R. Daneel d’Anconia

Come with me to check out Mamdani’s 30 million dollar city owned grocery store!

She marched at "No Kings" 2 weeks ago

@pmddomingos musk looks the coolest, dr manhattan on mars vibes

I think the editor of the Economist has a secret crush on Dario Amodei.

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Mamdani singled out and named a private citizen not for a crime or corruption, but for the offense of having money and owning a home. That is how third-world despots operate. I do not know how it works in Uganda, but in America we do not build policy around punishing people, and we do not declare law-abiding citizens enemies of the state or take their money simply because the mayor dislikes them. Taxes exist to fund the functioning of a city. They are not instruments of revenge or tools to satisfy a mayor’s personal envy. This has no place in New York City and runs against everything America stands for, but if you import the third world, you become the third world.

@ativanafternoon fair point. it would.

@rdaneel_ I don't really understand the context. Why wouldn't this just make next year's tax season more jarring when one has to pay a potential substantial lump sum?

directionally correct

@lindaxie i recommend Asimov’s nonfiction books on physics

I'm self studying physics for myself to better understand the world, not looking to get a job or degree in it. I'm sharing publicly since many told me it got them excited to study it or something else. I'm in my 30s learning something 18-19 year olds study, not doing to impress

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Non-residents who spend millions of dollars on NYC apartments help drive NYC’s economy. Most of the profit in condominium development is in the penthouses. The Ken Griffins of the world make NYC high end development viable, driving high-paying construction, brokerage, legal, marketing, and other jobs in NYC. We should be applauding Ken for spending $238 million in NYC, not attacking him for doing so. Importantly, non-resident owners of NYC apartments who leave their apartments vacant for much of the year are not a burden to NYC schools, services, or other resources while they drive growth in retail sales, restaurants, theater, and other important drivers of our economy. They also often support NYC non-profits with donations. Ken’s company is a major employer in NYC of very high paying jobs which drive a considerable amount of our tax base. We wouldn’t want him to move even more employees to Miami. These non-resident owners also already pay a lot of taxes including mansion taxes, real estate taxes, sales taxes and more. While @NYCMayor Mamdani likes the tag line ‘Tax the rich.’ Unfortunately, his policies will harm the constituencies he is supposedly trying to help. I can’t imagine the NYC construction unions are excited about his plan.

This smarmy Marxist doesn't see taxes primarily as a way to provide necessary public services. He sees them as revenge. He celebrates the confiscation of wealth he did nothing to earn. This is pure class envy, and it's hideous.

The deep state was able to neutralize Swalwell in just 7 days, yet people still think they have dirt on Trump.

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Tremendous cultural output. The entire world is bathed in it. Fish don’t know they are in water.

just “right” just as a public opinion poll has zero bearing on the truth nature of a claim popularity has no bearing on what is right or wrong

The memes on this are pretty on point. ‘Merica

dwarkesh: “wouldn’t selling nvidia chips to china enable them to train models like claude mythos with cyber offensive capabilities that would be threats to american companies and national security?” jensen: “what the fuck did you just fucking say to me, you little bitch?”

@beffjezos did that when i was five

If you're so smart, why haven't you integrated your shadow yet?