war is a continuation of policy by idiotic means.

we should refer to what has happened to Hungary, Israel, the United States as “grayscale revolutions”.

what cities have the best sidewalks? what is the best way to make a great sidewalk?

you’ve got to admit he’s just rather definitively addressed affordability.

i know someone said this better a few days ago and i think i even reposted it but my god i’ll never get over the US sabotaging its renewables industry and doubling down on fossil fuel dependency only to force fossil fuel prices sky high. it’s like thanatos, a national death wish.

putting storefronts in every phone was about as good an idea as a technology that makes sure there is always a fresh, open bag of cheetos at hand in every room.

links should not expire.

naming your ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend supreme leader is the new swatting.

i agree that present leadership has not earned the benefit of the doubt…

has there been any independent reporting contesting or verifying the Iranian claim that the US struck a desalination plant (and if so investigating whether the hit was intentional targeting or due to error)?

i don’t get why people call him grandpa. i never met my grandpas, but i’m pretty sure they were… not at all like him. nothing the fuck like him.

If accusations like the US intentionally destroyed a desalination plant prove true, elite accountability will become a national security imperative. Rehabilitation into multilateral security arrangements will require repudiation of the administration’s crimes, and imposition of a credible deterrent.

the restrictions of the law must come with the protections of the law.

i keep seeing stuff like x.com/nntaleb/stat... x.com/policytensor...

oddly, the “Iran war is a disaster” vibe is much stronger over at the Nazi bar.

how much of it is policy uncertainty kneecapping investment and expansion? how much of it is AI-related labor minimization? what else?

shit. i am so sorry, and relieved that everybody is okay.

to wintarize must mean to make concise text more prolix.

Had US v. Trump not happened, would Trump have launched a full-scale war (arguably two) without some kind of Congressional fig leaf?