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Social category influence countries 8.23% finance 3.8% travel destinations 2.22% technology brands #1347 stocks 1.58% social networks #1189 celebrities 1.27% musicians 0.63% automotive brands 0.63% vc firms 0.32%
Social topic influence in the #6684, if you #173, new york #2784, this is 4.43%, the most 2.53%, new england #350, culture #914, black #92, red 1.58%, history #2422
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Top Social Posts
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"Mamdanislop is the defining political aesthetic of the next 2-6 years Heres what Keir Starmer doesnt want you to know.π https://t.co/i0fJ7HnPBH Heres what Keir Starmer doesnt want you to know.π https://t.co/i0fJ7HnPBH"
X Link 2025-10-13T21:49Z 19.3K followers, 865.3K engagements
"America has whole worlds in it I will never know Another heartland chain I'd never heard of until moving here: Nebraska Furniture Mart a five-location chain of tremendously large (1.1 million sq ft 3x the size of the average ikea) furniture warehouse stores Nothing's more americana than discount megastores I suppose https://t.co/WCm8GzVCqa Another heartland chain I'd never heard of until moving here: Nebraska Furniture Mart a five-location chain of tremendously large (1.1 million sq ft 3x the size of the average ikea) furniture warehouse stores Nothing's more americana than discount"
X Link 2025-10-22T20:20Z 19.1K followers, 21.7K engagements
"You need to understand that these analysis videos for games (or books movies etc.) are not primarily consumed as a companion to the playing the game People watch this instead of playing the game Oh boy Ive always wanted to watch a surface level analysis stuffed full of unfunny outdated memes that lasts a 4th of the day The ever so helpful Pyrocynical: https://t.co/UJRY8iQu1n Oh boy Ive always wanted to watch a surface level analysis stuffed full of unfunny outdated memes that lasts a 4th of the day The ever so helpful Pyrocynical: https://t.co/UJRY8iQu1n"
X Link 2026-01-03T18:42Z 19.2K followers, 430.2K engagements
"Some people have very strong feelings about white asians dating male females"
X Link 2026-01-17T19:15Z 19.1K followers, 690.8K engagements
"A big gym chain in New York is 24/7 and they use these funky entrance pods to get in and out i hate my gym so much why does it close at 2pm on sundays keep that shit open 24/7 pls i hate my gym so much why does it close at 2pm on sundays keep that shit open 24/7 pls"
X Link 2026-01-25T17:39Z 19K followers, 1M engagements
"Aesthetic Micromovement of the Day: Neon Surf Shack (1990s) Indigenous Hawaiian motifs 1950s tiki kitsch and loud 1980s neon garishly combined layered over with freeform brushstroke text and oozing with rad dog attitude. It was Nickelodeon-ized towards the end. Radical dude"
X Link 2026-01-25T23:09Z 19K followers, 60.2K engagements
"Detroit is proof that most cities are better off being autocratically ruled with an iron fist by a small committee of restructuring lawyers and accountants What US city has the largest gap between national perception and reality My answer: Detroit Everyone seems to think its a run down hell hole w nothing but boarded up buildings. In reality: Completely rejuvenated downtown w businesses residential restaurants & nice https://t.co/f6O6mCZcft What US city has the largest gap between national perception and reality My answer: Detroit Everyone seems to think its a run down hell hole w nothing but"
X Link 2026-01-27T05:59Z 19K followers, 615.5K engagements
""Germans are autistically efficient about everything" is the fakest stereotype in the world Germans are reactionary brutes (lovingly) and do tons of things very stupidly for no good reason Why don't German apartments have apartment numbers I must always explain to newcomers that "if your name is not on your mailbox you won't get your mail". This is a problem when you are living with a friend or in an unauthorized sublet. https://t.co/oryR1ylbYT Why don't German apartments have apartment numbers I must always explain to newcomers that "if your name is not on your mailbox you won't get your"
X Link 2026-01-28T13:05Z 19.1K followers, 349.7K engagements
"Why not build THIS for $1 billion instead A Better Billion a report by the NYU Marron Institute and the Transit Cost Project on a [--] mile subway expansion we could do instead of free buses https://t.co/wo5VaevYBT https://t.co/IPN9ITxUs4 https://t.co/2rjWPLc0SZ A Better Billion a report by the NYU Marron Institute and the Transit Cost Project on a [--] mile subway expansion we could do instead of free buses https://t.co/wo5VaevYBT https://t.co/IPN9ITxUs4 https://t.co/2rjWPLc0SZ"
X Link 2026-01-30T15:42Z 19K followers, 146.8K engagements
"@justalexoki Is that actually how he talks"
X Link 2026-01-30T15:59Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"This is true but even your projection underestimates the true shortage This is wrong. Total units/population isn't nearly as important as units built/population. Lots of those units are in wrong places or contain fewer ppl/unit than ever Red area here is housing that doesn't exist. It's what [----] caused us not to build. We do have a shortage. https://t.co/23lufRfn0k This is wrong. Total units/population isn't nearly as important as units built/population. Lots of those units are in wrong places or contain fewer ppl/unit than ever Red area here is housing that doesn't exist. It's what 2008"
