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"Even 150 years ago, cosmopolitan intellectuals felt detached from their own countries, viewing their fellow citizens through an anthropological lens colored with condescension." robkhenderson.com/p/dark-shadows…
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Two years ago, almost 0 schools were interested in even considering going phone free.
Now, whole school systems are phone free. The rest are scrambling to get on board
We owe @JonHaidt a tremendous debt of gratitude.
What he achieved - this quickly - is almost unimaginable.
Jonathan Haidt@JonHaidt
The Anxious Generation was published two years ago today, in a very different world. Back then, the most common objection I got was resignation: "The train has left the station." "You can't put toothpaste back in the tube." "It's how the kids connect today." Today, the world looks very different. It turns out that if our kids were all on a train and we learned it was heading toward a collapsed bridge, we'd find a way to stop it and bring them safely back to the station. That’s what’s happening now. After the historic verdicts in Los Angeles and New Mexico, today is a great day to reflect on the capacity of people in democratic societies to take action, even when opposing some of the most powerful corporations in history. We're getting access to the courts. We're getting phone-free schools. We're seeing whole neighborhoods letting kids out to play, unsupervised, which is what we older folk all remember as the best part of childhood. So I want to recognize: --The mothers (and, right behind them, fathers) who rose up by the millions and powered the movement. --The farsighted governors and legislators in red states and blue states who have been innovating on policy solutions. --The leaders of a dozen of nations, who are raising the age to 16 for opening social media accounts (with a special shoutout to Australia, for going first). --The teachers and school administrators who had their classrooms disrupted for 15 years, and who are now eager to think through new solutions as screens have taken over and obstructed learning. --The grassroots organizations who have been dedicating their efforts to advocate for all of the above in their local communities. --The millions of members of Gen Z who have been rising up, demanding agency over how they spend their lives in the digital era, and finding better ways to connect in real life. And one final group: the survivor parents--the ones you saw in those pictures of people embracing on the front steps of the LA courthouse. I have met many over the years. I am in awe of their courage and tenacity, their willingness to tell their stories of loss, over and over again, to different audiences, in the hope that no other parent would have to endure what they have endured. At long last, juries and legislatures are hearing you, and are acting. Together, we are calling the train back to the station. Together, we are rolling back the phone based childhood and reclaiming life in the real world. The work continues. If you’re not already involved, join us: anxiousgeneration.com/join
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SCOOP from @samuellarreal_: Rep. Eric Swalwell repeatedly peddled the services of his politics-focused startup company, Findraiser, to House Democrats — potentially violating House Ethics rules
"He’s peddling the shit out of that thing," one source said
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In Korea, test scores determine whether you go to the top colleges.
Also in Korea, doctor is the highest paying and most prestigious stable job.
So the vast majority of an entire country's best minds (over 75%) become doctors.
So far Korea has won zero Nobel Prizes.
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@Indian_Bronson @zagrebbi Lmao just look at all the top scorers of the JEE exam. The vast majority of them are now in the US.
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This *was* true for the post-1965 and pre-1990 immigration pipelines. It stopped being true after the H-1B, which is immensely gamed, and after Indians on it started using family reunification visas.
Where the US once got Indians fleeing a socialist (communist) government with affirmative action for the lower castes, it now gets a different kind of immigrant.
The very best young Indians are largely staying in India bc they know its development is massively accelerating.
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Indian immigration to the US is one of the most well-engineered systems in our institutions
ndian-Americans skew heavily toward upper castes — Brahmins, Kayasthas, Banias — with very few Dalits making it through. Among South Asian applicants to Columbia, Brahmins and South Indian Hindus average ~1500 SAT, significantly higher than East Asians.
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@neerajadeshp To be fair, the verdict is specifically tailored to the product design, and its effects on children.
Just as how big tobacco was sued for marketing towards minors.
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It’s actually terrible precedent: the idea that a social media company is liable for addiction is as silly as the idea that a liquor store owner is liable for alcoholism, and will ultimately lead to innovation being trampled on before it even has a chance to exist. It’s parents’ and schools’ responsibility to limit children’s social media use, not the companies’. All of this is going to ultimately be used against adult citizens’ right to free speech and privacy.
Jonathan Haidt@JonHaidt
Victory in the social media trial in LA! As of today, we are in a new world: a new era in the fight to protect children from online harms. A jury sided with Kaley and therefore with millions of children: Big Tech is harming kids on an industrial scale. For years, parents were told these harms were exaggerated, anecdotal, or simply the unavoidable cost of growing up online. Today, a jury affirmed what parents have long known: Meta and YouTube were designed to exploit young people, with devastating consequences. For the first time, the law aligns with common sense: social media companies no longer have a special exemption to harm children with impunity. Their shield is gone. They will be treated like any industry that knowingly harms children and lies about it. History will judge them as harshly as the tobacco industry. This bellwether case tested a new legal theory: the harm is not just what algorithms show children, but rather that these products were designed to foster addiction. The companies knew they were harming children by the millions—and did it anyway. They were negligent and dishonest. This outcome belongs first and foremost to the families, especially the many parents who, in the face of unimaginable loss, chose to speak out, demand accountability, and endure a painful legal process so that other children might be spared. This is just the beginning. Thousands of cases will follow, bringing Meta, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube to court. Much work remains in courts, legislatures, schools, and communities. But for now, let us all just savor the long-awaited arrival of justice. nytimes.com/2026/03/25/tec…
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When Markwayne Mullin was 20 his dad's health took a turn. He dropped out of college to run the family business. He built it from 6 people into a multimillion dollar HVAC company with 150+ employees.
He's a pillar of his community, and @jimmykimmel can't even tell a funny joke.
