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I am not worried about the variants, & am optimistic that we're close to this being pretty much over. I think 2021 will be dominated by the aftershocks -- economic,

Multiple rails core team members have bailed on the project, now. This one guy just lit a massive open source legacy on fire as part of his exit tantrum over

No, it's not a good point, & the officer's response if thoroughly comprehensible. The fact that reporters & other smart/informed observers are this confused by this account is a big

Mathematically speaking, it looks like this is now baked in. And when the healthcare system is overwhelmed, the fatality rate for COVID spikes. We are going to lose a lot

A few days ago, @arrington called it that there was a big hit piece in the works based on the Coinbase memo. The piece is now live, & it's remarkable

This is why I phrased it in my "abolish grocery stores" thread as "walk me through getting justice for rape victims" & not "who do you call" etc. I'd already

On July 2nd, I wrote a post about how I was expecting the TX situation to turn in a better direction in a few weeks, because of a sudden massive

You: Abolish grocery stores.Me: Maybe we could just reform them? Make them more sustainable & healthy?You: No , get rid of them & let other institutions, like CSA, Farmers Markets,

People think the pandemic's lasting impact on America's gun debate will be the giant surge of new gun owners who will be newly protective of their 2A rights. I'm not

For new followers & old, you may see that I've kinda gone full "cold civil war going hot" doomer recently. I do want to nuance all this a bit with

I think it's extremely important to understand why this is: Amazon is one of a handful of US retailers than can still get products from China via ship.Best Buy's shelves

Friend: "Yeah, but this is an ideological conflict. What types of people & ideologies come together in a moment like this to..."Me, cutting him off: "My only ideology in this