Forwarded from Insider Paper
BREAKING: Powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Panama, setting off panic in capital
Forwarded from Grumpy's Rabbit Hole
"ICE-Free Zones" <==> "ATF Free Zones" <==> "FDA Free Zones" <==> "IRS Free Zones", etc.
We don't get to pick and choose...unless we collectively choose to free ourselves from all of it at once.
We don't get to pick and choose...unless we collectively choose to free ourselves from all of it at once.
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Milk is just as 'natural' for humans as opposable thumbs, unique levels of endurance, empathy for others, keeping predators as pets, enjoying chocolate, capsaicin and alcoholic beverages, the ability to accurately throw things at distance, formal logic and the use of natural languages for communication.
https://fixupx.com/stvystv/status/2108575234810875957
https://fixupx.com/stvystv/status/2108575234810875957
Q: Did you hear about the new version of Zelle that's specialized for making payments to hookers?
A: No...
Punchline: Yeah, it's called Madam-oi-Zelle 😀
A: No...
Punchline: Yeah, it's called Madam-oi-Zelle 😀
"This is how Washington operates. Take a word the public trusts, attach it to everything in the hopper, and dare anyone to vote against "roads and bridges." The label launders the spending. You pay for it through deficit financing that the Federal Reserve then monetizes, which erodes your purchasing power as reliably as a direct tax, just less visibly."
https://fixupx.com/Handre/status/2109568320349344124
https://fixupx.com/Handre/status/2109568320349344124
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The meme's explanation of 'taqiyya' is an oversimplification.
Grok's summary of the facts about 'taqiyya' => https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_2fe68e6e-5098-42a8-9d3f-6095551fac20
Different Islamic sects interpret the principle differently. That matters, both because the mainstream Sunni view is significantly more restricted than the mainstream Shia view, and because each individual might interpret 'taqiyya' differently than the mainstream does—that's just way the world works in general, and in matters of religious belief in particular.
Grok's summary of the facts about 'taqiyya' => https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_2fe68e6e-5098-42a8-9d3f-6095551fac20
Different Islamic sects interpret the principle differently. That matters, both because the mainstream Sunni view is significantly more restricted than the mainstream Shia view, and because each individual might interpret 'taqiyya' differently than the mainstream does—that's just way the world works in general, and in matters of religious belief in particular.
Grumpy's Rabbit Hole
https://fixupx.com/strategesis/status/2108996211797885018
A live-streamed, recorded video of an execution—published by the executioners—creates a non-rebuttable record of what was done to whom by whom.
This Pope—more than any other—has changed the connotational semantics of "Is the Pope Catholic?" from rhetorical to ironical.
I don't say that because I diagree with the current Pope, but rather because I'm both amused—and disturbed—by the shifting winds of scriptural interpretation preferences among Christians. Those have been evolving over time, among every sect, for 2 millennia.
https://fixupx.com/TheMagaHulk/status/2108892624245449173
I don't say that because I diagree with the current Pope, but rather because I'm both amused—and disturbed—by the shifting winds of scriptural interpretation preferences among Christians. Those have been evolving over time, among every sect, for 2 millennia.
https://fixupx.com/TheMagaHulk/status/2108892624245449173
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"A machine that truly searches for the truth is a machine you cannot dictate the answer to."
https://fixupx.com/kristof_poland/status/2108946075146936826
https://fixupx.com/kristof_poland/status/2108946075146936826
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From Brivael Le Pogrom@X:
In my last post, I talked about the fixed pie mindset that's eating away at France. It has a direct cousin, even more toxic: the crab bucket.
You know the image. Put crabs in a bucket. No need for a lid. As soon as one of them tries to climb out, the others grab it and pull it back down. None of them will get out, but none will let another get out either.
I think a large part of the French operate exactly like that. And the worst part is that most of them don't even realize it.
It's no coincidence that this happens after the fixed pie. It's the same logic, taken to its extreme. If you believe success is a limited quantity, then every person who succeeds has taken a piece of it from you. Their success becomes your failure. And the natural reaction is no longer "congratulations, teach me," but "who does he think he is," "he must have cheated," "he got lucky," "just wait for him to crash."
