lives and aren’t scary communism, and the other half is convincing terminally online leftists that basic good government is progressive and isn’t neoliberal shilling for evil corporations.
Hot take: I think it's bad that much of the Anglosphere has outsourced local planning decisions to every neighborhood's most bitter and bigoted sociopaths.
Jonn ElledgeI feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.
