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A must read - Ofc this crazy lady is pro-fetal personhood and associated with Andreessen Horowitz. WILD that she put this all on the record. Her husband seems to realize she’s nuts. Hope he can get out before they pull the trigger on another surrogate.
See, I think this description is Victor being an unreliable narrator. Transparent, jaundiced skin does not a hotty make. Regular features yes, but the one full face pic of Elordi is not off putting enough.
That’s fair. My view from inside a large US company is that the vibe is still watchful waiting. No major changes on the horizon. Trade associations might be another matter, but that eventually trickles down because of still-market ESG demands for political transparency.
G Corsetti, S Lloyd, and D Ostry analyse the US$ depreciation following the 'Liberation Day' tariff announcement and find that while the depreciation is consistent with earlier findings, the sustained rise in long-term Treasury yields is unprecedented. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky
Read about how Francis J. Allman, Chief Judge of Florida’s Second Judicial District, is an un-American censorial fascist thug worthy of contempt.
That’s a reasonable choice and one a lot of people wish they could make. At this point, I think we could still achieve a lot of deterrence by getting organized and armed. If we don’t do that soon, it will be too late.
I think my side needs to learn the lesson of Ukraine and *get* armed if we’re to have any hope of deterring further unlawful incursions. We can disarm on a mutual basis when the contract between the states has been stabilized.
We are literally on the precipice of an armed invasion of a blue state by a red state force. What the fuck is wrong with people carrying on about gun control right now? It’s madness. This is not an abstract data science project. We’re staring down the barrel of prolonged social unrest and violence.
We’ll see. I’m less pessimistic about SCOTUS on this than you are. Moreover, I do not believe that there is any scenario where peaceful secession can happen. I continue to hope that full blown conflict can be avoided, but some reckoning is inevitable.
So you end up in a situation where the only armed people are the die hard right wingers who are armed to the teeth and will never do a voluntary buyback? All while throwing gasoline on the fire of their anti-government paranoia? Hard pass. Unilateral disarmament is not the answer.
We must stop treating guns as an abstract evil to be defeated and instead treat them like the useful, dangerous tools they are. We can talk about bilateral disarmament when we reach the next Reconstruction.
That path might be the socially optimal route if we weren’t under siege by armed extremists, but we are. Our circumstances are unlikely to improve for many years. This bleak reality demands a more pragmatic and defensive approach to this issue.
I am sympathetic to the view that we have too many guns in circulation, but there is no conceivable political (not to mention legal) path to reducing that number other than through prospective prohibition and attrition.
That said, I take issue with stupid sexy monster. They should have fucked up Elordi’s face a bit.
It’s even better if you read it alongside Paradise Lost.
~film the cops~ ~film the cops~ ~film~the~cops~ (ESPECIALLY IF U ARE WHITE)
I agree with your overall argument, but I would suggest that firms under political control can and do donate to the opposition party (assuming elections are still held). Look at the political lobbying disclosures of utility companies, for example.
Like priest holes in England. Neat.
I can’t quibble with Democrats trying new things when business as usual isn’t working. Who cares if Gavin beclowns himself? Nothing of value will be lost.
Fair critique, but making the monster overly attractive does seem wrong. Elordi’s height is perfect for the role, but his face should have been taken down several notches.
I for one would never buy a nonverbal dog.
Per the Trump DOJ, you can still get a FRT and (mostly) live out your Rambo dreams.
Conspicuous consumption goes in and out of style, often in reaction to the business cycle. In 2016, we were still in the post-GFC era in which conspicuous consumption was at an ebb. Now, it’s come roaring back.
Probably a placeholder so they can go shopping together (which is far more sensible than trying to find the one without her input).
If he isn’t already violent with students, why would carrying a gun make him more of a risk? The greater risk seems to be a kid accessing the weapon somehow (either due to his negligence or a targeted attack on him to take it).
I think it holds up a mirror to MAGA and forces them to confront Trump’s ridiculousness. It may work on the margins, particularly with low-information, first-time Trump voters who aren’t diehard cultists.
Also this reminds me of an alcohol-fueled conversation in which a partner asked a female junior about her childbearing plans and encouraged her not to fuck up her very bright future at the firm lol. This was high praise but goddamn.
I agree it’s not a law of nature (and some firms/offices/groups do much better than others). However, I am pessimistic about the general dynamic improving without radical changes. Just like we’ve been talking about it for years but IB associates are still dying in their offices…
I think it’s both, though tbf Gen Z associates were doing a good job of pushing back on unreasonable availability expectations before I went in-house. Not sure if things have changed with the market softening
That may be true of criminals but not of law-abiding California gun owners. Some gun stores in Nevada and Arizona won’t even sell ammunition to California residents who visit those states to legally hunt/shoot because of California’s strict laws.
