Steve Miller
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JD Vance and Zohran Mamdani are two sides of the same coin. They both represent a future where trolls say extremist shit on TikTok and then politicians get popularity by pretending that shit is true.
If I’m a Kansas farmer relying on soil science research for my livelihood I want the people doing the research to be selected based on how qualified they are, not their parentage
When we confiscate the wages of Alabama mechanics and Kansas farmers to spend billions on university research, their children should be first in line for the funded graduate research positions they’re financing. I’m tired of making zoomers compete with everyone on earth.
reissuing the Commodore 64 means my childhood is officially back in stock and ready to party
Congress: “Ban TikTok if it’s not separated from the Chinese Communist Party.” Supreme Court, 9-0: “Yep, that’s the law.” Trump administration: “Best I can do is illegally delay its prohibition three times, repeatedly pretend a sale is imminent, and then nationalize it.”
education fights are old fights C.S. Lewis in "Screwtape Proposes a Toast" (1959) outlines a plan for the destruction of excellence in schools h/t @tastem_pacper
You would fail a college student if they wrote this on an exam and yet the NYT publishes it as if it’s insightful
Would Americans be better off without Costco? Zephyr Teachout says yes. I say no. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
The year is 2210. American & Chinese officials meet in Lisbon for the ceremonial "extending of the tariff deadline", celebrating the two countries' trade relationship in an annual tradition whose origins are now lost to history
Bessent says Aug. 12 China tariff deadline likely to be extended, talks planned in Stockholm cnbc.com/2025/07/22/bes…
So basically you're free to say anything you're not forbidden to say. Right.
#DemocracyNotAlgocracy | 🇪🇺🇫🇷In Europe, one is free to speak, not to spread illegal content. #EuropeProtects #DSAProtects
Holistic admissions are a plague
If imma be honest that wasn’t the conclusion you were meant to take from the piece
The main problem with “free” is that it costs too much.
Despite a recent $750k taxpayer subsidy, the shelves at Kansas City's government-run grocery store are "almost bare." It also lost $885k last year and is, unsurprisingly, hemorrhaging customers.
Oh look, they figured out how to scale ideological conformity testing
BREAKING: We just helped the Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence file a federal lawsuit challenging Boston Public Schools' unconstitutional new "tier" admissions system for elite exam schools, which disguises racial discrimination as socioeconomic policy.
9/ Students should compete based on hard work and talent, not on the neighborhood they live in or the color of their skin. We’re fighting against Boston’s plan that punishes children for factors they cannot control.pacificlegal.org/case/boston-pa…
Instead of implementing high school struggle sessions, colleges should push the SAT to add more levels beyond 1600 to capture higher levels of extraordinary ability and use that
Elite universities are going to start using peer-scored civility ratings for admissions?! Sorry, that’s a terrible idea. Why not just admit people based on their scores and then teach them to debate and dialogue? You don’t need to go full CCP to solve this problem.
Anyone want to tell Tariff Man why Coke puts corn syrup in the worse US version? (Spoiler for the lurking White House econ advisors: it's not Patriotism)
Children today are bombarded with messages of an impending apocalypse that can only be warded off by lowering living standards. Research suggests that this doomsday mindset is causing widespread anxiety in young people. humanprogress.org/the-kids-need-…
Rural Americans are significantly dependent on government transfers. As you would expect from a less productive population that is advantaged through the electoral system. Marc Andreessen’s worldview doesn’t seem to have much basis in empirical reality.