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30 dolls bad, 15 AI friends good.

I think Ben’s gonna be okay at this whole magazine writing thing

Have we reached peak tattoo?

The Atlantic is hiring all of the journalists. theatlantic.com/press-releases…

"Pam Bondi's Absurd Claim About Fentanyl Overdoses Epitomizes the Illogic of the War on Drugs" Jacob Sullum reason.com/2025/05/02/pam… Magazine

I annoy lots of ppl but felt I needed to thank Mom and Dad first for putting up with me. From OriginalSinBook.com

Challah-at-yinz fellow Xers staring blankly into the abyss of politics. Turn it off and talk to your kids if they will tolerate it

Breaking CBS News: A federal judge ruled Friday that President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie is unconstitutional and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it. cbsnews.com/news/trump-exe…

Most people are fundamentally libertarian--they believe in live-and-let-live and want a smaller govt that does less and borrows/spends less. So why aren't libertarian ideas more popular in politics? Via reason youtube.com/shorts/HNv5sVk…

Oregon legislators will vote Monday on their Journalism Protection Act, which like Canada's Online News Act seeks to force digital platforms to pay publishers for linking to news stories . . . it is called here a "Stone-Age Approach to Save Journalism" truthonthemarket.com/2025/05/01/ore…

Ed Martin, Trump's pick for DC US District Attorney, ghostwrote online attacks against a judge handling a case that involved him. We obtained emails showing Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts & coached her on making them look organic: propub.li/4lVzgip

Happy anniversary to the greatest Derby day headline of all time, Fernando Suarez

My latest essay in the NYT is about a tradition of right-wing thinking that advocates enhanced executive power and how its arguments are now being used to justify Trump's unprecedented power-grabs. You'll find a gift link in the following tweet.

"In other words, eliminating the de minimis rule is a significant tax on poorer Americans. Frankly, it’s also a pain in the ass to have your international shipments delayed at broker (who often charges you exorbitant rates, more than the customs tax)" marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

You have too many pencils.

Live long enough and you’ll watch the conservative economic message go from “I, Pencil” to “1 pencil.”

I'm fine with Trump's June military parade if he follows is two dolls and five pencils logic and downsizes it to one tank, one soldier, and one aircraft flyover.

I wrote about this phenomenon a while back: People who are nostalgic for the past not because it was better, but explicitly because it was worse.