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21. Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures ... have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. 22. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what?

⚠️ Palantir released what it describes as a vision for “The Technological Republic” in which it argues AGAINST democratic and cultural pluralism and FOR militaristic supremacy enforced by a technocratic elite who produce AI weaponry.

These points stand out:

I think I'm done with Hank Green YouTube video by Kyle the Scott

@hankgreen.bsky.social I find it weird you haven't had a conversation on-video with anyone sharing this AI perspective yet, and that you haven't makes it feel like your videos are continuously painted away from that direction.

The Truth About the Social Media Addiction Trial YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ype6...

It's a joke edit of a 2025 post he sent about Charlie Kirk, date is still in the picture

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#ブルアカ #ブルーアーカイブ #BlueArchive

I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills. The answer involves a company that profits from your data writing laws ... I've been pulling public records on the wave of "age verification" bills moving through US state legislatures. IRS 990 filings, Senate lobbying...

@taylorlorenz.bsky.social dont know if you've seen these, but might be worth seeing if you can verify

old.reddit.com/r/linux/comm...

old.reddit.com/r/linux/comm...

They Are Trying To Kill The Internet YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

You should listen to Taylor Lorenz and subscribe to her channel.

We need to protect Section 230 and the freedom of computers, firmware, software, operating systems and the internet.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=_eqt...

CALL CONGRESS!! : 202-224-3121

Your Phone Is Not The Problem YouTube video by Crimes New Roman

This video made me cry because I’ve never seen anyone voice everything so clearly. Please please watch it

WIRED is probably the most reputable website I know, I think you'd have to make a hard case for any article on there being false given their entire reputation is on the line every time

What Abundance Misses YouTube video by Unlearning Economics Live

I agree that we should always push for way more than that, but on its face "more housing" is hard to challenge,
I'd recommend Unlearning Economics. He demystifies and outlines how they didn't think about it as much as their circlejerking 'round policy-focus implies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxzd...

@mattxiv.bsky.social it'd be better if you could attack the policy of abundance or go "yes, and..", rather than say it's sinister due to donations because donations opens a whole can of worm of counter-arguments and trifling in meta discussion.

IVE: BET SABER FRIDAY VRCHAT YOGA N FISHING LATER

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#vtuber #vrchat #kpop #yapping #trans

lefties always gotta shut down the funny people who dont use materialist analysis, boriiing

the United States is the enemy.
Post-Trump too.
Jesus Christ.

Suppose that a professor of chemistry were to say: “The world is threatened by a great catastrophe; God has not taken proper precautions. I have analyzed the air that comes from human lungs, and I have come to the conclusion that it is not fit to breathe; so that, by calculating the volume of the atmosphere, I can predict the day when it will be entirely polluted, and when mankind will die of consumption, unless it adopts an artificial mode of respiration of my invention.” Another professor steps forward and says: “No, mankind will not perish thus. It is true that the air that has already served to sustain animal life is vitiated for that purpose; but it is fit for plant life, and what plants exhale is favorable to human respiration. An incomplete study has induced some to think that God made a mistake; a more exact inquiry shows a harmonious design in His handiwork. Men can continue to breathe as Nature willed it.” What should we say if the first professor overwhelmed the second with abuse, saying: “You are a chemist with a cold, hard, dried-up heart; you preach the horrible doctrine of laissez faire; you do not love mankind, since you demonstrate the uselessness of my respiratory apparatus.”

Reading Friedrich Bastiat on pollution in the 19th Century just convinced me that reactionaries have been imagining a guy being mean to them and letting it change their politics since forever

www.econlib.org/library/Bast...

Rent controls are coming to the UK - but they're not a guaranteed win for tenants Rent controls are coming to the UK - but they're not a guaranteed win for tenants

Pretty good write-up on the rent control debate by the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What the “Abundance Agenda” Leaves Out Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book Abundance has plenty of merits, writes Matt Bruenig, but its emphasis on growth and innovation must be married to other egalitarian concerns.

Started reading this without looking at the author and after a few paragraphs I was like "wait, is this @mattbruenig.bsky.social" and sure enough, it was jacobin.com/2025/03/abun...

How The Stock Market Made Money Even Faker - SOME MORE NEWS YouTube video by Some More News

@unlearnecon.bsky.social Hey you might hate this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYHH...

Cover of discussion paper ‘The US dollar system as a source of international disorder’

‘The more that other countries look to escape US financial coercion, the more the US will scale it up… The global dollar system may now be a source of instability rather than stability.’ Our new paper by
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social & @himself.bsky.social
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/60...

marcille from dungeon meshi, an elven woman with blonde braids and green eyes, wearing a teal cloak, with a finger pointed upwards smiling with she has a book in her other hand

Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥

Oshi no Ko opening 3 test me holy fucking peak

bro aint dying, hes immortal

New years resolutions summarized:

I don't think anyone is saying Newsom isn't really anti-trump, I think the problem might be that a large amount of people are pretty tired of both Center policies and the old Democrat mentality that he seems all too confident in

Why I’m Building Everything in Godot (And You Should Too) YouTube video by NodeArchitect

#gamedev #godot #GodotEngine
𝓖𝓸𝓭𝓸𝓽𝓔𝓷𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓮:
youtu.be/xsZl2F26DLA?...

Quote with art you have gotten from other artists and promote them! ✨🎨

Scope out these cool peeps~!
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@let01.bsky.social
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