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Lykurg
We're all living in Amerika
17hr ago
Its a cute picture, but I suspect it was true of old people when you where young, more so than it is now. Im from a relatively well-off family, and the only part of this that seems true to live for them and their friends is the last sentence.
NunoSempere
17hr ago
Here is how the weekly review ended:
- Geopolitical risks: Thailand and Cambodia exchanged fire, and Thailand sent some F-16s into Cambodia, but a ceasefire has already been reached. Israel is being accused of causing mass starvation in Gaza by the WHO and others. Zelensky faced his first large-scale domestic protests over a law weakening the independence of anti-corruption bodies.
- Economy and trade: The US and the EU reached a trade deal that would tariff EU goods coming into America at 15%. A similar agreement was reached between the US and Japan, which will now also face 15% tariffs on its goods exported to the US.
- Biorisks: A paper reports a method for genetically editing mosquitoes to make them resistant to malaria in a way that can be transmitted to subsequent generations, and a method for driving such mutations into mosquito populations. H5N1 continues to pose an ongoing risk.
- AI: The White House published an extensive AI Action Plan, which seeks to accelerate investment and buildout and espouses a framework of a race against China, while also recognizing some potential dangers from AI and including some recommendations for research on controllability and safety. Anthropic is embroiled in a new trial over pirating IP; forecasters assign a 68% chance that the case will reach a jury trial, and a 56% chance that $1.5B damages will be awarded conditional on losing a trial, but only a 1.1% chance that Anthropic will be out of business by the end of 2026 as a result of the trial.
- Gray swans: None detected this week.
Corvos
17hr ago
The first he will gladly tell you about at length and the second is not something he cares to hide.
hydroacetylene
17hr ago
Boston and South Carolina have entirely different types of game fish.
You can get decent gear for a very reasonable price point. You will want a hat, sunglasses, longsleeves, cooler with water, etc. Just go fishing more than worrying about specific setups and reels and whatever. Follow state game laws.
For cleaning your fish you will need one filleting knife and a surface to clean it on. A board with a clamp definitely makes it easier but you don’t need one. Wash your filets thoroughly and then use or freeze within a day or so.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
17hr ago
Sure, I think prison is quite unpleasant. The nitpick here was strictly about the specific number, not the general claim.
netstack
Texas is freedom land
17hr ago
I don’t think that fixes anything.
Well. Maybe it pushes the nonviolent homeless out of the choicest spots on the West Coast. But the fent users go through worse. Public mockery ain’t shit compared to whatever they’re already doing to their bodies. Opioids mean the normal rules of shame and discomfort just…get washed away.
This probably also increases the number of shootings of police. A medieval peasant had zero chance against one or two men-at-arms. A crackhead with access to Austria’s finest export? You never know. Police are already on edge when they confront these guys. There’s no way that raising the prospect of a beating makes them safer.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
17hr ago
My assumption. Bad form to hit at someone not present to defend himself.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
17hr ago
My assumption
netstack
Texas is freedom land
18hr ago
To be clear, there are no plans to adopt something like this.
But you also make a good point. I’m amenable to the idea of some bans just being for the CW thread. I wonder if that’s feasible.
hydroacetylene
18hr ago
I would guess France, actually- a small but self-sustaining bear population with a large economy.
faceh
18hr ago
Eh, its the same as how we crave unhealthy junk food but can restrict ourselves to eating the healthier (but still flavorful) options over the long term.
I think guys have their horny brain which will screw almost any living thing, and then the post-coitus clarity brain that knows they need to find someone stable.
Guys have the things they want when they are mostly aiming to get their rocks off, then the things they want when they consider what kind of kids they'll have, who will help raise them, and what type of person would they tolerate sticking around AFTER they've had sex with them.
Rich guys presumably have the same urges, I'm just suggesting they have more options on the table to chase some strange if they can't keep the urges in check.
