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My Dearest Eliza, I take up my pen this cold January eve, amidst the smoke and clamor of this besieged city of Minneapolis, to send thee these few lines in the hope that they may reach thee safely in our quiet home far from this unholy strife. The year 2026 has scarce begun, yet here we are...

a culture that puts SEC championships over Nobel Prizes will wallow in mediocrity I'm right about this Vivek was right about it too Hopefully he doesn't pay too high a price for speaking the truth about it a significant part of this country does in fact wallow in mediocrity the fact that...

Nick Fuentes has finally gone too far with his very poor take on Indian food.

A British man has been charged with drugging and raping his now ex-wife over 13 years, and five other men have also been charged with sexually assaulting her during that period, U.K. police said Monday. Philip Young, 49, faces 56 charges including counts of rape, administering a substance with...

Wishing a happy Solstice to all fellow pagans as well as to my non-pagan friends.

Claudio Neves Valente, the suspect in the killing this week of an M.I.T. professor in Massachusetts, studied physics with the victim in the 1990s and graduated at the top of their class, according to the university. A spokesman for Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal’s premier school for...

An interesting dive into his background. https://wapo.st/4q7QLx8

Interesting column on black immigrants. https://wapo.st/4aa3Kda Half of Black immigrants in the U.S. are from the Caribbean. More than half of Black immigrants have arrived since 2000, and those from Africa are the fastest-growing cohort and the primary source of the group’s present population...

Seems to me he was just trying to stop the steal.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/world/americas/cocaine-ecuador-fentanyl.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U8.mCag.gGBwUnKY1E1R&smid=url-share

Enjoy the turkey (to the extent possible) and time with your families.

Willingness to try shit. That's what separates the United States from most other countries. Moreover, it distinguishes our technology hubs from most of the rest of the country. As much as any recent article, this one in Wired captures the process...

The economy is being bolstered by a remarkable investment boom in artificial intelligence. A credible estimate suggests that A.I. capital expenditures may reach 2 percent of the gross domestic product in 2025, up from most likely less than 0.1 percent in 2022. To provide some sense of scale...

My Dearest Eleanor, I write to you from the smoldering edge of a city I once thought would yield easily to order, only to find that Chicago is more obstinate than any garrison I have known. The men, weary from endless patrols and fruitless attempts to corral the so-called insurgents, have...

My Dearest Clara, I trust this missive finds you in better spirits than we, for the siege continues without relief. The city lies shrouded in smoke and confusion, and though the enemy is less an army than a restless multitude, still the conflict bears all the wearying marks of a campaign. The...

After they kiss and make up they should do it right. A serious for real non-performative attempt to streamline government, make it more efficient, and save some money. Maybe hire Al Gore as a consultant.

i understand that from a folk libertarian perspective that putting this in the water is a big imposition however, many public health measures (hello vaccines!) are a big imposition how do we draw the balance given that our medical care system socializes risk (including care of cavities) how...

SETTLERS, South Africa—Afrikaners, white South Africans long reviled as the architects of a racist state, are now being recast by Donald Trump as the victims of one. The U.S. president has accused South Africa’s Black-majority government of plotting to seize white farms and failing to stop...