I first crossed paths with his work when he talked about "the West's 10 killer apps" that led to European dominance over the last several centuries and immediately noticed that they were all things that emerged as benefits of imperialism not causes of dominance. Can't take him seriously now.

Praise from Niall Ferguson is the first red flag.

Trans Magic Player With Empty Hand Thoughtseized Anyways | Commander's Herald It's not about helping anyone, it's about sending a message. Not sure who originally said that, but I'm pretty sure it was the good guy."

I've known writers who use subtext and none of them can block warriors.
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If it's anything like the actual Onion, if it's not true now it will be soon.

We had the only smart lamp we'd ever need when they invented The Clapper.

Defector is honestly doing far better journalism than any of the corporate owned media outlets, which shows how little the "Stick to Sports" guy understood what he had at Deadspin back in the day.

Repulsion is a form of magnetism...

The Party of Stolen Valor strikes again

Please make sure that it also covers any crazy adventuring in Greenland.

He's sitting down with the Baileys to find out what he should put in his Sternly Worded Letter™

Based on my experiences on Facebook, 10% seems low.

I thought this was going to be about his NYT Op-Ed yesterday about why Democrats should snuggle up to big oil. I should have known that he can be deeply stupid multiple times on the same day.

Came to say this. Also ties into another BobbyBroccoli video series "The [Rise/Lies/Demise] of Jan Hendrick Schon"

"I thought you said 'I'll be the President of Peace. No New Wars'"

"Sorry, that was a typo on the campaign poster. It was supposed to say, 'I'll be the President of Peace? No, New Wars!'"

He was the mad wizard that created the Abomination of Pure Evil, which devoured him and spat him back out to properly start the plot.

So that's how Waffle House can get supplies during a natural disaster...

Considering the idea is part of the execution, I'd like to know the rare exception? Breathing?

So this is looking less like the dot-com bubble and more like... South Sea?

So it's exactly like the dot com bubble?

Isn't this literally what Enron was doing before they collapsed?

It's the oldest trick in American Politics. During the lead-up to the revolution, you had literal slave owners calling a small tax increase "slavery."

How many of that billion is because they have no choice but see Google's AI search results or get stuck with always-on Copilot because institutional accounts have copilot managed centrally by default?

a man with a beard and glasses is standing in front of a podium and smiling . Alt: a man with a beard and glasses is standing in front of a podium and smiling . He says, "I've been here the whole time"

Media: I think it's time to jump onto the "AI is all hype" train
Ed:

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Yglesias seems like another one of those people who took a bunch of entry level social sciences courses in undergrad and stopped reading there, but believe their social and political theories should be taken seriously.

The vast majority rapists "getting away with it" are the result of police failing to investigate or prosecutors declining to prosecute. And it has little to do with the quality of evidence: Prosecutors will decline to prosecute with ample evidence and prosecute with flimsy bullshit.

I went and read the threads... This is a truly unhinged take that fundamentally misunderstands what a criminal defense attorney - especially a public defender - does in the justice system.

Prosecutors and police do far, far more to let rapists get away with rape than defense attorneys do.

It looks like the South Sea Company is a sure bet!