Month: May 2024

The big story is Trump was convicted yesterday on 37 of 37 counts by a New York jury in his hush money criminal trial. Even though technically he broke the law, as that is what a guilty verdict implies, the whole thing is transparently politically motivated and is procedural theatre. Hardly anyone, even on the… Continue reading Trump found guilty in hush money trial

From Integrity Talk: We’re on the Verge of Reversing Obesity. The good news is Tirzepatide and Semaglutide are the most effective non-surgical weight loss treatments on the market. The bad news is this is a low bar. I think it’s premature and unsupported by the evidence to say we’re on the verge of reversing obesity.… Continue reading Tirzepatide and Semaglutide will not solve the worldwide obesity epidemic, but are a good start nonetheless

Models by definition are pretty unyielding. They do not care for our hopes or wishes. But that makes things easier in some ways because all you have to do is follow or do what the model stipulates and you will almost always come out ahead or a winner at life. As someone who reads a… Continue reading Choosing the right model of the world

Interesting Vox Day article: How to Recognize VHIQ. Vox discusses superficial outward indicators of very-high IQ: For me, the first sign is always the eyes. Highly intelligent people tend to have a penetrating quality to their eyes, particularly when they aren’t interacting with anyone and aren’t aware they are being observed. It’s often described as… Continue reading How to Recognize VHIQ

Scott Greer: Going on welfare instantly revokes your white card — Scott Greer 6’2” IQ 187 (@ScottMGreer) May 10, 2024 He got pushback because he generalizes all whites who may go on welfare for legitimate reasons as moochers. In an attempt to go viral with a catchy-one liner, he lumps in many whites who are… Continue reading Whites on Welfare

Item #1: I edited and rewrote parts of my article on smoking and obesity, Bring Back Smoking to End Obesity. Smoking, stimulants, and purgatives were widespread in the seventies and earlier as a way to mitigate weight gain. Food has replaced the role of smoking and amphetamines for simulation. Item #2: Bitcoin keeps lagging Nvidia… Continue reading The Daily View, 5/26/2024: Japan and Ozempic, Hikikomori , Smoking and Obesity

I often see people using adjectives such as ‘odd’, ‘bizarre’ or ‘strange’ to refer to each other’s arguments when what they meant to say is they disagree. Or that they “don’t understand” or “don’t follow”. Perhaps this is seen as less offensive or a circuitous or roundabout way to express disagreement. Arguments can be fallacious… Continue reading Arguments are not strange

In my post from last year, The trinity: enshitification, tip inflation, and shrinkflation, a characteristic of enshitification is the removal of useful features, and the imposition of features no one wants and are annoying. There is no permission; users have no say in this process in what features are added or removed. It just happens.… Continue reading The Assistant No One Asked For

Walt Mismark argues that the alt-right has won, calling it “wildly successful”. Sebastian Jensen takes the opposite view, which I agree. The alt-right lost in the sense it has been subsumed or overtaken by the trad/norm-core right and aesthetic on twitter, especially since 2022. Although some alt-right values were assimilated, it’s no longer the alt-right.… Continue reading The Fall of the Alt-Right and the Rise of the Norm-Core Right

I saw this: How The Atlantic Went from Broke to Profitable in Three Years, which agrees with my earlier article from just a month ago: Why legacy media is thriving. Every year we hear the same tired predictions about how legacy print media (which includes its online/digital equivalents) is doomed, dying, or ‘unable to keep… Continue reading Legacy Media is Thriving in the Trump Era