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What color was the peril, Larry? WHAT COLOR

it would be amazing if we had a single pronoun that we used in all instances, and that wasn't linked to gender. like, you *don't* need to know what the gender of the person you are talking about is every time you refer to them

related to this, becoming a parent has also helped me discover all the ways we perform gender

it's funny to hear people talk about progressive bubbles in the US where traditional gender norms are not abided by, but honestly, the most obvious indication that everyone is trapped in traditional gender norms is the fact that you can't just wear a dress as a man and not have it be "a thing"

headline: you've got mail? subhead: epstein dump reveal a lost era of close knit friendships that were brought together via email

some notable things in this excellent Bloomberg story - www.bloomberg.com/features/202... how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.

if america were fascist everything would be in black and white and dreary and there would be a little girl in a red coat walking around. pretty sure that isn't happening, ergo america is not fascist

american pundits love to advertise the fact that their entire understanding of authoritarianism and fascism comes from movies and cartoons

ugh, this sounds absolutely *terrible* www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...

one of the critiques of "one battle after another" that I've heard that I think really misses the mark is the idea that it doesn't sufficiently track with our current reality. like I've heard people complain that they don't understand when in time the underground group was active.

was reminded yesterday that people that i know and respect read these posts. i hate suddenly remembering that...

3 year olds: "ummm....where are my pieces of trash that i left here on the floor?" me: "i threw them away." 3 year olds: "you did WHAT?" *screams at you inconsolably for hours asking you to put the trash back where he had it before*

Hold up

lol at the idea that they can limit the blowback of the epstein case to just democrats. brilliant strategy! continue investigating and i am sure only the stuff about your opponents will come out

this is a sidenote but: why in the future are the phones just transparent iphones? do you know how much time i already spend looking for my phone? why would i want it to be camouflaged?

what the actual fuck

a classic example of someone failing the "have you ever read a book written by a woman" test: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

i also love that they're arguing that they can't print stuff based only on the emails a reporter received from epstein, but also they don't quite explain why their reporters weren't doing more to investigate the epstein - trump connection earlier

What a rich text

are there examples of other regimes in history that have done this?

the way this administration withstands scandals that would end any other regime in history should be studied

no fucking way, did 'the daily' seriously do an entire episode going through the epstein emails that mention trump WITHOUT bringing up the landon thomas jr. exchanges??

i go back and forth between this banal answer and him trading in information with powerful people (because he was some sort of intelligence asset)

worth repeating: barack obama surrounded himself with the worst fucking people

Chris it is time for you to read this book press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

yes, we all believe that jared kushner hired you as editor of his newspaper because of your unyielding journalist integrity

Editors tend to be beholden to things, right?

nobody should take chomsky seriously anymore, period

what i have learned from the email dump: the most pretentious, snobby, aloof academic will gladly entertain the theories and thoughts of an ignoramus if they happen to be a very wealthy, well-connected sex trafficker

Some informal science advising here: Epstein: i liked the argument that more co2 is good for plants? Krauss: My goodness. So you are listening to an old Nobel laureate whose expertise has nothing to do with this, who has never studied this in detail, built models, done experiments....

In 2023, Chomsky told WSJ about his relationship with Epstein: “First response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone’s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally.” Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again

the level of pride that ny times reporters have for their organization and how defensive they get when people criticize it is not a good look and doesn't make them come off like very good investigative reporters...

i'd argue it is a news story if the "guy" in question is an incredible wealthy, well-connected convicted sex offender who had a well-documented and lengthy relationship with someone who, at the time, was the FUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

i do think past examples of societal collapse show a lot of similarites to our present moment, and so i am legitimately freaked out about it. but i am not rooting for collapse.

Why the NYT didn't report on their Epstein info is tangled up with another question: was Epstein a friend of the Sulzberger family? Epstein claims he first befriended NYT publisher "Punch" Sulzberger in the 1970s, when Sulzberger's daughter (age ~12) was at the prep school where Epstein taught. 1/

you know what would be a great story for the ny times to publish? a story that answers these precise questions!

everyone needs to calm down with equating badly typed emails with "this man was illiterate!"

or getting rid of all your open tabs

i'm sorry but a jeffrey epstein produced, lawrence krauss hosted television show where barak obama chats with steven pinker is just too perfect...

Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.

A whole lotta liberals who were willing to take Epstein’s money turning off their phones tonight.

These emails are horrifying.

this is a fun madlibs, where you just input the names of pedophiles "roman polanski talks about the origins of the universe with physicist larry krauss"

Jeffrey Epstein was developing a series, moderated by @lkrauss1.bsky.social, to bring scientists and celebrities together. The first season would include an episode where "Woody Allen talks about the human condition with Linguist Noam Chomsky." drive.google.com/file/d/14Sla...

i've moved past releasing the "epstein files." dems need to up the ante and ask for a full senate investigation of the case.

governments have fallen for shit that was waaaaay tamer than this. it's just bonkers what is coming out

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

This story by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein? Yes, you can read it here www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...