Pardesi @pardesi2.bsky.social · 1hI really love that the post-Obama Dems picked presidential noms the way they did. It has all of the weaknesses of a late-Warsaw Pact state, in what is supposed to be a democratic system. Just incredible. 100
Pardesi @pardesi2.bsky.social · 5hSomeone on here remembers that awful 9/11 West Wing episode. In moments like this I do genuinely reflect on the vignette about the man praying in the concentration camp, and thanking God that he is unlike his captors. What a profoundly hollow man. 000
Pardesi @pardesi2.bsky.social · 6hLook, as a secular Jew who spent a fair amount of time at Hebrew U, these guys do not think about Jews when they say Jerusalem. They’re not even big fans of the things Jesus actually said. 150
Reposted by Pardesimtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10hit's cool that Bill Gates' own wife thought the Epstein Files stuff was bad enough that she divorced him, but for the Thought Leaders he's still a guy in perfectly good standing 151052164
Reposted by PardesiBen Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Schmitt thing is kind of scary because it shows just how much many elected Rs genuinely believe the crazy stuff. He and his staff thought they’d pulled the red thread on The Giant Conspiracy. They were so convinced it must be real they didn’t even think to double check. 1734636
Pardesi @pardesi2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The main thing that trips up any wish I have to go back to “the way things were” is that all of these people are going along with this. Jamie Dimon has made the most serious public critique of dipping into the corruption well, which is a pretty terrifying indicator. 000
Reposted by PardesiFred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I bet Cory has some interesting opinions on The Jews. 1483
Reposted by Pardesielpinkogrande.bsky.social @elpinkogrande.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My money is on the staffers just feeding a bunch of documents to Grok and credulously accepting whatever it spit out in response. 521612
Reposted by PardesiOs Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Individually, many of the authors have spent time working for explicitly-EA aligned or funded organisations – and are now in the UK/US civil service or various think tanks, playing an outsized role to shaping the policy response to this (self-narrativised) “problem”. 212819
Reposted by PardesiOs Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The result: national govts, think tanks and universities refocusing AI evaluations to focus on highly speculative problems where there is no empirical evidence that they're possible - but lots of ideological reason to take them seriously, whatever the costs of the very REAL issues we then ignore . 316839
Reposted by PardesiOs Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Since we’re doing another round of “AI will destroy humanity” doom-hype, it’s a good time to announce a new paper myself and my postdoc advisor just had accepted by BioSocieties on just this. TL;DR: almost all the “AI can make bioweapons” literature comes ultimately from the Effective Altruists.ironholds.org 17729267
Pardesi @pardesi2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It would be cool if every day were not narcissistic abuse. Oh well. 000
Reposted by PardesiAnnie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In order to reduce sibling rivalry we've introduced the new baby as an essentially tragic figure who's crying all the time bc he can't eat all the delicious foods the toddler can eat. I think its working but this morning the toddler solemnly told me "baby cryin cus e can't eat pineapple... Or bugs" 718713
Reposted by PardesiKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Enough with the niggers, enough with the jewrats" This important message on X the Everything App has been brought to you by Home Depot, McDonalds and Disney. 35890170
Reposted by PardesiMartin Concagh @mconcagh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Favourite realistic evil is Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo, just breathtaking levels of narcissism and cowardice. Unrealistic? I keep coming back to Lex Luthor. Most Superman villains are crap, they keep coming back to Lex because his logistics of his villainry is asymmetrical to Superman’s powers. 61676
Pardesi @pardesi2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As the product of a marriage where my Dad wanted kids, and my Mom wanted to marry my Dad...its good more women feel empowered to say they don't want kids now. Probably would not have saved me (my parents are lackluster people), but the more kids who have two willing parents, the better. 010
Reposted by Pardesirev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026i think RFK Jr.'s colon-destroying steak and sauerkraut diet, tradwife culture, and Silicon Valley CNC parties are the same thing: a desperate attempt among powerful men to convince each other that gluttony, rapaciousness, and raw domination are not just their birthright but their responsibility 191493239
Pardesi @pardesi2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Being generous, Silicon Valley is like our awful Court at Versailles. Didn't end well for them! 110
Reposted by PardesiGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 28/09/2026as just one example, i am finally finishing this book up, and alfani spends almost too much time reminding you that performative wealth hoarding has basically always, as far back as history goes, been seen as vice, not virtue, and it’s a thing the ultrawealthy even into the modern era worried aboutpress.princeton.eduAs Gods Among Men"In this masterly book, [Alfani] offers an insightful long-run perspective and fascinating lessons for the future. A must-read!"—Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First CenturyA sweeping... 317519
