this is an alphabet invented by white anthropologists who were trying to create a scientific transcription method for Indigenous languages that had no written form. less than 5000 people *in the world* can fluently read it, and 90% of them are linguists

Punished MythosMasonry and here’s the other thing I forgot to mention: no one knew they were going to use the NAPA transcription as the legal name until the day it was already decided. for the last three years, everyone on the street thought “Musqueamview” was going to be the legal name post-change,

Peter Whitaker It's not *that* unfair to say we fought the revolutionary war so we could give away Kentucky to private land speculators

Tim Walz being dragged into a black helicopter bound for Guantanamo Bay with a burlap sack over his head screaming he’s been set up while an evil smile creeps across his retarded sons face

"No, dad, I will not kill Amy Klobuchar for you!”

This ongoing Dwarkesh Patel series on China is fantastic - as a listener it feels like you are learning with him... Each guest is an expert in their field AND the guests have context on each other so the conversations can build (they know eachother's claims and you get the

Activation Word Paul Bunyan. All systems go!

For this reason zombiism as a prion disease spread by contact with nerve / brain tissue works better than the traditional pseudo rabies

A British judge walks out of the courtroom, laughing loudly. A colleague asks, "What is it you laugh about?" "Ah, I just heard an excellent joke," the judge says, sweeping tears of laughter. "A joke? Tell me!" "Are you crazy? I just sentenced a man to ten years for that joke."