@justindeanlee Okay, I ordered your stupid book, it better be as good as the tweet if there will be complaints. Oh yes, there will be complaints!
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James Clary
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James Clary
@VirginiaJim
Math and History teacher living in RVA
Richmond, VA Katılım Mayıs 2008
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Since I have your attention, buy my book of stories: passage.press/products/priso…
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The first time I abandoned a girlfriend in the mountains was an accident.
We had an argument about something trivial, and she decided to go off on her own for a bit to cool down. I insisted she stick to the trail, but she said she didn’t need me mansplaining how to find her way in the woods. So I dropped it. How does one manage to get lost on a mountainside, anyway? You just walk downhill until you hit a switchback or reach the valley. Common sense stuff.
Well, she managed it. When she didn’t turn up by nightfall, I contacted the ranger station and they set out to find her. By 1am, I got tired of waiting and drove home.
They called the next morning to say they’d found her in a makeshift den she’d dug beneath a deadfall. She was naked, gone completely feral, her face painted with menstrual blood. A ranger tried to wrap a blanket around her shoulders, and she bit a golf ball-sized gobbet of flesh from his shoulder. So they sedated her and took her straight to the nearest hospital.
That was three years ago and she still hasn’t recovered human language.
Needless to say, I acquired a taste for it. I’m up to a baker’s dozen now, not counting the one that found her way back to the car before I could drive off.
But you never forget your first. Sarah will always have a special place in my heart.
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"It is remarkable, and wildly counterintuitive, not only that the question "Who is in charge of the supply of bread to New York?" has no answer, but that the supply of bread to New York is better managed by a system in which there is no answer than by one in which there is." John Kay.
Dr Anton Howes@antonhowes
What happened in the 1550s when the government capped the price of fish. Sneak peek from my book draft.
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@asymmetricinfo @rationalhumanis My grandmother refused to stop going out with other men until my grandfather proposed (should would go out with him on Fridays, then with someone else on Saturday), while that is a bit archaic, I think the basic idea holds…
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@rationalhumanis The women have the responsibility to leave. But the boyfriend is making promises he has no clear intention of honoring, and that is on him.
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In fairness, I follow a popular subreddit for women who want to get married and whose boyfriends are stringing them along, and in 99% of cases, this is the correct advice.
Aakash Gupta@aakashgupta
50% of all relationship advice on Reddit is “leave.” 15 years of data, 52 million comments, and the trend line only goes one direction. A researcher filtered r/relationship_advice down to 1,166,592 quality comments and tracked what people actually recommend. In 2010, “End Relationship” sat around 30%. By 2025, it’s approaching 50%. “Communicate” dropped from 22% to 14%. “Compromise” collapsed from 7% to 3%. “Give Space” fell from 25% to 13%. Every category that requires patience lost ground every single year. The one category growing faster than “leave” is “Seek Therapy,” which went from 1% to 6%. The subreddit is slowly learning to say “this is above my pay grade.” Train a model on this dataset and it would absolutely tell people to break up. The training data is 50% “leave” and climbing. The model wouldn’t be broken. It would be accurately reflecting what 52 million commenters actually believe about your relationship. A 50% prior that you should leave, a 14% prior that you should talk about it, and a 6% prior that you need a professional. That’s not LLM psychosis. That’s the median human opinion on your relationship, backed by the largest advice dataset ever assembled.
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everyone wants a village, but no one wants to be a villager
> drive your friends to the airport
> go to their party even when you're tired
> stop cancelling last minute
> host at your place
> support the wins & losses
it's worth every ounce of effort
E5@E5THXR
Hate to break it to you guys but sometimes you have to do things you don’t like for the sake of having a community. Avoiding consistency with the people in your life is working against us and the data already shows it. If you think connections can be sustained on absence carry on
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@mattyglesias I love you, don't ever change.
To be fair, doesnt even have to be continuous, just many more tax brackets with smaller jumps so that silly discontinuities and tax avoidance behaviors don't crop up
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@lymanstoneky Yeah. I remember talking with my Dad in Middle School, and he explained that Richmond was a state capital, had a military base close by (Ft. Lee in Petersburg) and that we were near a lot of other targets that would get pasted (Norfolk Naval Base and Washington DC). Fun times...
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Yes, in a great power war, major US cities will be nuked. This is obviously true. How could anybody think otherwise?
Special Providence Poster (GDP Stan)@DavidLiptonWI
A ton of US bases are co-located in large urban areas. Does that give other countries (mostly 2) the right to nuke Miami & Los Angeles?
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@AndrewDamitio Can I get this sign for my yard... not really, because I don't put political things in my yard or on my card, but I agree with every word
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My political views tend to raise eyebrows.
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Fun fact. Finland has been among the fastest declining countries in Pisa over the last twenty years, wrecking it's previously excellent education system with whacky ideas.
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@Doug_Lemov Does anyone have a recommendation for a math curriculum that follows those principles? When I have had full control, I have chosen Saxon, but the fully spiraled nature and the integrated geometry doesn't work well in a large department.
