Quantumfreakonomics
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Quantumfreakonomics
16hr ago
I would read Poetics 2 by Aristotle in a heartbeat
Quantumfreakonomics
18hr ago
Just refuse to drop out. What are they going to do? Take the L?
Rumors are that there is a second story about him visiting an underage brothel in the Middle East that will drop if he doesn't quit. Every other rumor about this guy has turned out to be true so who knows.
Quantumfreakonomics
18hr ago
Tone and timing. Platner's video statement came out within minutes of the Politico article dropping, too soon for him to have calibrated his statement in response to public opinion about the article itself. Platner's tone is defeated and resigned, which would not be expected if Platner knew the allegations were false. He has shrugged off bad press before. If he believed in himself he could do it again. The simplest explaination is that he doesn't believe in himself, because he knows he's been caught.
Quantumfreakonomics
18hr ago
Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner Outed as an Actual Rapist.
"Racicot said she had an on-and-off relationship with Platner, who is now the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, for more than two years before he entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night in late 2021, deeply intoxicated, and forced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop. She said she cut off contact with him after telling him the encounter was not consensual.
'I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” she said. 'I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my choice.’'"
Platner officially denies the allegations, but you can tell from his statement that deep down he knows it's true. He can't admit to it because he would go to actual jail, but everyone knows his campaign is over.
The haters said he would crash and burn, and they were correct. Honestly great call by the haters.
The Maine Democratic Party has one week until the ballot deadline to pick a candidate while stepping on as few toes as possible. Let the games begin.
Quantumfreakonomics
21hr ago
Modern AI systems are so far beyond anything we have seen before that I would treat these court opinions as advisory.
I want this to be the case that makes it to the Supreme Court. Meme magic is real.
Quantumfreakonomics
22hr ago
Policy statements are not dispositive. Cite the statute.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
I’m a junkie for the right kind of community drama, but I couldn’t get into this. All this woo stuff is incredibly lame and boring. The text is functionally indistinguishable from a narrative of one’s experiences with hallucinogens at Burning Man. I didn’t take the drugs, and I have no intention of taking those drugs. SBF tried to rootkit the United States Government and almost succeeded. Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are building god as we speak. What did Leverage Research ever do?
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
Sorry chuds. The constitution says America wins FIFA.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
Donald Trump reportedly called FIFA president Gianni Infantino in order to get FIFA to review the red card that USA player Folarin Balogun recieved in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ordinarily, Balogun's red card would render him ineligible for Team USA's next game against Belgium in the round of 16. However, a special session of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided to suspend the red card, allowing Balogun to play against Belgium.
Belgium is big mad. The conventional wisdom in the immediate aftermath of the red card was that this was not a reviewable decision. This is a good reminder that nothing is ever final until it happens.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
Who pushed them to do this?
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
It is official Harry Potter canon that Lily and James Potter had Harry when they were only 20 years old. This is in my opinion a severe flaw in the worldbuilding. It means that Lily and James had basically no impact post Hogwarts, while the lore otherwise implies that they were pillars of the community. It also makes the complete absense of Harry's grandparents almost nonsensical. Harry's grandmothers would have been 60 years old max when Harry died, yet nothing is ever mentioned of their untimely deaths.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
the SSPX agrees, uncritically, with everything in Ott
This is incorrect.
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They deny that "the Pope possesses full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the whole Church, not merely in matters of faith and morals, but also in Church discipline and in the government of the Church."
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They deny that "by virtue of Divine right the bishops possess an ordinary power of government over their dioceses."
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They deny that "the Church is indefectible, that is, she remains and will remain the Institution of Salvation, founded by Christ, until the end of the world."
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They deny that "The totality of the Bishops is infallible, when they, either assembled in general council or scattered over the earth, propose a teaching of faith or morals as one to be held by all the faithful."
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
SSPX Resistance, SSPX 2, SSPX Classic, SSPV, SSPX Cash, SSPX One, SSPX-MC…
No points for guessing which ones are fake.
Quantumfreakonomics
5d ago
The chutzpah of these guys. In the Roman rite of episcopal consecration, there is a colloquy involving the formal authorization letter from the pope.
”Do you have the apostolic mandate?”
”We have”
”Let it be read”
Here is what happened instead:
”Do you have the apostolic mandate?”
”It is the Catholic & Roman church, always faithful to the traditions received from the apostles, who in entirely exceptional circumstances demands that we provide for the upholding of these traditions, that is the deposit of faith & that we take the means necessary to transmit them faithfully to all men for the salvation of their souls. Since the Second Vatican Council up to the present day the authorities in the church have been animated by a spirit that is contrary to the faith & have been acting against holy tradition. They will no longer endure sound doctrine.”
The SSPX has gone mask-off since Leo was elected. They had a decent amount of support during the last pontificate from “mainstream” conservative Catholics who were dismayed with Francis, but that’s all gone now.
Quantumfreakonomics
6d ago
There is a type of post that essentially goes: “All of the people behind this particular bad thing that happened are Jewish. Let’s unpack that,” but 2rafa wrote the post about Catholics instead.
I noticed the irony on my first read-through, but the thought that it was a bit never occurred to me. I still don’t think it’s a bit, but it certainly apes the style.
Quantumfreakonomics
6d ago
Historically, the United States had an open borders immigration policy. Perhaps we should say that the country was flooded with nativists?
Quantumfreakonomics
6d ago
No, they can be declared persona non grata, after which if they are not recalled they become subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and can then be deported.
Quantumfreakonomics
6d ago
If the Democrats win big in 2026 and 2028, most likely they pack the court. If they are feeling magnanimous, they may instead cordially invite the remaining Republicans in Congress to provide input to their amendment drafting sessions in exchange for political support back home to get the amendments ratified.
Quantumfreakonomics
6d ago
This doesn’t make any sense. If illegal immigrants are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, then there is no legal basis to deport them.
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
The voter base hates Israel, but the donor base still generally likes Israel (at least the theoretical concept of Israel, not necessarily the current government). Imagine the political blowback from pissing off
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The Media,
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Big Tech,
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Big Finance, and
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Lawyers
All at the same time.
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
They’re fine with letting Arab Muslim refugees into America. Why would they have objections to letting Arab Muslim refugees into Israel?
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
From a leftist perspective, Scott Weiner has a questionable record on Israel. He’s funded by J-Street and supports providing Israel with “defensive” weapons.
Given the opinions of the base, one really would expect the left-flank of the party to take a harder line on this.
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
Good point. I had forgotten how much regulatory authority the fed has over banks. Seems like these powers could be spit-off and given to Treasury though. I think you could make a principled exception for open-market operations.
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
The insane activist types are where all the energy is. Yglesias-style slow boring can't compete for low-information voters in the modern media environment. Cut the leftists out and the vibes die.
If it’s not a ratfuck, they will let Platner pick a successor. He did win the primary after all.
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