Delusive Eye Stalk

like I'm not exactly sure what the appropriate response to antisemitic chants at No Kings (which I was at alone, without friends, bc my Jewish friends knew there would probably be such things and opted not to go because of it) or a star of David with a skull in it, other than objection

I think a big problem here is that with the information age (particularly the Internet) you can find literally any unrepresentative case in the entire world and be exposed to it so hard that your brain ignores the implicit denominator in any video or statement

It's not entirely lost on me that she is positively comparing the capital of Russia to the capitals of Georgia and Armenia I wonder if that implies anything

Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.

Fellas, is it morally justifiable to log off?

Excellent thread

"Mods, Mods! A Cultural History of the Early 21st Century."

Brazil is strongly indicating that just beating the fascists at the ballot box is not enough. You have to ensure that the cancer of fascism does not return again. Hungary’s model may be better - put them *all* in jail and rip out their support structures root and branch.

The OP is talking about rationalists, but this is really evergreen for all sorts of people who aren’t worth your good faith

"Remember who you are, liberal professor"

I believe fraternity hazing and military hazing and sports team hazing where men abuse each other is acclimating them into a broader culture of abuse where they will then believe it is their right to abuse other more vulnerable people. It’s so insidious. And that’s also why I think men defend it

no shade to OP but they're actually really easy to understand once you cancel out the double-negatives in "opposition to combating antisemitism"

This one is even funnier

The bad place is reacting as you'd expect

The raw visceral hatred some men have for women, at least women who step out of line, is shocking. I know it sounds like some sorta "one of the good ones" ploy but I am genuinely taken aback when I see it because I think: I had a fairly normal socialisation as a man in the west, how did I miss this?

My issue is never with criticism. People on here love to pretend that it is. But no, the reality is that I hate bad criticism, which often comes from a childish fantasy of how the Presidency works. The U.S. has done a lot of horrible shit. Lying to yourself about why just keeps you stupid.

Every time I see Liberal, KS it’s a jumpscare

Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.

Okay I think times are changing Nancy Mace dressing like catwoman to make youtube videos about AES' relationship with Hasan feels like seeing buds on the trees again

But I cannot stress enough: we have spent decades de-prioritizing and defunding the humanities broadly in secondary and post-secondary education and then we're all surprised-Pikachu-face when we are suffering from systematic leadership failures in exactly those skills and knowledge domains.

you know what, challenge accepted. quotes that express ideas that are challenged or recontextualized by LLMs 🧵 "When I think in words, I don’t have ‘meanings’ in my mind in addition to the verbal expressions; rather, language itself is the vehicle of thought" -- Wittgenstein

There's no bigger tell about the state of your social life than "people used to do things" nostalgia posting.

NEW: Victor Marx's campaign won't say where supporters' money goes when they buy campaign merch or $1300 meetings with Marx himself. Our investigation linked the online shop to an out-of-state company with hidden owners. Then we found a document revealing the owner: Victor Marx.

it is my understanding from history that specifically persecuting educated professionals and making it much harder for college graduates to find jobs that will allow them to become professionals is a perfectly safe thing to do that never ends unpredictably

Happened across this unhinged Wittgenstein line

My big brain plan for someone finding out I Liked some horrible statement I only half-read is "Oh, Fuck, you're right, that was not what I thought it was, I only half-read it." Some of our experiences have trained us that we can't be honest about fuck-ups, and that's Bad, Actually.

I think that there is developing an argument for a property right over your information, and torts to enforce it

Gerard way wasn't kidding when he said teenagers scare the living shit out of me

Preseason football!

slow day in the office so we're starting beef with archaeologists

And to be super duper blunt about it, the way to do that is to send Ukraine weapons. That *is* what diplomacy looks like.