The Production of Atrocity Spectacles
There's a point in >>4624 that I want to elaborate on, although it's tangential to the main discussion so I'm not gonna derail in that thread. Why do some atrocities get tons of attention? OP writes:...
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Heart of Darkness
There are four global trends that threaten major crises in our lifetime: birthrate collapse, US-China conflict, AI runaway, and the one singular continent whose population continues to double. The first three of these are discussed ad nauseum in popular di...
What We Owe Charlie Kirk
As you've all seen by now, Charlie Kirk was martyred for having the courage to openly proclaim the ideals and realities this country was built on. I didn't agree with him about many things, but I find that I agree with him a lot more now that I've watched ...
We can't keep living like this - murder of Iryna Zarutska
I'm very upset by this. I was reluctant to watch the un-edited video full video, but I did. We can't keep living like this....
Bismarck's Latest on Northrop Grumman
Yesterday, Samo Burja of Bismarck Analysis and their "Briefs" newsletter/product wrote on Northrop Grumman's technological expertise (stealth capacities) and their shortcomings as an institution beholden to Pentagon & state-driven initiatives as well as (n...
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OpenAI vs. New York Times on "Data Preservation
In 2023 the Times sued both Microsoft and OpenAI, and claimed both were using millions of NYT articles w/o permission to train LLMs. A little over a week ago a court determined that OpenAI did, in fact, have to preserve + segregate all output log data. Ope...
The Trump vibe shift is primarily urban
What is going on here? Big republican gains in cities, blue gains everywhere else. Anecdotally it checks out in my circles: lots of right-leaning friends in SF, NYC, Miami, LA. But why?...
4chan collapses in massive ball of flames, leaving imageboard crown in the gutter. (Refugees Welcome!)
late last night, 4chan was finally kill. According to random anons on twitter, it was a massive hack that exploited outdated (since 2016) BSD issues to dump the database and take down the site. Some interesting claims flying around are that most /pol/ post...
The case for Trump's deficit-reciprocal tariff plan
I didn't get the Trump tariffs at first. It seemed like a hastily implemented half-thought economic trainwreck. Or at least that's what the stock market says. But now I think I understand some of the logic....
Trump Admin 2 Months In
The Trump 47 administration has been in office roughly 2 months. I created this thread so people can discuss their actions, where they’ve been succeeding, and where they can to do better....
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Leibnizian Supercoordination
Continuing off of a few prior threads:...
Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening.
Thread for discussion of the recent interview of Curtis Yarvin for the New York Times. I thought this was a great interview and am still in awe that the Times published this. Seemed unimaginable 4 years ago. My thoughts will be the first reply. Feel free t...
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New Mag Cooperation - Rumors of Discontent
Palladium’s publication frequency has recently been inconsistent, with the most current article in the most recent issue dating back to 2022. Its purpose should be to provide a reliable platform for uniting thinkers and policy innovators from key hubs li...
"Trump's America"
I would assume some of you might be celebrating, others don't have high expectations of the upcoming administration....
Californa Forever
California Forever announced that it had gathered enough signatures to qualify an initiative for the ballot in Solano County—the next step in the company’s plan for a high-tech, green, walkable city of 400,000 on 60,000-acres of what is now marginal ra...
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Is the SAT meant to favor Jews?
It's known that Jews have much worse spatial ability compared to their verbal and mathematical skills. Isn't it interesting how the SAT only tests those skills?...
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