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At a high enough resolution, all oceans are angular. Probably Ambitionposting

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Pinning this for accountability (since I’ll have a 14 hour plane flight soon during which I plan to write)

I have the skeleton of a piece about the decline of elite governance over the last 1000 years, the sociological impacts of the Enlightenment and of WWI, the rise & failure of 20th C technocracy, and the post-Empire decline of Britain. I’m afraid this essay will become a book



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was reading more about this and one author argues the dutch conquest and military occupation was actually so bewildering that they did a covid-style great forgetting over it

alicemazzy's tweet image. was reading more about this and one author argues the dutch conquest and military occupation was actually so bewildering that they did a covid-style great forgetting over it

it's never really described this way because winners (aka parliament) write the history but it's insane that the dutch did usa-in-latam-style regime change to england and the english just kind of rolled with it



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it's never really described this way because winners (aka parliament) write the history but it's insane that the dutch did usa-in-latam-style regime change to england and the english just kind of rolled with it


Which is more fun to play?

Civ V %100
Civ VI %0

1 vote · 16 heures restantes


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tbqh everyone in english government from the king down to the constables should be hanged

Sentencing remarks in Rotherham grooming gangs case read like war time atrocities

DrewPavlou's tweet image. Sentencing remarks in Rotherham grooming gangs case read like war time atrocities


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few

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ive found the first 100% effective ad. pear time

joeybeastmarket's tweet image. ive found the first 100% effective ad. pear time


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incredible overview of the spiritual rot behind social security we incentivize people to never have kids, never work, and retire in comfort off the work of the next generation. parasitic behavior

For most of history, having children was the path to security in old age. You invested in children when you were young, and then you had someone to take care of you when you were old. Those who invested the most in bearing and raising children saw the greatest benefit. We have…

MoreBirths's tweet image. For most of history, having children was the path to security in old age. You invested in children when you were young, and then you had someone to take care of you when you were old. Those who invested the most in bearing and raising children saw the greatest benefit.

We have…


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I must not lie down with my phone and sleeping cat. This is the time killer. Total obliteration. I will permit it to show me one good post. And when my cat is warm I will turn over my phone and move her. Where the procrastination has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain


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I am not immune to propaganda



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Writing is the work of finding the thing you’re already writing about


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dark homeschool academia


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One of the best parts about tweeting what you’re into is that you become a lightning rod for others to come discuss that thing


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Going to the gym is a huge whitepill. Just being around so many disciplined people focused on staying strong and healthy is awesome and has an impact on how you see the world


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I've really been loving sitting at the intersection between mystical Christianity x Buddhism x emotional work x somatic/physical grounding practice x psychedelics x post-rationalism a very fun space to be in


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Do you have a passion project you’ve been meaning to hit the gas on? Would you like to do it alongside others + with the support of others who’ve done it before? Check out Reconstellation, I’m gonna be helping out! Starts soon, in December

visakanv's tweet image. Do you have a passion project you’ve been meaning to hit the gas on? Would you like to do it alongside others + with the support of others who’ve done it before? Check out Reconstellation, I’m gonna be helping out! Starts soon, in December

Recent poll on British attitudes to the British economy

AngularOcean's tweet image. Recent poll on British attitudes to the British economy

This has been the most chaotic, counter-productive run-up to a Budget I’ve ever witnessed – and I’ve been covering UK budgets for 30 years. The date of this Budget has been pushed back into late autumn, with the Treasury’s media operation in full swing. As multiple personal and…



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Daily reminder that “high-trust environments” are largely the legacy of Christianity


The two unfulfilled promises of AI so far, for me personally, are, in ascending order of importance: 2. Fully automated luxury abundance etc etc 1. A decent AI voice to read the articles in the FT app, not one stuck in the 2023 uncanny valley


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