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A substantial fraction of givewell's time has been devoted to dealing with USAID cuts

nobody wants to talk about the early modern, smh

"men only want to talk about ancient rome but women only want to talk about the industrial revolution" awww yeah NOW we're gendermaxxing baby

Shout out to 1919 though

I'm just kind of flabbergasted that he's posting here and hasn't either been banned or on one of my subscribed blocklists.

Also jfc

weirdly similar to homelessness in that way. the version of the issue that is visible to people and the version that compromises the bulk of the problem are fairly tangentially related

The thing is, if you’re Iran, endless ceasefires while economic pressure mounts seems pretty close to ideal

I think the "you need to use this or get left behind" messaging is imported from crypto where it was based on crypto being hyper deflationary so early adopters are rewarded. GenAI is fundamentally a technology that gets easier to use as time goes on, if the value prop doesn't appeal don't use it.

I'd be ok if the reason were the same as in Wisconsin

re: what Ds with power should do for immigration *immediately*- not discounting other things, just do this first: turn the entire ICE OBBBA slush fund into funding for judges and other process support staff. move as many people waiting on hearings out of limbo as u can while working on other things

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pocketbook.ch is pretty nice tbh. Then again I was pretty happy with a kindle from like 2010. A bunch of decent competitors sprung up when the patent expired a while back

the real lesson of Civil War is that cameras are actually more powerful than firearms

with the water issues IT’S THE FARMER’S FAULT BLAME THE FUCKING FARMERS is like Newtonian physics: it won’t get every single particular right, but for practical purposes it’s all the information you need most of the time

oh my goodness that snoot

Somewhere Bismarck is looking down in confusion as Germany projects power by sending 4,000 pensioners, 12 buffet stations and a TUI loyalty program through the Strait of Hormuz

well those are Indian tbh, but yeah. Algebra was invented in Baghdad

this is america, at best it’d be imperial stouts though (the ipa of stouts)

Ed's right: most developers don't often demand it. They look around at "comps" and see everything with (mandated) parking. They'll thus say, "I can [lease/sell/finance] anything without 1:1 parking!" They can't imagine a new market. And they definitely can't imagine sites unlocked by a reform.

"They were so lucky I was looking"

Ummm no. Stopping in time for a child running onto the street is not heroic/lucky, it is your goddamn obligation as a driver. Cost of entry. Kids are allowed to be unpredictable, you are not.

Text from Top to Bottom: Community Eviction Response Minneapolis Community Leaders Training Tues. Apr 21 6PM - 8PM Minneapolis’ March 2026 eviction filing rates are up 60.3% compared to March 2025. This event is for mutual aid organizers, rapid response networks, impacted community leaders, educators, social workers, advocates, and tenant leaders to: Bring more clarity to understanding the eviction process and timelines Raise awareness of the agency tenants have to interrupt the process Give emergent organizing networks and community leaders the legal information to create strategies for eviction response and broad information sharing Our aim is to give a legal overview of the eviction process, share resources for eviction defense, and arm advocates with the knowledge needed to keep neighbors housed and combat mass displacement. This event will be hybrid and hosted in the Harrison Neighborhood, address will be given to registrants.

🏠️ In Minneapolis, the March 2026 eviction filing rates are up 60.3% compared to March 2025. Join Housing Justice League Tuesday for a legal overview of the eviction process, resource sharing for eviction defense, and help combat mass displacement.

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The weather underground murdered the first black school superintendent in the usa because he worked at a high school that was going to require ID. And they believed ID cards were fascist

that's not a prole revolution though

electric sport bike is kinda funny to me ngl.

Nothing says the lightning fast decisions can't be made by a congressionally approved presidential appointment though. Vesting power in the presidency specifically instead of "guy in charge of dropping/launching nukes" was a contingent choice.

sure you do, hit the bricks, which you only can't do because of single family housing

We should let private equity buy up as many homes as they can because renters have a class interest towards more home construction

reasons I'm no longer in Norcal. Selfish pricks

ah yeah Davis was like this too. Funny how college towns sort of have that dynamic of tourism, albeit with *much* better jobs

A flatscreen display on a "smart" water fountain, demanding to be reconnected to the internet.

In 1999, I was playing a decker in Shadowrun, and tried to distract a guard by hacking a water fountain to overflow, and my GM said "why would a water fountain be on the network? That's fucking stupid. No you can't try."

Well it's 2026 and I just want you to know, Phil, that I FUCKING CALLED IT!