Reposted by Pardesi☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026so is aella just a pimp then 161493
Reposted by PardesiMr. Buick @mrbuick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026People disappointed in her not running in 2028 need to look at the bigger picture 291
Reposted by PardesiStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You ever think about how between the end of USAID, the Iran War, and whatever horrid plague RFK Jr. unleashes, the backlash to Me Too will probably kill more people than the backlash against the actual literal act of war on 9/11? 1045768
Reposted by PardesiRude Law Dog @esghound.com · 28/09/2026"try that in a small town," the insipid pro lynching song by chud date rapist looking pop country artist jason aldeen hit #1 on billboard and not only would I prefer to have never heard it, the world would be a better place if he had been fed to wolves as a small child 3758
Reposted by PardesiNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Our media would be spending most of its time between 1936-August 1939 focusing on discrimination against Germanic Poles and the absurd "extremity" of the Polish Socialist Party and, especially the Jewish Labor Bund. Look at their wacky mutual aid organizations! Hear the funny things they say! 1547
Reposted by PardesiAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9352173197
Reposted by Pardesibrent sewer socialist🚰🌹 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A lot of people don’t want to hear it but Joe Biden’s entire legacy will likely be as the guy who let the worst president in American history come to power again and who funded and armed a genocide abroad. History will not remember him well. 2545155
Reposted by PardesiFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026it does kinda bum me out that we see very little discussion about “how do you deal as a hyperactive adult with ADHD” I know we are a rarer, albeit not at all elusive or shy species, within the category of ADHD, but we sure do exist (and we’re very annoying) 2528516
Reposted by Pardesiryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026Trump fucked up the *American* renewable transition but he might have had the largest positive effect on the global transition of any president ever 381296253
Reposted by PardesiIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The whole video is like 0.01% of a VLCC its crazy 1751880
Reposted by PardesiDavid Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There is no accepted system of accounting for these invented “ownership” structures, and it will ultimately allow enormous sums to be stolen, with no way to forensically prove in a courtroom setting what happened and whether it was definitely wrong. Billions will disappear and no one will pay. 13722
Reposted by PardesiFred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 25/09/2026They will not even pretend to come as liberators. They will kill indiscriminately, find some puppet to collaborate with an occupation, and openly boast about turning the island into a slave colony, while stealing billions. 4366
Reposted by PardesiFred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 25/09/2026An invasion of Cuba would be so much worse than Iran, while Iran is still going on, that we really might approach the string-up-the-bastards zone 35811
Reposted by PardesiAlex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 25/09/2026there’s a viral tweet citing Kol Nidrei and the existence of Marranos during the Spanish Inquisition as proof that Jews are inherently untrustworthy and perfidious so apparently we’re bringing back medieval antisemitism 1020947
Reposted by PardesiDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 25/09/2026it literally is this atavistic desire for a world that is worse for everyone, even ourselves, "but at least we're In Control™️" 31088
Reposted by PardesiAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There are too many people in congress who would be happier doing this, and that's part of why our politics is so stupid bsky.app/profile/avit... 1493895546
Reposted by PardesiKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There are no guarantees with jobs right now, especially with the mass adoption of AI tools by many companies. Everyone is worried about being fired, laid off or losing a steady freelance gig at any time. Applying to jobs for months or a year-plus. Ghost job listings. Full return to the office. 660166
Reposted by PardesiMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I like the implication (not totally unsupported) that segregated sex bathrooms are vaguely gay 71259
Reposted by Pardesiex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Literally everyone will tell you that. 1594733326
Reposted by PardesiVaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“All these 9/11 truther militia freaks yelling about chemtrails and vaccines and the New World Order are never going to matter, it’s not healthy for you to be so obsessed with them” yeah, you’re right, mom and dad, it wasn’t healthy, but unfortunately they’re also the United States government now 427843
Reposted by Pardesi#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 24/09/2026Avigdor Liberman attempts to revive the 20th century right wing Israeli idea of "transferring parts of the occupied West Bank" back to Jordan— but the rest of the right wing including Netanyahu condemns it as too liberal.timesofisrael.comLiberman proposes Jordan control parts of West Bank, drawing right-wing rebukeYisrael Beytenu party chief says PA cannot remain in control of territory and 'you can't have a vacuum'; Netanyahu tells him to 'retract your statement immediately' 16012