X Link 2026-01-31T15:40Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"I love how this AI painting depicts a megachurch-style little clear plastic cuppy You know like they had in ancient Jerusalem"
X Link 2026-01-31T15:55Z 19.1K followers, 109.5K engagements
"Rather than the taint of Nordic blood I've always had a more pedestrian theory for why cities like Minneapolis Madison Portland (both of them) Atlanta etc. are Like That: They're second- and third-rank cities full of left-wing washouts who couldn't hack it in the BosWash. Rufo posits that Minneapolis & Seattle are left-wing due to the dysgenic influence of Nordic immigrants https://t.co/ffOMpXpxSX Rufo posits that Minneapolis & Seattle are left-wing due to the dysgenic influence of Nordic immigrants https://t.co/ffOMpXpxSX"
X Link 2026-01-31T16:47Z 19.1K followers, 90.5K engagements
"Its calling out to me like the green goblin mask Why are we giving quintillions to the Ukraine whilst American cities are going though this https://t.co/rKfZfGFgqO Why are we giving quintillions to the Ukraine whilst American cities are going though this https://t.co/rKfZfGFgqO"
X Link 2026-01-31T19:13Z 19.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm pretty tolerant of city boosters. Yknow Chicago patriots Seattle nationalists St. Louis partisans Austin enthusiasts Detroit die-hards Charlotte champions etc. It's cute and wholesome to promote one's city. Miami zealots are by far the most delusional though"
X Link 2026-02-01T00:13Z 19.1K followers, 30.9K engagements
"I absolutely refuse to say umami for exactly this reason Why do we insist on using the Japanese word umami when there's already a perfectly good English word savory for exactly this thing Why do we insist on using the Japanese word umami when there's already a perfectly good English word savory for exactly this thing"
X Link 2026-02-01T18:46Z 19.1K followers, 833.9K engagements
"Ok but what kind of New England Nationalist are you New England Nationalism https://t.co/PfRxXYu2va New England Nationalism https://t.co/PfRxXYu2va"
X Link 2026-02-02T15:48Z 19.1K followers, 296.5K engagements
"What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians A drummer"
X Link 2026-02-02T17:36Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Why did Mamdani say this It's going down. Meet me after school tomorrow. It's going down. Meet me after school tomorrow"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:22Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@DanteJeffe14617 @BayAreaNewLibs Obviously there was some antisemitism in old Anglo-American culture. But of any culture on earth Protestant Anglo-America was likely the single most friendly to Jews at the time especially in educated culturewhich of course America was also at the forefront of spreading"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:47Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Being guilty of something together is peerless for bond-forming. It's a lil hack to the human mind. There's no quicker way to establish a deep bond than doing something taboo together. Haven't you ever heard "thick as thieves" The highest form of this is human sacrifice btw I ruined a lot of relationships by turning down coke. funny how that works I ruined a lot of relationships by turning down coke. funny how that works"
X Link 2026-02-02T20:48Z 19.3K followers, 438.2K engagements
"Still holding out on this one. Latinos won't become white; whites will become latino. What group after Hispanics becomes white What group after Hispanics becomes white"
X Link 2026-02-02T22:37Z 19.1K followers, 113.5K engagements
"I had no idea there was a Scientologist version of Protestants We're witnessing the birth of Anti-Fuentes Groyperism much like how Scientologists have an anti-Church sect called "The Freezone" We're witnessing the birth of Anti-Fuentes Groyperism much like how Scientologists have an anti-Church sect called "The Freezone""
X Link 2026-02-03T00:42Z 19.1K followers, 18.5K engagements
"If you think the right is more organized that means youre on the left. If you think the left is more organized that means youre on the right. The New Yorker's art department never misses https://t.co/9Q6MAMtTMw The New Yorker's art department never misses https://t.co/9Q6MAMtTMw"
X Link 2026-02-03T19:21Z 19.1K followers, 131.4K engagements
"I dont think the purpose of a system is necessarily what it does"
X Link 2026-02-03T19:25Z 19.1K followers, 49.8K engagements
"@alt_ccc Personally I'd laugh if Nikki Haley said [--] 7"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:17Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Better ten guilty men go free than one innocent man be punished Yea ok sure but that does eventually stop being true at some ratio of guilty:innocent I would say its NOT better that ten million guilty men go free than one innocent man be punished for example"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:52Z 19.1K followers, 150.5K engagements
"Insufferable"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:41Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I hate this graph because while it's hypothetically true it fails to take account of the fact that taxes in big cities aren't just spent on "stable services" they're spent on massive amounts of graft and redistribution. Nobody minds paying taxes for garbage pickups"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:25Z 19.1K followers, 35.2K engagements
