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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I keep seeing references to the craziness of this race, but I don’t know what’s been going on. What’s the deal?

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Art of Fielding. It’s outside the 5-year window, but it should be at the top of your list if you haven’t read it.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I think we just have to face it that Blue Co have no idea what they’re doing. There’s no grand strategy, no tactics, no nothing. They’re just morons.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Yeah, he’s definitely pushing the envelope, but I’m thinking nah, there’s no amount of sh*t that is too large for Gianni to eat. Can’t wait to find out! The magic of the Cup.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Dunno if this is foil hat territory, but maybe this is why China did it: They thought the Hormuz closure would cause such a massive shock that it could threaten to bring down Trump. And they like having Trump in office, because he’s weakening the US in so many ways. So they jumped in to save him.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

But if Spain/Uruguay draw and CV beat KSA . . . I can dream, can’t I?

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

But if I own a commercial building with its own parking lot and I don’t own a field somewhere, isn’t it good to put up solar canopies in my lot?

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Is anyone ever going to track down the other guys from his unit and ask them? Her story is they all got this BECAUSE it was a Nazi symbol and they were into that. Shouldn’t some journalist try to check out that story?

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Nope. It’s supposed to produce moderation by forcing candidates to run to the center. @leedrutman.bsky.social has looked at studies in multiple jurisdictions. It doesn’t work. So it looked dumb ex ante and it’s even dumber ex post.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Huge fan of your work btw. I read Doom Loop years ago and have been following you ever since.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

If you want to use the cost of ruling as an argument for PR, it might be worth mentioning that the cost turns out to be much lower in countries with PR. I know you mention it in the article, but it’s buried at the end. Without it, the argument looks like a non sequitur.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

You are a leading cause of the growth of my reading list. Thanks.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Alito: Plaintiffs must show that Jews engage in religious bloc voting that cannot be explained by membership in the anti-Nazi party.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

FWIW I think it’s also worth mentioning that PR is an objectively better form of representation. In our current system, R voters in a D district (or vice versa) have no representation in Congress. They just have to hope some other district will elect someone they like. It’s dumb.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Have you read anything by Piero Gleijeses? Shattered Hope, Conflicting Missions, and Visions of Freedom are all just insanely good. Plus he’s married to Yoko Ono’s sister.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I hope you’re right, and I wish I shared your confidence.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Agree 💯 it’s so f’ing stupid but is it so easy to fix? Iran leadership seems really sick of Israel bombing Iran whenever they feel like it. If they’re serious about security guarantees, I’m not sure it’s easy to solve. Bibi gonna Bibi.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

And a third thing is true: Republicans have repeatedly blocked Democrats from passing a nationwide ban on gerrymandering.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Doesn’t the blockade hurt the US/world more and faster than it hurts Iran? Keeps reminding me of Sheriff Bart pointing the gun at himself in Blazing Saddles.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

It’s kinda like the scene in Blazing Saddles where Sheriff Bart points his gun at himself.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Some chud who kinda thinks he’s Hunter S. Thompson. Which ain’t DJT.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Great piece. Impossible to have a functioning two-party democracy if one of the parties is actively hostile to democracy. So we need more parties, so we need PR & fusion. And key point at the end: thermostatic effects are muted in multiparty systems. So important.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Excellent piece. One way of sharpening the point: It is impossible to have a functioning two-party democracy if one of the parties is actively hostile to democracy. So we MUST create a multi-party system. PR (& fusion where necessary) is the way to get there.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Fatigue from the midweek game surely played a role. But I don’t mind!

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

FWIW I think your original post is spot on. I've never been antivax. But when I was a new parent (22yrs ago), I heard some stuff on Pacifica Radio about vaccines/thimerosal/mercury/autism. I later learned it's all bs. But it made me nervous at the time. Our pediatrician explained it very nicely.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Fantastic performance from the lads! I loved it. A point would have been nice (and deserved), but can’t fault the performance. Absolutely brilliant. A joy to watch.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Got it. Thank you. I still haven’t seen it. Based on the descriptions I wrongly assumed it was inadvertent. That and I am always eager to plug no pen for inadvertent handball! Crazy huge punishment for a nothing foul imo.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Wouldn’t be this way if inadvertent handball in the box wasn’t a pen. Change the rule to make it an ifk. Problem solved.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I must be missing something. What primary? I thought Golden announced he wasn’t running, citing threats against his family.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I’m not sure I know what you mean by “the platform must be…” Do you mean Ds must *run on* institutional reform? I’m not sure that’s a winning electoral strategy. If you mean: Ds must do whatever it takes to win a trifecta & then immediately enact sweeping institutional reform, then I agree 100%.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Really good. Thank you. Some of the points seem similar to things Isabella Weber has been saying for a while.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

What do you make of this? He seems to say the reason the Dem brand is toxic in the heartland is Carter appointed Volcker, whose policies killed the heartland’s economy. Is that the most plausible causal story? I read Ferguson’s Golden Rule years ago but never read Right Turn. Would that help?

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Violence in apartheid South Africa was pretty dangerous, & the folks who recorded it were seen as courageous & heroic by everyone except…um…the white racists. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bang-Ba...

en.wikipedia.org

Bang-Bang Club - Wikipedia

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Is it possible there was one broadcaster who wouldn’t have gotten any Boxing Day games and held out in order to screw everyone else? Presumably all parties have to agree to modify the contract. It’s the only answer I can think of. I too find the situation baffling.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

FWIW according to the Guardian "Bloom is one of a handful of club owners who was given in 2014 a 'carve-out' to allow him to carry on gambling, but not on any of his own teams or competitions they take part in." But maybe the Guardian is wrong. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.com

Brighton owner Tony Bloom faces questions over allegations he bet on his own teams

Exclusive: Billionaire is claimed to be anonymous figure behind $70m of wins in US legal case. He denies betting on his own teams

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Got it. So it's uncomfortable because Benham/Bloom can bet on football, just not on teams they own or competitions they're in, but players are prohibited from betting on any football at all. Is that it? Not trying to be difficult. Just genuinely trying to understand the issue.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

What’s the potential scandal or uncomfortable juxtaposition? My understanding is that Bloom is banned from betting on teams he owns & competitions they’re in, and Starlizard is regularly audited. Is the worry that the ban might be easy to evade anyway?

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

If you know what fusion voting is, and you know they have fusion voting in NYC mayor elections, then you know more than Elon Musk. centerforballotfreedom.substack.com/p/elon-v-han...

centerforballotfreedom.substack.com

Elon v. Hannah: You Make The Call

The text messages started mid-morning on Election Day.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Actually it’s a lot more rigorous than that. When gerrymandering was before SCOTUS in Rucho, statisticians/poli sci scholars proposed various statistical tests for it. One of them was used in HR1. The issue is basically if the map produces way more “wasted votes” for one party than another.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

How about this: Elizabeth Warren couldn’t win a senate race is Nebraska. But Dan Osborn running as an independent might. But Dan Osborn running as a Dem would be toast.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Very clear and totally devastating. Thank you.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Thank you. That’s very helpful.

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nooilfpl.bsky.social @nooilfpl.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Thank you. I found the abstract kinda unclear. But if that’s what it means, then we know Platner v Mills won’t be a “divisive primary,” because Maine does not have runoff primaries. So maybe Jake’s claim is correct, but it’s not supported by the research he cited.

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