You must not be a lawyer because if you were, you’d understand that’s preposterous. Your primary value-add as a junior is 24/7 availability. Only when you advance and take on more supervisory responsibility do you have any semblance of control over your schedule.
As an example, I started my career in biglaw. In my office and practice group, there were no junior women who had children. Junior men, yes. Junior women, no.
What do you mean? It is harder to get an advanced degree if you’re bearing and rearing children in your 20s. Likewise, it is harder to nail your critical first opportunities (and outcompete male or child-free peers) if you need to take maternity leave or leave work early for carpool.
They could request support from California’s small militia in the meantime, but really all blue states should be organizing/expanding state militias rn.
And too often it’s a lady with straight hair wielding a brush against a someone with a different hair type that doesn’t really like to be brushed.
“The question now is whether users are comfortable supporting a tech company that openly collaborates with the U.S. military, regardless of how securely their data is handled.”
“Corporate-owned media” is a misnomer (and lawyers especially know this), but it’s much easier to say that than to say “media controlled by oligarchs/vulture capitalists.”
John Roberts out there tearing out his hair screaming "You can do anything but two things! Fire the Fed and start a civil war!" Everything sucks but I hope he rots in hell especially
It’s maddening and a huge hurdle in mobilizing the public against authoritarianism.
Possible next move for Pritzker.
Unless a big donor does something really egregious, yes. I’m not yet convinced the cop is off the beat, but this is a troubling development.
No bueno.
Double action revolvers don’t even need to be disassembled for cleaning. They’re somewhat obsolete but are known quantities and have some nice safety features.
California’s gun laws are designed to ensure that fascist-sympathizing cops can outgun us even off duty/in their personal capacities. That’s one reason that getting cops on side is at the center of Balaji Srinivasan’s The Network State.
Yep. It’s really complicated (especially if, like me, you are not mechanically inclined). Now that I am more educated about firearms, I can’t unsee how wrong Hollywood gets it, not to mention how counterproductive many gun control laws are.
really remarkable how clear eyed Pritzker is about all this
You will probably find that it is much harder to buy a gun than you thought lol
And if you live in a blue state, you need to build in more time because of waiting periods, licensing reqs, limited retail/training options, etc. It takes a good deal of time to understand applicable laws and figure out what firearms/ammunition/storage makes sense for you given available options.
AND THIS RIGHT HERE IS ABSOLUTE TRUTH...
Now, while they are still legal, is the time to secure firearms and ammunition and practice using them. As people from immigrant backgrounds with experience living through dictatorship can tell you, by the time you realize you won’t be able to later, it will likely be too late.
A particularly insidious aspect of misogyny is that the conditions of women's oppression are largely sentimentalized as love, and so to be in favor of women's freedom in meaningful terms is interpreted as being at war with interpersonal love
Childbearing is physically dangerous & painful for women; childrearing is an exhausting, degraded, isolating, and impoverishing endeavor that annihilates women’s other opportunities & goals. When women are free, they choose fewer children. There is no way to make them have more that is not violent.
Damn, I didn’t know that about Seattle. Right on. The PNW is generally more sensible about guns than California, Illinois and New England.
The only way to win is by deterring an unlawful incursion in the first instance. Blue state governments should be ramping up state militias and promoting safe, lawful firearms ownership and training, not pushing Glock bans like the dunderheads in Sacramento.
Democrats are so myopic for continuing to deter law-abiding citizens from arming themselves while blue cities face occupation by an authoritarian regime. Cities like Memphis are lower on the authoritarian takeover list for several reasons, including a higher rate of firearms ownership.
It will only be a civil war if states like Illinois are actually prepared to resist with force. If they don't, it's just a run-of-the-mill military dictatorship oppressing a specific region.
I agree about large workplaces, but my mom was self-employed in a job where exposure to carcinogenic/irritating chemicals is an unavoidable occupational hazard.
I do like that policy. There’s at least one Scandinavian country that got really good results by tying maternity leave to paternity leave. But it’s not a silver bullet. Being an early career professional with young children will always suck and disadvantage all but the very best performers.
My mom took me to work, but she probably shouldn’t have because I was exposed to chemicals associated with increased risk of cancer and respiratory illnesses (which moms today are more savvy about).
It’s also a problem that even if you have stepford children, the ability to take them everywhere is a position of privilege. A mom who works retail does not have the luxury of hauling her children around with her at work.
Zero chance a 4-day work week would meaningfully change expectations for salaried employees in the near to medium term. Even with funded childcare, you are asking women to kneecap their careers.
That’s the easiest way, but how does one incentivize it without disincentivizing women’s educational attainment/career development. I don’t believe it’s possible and thus it’s not a worthwhile policy goal.
And do we really want to subsidize quiverfull fundies/tradcaths? Because that’s who will take advantage of uncapped pro-natalist policies.
And some of those staffers have joined the new administration.
I’d love to hear him explain himself to his children. I’m sure some day they will ask the question.