"We're even more efficient when we're in velomobiles but we all decided that riding a velomobile looks so stupid that we don't include it in the records "Humans arent very efficient moversuntil you put us on a bicycle when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom." π€ https://t.co/k6XUjgtUzI "Humans arent very efficient moversuntil you put us on a bicycle when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom." π€ https://t.co/k6XUjgtUzI"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:01Z 19.1K followers, 134.4K engagements
"Teen pregnancy is not awesome developed societies do and should have relatively low rates of it. That being said I do have two nuances about this: (1) The anti-Teen Mom panic of the 90s/00s was generally trashy and voyeuristic and often veered into misogyny and misanthropy there is a "actually teen pregnancy is awesome" thing bubbling up and I simply will not there is a "actually teen pregnancy is awesome" thing bubbling up and I simply will not"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:09Z 19.1K followers, 664K engagements
"Theres certainly a dark undercurrent to the pro-teen pregnancy discoursers but out of an abundance of charity I choose to believe that most are just getting a little exuberant about a dreamed-for future in which human life family and broad opportunities for youth flourish"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:18Z 19K followers, 49.5K engagements
"I hate juries but the problem with abolishing them is that judges are probably worse"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:36Z 19.1K followers, 50.1K engagements
"American Jews and Jewishness honestly fascinate me. Dont mistake my candidness for hostility its quite to the contrary. This is just a rich text. Im not sure if its hamhandedness is just clumsiness due to the competency crisis or an intentional effect but either way wow"
X Link 2026-02-05T01:08Z 19K followers, 17.6K engagements
"I actually thought this was an ok ad until 0:26 Then I screamed π¨Just in: The Shamwow Guy Vince Shlomi has officially released his first campaign ad for his campaign against Republican Incumbent John Carter in the Texas 31st Congressional District Carter is [--] years old I thought @RealShamwowGuy's ad was fantastic https://t.co/KLQedW6aof π¨Just in: The Shamwow Guy Vince Shlomi has officially released his first campaign ad for his campaign against Republican Incumbent John Carter in the Texas 31st Congressional District Carter is [--] years old I thought @RealShamwowGuy's ad was fantastic"
X Link 2026-02-05T02:44Z 19.2K followers, 542K engagements
"@flatcircle_O Think a little harder"
X Link 2026-02-05T03:43Z 19K followers, 10.8K engagements
"I remember significant left-liberal peacocking about how well Mamdani will handle the police how pragmatic and competent he is But I think its clearly more likely that the nationwide trend of leftist mayors alienating their police departments is likely to continue in New York"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:08Z 19K followers, 19.5K engagements
"Thiswidespread flouting of drunk driving lawsis actually dying out. Its a relic of Boomer/Gen X America. Zoomers take anti-drunk driving seriously. (For good reason They should) So they either dont drive or they dont drink. And in reality that usually means not drinking Americans take a very practical approach to drunk driving that is sort of at odds with the zero tolerance messaging. You can for example go out for drinks with your team after work anywhere in America and if you seem OK to drive then nobody is going to care that youre over Americans take a very practical approach to drunk"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:02Z 19.2K followers, 398.3K engagements
"An interesting narrative violation I noticed while reading The Power Broker is that at one point the author criticized Robert Moses for being paternalistic. Why Because Moses believed public golf courses were a waste of space elitist and irrelevant to most New Yorkers. No hate against golfers but city-owned land this close to the subway should be used for housing or actual parks https://t.co/0Vf6EDPYQQ No hate against golfers but city-owned land this close to the subway should be used for housing or actual parks https://t.co/0Vf6EDPYQQ"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:27Z 19.2K followers, 27.2K engagements
"This is a disastrous move from Mamdani on housing. The new administration has made good nods towards reducing red tape & boosting supply. However as long as they are committed to require union construction costs are going to impede that goal. https://t.co/tX1Uz4hbNT This is a disastrous move from Mamdani on housing. The new administration has made good nods towards reducing red tape & boosting supply. However as long as they are committed to require union construction costs are going to impede that goal. https://t.co/tX1Uz4hbNT"
X Link 2026-02-05T20:44Z 19.2K followers, 28.3K engagements
"@SpecialPuppy1 Eric Adams is beyond such petty mortal labels"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:31Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements
"this is basically my experience with the US and cities https://t.co/RSG3aewJvP this is basically my experience with the US and cities https://t.co/RSG3aewJvP"
X Link 2026-02-06T04:03Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"America has taken in many immigrants of many different kinds over its history. In my opinion the best 'deal' America ever got was the skilled artisans of Europe. Not desperately poor but working-class people bringing ancient crafts which helped make our cities so beautiful"
X Link 2026-02-06T04:15Z 19.2K followers, 189.2K engagements
