New York-Berlin-Seattle. Something resembling an architect, rapidly aging rugger.

Joined February 2011
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24 Oct 2022
The NYC subway crisis isn’t crime, it’s service.
There are delays or service suspensions on 11 subway lines during this a.m.’s rush hour (a c e b d f m n q r & w) due to various mechanical, switch and power problems. You latest reminder that we desperately need more investment in NYC’s mass transit.
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10 Oct 2022
What does Graham Harman think of quantum entanglement?
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10 Oct 2022
Nevermind. Thanks, @JSTOR.
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68 years ago today, Willie Mays made the most iconic catch in baseball history — an over-the-shoulder grab in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.
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26 Sep 2022
Where are the “college free speech” advocates here?
3 Sep 2022
Thought Oregon and Cristobal were vastly overrated the last few seasons, only bolstered by a terrible Pac-12 and overblown recruiting hype. This feels like a data point in that direction…
30 Aug 2022
I think whatever right wing guy did this mixed up "antifa" with anarchists.
The Seminole County GOP office was vandalized overnight. The criminals echoed Biden’s “fascists” slander. There is no place for violence in our political discourse, and the GOP will not be intimidated.
30 Aug 2022
90% sure they did this to themselves. No self-respecting anarchist would mess up the "A" so bad.
The Seminole County GOP office was vandalized overnight. The criminals echoed Biden’s “fascists” slander. There is no place for violence in our political discourse, and the GOP will not be intimidated.
26 Aug 2022
Under appreciated major news. This is some good Dark Brandon.
BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on @ScienceInsider.
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25 Aug 2022
With all the darts thrown at "unemployed philosophy majors" in light of student loan cancelation, we should all be reminded of this.
Philosophy is the “top humanities bachelors degree” in PayScale’s ranking of majors by salary. dailynous.com/2015/09/04/sal…
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25 Aug 2022
Note, however, that my experience does not bear this out.
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If there are two things we can learn from history it is that jubilees work and debt financed higher education doesn't We've got 5,000 years of evidence on the first and decades of evidence on the second What does work? Fully funding public education.
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Everyone, let’s take 5 minutes to dwell on this fact: 20 million beautiful human beings will have $0 of debt. We’ve moved mountains. Only a few more Himalayas left to go 😀
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24 Aug 2022
My generation "did the right thing" before we understood what that meant. Generations before us did not have this burden and our society needs to continue correcting that wrong while ensuring the next generation isn't similarly condemned. This is a great start, but only a start.
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24 Aug 2022
Maximum backlash if they think this solves the problem.
24 Aug 2022
Student loan relief doesn't reach my hopes but well clears my fears. This is a productive start that will make a real difference for real people. But it needs to be the start, not end, of continued relief. The fight continues.
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24 Aug 2022
The “heroes” in this won’t be the famous names of the meritocracy, but the cleaners, the valet, the personal staff. The working class saves the day again.
24 Aug 2022
This great new Post reporting illustrates the importance of *people around Trump* in providing information driving the FBI investigation and search warrant: washingtonpost.com/national-…
24 Aug 2022
Would still apply if the left had done better. Wanting single-payer healthcare or to make the wealthy contribute through taxes, like much of the developed world, is not the same as wanting to dissolve democracy.
Dem moderates running well on NY while GOP goes with Hitler admirer Paladino. Don't tell me it's polarization. It's radicalization of GOP
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24 Aug 2022
The center’s own ideology benefits in these “see the moderates won so we’re better than Trumpers” arguments. They’re much more committed to and effective at fighting the left than they are fighting the far, far right.