NYTReader
18hr ago
This sounds like "Jews will not replace us".
the_Culture_is_great
18hr ago
Some enormous societal failure has occurred.
Agree 100%
Step one on the long road to fixing it is institutionalizing the crazy homeless people rather than letting them self medicate with hard drugs while living in filth and stealing to afford more drugs
Also hard-agree (though I do think some consideration to their well being is still warranted)
And imprisoning the non-crazy ones.
I become skeptical that the problem is this simple. Maybe 8x Canada will fix it, but what if you have to go further? What if you have to get up to 10x, 15x 20x? Are you willing to pay that cost?
I bring up the comparison just because it seems like other countries do better, or at least not much worse, while having much lower incarceration rates. If you think that the nature of the US makes it impossible, what factors make it so?
faceh
18hr ago
I'm not sure that's as true now, marriage rates being lower and median age at first marriage are creeping up.
But maybe. "Early" being early-mid 20's still leaves time to screw around a bit in college, find a girl by Junior year, lock her down, and get married and established early enough to start social climbing.
I'd guess that flings with younger staff are actually less common in the post Me-too era, but its genuinely a target-rich environment to find single women in any corporate environment.
quiet_NaN
18hr ago
Yeah, that's the bet all western jews are making. They think Israel is going to fall someday
While I am sure that there are some Jews who carefully select their country of residence based on minimizing the chances of being genocided, I am positive that for many, other factors (employments, economics, existing relationships) play a more crucial role.
My subjective mental model of the median US Jew is not "these fools in Israel will get themselves murdered again" but "having a state which is guaranteed to accept Jewish immigrants in a world where countries sometimes expel their Jewish citizens is a nice fallback solution, and we should support Israel for that reason even if we do not have a compelling reason to move there."
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
18hr ago
The problem with the "root cause" thing is attempting to address the "root cause" never alleviates the symptoms. This may be because the claimed root cause isn't actually the root cause, or it may be because we can't actually do anything about the root cause. But basically that trick never works.
self_made_human
Grippy socks, grippy box
18hr ago
I'm almost tempted to unblock Count so he can get back to me on that.
self_made_human
Grippy socks, grippy box
18hr ago
Thank you. If the stars align, and I'm there, I'll buy you a beer.
As a matter of fact, I'm likely going there this December for a wedding, and unless you're in Alaska, I might still be able to!
WhiningCoil
Ghost of Quokka's Future
18hr ago
Can I make a suggestion as someone who is likely to get a travel visa?
I've grown to understand that I'm going to get muzzled in the culture war thread. Just how it's gonna be. But I'd appreciate still being able to participate in the other threads, I do enjoy the community of them.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
18hr ago
And they're completely wrong, because they won't get the juice, only the squeeze. The cops aren't going to go back to beating up drunk/high vagrants of color if given the authority to beat people up; they'll beat soft and fun targets like teenagers, white collar guys, and generally anyone who gives them lip.
netstack
Texas is freedom land
18hr ago
by subway
Alright, but what is that in freedom units?
I joke, but I really have no idea how fast the average subway covers ground. Our light rail is…not particularly efficient.
The_Nybbler
In the game of roller derby, women aren't just the opposing team; they're the ball.
18hr ago
Then you are insufficiently familiar with the breed.
ArjinFerman
Tinfoil Gigachad
18hr ago
I know there's selection effects and all, but doesn't it say something about the base rates of partaking when importing 2K ultra-rich men causes an immediate increase of the hooker population by 100? Best case scenario that implies a 5% rate the ultra-rich demanding hookers, no? (Oh shit, I think I misplaced a decimal point when conceding, and was right all along!)
But they exercise a great deal of authority over Gaza and the West Bank, and treat those people far worse. Israel exercises all the power over Palestinians that a national government would, but denies them any representation in that government.
Just off the top of my head, they perform law enforcement, control trade and the flow of goods (including a naval blockade of the Gaza strip), control the movement of people, collect taxes... All the traditional responsibilities of a state.
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