If we haven’t already, it’s only a matter of time until we see some sort of “Buy Human” movement akin to “Buy American” where firms are rewarded/shamed for their refusal to use, or embrace of, AI. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...

Bayes’ Rule to the rescue when your cat pops hot for feline leukemia.

Adults shouldn’t talk about politics around kids because kids don’t understand what’s going on, argues adult person who doesn’t understand why the $130 million “donation” isn’t enough to pay the troops.

I mean if I had to pick a couple bits from Parks and Rec that aged poorly, I’d have to say: 1) the incessant bullying of Garry/Jerry/Larry/Terry (Yes I understand this is a kind of running tongue-in-cheek meta gag), and 2) Chris Pratt

One thing that struck me about Mamdani’s campaign is the degree to which it seemed focused on very simple quality of life improvements, and service for his constituents. In contrast, it seems like many establishment Dem leaders are allergic to this kind of direct community engagement.

There is a genuinely impressive divide between the two parties with respect to how much self-flagellation they engage in following elections.

Dems brace for the fallout. Try to avert fallout by offering to give Republicans NYC to show commitment to bipartisanship. Open to giving Virginia too. Should hear both sides.

Dems brace for the fallout.

Dems brace for the fallout.

Dems brace for the fallout.

Dems brace for the fallout.

Dems brace for the fallout.

Mamdani will usher in the communist revolution by using his vast mayoral powers to <checks notes> reduce red tape for bodegas and barber shops? www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.

A simple heuristic: any Halloween candy list that doesn’t include peanut butter snickers is bad and its creators should be tried for treason.

I don’t understand the argument but from what I can grasp I’m a bit puzzled that we seem to be just skipping over the question of how military officers ought to work in service of preserving the liberal constitutional order they swore to protect to just asking how they fit into whatever comes next.

The golden age of research.

It's finance "journalism" so par for the course, but this is absolutely terrible advice and it's amazing how common it is. Part of the point of index funds that target nominally broad indices like the S&P is to shield you from the misfortunes that might hit a particular company or sector.

This reads like it was written by someone with zero principles or concern for the causes that shape public opinion. deciding-to-win.org#conclusion

Something I keep coming back to with this story is that the amount is silly if we assume it’s distributed evenly across personnel. But private funds can be invested more strategically to particular personnel or units to corrupt purpose and build influence. You don’t have to buy off everyone.

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Woof. Coffee futures are up there.

What’s all this “resembles” shit? www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

I dunno, seems like you can extend grace to people who make stupid mistakes or are a bit tactless, like accidentally farting loudly during a funeral or something, but that doesn’t mean you have to elevate a guy with an infamous Nazi symbol tattooed on his chest to the US Senate. But that’s just me.

I don’t understand why anyone’s debating this — a Nazi tattoo is a non starter, full stop. This is a race for a U.S. Senate seat. The bar for candidates to clear doesn’t have to be insanely high, but it should at least be off the ground

Some drone footage of the No Kings protests in Manhattan yesterday.

I’d guess very roughly 2,000-2,500 in Manhattan, KS. Pretty broad range of folks showing up. Lots of normies who probably aren’t usually the protesting type, veterans, and inflatables came out today. Also notable—zero counterprotestors.

I really hate the OSF website

Given the recent Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace, sharing this recent article with @michaelallen.bsky.social , @flynnpolsci.bsky.social and Grzegorz Smułek where we explore NIMBYism wrt US troops in Poland in the context of Russian threats www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Seems like this was indeed the case.

One possibility, which may be most likely, is that Hegseth flubbed the messaging. Other countries train there, and maybe that’s all this is, but with a lot of publicity to build up the US-Qatar relationship.

Talking to friends about this and nobody can think of a comparable case. Hundreds of foreign military officers come through the US and train at a wide range of different institutions every year, but I can't think of any country that's ever been given its own facility *within* the US.

Echoing others’ comments re the lack of discipline, but also alarming how these videos betray a complete lack of concern over community relations or monitoring and punishment. This kind of stuff is deeply corrosive all around and will absolutely get worse.

“Owns a crotch rocket” continues to be the variable with the most accurate predictive power.

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

The declaration that the military should use US cities as training grounds is a brazen thing to say on its own, but especially so when we're in a government shutdown fight. There are already massive credibility issues with the WH cutting lawfully appropriated funds and this only raises the stakes.

I think this was the motivation, but it's not clear to me that he's getting what he wants out of this.

This seems to be accurate so far.

You can hear people coughing.

I often think about the institutional incentives that brought us this.

This seems fine. Nothing could go wrong.

This weekend I saw my first black widow in person, and I simultaneously learned that the ubiquitous desceiptors re the red hourglass is practically useless as an identifier because it’s on the bottom of their abdomen and I don’t know how often spiders are just laying around working on their tan.

I mean really—the president, secretary of defense, and majority of GOFOs in one place with seemingly sparse preparatory measures? That’s an unnecessarily risky endeavor.

Well this just seems like a massive unforced security error and strategic blunder.

Time will tell if there's more to it, but given the reported disappointment after the parade it doesn't seem far fetched for this to be mostly about optics and having a room full or stars and ribbons for the cameras.

Honestly I find this not only plausible but highly likely and wholly on brand.

Just so I'm clear, my university's punishment for me NOT completing another online tutorial is to be locked out of Canvas? This sounds like I've just doubled my winnings.

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If I were a bad guy, I would simply not give the power rangers the 20 minutes they need to pose and transform.

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