I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.

AI people are bad at conceptualizing evolution & genetics. They think 'genetic code' is like computer code, when in reality its a lot more like a cookbook. Evolutionary changes since the Cambrian explosion often happen by tweaking when, where, and how much of a factor is added during development.

Biden didn’t do enough sit downs with the press and they fucking hated him. Hegseth literally ejected the press from the Pentagon and they’re like “come on sir you are so handsome we just want to hang out with you.” Debased people.

Smart and talented people will be stupidly wrong about things. The question is if you have the ability to put aside your ego. If you can, you can learn and improve. If not, you've fallen in a trap where ego is more important to you than competence. MAGA has collectively fallen into that trap.

Imo it goes deeper. MAGA celebrates ignorance. They think 'experts' are useless or liars, and that they could do their jobs with common sense and googling/asking Chat GPT. They want to validate their feelings and revel in their superiority. Being good at something complex means doing the opposite.

The most powerful people in the country have shocked me by revealing just how pathetic they are. A lot of the evil stems from there.

It's such a tell on all these people that they saw Epstein as the perfect embodiment of urbane decadence. He couldn't spell, he had little sex competitions with gutter misogynists, his interior design sense was awful, there is no evidence whatsoever that he was smart or funny

Remains absolutely wild to me we have a functional cure for HIV/AIDS.

Immigration salience has less to do with aggregate Immigration numbers than - visibility of boats & asylum > visas - general vibes about integration - elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising

Controversial opinion (on this website at least): The 2020s weren't the first time in history America had problems. Nor the first time young people had reason to feel pessimistic about the future. In fact, false nostalgia insisting that everyone had it so easy back in the day is part of the problem.

This has unfortunately been the political cycle in this country my adult entire life (roughly coinciding w this whole century thus far)—Rs break shit, voters bring in Ds to fix the mess, then kick them out to let Rs break things again—& its hard not to notice that every loop in the cycle gets worse

UAlbany, one of those, NY state universities, has been hovering around 4 percent tenure track Black faculty since ever. I am THE Black tenure track political scientists. These folks are just little liars.

Less-educated labor is not broadly abundant anymore. In much of the world, the *native* working-age population will collapse over the next 20 years. The global divide is not 'developing' and 'developed', but peope-poor vs. people-rich.

In other words, the research literature suggests a much better basis for modern policy: 1. Labor wealth is a scarce, strategic asset 2. Skilled emigration an *investment* in a global network 3. Aid should help manage, not stop, migration 4. Migration is at the heart of successful development

It almost goes without saying, but this is illegal. The name "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" is established by law and the board doesn't have the power to change it. 20 USC 3 §§ 76h - 76s.

All you really need to understand about water usage in the western United States is that every single use - even the ones that sound egregiously wasteful like AI data centers - rounds down to 0 compared to what irrigated agriculture uses

It was one of the most demoralizing transitions to watch.

Living through the OWS period when everyone was like "okay if a McDonalds charged just a little more per order we could pay $15/hr" and similar claims about food, and then the moment that started actually happening (Ag and CDL jobs with HUGE increases) people said "Fuck this, fuck you, fuck off"

"I have not lost control of the House" - Speaker Mike Johnson, in a press gaggle off the House floor a few minutes ago

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

I have plenty of ideas to restart the world's idea engine. Unfortunately its been decided that increasing funding for science, spending more on education, helping people afford college, and letting scientists immigrate here are all woke and bad.

A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker. This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.

Bluesky is 5% of Twitter's size. Even if every person on Bluesky went back to X it wouldn't fundamentally change the platform. The exodus to Bluesky is a symptom of what happened, not the cause.

My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.

this is what the republican party fall is going to look like. people who think MAGA rubes are going to fall to their knees and repent are fooling themselves, it's going to look like "i'm a conservative, but not a republican, and not a maga republican", this is what it looked like in 2007, too

So probable cause is now just...going to an East African restaurant

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

One fruit seller with more courage than ten entire Uvalde police forces put together.