"Fancy scientists from Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany yea. Plenty of refugees who we helped save from terrible fates sure. Cultural and professional elites from London and Paris of course. But the masons and carpenters of the Rhineland Savoy Bohemia etc. Truly special"
X Link 2026-02-06T04:18Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Honestly this continues to inform how I think about immigration. I find it hard to get excited about "the best and brightest" and I certainly don't want the dregs of the world. I want the humble honest workers still cherishing skills which we in America let be forgot"
X Link 2026-02-06T04:20Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"Well kinda. The first subway was nuts. It was enabled by State legislation planned and litigated by a private volunteer commission of the New York Chamber of Commerce financed by the City government (which also seized the land) and actually built by a for-profit company. Private companies built the overwhelming majority of the stations then the city took over & it became more about paying people to build stations rather than having a new station Private companies built the overwhelming majority of the stations then the city took over & it became more about paying people to build stations"
X Link 2026-02-06T05:30Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"Somewhat counterintuitively you can't trust autistic people to make accurate graphs or charts because they'll get obsessed with making them symmetrical and pretty instead of useful Americas political landscape is more complicated than it used to be. Heres my attempt to depict what I see as the seven broad camps today. Most people I know fall pretty cleanly into one of these circles (each of which has some common ground with the two adjacent circles). Some https://t.co/wbnWyKg9Uu Americas political landscape is more complicated than it used to be. Heres my attempt to depict what I see as the"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:14Z 19K followers, 20.7K engagements
"This political map is obviously nonsensical the purpose of it is not to usefully reflect anything real about the world it's to make that cute little ring of six overlapping circles. Isn't it neat I think so. That's why he made it. It's very pretty. But it's not true"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:15Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"Abolish primaries abolish congressional districts elect the House of Representatives using a proportional-party list system If you want political personalities go to the Senate let the House just be machine politics again (and this also gets rid of gerrymandering for free)"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:44Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"While obviously racial hatred is justly taboo the broader taboo against rationally discussing the real challenges of diversity and problems germane to particular ethno-cultural groups dates to approximately [----] with the outrageous and bad-faith attacks on Dan Moynihan @credenzaclear2 @FeralPHunter We have a Chestertonian fence about "racial differences" chatter and folks are as usual ripping it out without understanding why the fence was built @credenzaclear2 @FeralPHunter We have a Chestertonian fence about "racial differences" chatter and folks are as usual ripping it out without"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:36Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"That was the point when even informed humane liberal discussions about how policy ought to be reasonably shaped by empirical reality became unthinkable to the smart set. How far this taboo extends across society more broadly has waxed and waned but its obviously toxic"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:39Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"Like a dog to his vomit so fools repeat their folly"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:47Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"Take me home"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:49Z 19.3K followers, 74.1K engagements
"Last time someone sent this to me I initially freaked out but then it was actually that they had a totally deranged conspiracy theory about a mutual acquaintance which I was both amused by and slightly concerned for her about https://t.co/HuEQwngyeV https://t.co/HuEQwngyeV"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:52Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"@YIMBYLAND Iranian masons are like some sort of alien species with unique powers"
X Link 2026-02-07T01:11Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"The Frstenhaus Thurn und Taxis eventually evolved into SomethingAwful but you wouldn't understand that"
X Link 2026-02-07T01:55Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"lowkey I actually still can't believe they fucking killed Charlie Kirk"
X Link 2026-02-07T01:57Z 19K followers, [---] engagements
"@EnderCraft7393 also don't hate on Thomas the Tank Engine x The Thick Of It"
X Link 2026-02-07T02:09Z 19.3K followers, [---] engagements
"I love the literate chuds who pay for the New York Times and diligently seethe in the comments of woke articles The editors arent happy with us thats ok well keep reading that garbage @ChuckRossDC Some of the comments are brilliant. This one is an absolute classic and could not be more correct: https://t.co/ihKBRTJXj0 @ChuckRossDC Some of the comments are brilliant. This one is an absolute classic and could not be more correct: https://t.co/ihKBRTJXj0"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:23Z 19.1K followers, 85.8K engagements