This reflex exists elsewhere. The Scandinavians have a name for it, the Law of Jante, described by Aksel Sandemose in 1933: "Don't think you're anyone." The Australians talk about the tall poppy syndrome: the one that sticks out gets its head cut off. But in France, we've turned it into a national sport, and we dress it up as virtue. We call it critical thinking, lucidity, a rejection of bling-bling. In reality, it's often just jealousy that's found a moral justification.
What you don't see is the cost.
Bastiat said that a good economist is distinguished from a bad one because he looks not only at what is seen, but also at what is not seen. What is seen is the vicious comments under a post from someone announcing a fundraising round. What is not seen is the thousands of people who read those comments and decide, in silence, never to take the leap.
The business that was never created. The product that was never launched. The video that was never posted. The book that was never written. The jobs that never existed. All of that because someone was more afraid of being humiliated than of failing.
That's the real destruction of value. And it's profoundly stupid, because pulling someone down has never made you rise an inch. You stay at the bottom of the bucket, just with more company.
Personally, I don't care about being liked. Negative comments don't touch me. But I know that's an exception. For someone who's a little short on confidence, who already doubts, who's taking their first step, a wave of contempt can be enough to stop everything. And it's often those people who had the most to offer.
Look at Silicon Valley. Someone raises funds, everyone says "congrats." Someone fails, we ask what they learned and what they're doing next. The people who've succeeded spend their time helping those who are starting out. Not out of naive kindness, but because they've understood that an ecosystem where people succeed is an ecosystem where everyone wins. The more people who get out of the bucket, the easier it is for the others to get out too.
The next time you see someone succeed, ask yourself just one question: do I want to pull them back down, or do I want to understand how they climbed up?
"Congratulations, teach me."
Three words. That's all it would take for this country to change.
https://x.com//brivael/status/2108981254427156971/
In my last post, I talked about the fixed pie mindset that's eating away at France. It has a direct cousin, even more toxic: the crab bucket.
You know the image. Put crabs in a bucket. No need for a lid. As soon as one of them tries to climb out, the others grab it and pull it back down. None of them will get out, but none will let another get out either.
I think a large part of the French operate exactly like that. And the worst part is that most of them don't even realize it.
It's no coincidence that this happens after the fixed pie. It's the same logic, taken to its extreme. If you believe success is a limited quantity, then every person who succeeds has taken a piece of it from you. Their success becomes your failure. And the natural reaction is no longer "congratulations, teach me," but "who does he think he is," "he must have cheated," "he got lucky," "just wait for him to crash."
This reflex exists elsewhere. The Scandinavians have a name for it, the Law of Jante, described by Aksel Sandemose in 1933: "Don't think you're anyone." The Australians talk about the tall poppy syndrome: the one that sticks out gets its head cut off. But in France, we've turned it into a national sport, and we dress it up as virtue. We call it critical thinking, lucidity, a rejection of bling-bling. In reality, it's often just jealousy that's found a moral justification.
What you don't see is the cost.
Bastiat said that a good economist is distinguished from a bad one because he looks not only at what is seen, but also at what is not seen. What is seen is the vicious comments under a post from someone announcing a fundraising round. What is not seen is the thousands of people who read those comments and decide, in silence, never to take the leap.
The business that was never created. The product that was never launched. The video that was never posted. The book that was never written. The jobs that never existed. All of that because someone was more afraid of being humiliated than of failing.
That's the real destruction of value. And it's profoundly stupid, because pulling someone down has never made you rise an inch. You stay at the bottom of the bucket, just with more company.
Personally, I don't care about being liked. Negative comments don't touch me. But I know that's an exception. For someone who's a little short on confidence, who already doubts, who's taking their first step, a wave of contempt can be enough to stop everything. And it's often those people who had the most to offer.
Look at Silicon Valley. Someone raises funds, everyone says "congrats." Someone fails, we ask what they learned and what they're doing next. The people who've succeeded spend their time helping those who are starting out. Not out of naive kindness, but because they've understood that an ecosystem where people succeed is an ecosystem where everyone wins. The more people who get out of the bucket, the easier it is for the others to get out too.
The next time you see someone succeed, ask yourself just one question: do I want to pull them back down, or do I want to understand how they climbed up?
"Congratulations, teach me."
Three words. That's all it would take for this country to change.
https://x.com//brivael/status/2108981254427156971/