CJ Pearson@Cjpearson
Jimmy Kimmel: "Before he was elected to the Senate, Markwayne Mullin was plumber. That's right. We have a plumber protecting us from terrorism now." The elitism of Hollywood summarized in one moment. 👇
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mfs will say this but will send their children to elite private high schools to give their kids a leg up in the college admissions process
they’ll never take their own advice
Kekius Maximus@Kekius_Sage
🚨 Palantir CEO urges people to skip elite colleges, saying “unless you’re neurodivergent”, the only path left is skilled trades.
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Breaking News: USC canceled a California governor’s debate on short notice after facing outrage over including only white candidates. nyti.ms/4sHgw96
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And I would serve as Pope, if asked.
99.9% of the population has no idea what the NCTC does, so I'm going to spell it out.
They are not an investigative agency. They are not a collection agency. They are not even an intelligence agency. They are a database management farm.
Joe Kent's job was to oversee a farm of analysts who are mostly on autopilot as they perform data entry using information collected by more significant agencies for analysis and use by other more significant agencies.
They do not investigate crimes, even if terror related.
They do not collect intelligence, even if terror related.
They do not 'assist' in these things, even if terror related.
Their most impactful mission is maintaining TIDE.
The NCTC is, frankly, the Single-A Baseball team equivalent to the CIA's New York Yankees. That's why its populated almost entirely by military personnel, borrowed agency members on temporary duty, and contractors. They barely have an actual staff.
They are so insignificant that they don't even have their own website, but only a sub-section under the DNI website: dni.gov/index.php/nctc…
Joe Kent knows absolutely nothing more about the Charlie Kirk assassination than any random person in the public. He lacks any placement or access to have anything greater. This is pure grift.
Michael Shellenberger@shellenberger
Joe Kent says he is skeptical that Tyler Robinson, who confessed to killing Charlie Kirk, was the lone shooter. That accusation could undermine the prosecutors’ case against Robinson. Kent says he knew of the risk before he decided to speak out.
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@CalFreiburger As much as I respect Kirk and TPUSA for their GOTV efforts, a major stain on his legacy is the fact that his org also played a huge role in platforming crazies, even after they’ve been discredited. And now the GOP is paying the price.
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Maybe direct a little bit of that indignation at the guy who elevated Joe Kent in the first place?
Blake Neff@BlakeSNeff
The news about Joe Kent testifying for Tyler Robinson broke just minutes before today's show. I did not hold back in my feelings about it.
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The United States is easily one of the most racially tolerant countries on earth.
Ask yourself why Tucker would lie about this…
AG@AGHamilton29
Putting aside the Marxist and anti-west nonsense, anyone who has actually traveled and spent time in the places he is talking about knows they are among the most racist and segregated societies on earth. The fact that he tries to flip that and portray them as super tolerant vs America as racist is a tell regarding extent to which this is meant to simply flip reality to convince Americans that our society is the problem. Again, purely a demoralization operation.
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“Public unions hate this democracy in action because they want to force employees to join, coerce dues payments from them, and then provide no option for reconsideration. If teachers think their union is worth keeping, a majority can show up for the vote. Sounds like a good civics lesson for their students.”
-WSJ Editorial Board
Wall Street Journal Opinion@WSJopinion
Florida leads again on public unions. Government workers will soon have to show up to vote to keep their union in the state. on.wsj.com/4lOBVe4
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This is what the University of Houston president and many in academics emphasized years ago when I was there.
Athletic success increases prestige. It increases your reach, interest, and name recognition.
Often, leading to better students and a boost in alumni donations.
HighPointHoops@HighPointHoops
Talked to a plugged-in HPU alumnus yesterday. She said within 24 hours of Wisconsin win, High Point had 19,000 requests for student tours. 19,000! Matriculation will be limited largely by logistics/space. Crazy.
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I've done as much as anyone to stop anti-white discrimination in America's institutions, but you have to be brain-damaged to believe that "white men are the most oppressed group in history." This is a leftist attitude, and almost certainly a projection of personal failure, frustration, or resentment onto the Jews or the social tableau.
Yes, you should absolutely fight to reduce anti-white discrimination, but if you believe "100% of your problems are external," you're being dishonest with yourself and repressing massive inferiority feelings, which almost certainly have nothing to do with the war in Iran or AIPAC or whatever you think is "holding the white man down."
It's leftist thinking. A victimhood fetish. Your pioneer ancestors would laugh at you for whining that you're "the most oppressed man in history" because of Pam in HR.
hoe_math = PsychoMath@ItIsHoeMath
White men are very easily the most oppressed group in history. Nearly 100% of our problems are external, in the system. But no one's going to solve them for you. You have to solve them yourself, which means we have to solve them together. This rat is trying to tell you that you have problems because you are personally deficient. That's probably not true. The average White guy is more competent than the top 20% of any other group except maybe East Asians. But even that doesn't matter, because the top 2% of white guys are more competent than 100% of everyone else put together. It does not matter how many retards you put to work designing a rocket, it's never going to fly. The exclusion of white men from opportunity is the vast majority of the problem. It's not that there are no stupid white guys. About 14% of them are. It's not that there are no white guys with problems. Everybody has flaws. It's that we were always that way, and we were doing thousands of times better than everyone else before somebody snuck into our government and changed all the rules to make sure that we get nothing in our own countries. No one's going to solve that but us, and us includes you. So it's not your fault that things are so bad, but it is your responsibility.
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Estas son imágenes exclusivas que me llegan desde Cuba.
En pleno apagón nacional, el hotel en donde está hospedado Pablo Iglesias junto al resto de la comitiva de invitados VIP de la dictadura cubana es el ÚNICO PUNTO DEL PAÍS con electricidad en estos momentos.
Hay un operativo de seguridad protegiéndolos por temor a que las protestas se puedan dirigir a este lugar.
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