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The number of math curricula that are not aligned to cognitive science—that presume discovery learning as a design principle—is a quiet scandal in the US. Talking to a great district last week. They take the science seriously. They can barely find a math program that doesn’t design daily lessons around novice learners guessing inefficiently at solutions.
Claire Honeycutt | ClarifiED 🕊️❤️@HippyMomPhD
You won't like to hear this, but Saxon was the first math program that helped my struggling math student. It's not flashy, it's not colorful. It is slow, practice-heavy, procedural program. And it works.
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Which helmet theme would you pick for the next City Edition for Tulane?
1️⃣ Crescent City
2️⃣ Fleur De Lis
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This decision in 2011
Bracco | Social Sportsbook@PlayBracco
What’s the one decision you’d reverse immediately from your team?
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@NateSilver538 @MattGlassman312 We hosted a big Christmas Party &wine nights monthly which everyone loved, saying how much they enjoyed it... & my wife and I tried to explain they also could host regular get-togethers if they wanted.
Admittedly, with wife's work, kids schedules, etc, we are down 2 two a year
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@MattGlassman312 Yeah maybe it's kind of a "Hockey Belt" (Midwest & colder parts of the Northeast) thing but I unironically think having something like this 1x a week to 1x a month makes a lot of people way happier.
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I recommend the W-S-O-P Method instead (play the World Series of Poker every year).
Ben Meer@SystemSunday
An idea I’m implementing in my life: The 1-6-4 Method. Popularized by entrepreneur and author Jesse Itzler, it’s a foolproof way to make sure you always have fun planned throughout the year. 1. Plan one big “year-making” event This is inspired by the Japanese concept of Misogi (a challenging annual endeavor). Pick one massive defining challenge or event for the year that pushes you to grow past your limits: • A long endurance event (like a marathon) • A big personal project (like finally starting that side business) • Something transformative (like a multi-day solo backpacking trip) This’ll act as the anchor for your year. 2. Schedule 6 mini-adventures for every other month Lock in one small, exciting experience every other month (6 per year): • Going camping at a national park • Traveling on vacation to a place you’ve never been • Attending a music festival where your favorite artist is performing • Hosting a group of friends for a dinner party and game night • Explore a new part of your city that you’ve always wanted to visit 3. Implement a winning habit every quarter Add one positive, compounding habit every 3 months (4 per year). It could be drinking more water, walking 10k steps per day, meditating, being on time, or any small routine that improves your life. These are your building blocks for long-term growth. — We’ve become bad at leisure. The digital world isn’t bringing as much joy to our lives. Having alternative choices (using the 1-6-4 Method) to look forward to throughout the year makes life so much more enjoyable. And remember: Put these on your calendar so they actually happen rather than staying as ideas. Cheers to more joy this year and beyond. 🥂 ♻️ Retweet to share this with your network. ➕ Follow @SystemSunday for more content like this.
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@devarbol Man, the cultural revolution looks like it had a big impact on births...
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did they come sailing in
Andrea Matranga 🇺🇦🌻@andreamatranga
They were digging a metro in Naples and accidentally found three Roman ships
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@AlanMCole @woke8yearold My main thought is setting up help for education, hard for parents to put money away when kid is born, but not so hard for parents.
That said, appreciate my inlaws who should be fine for at least two decades versus my mom where me and three brothers continue to split expenses
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@woke8yearold I think the planning for grandchildren is typically the right time for large financial help.
if the kid is chilling in their 20s, they can and should figure out how to finance that.
Parents should also help with certain genuinely useful but costly educations.
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The rich boomer not helping their kid stories always hit harder when the kid has children of their own. It's difficult for me to imagine that state of mind-being old, rich, and being like whatever fuck my grandkids I'm hoarding my money like a dragon. It's not even hedonism
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@asymmetricinfo @Eastsidetrout @jbarro The price of communist occupation is always too high Megan.
Always. Too. High. 😂
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@Eastsidetrout @jbarro Sure. The question is always "at what price?"
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New Central Air asks the big questions, like why did Tim Walz become such a hate figure for Republicans, and is Venezuela’s sour oil that great a prize, and is New York now under communist occupation? centralairpodcast.com/p/rabbit-rabbi…
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@mattyglesias I used to complain about these tax breaks... Would argue we should just send them a check if it was that important to you, but that kind of thing is far more painful than tax expenditures
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@karenhanretty @bendreyfuss I want to grow some of my own food, but unfortunately I would just be feeding the out of control deer population in my neighborhood
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@bendreyfuss That garden is an all-you-can-eat salad bar for rabbits, squirrels, deer and those disgusting green worms that feed on broccoli leaves and lettuce.
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I hate this meme so much. Here are thousands of words about how stupid it is calmdownben.com/p/if-every-law…
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@mattyglesias I think this gets into the idea that classes are supposed to be motivating/fun, and misses the fact that sometimes you have to fight through a novel/writing assignment.
Just like watching a football game as a spectator is enjoyable, but breaking down a football game is work
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