"Ive noticed that the epistemological wall between being smart and being correct has been breaking down. Smart people are incorrect about all sorts of things. Thats not what being smart means. Its a non-sequitur to say something is true because smart people believe it"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:06Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Indeed intelligence enables the construction of ever-more sophisticated rationalizations and ever-subtler fallacies in support of false beliefs. Even the smartest humans are still humans and thus may be motivated by pride malice status laziness stubbornness or loneliness"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:11Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"I got one for being an Episcopalian once upon a time It is literally impossible to get an internship without familial or ethnic nepotism in current year It is literally impossible to get an internship without familial or ethnic nepotism in current year"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:49Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@ded_ruckus England has been a net food importer since around the Napoleonic Wars it's really not a big deal"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:14Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"I also think the wealth tax is a terrible idea But this is a pretty illustrative example of why left-wing protest tactics don't work for non-left causes This just looks ridiculous lmao We out here at the @ProBillionaires march Defeat the wealth tax https://t.co/Cwmy9tKL8O We out here at the @ProBillionaires march Defeat the wealth tax https://t.co/Cwmy9tKL8O"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:21Z 19.1K followers, 67.4K engagements
"@FinbarrNYC I also like that one and I think I like it (partially) because it alone hints at what an actual political response to the wealth tax would look likea robust broad unapologetic defense of property rights for all. Instead it's weirdly narrow because there's no foundation"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:27Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"That's right libtards My President is a YIMBY Trump became animated as Mamdani described how the system slows housing construction telling the mayor he had wanted it overhauled for years The president was like If you can get that done thatd be amazing https://t.co/4N7sIUVXgI Trump became animated as Mamdani described how the system slows housing construction telling the mayor he had wanted it overhauled for years The president was like If you can get that done thatd be amazing https://t.co/4N7sIUVXgI"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:00Z 19.1K followers, 45.6K engagements
"The Asian grindset discourse over the last few days has been annoying because the grind in question is a messy conflation of [--] things [--]. Studying for tests (mostly good) [--]. Pipeline fixtures like extracurriculars and internships (mostly bad) [--]. Cheating (obviously bad)"
X Link 2026-02-07T21:07Z 19.1K followers, 17.5K engagements
"Studying for tests comes with a big asterisk of course. Ideally most standardized tests are heavily g-loaded to limit the upside of intense studying (and this is mostly true) and HS/college shouldnt reward too much cramming during finals but otherwise studying is good lol"
X Link 2026-02-07T21:13Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@kevinf567 Yea exactly. Standardized tests should essentially be IQ tests. And then its reasonable to study for exams in college/professional schools. I dont know much about STEM hence maybe my heterodox view On Here a place so dominated by codemonkeys"
X Link 2026-02-07T21:29Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Honestly avoiding the Vietnam draft seemed like a bit of IQ test Assuming one didnt want to serve it seems that anyone with a head on his shoulders found a way to legally avoid being drafted or gutsily dodged it. Either way who was left Suckers idiots and a few patriots. Caldwell observed in Age Of Entitlement that while Silent Generation elites bonded thru near-universal participation in WWI Vietnam vets were basically TOTALLY EXCLUDED from the Boomer elite. Many were successful in private enterprise but shockingly few held institutional power Caldwell observed in Age Of Entitlement that"
X Link 2026-02-07T21:40Z 19.2K followers, 67.6K engagements
"This is a Bad Thing to be clear"
X Link 2026-02-07T21:41Z 19K followers, [----] engagements
"@ZigaZigaK Certainly many but if you look at the quoted post it seems as though that wasnt the case for WW2 draftees"
X Link 2026-02-07T21:42Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@mayaofspring Yea because it's quicker but they do have names which people use when discussing multiple service lines on the same trunk"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:44Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Rents being kinda high actually encourages couples moving in with each other. Arguably a pro-social circumstance. But then when rents get too high polyamory is necessary to realize this benefit and it all goes out the window. Overheard: "Polycule culture in San Francisco would fall apart if they built more homes." "What do you mean" "It's the rent." Overheard: "Polycule culture in San Francisco would fall apart if they built more homes." "What do you mean" "It's the rent.""
