#Spectacle

"Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake." -- NapoleonSTAY AWAY FROM THIS WEEKEND'S DISRUPTIONSThe left got very lucky when the far right laid siege to the
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Not so much about the actual show itself, but the people who absolutely refuse to acknowledge its tokusatsu influences (*cough*r/ShingekiNoKyojin*cough*) because it makes it "less cool", "diminishes its quality", or
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The Analysis Thread/1What the Hell was that? Actually, there is rhyme & reason for what happened today with Trump defense team. As bizarre as it may sound, that was their
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Sigh.Now, TBF, the Feds rely on privates a lot more than the publics do--at nearly twice the rate (even though 76% of ppl in privates are held by the states).
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I was born whatever color my DNA says I am,I didn't choose it. I do not owe anyone anything for whatever color I am. I do not support the KKK.
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"Joshua Wong" types absolutely outnumber Lausan types. There are many reasons but one is that even Hong Kongers sympathetic to left arguments don't believe there's any international power behind our
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Every single piece of open water in my neighborhood is full of skaters. Grandpas with old-school skates that strap over their shoes, whistling down the small canal behind my house.
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Just got this book by @AsimCP (and others). Even though the stories mostly come from the UK and the US, it surely resonated with me, a Muslim halfway across the
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GME stock is only the beginning.I worked corrections. When you lock 100+ inmates into a pod and deny them freedom, they become problem-solving machines.They get their dopamine fix by finding
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Some thoughts about Heather Cox Richardson's report today re: recent statements from some leading evangelicals about the dangers of Trump idolatry and worship of white Christian nationalist ideology (see the
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Normiemericans are mad about the Trump/Capitol situation, not because of what transpired or because the media told them to be, but because they’re being forced to contend with a new
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If you take away the unusual nature of what I do, it's really not complicated and the motivations behind it are the same as everybody's. I want people to live
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My dear law students I thought today I should talk to you about Obama’s memoir, which is truly an epic in an era where epics have gone out of fashion.
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Aaah! That's a happy aaah, not the one sandwiched between ooh and ouch. Just clarifying. It was 6.30 in the am, and I was not at home. The organs were
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I co-authored two papers I'm proud of during this 1st TT calendar year and, at the risk of being self-promotional & self-important, I wanted to re-up them here AND share
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re: Jeffrey Toobin stuff, one of the issues I've been having with the discourse around it is the idea that people have to "feel victimized" for something to be sexual
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