Exactly! Which is why one of the Scandinavian countries had to strong arm men into taking paternity leave. It worked. bsky.app/profile/nero...
Oh good. HHS is manufacturing more bases for regulating the behavior of pregnant women.
Very interesting. Based on the UWs/UWC for Coreweave, I wouldn’t be surprised if their lockup term becomes a new market standard.
We’re already living in a dystopia where active shooter drills in elementary schools are necessary. I don’t see why anyone would object to also teaching kids firearms safety. Aren’t accidental shootings by children one of our greatest gun-related concerns? www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Very odd. I haven’t read the S-1 but will need to check it out. I’ve been wondering if lockups would loosen up after Slack v. Pirani but kinda assumed it would happen through waivers.
They’ll just scrub their social media though. Probably already locked down for legal hiring.
Women are definitely socialized to want kids, and some don’t wake up to what a horrible deal reproduction is until they have one and tap out. Others can accept or blind themselves to the basic unfairness of it all. My mother really loved everything about having kids.
The problem is how to take subjectivity out of it to avoid discrimination. I don’t have an answer, but we can’t just keep admitting fascists who will distort the law in service of fascism.
That’s odd. Wasn’t she subject to a 180 day lockup in connection with their IPO?
When the dust settles on Trump II, we probably need politicians to threaten the principle of self-regulation, like they did after the Watergate and Enron scandals, to force another lawyer-driven revamp of the ethics rules and how we teach and monitor professional ethics.
Because bar associations are more about being a cartel than actually regulating ourselves. Also some of the fascists are barred in jurisdictions with fascist sympathizing bar leadership.
Lawyers, we have got to purge these fascists from our ranks.
I love the Dick Van Dyke Show!
It’s really easy to understand. bsky.app/profile/nero...
america's carl schmitt
They’re going to do election interference in Memphis, too. A big difference right now is that the citizenry of blue cities in blue states generally aren’t armed because of restrictive gun laws. In Memphis and other blue cities in red states, it’s a different calculus for the occupying force.
I’m sure they’re on the list, but they’re going to terrorize blue cities in blue states, i.e. those with low firearms ownership, first.
There is a reason they’re doing this in LA, DC and Chicago but not Memphis.
This is is some desperate baggy shit this morning. His moron investor base is going to be severely tested over the coming quarters. US is saturated and final burst of EV credit expiry demand ends in 28 days. BYD is destrying them in Europe and China. 600 cars ordered in India since July. OoF!
People have followed the Police Foundation and Cop City in Atlanta, but are they following the story of the Crypto billionaire who has created a police foundation in San Francisco and has funneled *millions* to blanket the city in surveillance to enact his vision of "justice"?
Right? I would love to live in a different version of the U.S. where it was feasible to apply gun control equally across the states, but that’s not reality. This is now like the redistricting issue: unilateral disarmament in blue states makes it easier to subjugate them.
Some were “asking for euro accounts as opposed to [using] the US dollar, for the obvious tariff/trade war type of tail-risk considerations”, and even asking for depository accounts with non-US banks in case “it all goes crazy”.
Much of what makes the current wave of AI problematic is not what it does, but who owns it, who benefits, and how it once again skews wealth into the hands of owners of capital. It’s politics, not tech.
Odd that he dated a feminist philosopher for so long…
Related party transactions/conflicts of interest/self-dealing/corruption all work
“Under HB 7, those directly connected to an abortion—like the pregnant person or the “father” of a fetus—can sue the provider, manufacturer, or anyone else who sends the pills, for $100,000”
I like to imagine this is their parent or sibling recording from their house so as to roast them later.
Anyone who struggles with parallel parking needs one of the new overhead camera things. It’s like a backup camera but exponentially better because you can really see your trajectory. Absolutely life changing for the spatially challenged.
There is a reason Mark Zuckerberg basically has his own private army. And there is a reason the National Guard is only occupying blue cities with restrictive gun laws. And there is a reason the Trump administration is seizing handguns in DC. It’s the oligarchy.
Dems seemed to learn this lesson real quick when the crypto industry bit back. Why is the gun industry different? Could it be because it’s a relatively marginal industry $-wise and the capitalists they care about don’t want labor to be armed?
If Democrats would just stop with the well meant but not well crafted gun control legislation, Republicans would lose this highly motivated bloc of single-issue voters. I can’t even blame these corporations. When you politicize an industry to an existential extent, this is rational corp behavior.
This level of pettiness is really incredible.
I was overexposed to the S&P 500 in January and am glad I had a “come to Diversification Jesus” moment of panic after the inauguration. FWIW I don’t think it’s an actual bubble. High PE ratios just mean lower expected yields.
Tbf, I think that’s why the policy was necessary in the first place!
Oh totally. Personally, I don’t yearn to live with and deal with constant feeding/watering of children. However, there are plenty of caregiving tasks I don’t hate. I’m a seasoned ex-babysitter/nanny.