Brian Holland

It doesn’t work if we can only have a Democracy as long as Democrats stay in permanent power.

I think people don’t think about this enough. We don’t regain the trust of the world (or frankly a fully working democracy) until we can successfully have a Republican administration that doesn’t try to backslide into authoritarianism. We’re a long way off from that being a reality.

Jamie Dimon is one of the banking CEOs that is really dogmatic about 5 days a week in office. I bet they do in fact get used.

This just shows how inept (complicit?) Democrats are, if your can’t rally a majority around hatred for our tech Oligarchy, what are you doing?

I was predisposed to like her because I’m a Bills fan, but that takes it to a whole new level.

To be fair, I don’t think anyone in the party is happy with them. Even the centrists. Bill Kristol and the other Bulwark centrists have 1000x more fire than those guys.

He already has the platform. Her point is might as well put some positive messaging in that platform if it’s going to exist.

Rather than taking a maximalist view against, seems better to say how we would like it used properly. Otherwise, your position becomes easy to write-off as a crank.

If someone is being lazy and fully outsourcing to AI sure, but helping sift through the massive amount of information that legislators need to go through as part of their jobs, makes sense. AI is good at that. Not perfect, but neither are the insufficient number of human staffers that do the job.

This is probably unpopular, but I’m totally fine with this. I want legislatures to be as effective as possible. AI can be a really powerful tool if used properly. Most congressional offices are understaffed and overworked and I think AI could be helpful.

Because then you only get people running for office who are already wealthy and almost by definition less likely to represent the interests of the poor. We also want to attract the best and brightest away from lucrative private sector jobs and pay them enough to be independent.

NFL is actually on the 4th floor and the elevator bank is on the other side of the building. The NFL reception desk is close to Park though. I doubt you could figure any of that out online, so he probably just got in the wrong elevator.

I actually used to work at this building. It’s a tall building and elevator banks go to a range of floors for efficiency. He went to the first elevator bank when you enter from Park. It goes 30-44 (or something like that).

I used to work in this building, private office buildings are not designed to keep out people with guns. In a sane world, that’s not something we would even have to think about. Hopefully the lesson from this isn’t to TSA-ify office buildings.

Also, at 66 hours, a really good value for an Audible credit.

Yeah, it’s literally supposed to fund the research the private sector cannot/will not run because it’s too speculative. But it’s critical for long-term progress. You don’t get GLP-1 breakthroughs if you’re relying on private research only.

To be fair though, I don’t think it’s a bad thing for this to stay what it is. As long as it’s independent and we’re able to communicate freely I think it has real value. I think the conversations on this site are pretty valuable, even if it may never be a commercial juggernaut.

I think the problem is it’s a political website now and it will be hard to change that perception. You would need a critical mass of celebrities to start moving here for that to change and to the extent they leave X they’ll just go to Threads.

Grok apparently doesn’t know how to not say the quiet part out loud, but then again, neither does Elon. What business would want to use Grok for anything, even if the owner is black pilled? Nothing Elon loves more than to poison his businesses.

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At the same time, let’s not overlook the number of men that see taking a role in household labor and the mental load of having a family instead of watching sports and playing video games as suppressing their joy, so healthy grain of salt is required.

Two New York Times reader comments responding to a user named Jason. First comment by “Cupcakes Are Awesome” from Patterson, 2 hours ago: Calls out Jason for casual misogyny, questioning his claim that he doesn’t seek joy. Points out that Obama used “hope” in his messaging—asking if that, too, should be reserved for women’s support groups. The commenter sarcastically suggests that figures like RFK Jr., Pete Hegseth, and JD Vance are hardly models of serious politics, closing with, “Sure, joy was the problem.” The comment has 24 recommendations. Second comment by “Gator” from USA, 2 hours ago, replying to Cupcakes Are Awesome: Acknowledges the critique but offers a cultural explanation. Gator says that “hope” resonates with men because it’s externally focused, while “joy” feels inward and thus culturally off-limits to men. He argues that men are socially conditioned to suppress emotions except for anger, and that admitting emotional needs can be seen as selfish or weak. In contrast, “hope” is acceptable because it can be about others—like children or country. Gator identifies as a male Democrat and says his aim is to help the party understand this blind spot. The comment has 20 recommendations.

Feeling like this is not good and should not be normal. If you feel like you have to suppress joy, consider who is putting that restriction on you and remove them from your life because that’s not a healthy relationship. Don’t lash out and vote for facsists though.

Personally, I think real men recognize their privilege and don’t throw a temper tantrum when the playing field is leveled just a bit to help correct for historical inequities.

A New York Times reader comment from Jason in Boulder, CO, posted 4 hours ago. Jason writes that the article is accurate but overlooks a key marketing mistake. He recalls Harris’s repeated use of the word “Joy,” contrasting it with Trump’s use of “MAGA.” He describes himself as an educated male who doesn’t use or seek the emotion of joy. Although he voted for Harris, he says “a Great country” sounds like serious politics, while “Joy” feels like a topic for a women’s support group. The comment has 116 recommendations

Men, is it sissy to feel happiness?

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Holy crap the comments on this article are concerning.

Same. Worked at a bagel shop in college. I roll my eyes when I see those “bagel cutters” that just end up smooshing a bagel and don’t fit a proper NY bagel.

I will say, when you read about the birth of the Nazi party, it doesn’t speak well for our country that we only needed 7% inflation during a strong economy to get a plurality of the country signing up for facism, when you look at the 30,000% inflation and a Great Depression during Weimar Germany.

Strategically, it does have an effect of turning people off because there has been an overuse on both sides of nazi comparisons for decades now. So you get the boy who cried wolf effect. There is plenty in the current moment that we can just point to as bad without needing to invoke Nazis.

I think it’s a useful framework for understanding our current moment. There are parallels that are frightening. I do think it is also critical to understand the many ways it is different and unique because the potential harms and the fixes are also likely unique to our present moment.

Particularly post-pandemic, I feel like drivers have gotten even more aggressive to a sociopathic degree. You also have a lot more large trucks and SUVs on highways that makes things less safe. If I could, I’d gladly deal with the subway experience.