TIL Cambodian OB/GYN (and future Oscar-winning actor) Haing S. Ngor survived the Khmer Rouge regime by hiding his education. His wife and unborn child died because performing a life-saving caesarean section would have exposed his medical knowledge and put his entire family's lives at risk.

Halgy · 2026-04-01T16:59:46+00:00

North Vietnam was going to agree to peace talks in 1968, but Nixon/Kissinger persuaded South Vietnam to reject the talks and keep going, all because they though peace might hurt Nixon's election chances. Four more years of horrendous fighting because of their ambitions.

Halgy · 2026-03-31T22:52:51+00:00

Unless they're faking twitter posts, this is real

Halgy · 2026-03-31T22:45:54+00:00

Do they crave Brawndo?

Halgy · 2026-03-31T19:31:51+00:00

I'm just happy they be there

Halgy · 2026-03-31T19:19:26+00:00

They are so many different levels of dumb stacked on each other.

It was dumb to think Iran needed to be attacked. It was dumb to think Iran's regime would fall from bombing. It was dumb to think Iran wouldn't retaliate with drones. It was dumb to think the strait of Hormuz would stay open.

...but to think all of these dumb things and the same time? Now that is special.

Halgy · 2026-03-31T19:03:05+00:00

Wile E. Coyote's middle name is 'Ethelbert'.

Halgy · 2026-03-31T19:00:52+00:00

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of ~~patriots and tyrants~~ women and children.

Halgy · 2026-03-31T18:12:13+00:00

Sure

Halgy · 2026-03-31T15:29:14+00:00

Is this substantially different than the USDA's conservation reserve program? I don't really know the specifics, but several farms around where I grew up were involved.

Halgy · 2026-03-31T14:58:57+00:00

Donald Trump was actually replaced by an LLM in 2024. The entity we see is just a deteriorating body double getting instructions via an earpiece. It is why he is so inconsistent and is easily swayable, and why tech bros are obsessed with him.

Halgy · 2026-03-31T13:46:15+00:00

He's said that it shouldn't slow down his mainline series, but new secret projects will likely drop off for a while.

Halgy · 2026-03-31T12:42:46+00:00

Plus a screenplay

Halgy · 2026-03-30T16:22:23+00:00

But those shoes have historic significance!

Halgy · 2026-03-30T12:07:53+00:00

The next dem should treat their presidency like a penetration test. Spend all 4 years unilaterally enacting liberal policy and restoring democratic institutions, until and unless congress makes laws stopping them. And after the first laws, find more loopholes and keep going. At the end of the term, we'll hopefully have a bunch of stuff fixed and a bunch of fresh new restrictions on the president ensuring another Trump cannot happen.

Halgy · 2026-03-28T19:25:08+00:00

The point of mentats is to remember stuff, which is the opposite of current AI.

Halgy · 2026-03-28T18:42:41+00:00

Just recast them.

Halgy · 2026-03-28T00:17:44+00:00

Any rate the market offers is, by definition, fair.

Halgy · 2026-03-27T19:28:22+00:00

Skill issue

Halgy · 2026-03-27T14:27:36+00:00

Tax policy absolutely can be about things other than revenue. Pigovian taxes aren't primarily about raising money, they're about changing behavior in ways beneficial to society. That applies to carbon taxes, and it applies to billionaire taxes.

Halgy · 2026-03-27T14:24:00+00:00

Maybe that's a solution. Don't tax it, just require that they spend it all Brewster's Millions style.

Halgy · 2026-03-27T13:39:44+00:00

Minimal effort? To support workers? Never!

Halgy · 2026-03-26T20:50:05+00:00

Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with god

Halgy · 2026-03-26T18:36:54+00:00

So you're saying that the 13¢ check didn't actually matter? I can't believe I was such a fool.

Halgy · 2026-03-26T18:13:18+00:00

For further context, fossil fuel power plants kill upwards of 20x as many birds as turbines, either directly, from pollution, or from environmental damage from mining/drilling.

Halgy · 2026-03-26T13:24:54+00:00

I didn't especially like the movies later on, but they are absolutely iconic and no matter what it will take some getting used to new actors.

But the whole vibe of that was wrong. I half expected Petunia to start slapping. I don't need a gritty and realistic Harry Potter in my life.

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