X Link 2026-02-08T00:29Z 19.1K followers, 12.4K engagements
"There could also just be a gradual correction back up to the 1.9-2.1 range but I wouldnt call that a surge And no short-circuiting it with waves of immigrants (who themselves rapidly adopt western fertility rates reaching native levels in 1-2 generations) doesnt count"
X Link 2026-02-08T03:12Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Loving this auto-translate feature greatly enriches my timeline with global perspectives on current events"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:03Z 19.3K followers, 27K engagements
"@AbstractEntityZ @avidseries @SolarxPvP This is a bit of an east coast/west coast thing East coast HP programs can be a bit overzealous but theyre mostly solid programs protecting beautiful buildings and neighborhoods West coast HP programs are uniformly a fucking joke"
X Link 2026-02-08T16:30Z 19.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@Chris_arnade Ought to give you an idea of how ridiculous your statement is Granted it was truer pre-Covid"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:18Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@Chris_arnade I am more trustworthy than a blue silhouette of a pedestrian after all"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:20Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@Chris_arnade Yea it has bars. It definitely has bars. Concerts too I love concerts. And theres decent convenient stores where one can buy cigs at 1am But everything elsegrocery stores bookstores hardware office supply theaters furniture craft goods liquor you name itnot so much"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:29Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@Chris_arnade I like NYC fine I live here after all and the 24/7 subway is truly one of the best things about it But I have had to (1) stand around waiting in the morning for shops to open and (2) hustle to make it to some store before it closes far more here than in much smaller cities"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:31Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@constans I honestly kinda think you're both right somehow"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:48Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"There are definitely people for whom "living in NYC" is like a substitute for a personality culture or achievement. They're in fact very lame and I suspect they'll ultimately feel dead inside about it (though perhaps not idk.) But NYC is also a very unique place and has a lot of additive power to otherwise agentic aspirational ambitious extroverted or otherwise alive people. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020571443566920138 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020571443566920138"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:52Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"I was asked in Union Square Park as part of some sort of informal poll whether I think Epstein killed himself. I said yes. I was one of only four tallies on the yes side against like [--] on the no side. Epstein was definitely murdered is the nuttiest view of all. Name a particular person w a particular motive-a person who bizarrely let him live before he got arrested even w the FBI known to be closing in. And why would nyc medical examiner cover it up Just nutty Epstein was definitely murdered is the nuttiest view of all. Name a particular person w a particular motive-a person who"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:54Z 19.1K followers, 17K engagements
"If you would please consult the chart Geert Wilders is wasian Alice Weidel is lesbian Eric Zemmour is jewish Itamar Ben-Gvir is an iraqi kurd Nick Fuentes is hispanic Nayib Bukele is palestinian The woke won but only for the far right Geert Wilders is wasian Alice Weidel is lesbian Eric Zemmour is jewish Itamar Ben-Gvir is an iraqi kurd Nick Fuentes is hispanic Nayib Bukele is palestinian The woke won but only for the far right"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:33Z 19.3K followers, 75.3K engagements
"Nationalists really shouldn't feel too embarrassed about this. This empirical reality is often used to dunk on nationalists but it in fact does nothing to undermine the claims of nationalism as a basic idea. If anything it reinforces them But pride often frustrates this logic"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:35Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"This is why I'm not really grabbed by the whole "asian grinding" complaints. I think a lot of the "grinding" for standardized tests isn't useful. Korean grind culture is psychotic precisely because it doesn't do much More meritocracy wouldn't actually create an Asian tsunami. 53% of the students at the top [---] colleges in America would not be there under SAT-only admissions. Under this policy elite student bodies would be slightly (60 = 63%) more affluent much whiter (66% = 75%) and much less black + LatinX (19% = 11%). https://t.co/HtRapba9MF 53% of the students at the top [---] colleges in"
X Link 2026-02-09T00:34Z 19.1K followers, 10.7K engagements
"Bad Bunny is a boy If you told someone in the year [----] that within one generation the Super Bowl half time show would be performed completely in Spanish and they would set up a fucking sugar cane plantation on the pitch complete with Hispanic field labourers as part of the set you would be https://t.co/Ch10ddsG7U If you told someone in the year [----] that within one generation the Super Bowl half time show would be performed completely in Spanish and they would set up a fucking sugar cane plantation on the pitch complete with Hispanic field labourers as part of the set you would be"
X Link 2026-02-09T03:41Z 19.1K followers, 10.2K engagements
"I saw someone say this was Joe Rogan and you know what i want eloise to be a lesbian too https://t.co/dF74EGtrXS and you know what i want eloise to be a lesbian too https://t.co/dF74EGtrXS"
X Link 2026-02-09T06:45Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"How to reconcile all this Well people like Matt Yglesias would say that its best for politicians to simply lie. Say popular things dont actually do them. This works for a little while but the blowback is fierce. Otherwise just accept it. Its the reality of democracy"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:26Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@nikicaga @Prolemasses Feels like flat earth is past its peak felt much bigger a few years ago. Pass now"
X Link 2026-02-09T16:58Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"So if we cant exclude immigrants from all welfare and we cant afford to offer welfare to the whole world then that leaves us with one option: Restrict immigration. A coherent policy needs one of the following: Borders infinite money or profound cruelty. I choose borders"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:05Z 19.3K followers, 16.2K engagements
