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Joined June 2012
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new blog post: The California Problem ellaguro.blogspot.com/2023/0…
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THREAD: One of the core recurring problems in our society and in our media is focusing too much on individuals and not enough on systems. When something bad happens, we (and the media) want to find "bad" people to blame for it. This is dangerous.
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Great explanation of why no philosophy professor should ever teach the trolley problem again, by @berennix & @NathanJRobinson. currentaffairs.org/2017/11/t…
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hello. i just finished a big post about the 2010's. it's called "Getting High Off Your Own Supply" ellaguro.blogspot.com/2020/0…
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Sometimes I read things about game design and wonder what music would be like if musicians’ only goal was to get people to listen to as much of it as possible instead of caring about what it sounded like
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"cock up or conspiracy" is a bad question because it's looking for agency when what's interesting is structure - if all the cock ups only happen to favour entrenched power, that's functionally indistinguishable from conspiracy
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In honour of the AT finale getting nominated for an Emmy, here's some headcanon that I've been holding onto for a while. I had the idea that when Jake eventually passes away he'd start growing uncontrollably, sort of like how a dead body can let go of its bowels.
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within capitalism you can only really serve yourself and your career. i often think about the failure to dream of something bigger and how that manifests in a professional class who long dreamed of having status and a platform much moreso than doing anything in particular with it
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RT if you’ve gotten more radical as you’ve gotten older trying to destroy a right wing talking point
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The Kickstarter for our second book is now live! Did you like Bird Cake? Well, this one will have a lot in common with it. Did you dislike Bird Cake intensely? Then there are decent odds you will like this book at least slightly more. kickstarter.com/projects/mrb…
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steven universe is kinda like if pokemon was about collecting aunts
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Extremely good and important thread xitter.cf/cricketcrocker/status/…
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New PBF comic "Shocked" (for @Playboy ) pbfcomics.com/comics/shocked…
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very strong work by everyone in @FeeonaFiona's stream tonight
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INTERVIEWER: What’s your greatest strength? ME: I hold myself to an extremely high standard. INTERVIEWER: And what’s you’re greatest weakness? ME: Hard to say. I’m terrible at everything.
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And I'm sorry to say that it's a fantasy—problems aren't solved by genius; they're solved by work, and there's no getting around the work
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Shigeru Miyamoto said WHAT?! clckhl.co/6rS9bt2
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Me on January 1 2017 vs me on December 31 2017
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