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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

That thick, fuliginous flatness got me in its spell ...

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I will admit being reluctant to read it, but your endorsement means a lot, and wow did it deliver.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

What benefit is this stuff supposed to provide? Quantity aside, won’t it be washed away by shampoo?

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

This might be a reference to Pedro de Valdivia. He probably didn’t die that way, but there are stories …

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Say what you will about the meaning, but that is a fantastic photograph.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

“What’s your dissertation about?” he asks. I tell him and he says “I thought it was supposed to be a piece of original research.” Jokes on him because I completed my degree anyway.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Foreign visitors usually miss the stunning labor force exploitation. Ask around: what hours are people working, how much are they paid, how much time off per month? "Life is so convenient in China!" Yes, if you're so fortunate to have lots more money than the average worker.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Following your example: I only read on a computer and when I exhaust what’s there to read I hang it up for the day. I took the apps off my phone and the 2FA I have for social media is enough of a pfaff to keep me logged out.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

The Air models might be for other markets. I see a lot of very sleek and thin Android phones in China that make the usual iPhones look like fat slabs of tech. Now Apple has something to compete with that style.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Yes to all that you've said. Plus, it's a silly concept from (of all things) video games, so it has all the emotional impact of identifying someone with one of the main characters from "Friends."

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Every time I try to reread just the beginning, I end up rereading the entire essay.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

The same thing you do every night? Try to take over the world?

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Can two political extremists share an apartment without driving each other crazy?

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Sustain sufficient sleep for a year; change your life forever.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

That (truncated) quote misses the point of the article, which is exactly the motivations you described. The rest of the quote is, ".... And so fundamentally anything that threatens to cut off traffic to the actual Wikipedia platforms threatens all those things."

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Great video by Dr. Collier. Vibe history must be even worse than vibe physics since people distort history to score political points (witness authoritarian countries having "memory laws").

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Hidden away in the attic, there’s a painting of RFK Jr that looks terrific.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

She's thinking about love, the robot's thinking about the Roman empire.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Perfectly written, not a single extra word, 10/10 would laugh again!

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I fondly remember feeding a calculus problem into my calculator and having it dash out the answer, all while I didn’t learn any math at all. Oh, and my calculator calling itself “Hitler.”

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Also, the Bill Ackman who's made $9B is different than the Bill Ackman who's *going to* make the $9B. It's interesting the mythologies these people need.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

This is hardly important, but normalizing wearing a ball cap to every public appearance also not great.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

there, there, it's going to be ok

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Thank you! It's worth reading for its larger point, although the AI specifics ignore other possibilities, such as the current AI push being a dead-end and thus a large wasted effort.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We will likely compete in replies to this for which JCO piece turned us off forever. For me, We Were the Mulvaneys was the end.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

It would be risky to reduce money for investment if capital were scarce, but capital is abundant (gesture to Gen AI bubble). We instead have inadequate demand. The wealthy save/invest and the rest can't afford or have to borrow. A balance between investment and consumption is best.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Thank you for starting this podcast. There's already a podcast out there called 开门见山 so listeners be sure to connect to the new one.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Actually was, but didn’t realize it at the time.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I was in Liverpool recently, saw a sign for Everton, and thought of your passion for the team.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I read threads like this and wonder why people subject themselves to such troubles.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Recently listened to Bridget Read, author of Little Bosses Everywhere on the Time to Say Goodbye podcast talking about the roots of this "it's all up to you" culture.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Yes that's best and I apologize for being flippant. Collectively, of course, Republicans in Congress represent a massive challenge to Trump. I'm biting my nails as they play out Exit, Voice, and Loyalty.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

It would be more on-brand to threaten the rating agencies.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Lots of very good, lightweight, and affordable DSLR alternatives now, should you wish to go back to it.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Go for the delicious hate read, stay for the vicarious hurt feelings in the comments.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

No, no, no, you see he's just doing the "weave."

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

True and the goal is to wear out the media and public. Masha Gessen has written great stuff about this using Russia as the example. I’d long wondered about the affinity of this admin for Russia and I think this is why.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Pretty sure he will blame someone else while simultaneously saying there are no shortages.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I stopped answering calls from almost everyone years ago due to all the spam. This scam is fascinating though because it fools people into equating authentication of the customer with authentication of the card company. Simple and clever.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

but they’re still big enough to identify each tab

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

It stuns me that these folks have everything: unlimited finances, fame, and respect and yet still feel aggrieved and doomed. Really now, folks, what more could you want?

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

While I wouldn't read Ackman for insights on China, neither would I rely on cultural essentialism. China's economic progress has had enormous benefits for the lives of its people. It's cold-hearted to talk about sacrificing the well-being of people to spite an enemy.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Always sad to see old friends fall on hard times.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Yes, I much appreciate Ed Zitron's work.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Cue the infamous Lee Atwater clip…

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Thank you for this thread, because with all that's written about LLMs being the next industrial revolution worth investments of $100B's and geopolitical conflict, I feel like I'm losing my mind. Thank you (and Alex) for the book; I went to pre-order and found that I'd already done that months ago.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I will be very surprised if he voluntarily gives up power.

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Lexical Closure @taracchage.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Clearly, she was prepared to flee the country. Kind of unimpressed that she only had one passport though.

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