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I'm very pleased to have placed second against a field of some very reliable forecasters in the Astral Codex Ten 2023 forecasting contest. Congrats to victors! astralcodexten.com/p/who-predicte…

@BriannaWu It's shameful that this is the better party. And yet somehow it is.

It’s so embarrassing that this is my party.

@Nedsfeed @CoreyWriting Diana Fox in shambles at the news

Counterpoint: Let people enjoy things.

@ForcingMove @Madhaterproject @xwanyex Primaries, downballot elections, etc

@wc1766 @Madhaterproject @xwanyex How? By looking at their identical ballots every election?

It comes up over and over again that liberals think conservative types are creating special exceptions for their enemies whenever the conservative has blindly applied their conception of justice. That’s how you get liberals saying stuff like, “oh I’m sure you’d be jumping straight to execution if this were a white guy“ and then every single time a white guy commits a heinous crime the entire right in unison chants, “execute him.” Or, to take another example, consider the way in which liberals always think that conservatives want and expect immigrants to behave in a certain way just simply because they hate immigrants, when the conservative is merely applying the same standard to which they would hold themselves in a foreign country. In these cases and many others, liberals are confused by a straightforward and universal conception of justice.

@ContraPoints Hilary the Destroyer

gonna have to disagree with you there comrade

@Pies_of_Lee That's the point.

this sounds profound until you think about it for 2 seconds and realise that everything we do requires the labour of others, even being born

@Madhaterproject @xwanyex Yes

@wc1766 @xwanyex Do you? Honest question

@MemeticDesigns @xwanyex This might have been true if politics began and ended with a single presidential election.

@wc1766 @xwanyex All the various and sundry factions of The Left are functionally identical from a real politic standpoint. They are more like departments each specialized to its particular sub goal of the omnicause.

@Noahpinion As long as you know it's satire, I guess.

Buahahahahahaha

@eigenrobot Trump seems more ruled by his base passions than any political constraint. I suspect the humiliation of surrender would outweigh his concern for the dow jones.

i don't think he can restart the war "very easily" actually if transit returns to something even a bit like normalcy, political pressure to avoid another closure will be immense

Trump forces enemy to negotiate through use of extreme threats, allowing him to de-escalate: TACO!!! Trump if he had actually escalated and followed through on the extreme threats: Oooooh Allah, ohhhh the UN, human rights, international law, please save us, literal Hitler, greatest monster of history Trump Derangement Syndrome

@jaketapper A touching paschal message from our president.

Latest message to Iranian leaders from President Trump: @realDonaldTrump/116351998782539414" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru…

I hate populists. Even in their wildest dreams they can only imagine subsidizing demand.

@orthonormalist Most SCOTUS cases are unanimous. If anything it's a sign that things are working as intended.

If you instigate a Supreme Court case and lose it 9-0 you should be banished from public office, disbarred, etc.

@eigenrobot @MIB_India Congratulations!

please forgive me for my bluntness @MIB_India, understand i am not familiar with your culture, but how many people do i have to bribe to receive this service

(Georgist meeting) we recognize that we are holding this meeting on untaxed land,

לדברי כל מי שמתנהל מולו, הקרדינל פיצבאלה הוא אדם ישר והגון שמקפיד לקיים יחסים תקינים עם ממשלת ישראל. וגם אם הוא לא היה כזה – כך לא מתייחסים לנציג הכנסיה הקתולית על 1.4 מיליארד מאמיניה. האיוולת הזאת חייבת להיפסק מיד. יש להתנצל בפניו, להזמין אותו לקיים את הטקס עכשיו, ולהבטיח ששטות כזו לא תחזור על עצמה בעתיד. haaretz.co.il/news/local/202…

@eigenrobot Kharg is the solution to Iran's lack of deepwater ports. If the US destroys the island's capability to move oil, there's no economic incentive for Iran to open the strait or otherwise agree to a peace deal.

what i dont understand is why occupy the island instead of simply knocking out port infrastructure to prevent loading if that's the objective. my context is thin and i imagine there are good reasons but i am curious what could justify the cost