Jacob Bacharach
87 posts
Jacob Bacharach
@jakebackpack
Novelist. Critic. Books about crooks.
Extended Greater Appalachia Katılım Mayıs 2009
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@dwdavison Every generation gets the Friedman unit it so richly deserves.
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just another month of bombing bro I swear they’ll be done after just like one more month and then a little ground invasion bro that’s all we need bro just 4 solid weeks of bombing and then we invade please bro that’s all I need just a month of war and a little war after that bro
Steve Lookner@lookner
"'We need about a month to weaken the Iranians more with strikes, take the island and then get them by the balls and use it for negotiations,' a source with knowledge of the White House thinking said." axios.com/2026/03/20/ira…
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@getfiscal On the other hand, the poet, Lyle Lovett, once wrote:
Now I crept up from behind her
She looked so fine to me
When I stepped around her, man
My eyes could plainly see
She was ugly from the front
She was ugly from the front
She was ugly from the front
I said ugly-ugly-ugly-ugly
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I remember Lukács saying somewhere that everyone has a certain beauty, if only in the humanity of their eyes. Something to think about.
Jessica Green 💚@JessicaTheGreen
Don't hate me for this but, I don't buy "poly" relationships. I think its just uglies grouping up for survival.
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@zsitter Forget just dropping out! Retention rates also include *transfers*!
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@jakebackpack The retention rates at elite schools are also crazy high; it's harder to drop out of MIT than to get in.
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If I were writing about higher ed, I would simply call up @jakebackpack and ask him instead.
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Nearly 90% of MIT undergrads graduate with no debt, and of those who do have debt, the median is just $20K, which is materially better in both % of population and total dollars owed than either Purdue or ASU.
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The Make North Carolina Virginia Act.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur
WSJ editorial board on SAVE America Act: “In the MAGA era, the bill could even marginally hurt the GOP. Kamala Harris in 2024 won college graduates and voters earning over $100,000 a year. Mr. Trump carried those with no degrees and lower salaries. Which coalition is most likely not to have passports and birth certificates handy?” wsj.com/opinion/save-a…
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I tried to schedule 15 minutes to ponder @pmarca's ideas on introspection on my calendar but it keeps getting bumped to finish projects. The tl/dr?
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