"@Paul_Melman As it stands America is terrible at tracking let alone enforcing exits. And if someone really wants to stay in America theres a lot of ways they can do it. Wed need to massively upgrade our state capacity here and in the process likely trample on states and personal rights"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:14Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@willystaley The entire concept of tier lists is from fighting video games"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:13Z 19.1K followers, 30K engagements
"@cityaestheticss Ok but this obviously a special-purpose municipality for people who highly value water access to an otherwise-typical SFH neighborhood. Thats not bad design its probably about as good a design as you could have for that specific purpose. Maritime suburbia is kinda a vibe"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:25Z 19.1K followers, 26.1K engagements
"@EvanMCaris @willystaley No but this specific culture of A-tier B-tier etc and the attendant tropes emerged out of like guys playing super smash brothers"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:26Z 19.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@CTLucero194512 @willystaley Of course not for example heres a tier list from [----]. Harvard historians ranking presidents. But notice its not organized like how the modern memes do it"
X Link 2026-02-09T19:59Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@HemlockTapioca @cityaestheticss Heavens no the big industrial canals were built up north but the little rivulet many-branched canals which linked towns and manors across the plains and foothills were a Southron phenomenon"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:00Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"The Epstein files are terrifying Every tweet about Bad bunny from white libs sounds exactly like this. https://t.co/2tiPA3IBZB Every tweet about Bad bunny from white libs sounds exactly like this. https://t.co/2tiPA3IBZB"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:42Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@EpicGuyIsEpic @UrbanCourtyard True though Alicias point still holds true"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:44Z 19.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@LP_CLC I dont know but I know what George Washington would do to you"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:47Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@LindsayJS @big_pedestrian Nobody wants to finance or insure these unfortch"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:40Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Far be it from me to defend American architecture and planning (it's quite bad) but this is a very unfair comparison lol Instead of comparing a random 5-over-1 to one of the most beautiful historic downtowns on earth try comparing it to this random street I picked in Antwerp Oof. https://t.co/XDfig6rlLp Oof. https://t.co/XDfig6rlLp"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:49Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"On the other hand this much-nicer little street was just down the road from that random spot I picked on Google Maps America really does have a lot to learn from other countries (this street would almost certainly be illegal in nearly any American city) but be reasonable lol"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:51Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I purposely skipped the ASVAB (I had no interest in joining the military and it was a little act of rebellion) as did maybe a third of my class. I ultimately did fine for myself I took other standardized tests and got the hell out of dodge I had more exposure to moving around than most of my class. but I definitely think there were a few talented young men and women who were more talented than many people I met in the academic and professional worlds. I'm not crying about them but your experience of this all-powerful Sort doesn't match my experience. I'm not suggesting that 99.99th percentile"
X Link 2026-02-10T00:14Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@Catcosal @Empty_America Yea it really depends on the schools. Some places it's talked about as if it's mandatory other places it's merely encouraged and in other it's treated as this wholly optional side thing"
X Link 2026-02-10T00:45Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@mutawasiti1 @Empty_America Yea sounds similar"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:09Z 19.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@diskursgeist @Empty_America Good Will Hunting is obviously unrealistic. And like I said I don't think that any of the people we're talking about here end up in poverty. But the more subtle question is: How much does American society actually cultivate its native talent And I lean towards "not very much""
X Link 2026-02-10T01:10Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"It's good when transit fares contribute to a transit system's budget. But the primary purpose of transit fares is to keep out people who won't pay a few bucks. @maxdubler And there are other real benefits such as fewer corrective maintenance requests and time spent cleaning and fixing things. https://t.co/MhP1uMyxtK @maxdubler And there are other real benefits such as fewer corrective maintenance requests and time spent cleaning and fixing things. https://t.co/MhP1uMyxtK"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:28Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@shinboson @corsaren Don't worry it's all hearsay"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:41Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Of course Massie voted against it. He's the worst man in the House. There you have it. The House just passed the Housing for the 21st Century Act Among other things it: -Repeals the chassis rule. -Directs HUD to create a model code for single-stair buildings. -Simplifies NEPA and other environmental review for new housing. Very exciting win https://t.co/Htkgzz3SNF There you have it. The House just passed the Housing for the 21st Century Act Among other things it: -Repeals the chassis rule. -Directs HUD to create a model code for single-stair buildings. -Simplifies NEPA and other environmental"
X Link 2026-02-10T01:56Z 19.2K followers, 26K engagements