White genocide is when a neighbor has a weird name. White genocide is when you hear a new language for the first time and don't understand it. White genocide is when the girl who ghosted you, after you generously offered to breed her, starts posting Insta pics of her new favorite ethnic cuisine.

Here are the top employers from my hometown (rural southern) according to wikipedia: 1.) Public Schools 2.) Hospital 3.) Marine Science Institute (this is the wildcard) 4.) Community College 5.) Walmart

Concur. I did enough HS accreditation visits in rural northern New England that I can do the community profile in my sleep. The five biggest employers The school district The hospital The largest supermarket One mill/plant/factory One wild card (tourism, a 2nd factory, distro center, rail yard.)

So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified

It is interesting that Trump is posing for a photo with 6 victims of Epstein's sex trafficking operation.

so, typically, the committee only redacts the faces of victims, right?

We're completely screwed if our response to measles is going to be asking antivaxxers - the most selfish and stupid people in our society - to voluntarily self-report and quarantine for 21 days each every time they get exposed

He went from '1 Billion Americans' to 'we shouldn't have birthright citizenship'. These people are indistinguishable from the likes of Rubio who sold out everything they claimed to believe in so they can grovel at Trump's feet. They'd do the same thing if it means they lead a controlled opposition.

Why did the White Working Class turn on liberalism in the late century? Can’t be bigotry, just Money In Politics Why did the Iraq War happen? Shadowy conspiracy by Them for profits Why did Trump get elected twice? Well you just have to understand the economic anxiety of the left behind working man

The last half century has sucked for American politics in a lot of ways and the worst of these is easily the pan-ideological consensus that the gutter bigotry of the worst elements of society must be downplayed, coddled, Listened To And Learned From because it’s just an outgrowth of Something Else

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.

PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves immigration detention after federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

i thought this was such a good piece about exactly this phenomenon. too many liberal commentators lack self-confidence. they engage in endless rounds of ritual self-flagellation that contribute to a sense that liberalism is weak and unwilling to defend itself. bsky.app/profile/dick...

It's very banal but I think the right synthesis here is: 1. moderation has electoral benefits 2. other things also have electoral benefits (incl. getting policy calls right, anticipating shifts in public opinion, generating shifts in public opinion) 3. sometimes there are tradeoffs between 1 and 2

They're not attracted to women, but so much of performing masculinity is performatively objectifying women. Their lack of attraction is a threat to their masculinity, so they lash out at women who 'aren't hot enough' and the men who are somehow gay because they like women.

Unironically I think a lot of these dudes just aren't straight and are deep in denial. If you find it impossible to be in love with a woman, and believe that someone who is must have a different sexuality from you... you may just be right. Just- the men attracted to women aren't the gay ones.

Former Rep. Tom Perriello, a Virginia Democrat who won his sole term in a huge 2008 upset, unexpectedly announces campaign against GOP Rep. John McGuire. Trump carried the current version of #VA05 56-43, but it could look a lot different if Democrats convince voters to approve a new map this spring.

This ad was tailored for people who like generative AI. If you hate people, hate sentiment, and don't get how traditions like giving gifts, cooking, and decorating have meaning because a person put thought and emotion into it, you probably think gen AI is cool.

The truly depressing part of this ad is how misanthropic and miserable it is. "The holidays suck, wouldn't you rather just go to Mcdonalds?" To have a village, you must be a villager. But our society is controlled by losers who can't even handle the mild inconveniences of having people who love you

I don’t like three strikes laws but a 41yr old woman who’s been arrested over 100 times - that’s an average of an arrest a quarter FOR HER ENTIRE ADULT LIFE - simply should not be on the streets. We have a right to be safe from such criminals

Its okay. If you drink raw milk, avoid seed oils, and don't get vaxxed you'll never get sick! And if somehow you do, all you need is some horse dewormer to fix ya right up. (I joke, but this is pretty much the MAHA position)