"The thing about being blackout wasted is its not even fun. Its fun to get there ofc weve all done it plenty of times. (Right) But you quickly learn its not a destination to aim for. Its a problem if you end up there often. But weed smokers like being really high"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:23Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@Caol_MacCormaic If you havent clocked that the Cracker Barrel rebrand was always a publicity stunt it may be over for u"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:32Z 19.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Hydrogen Bomb vs. Coughing Baby vs. Hydrogen Bomb vs. Coughing Baby Which city was peak 1980s New York West Berlin Tokyo Miami https://t.co/s0TKFxNlq0 Which city was peak 1980s New York West Berlin Tokyo Miami https://t.co/s0TKFxNlq0"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:14Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@DolphinMossad well I don't know where you went to school but that is a surprising response lol most fedsocs are pretty lame and tame"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:15Z 19.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Politico: Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) officially announces reelection bid in Maine Her allies have already spent millions on her behalf. https://t.co/LlGLef5Hm1 Politico: Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) officially announces reelection bid in Maine Her allies have already spent millions on her behalf. https://t.co/LlGLef5Hm1"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:16Z 19.2K followers, 12K engagements
"Time is a flat circle There's a huge influx of Jewish students to strong southern universities with conservative reputations. Schools like SMU Tulane and University of Miami are benefitting from Jews leaving progressive east coast universities. There's a huge influx of Jewish students to strong southern universities with conservative reputations. Schools like SMU Tulane and University of Miami are benefitting from Jews leaving progressive east coast universities"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:53Z 19.3K followers, 27.4K engagements
"@StatisticUrban Cope Im afraid. The reality is just that people more or less like me have totally lost control of that social capital to people far more like Fuentes Tate and Clavicalar"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:54Z 19.1K followers, 14.6K engagements
"His smug visage enrages me as a gentile yankee I am NOT going to lie"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:02Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Other examples: warden/guardian convey/convoy catch/chase wicket/guichet cattle/chattel launch/lance reward/regard and my personal favorite: wile/guile Its often said that Germanic English words feel earthier than Romance ones do; Anglo-Norman words are like in between"
X Link 2026-02-11T12:31Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"CHAOS is (1) a pretty bad book by any measure despite some redeeming qualities (2) mostly not about intelligence agencies at all (3) totally credulous and wrong about everything related to intelligence agencies and (4) very long I know you have not read that shit stop lying that flesh simulator guy and his fans get mad when you tell them every single conspiracy has been done against communists and that parapolitics righties like them are the ones being psyop'd into chasing their tails. Epstein & friends loved the fall of the Soviet Union. https://t.co/BEWEJ61etf that flesh simulator guy and"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:23Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The far more interesting story in CHAOS is the unspoken metanarrative of its author developing serious psychosis and burning his clients as his friends in the publishing industry go great lengths trying to salvage something readable from his insane expensive odyssey into madness"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:27Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@terschellinger Prevents bad cropping cleanly distinguishes from the surrounding UI boosts engagement by getting people like you to ask and at this point its a brand thing"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:07Z 19.2K followers, 10K engagements
"@xwanyex @TrueSlazac Nooooo"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:41Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@cultured_chud Because they're very pleasant places to live"
X Link 2026-02-11T14:58Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@TheMindScourge Other than the street being a little wide theres nothing intrinsically un-urban about this image"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:26Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@LevinYaroslav Im talking about the guy calling it a knight"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:37Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm really torn on this issue On the one hand I like using my American Express because the fees it imposes on vendors is a de facto tax on other customers who don't use credit cards (mostly brokies with bad credit) But on the other hand I like helping businesses avoid taxes I love paying card at a small business w a cutesy "please pay cash" or "cash is king" sign like im sorry but you WILL pay your taxes I love paying card at a small business w a cutesy "please pay cash" or "cash is king" sign like im sorry but you WILL pay your taxes"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:51Z 19.3K followers, 24.3K engagements
"Just put tracks next to highways its so convenient Crews are on scene addressing an unauthorized vehicle on the tracks. As an alternative customers can use route F50 to travel between Vienna and Dunn Loring. We will provide updates once the vehicle has been removed. We appreciate your patience. https://t.co/zv4FeO9CUi Crews are on scene addressing an unauthorized vehicle on the tracks. As an alternative customers can use route F50 to travel between Vienna and Dunn Loring. We will provide updates once the vehicle has been removed. We appreciate your patience. https://t.co/zv4FeO9CUi"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:32Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@heyhwsitgoing Yea boat ownership is very America B on average Most toys are (ATVs golf carts etc.)"
X Link 2026-02-12T04:51Z 19.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Living car-free is actually pretty easy in the day-to-day sense. If your commute walkable (or if you dont have one) then you can easily pass several days without driving. Its the odd occasional things which get you. Places you need to go for which driving is the only option"
X Link 2026-02-12T13:40Z 19.3K followers, 16.6K engagements
"So anyway this is all to say that Transportation Alternatives is being pretty incurious by suggesting that just because one can go a week or two without needing to drive that one doesnt meaningfully need a car"
X Link 2026-02-12T13:42Z 19.2K followers, 14.8K engagements
"@sandersn489 @CHKFLA_if Yea well like I said I sold the car after moving to New York"
X Link 2026-02-12T14:51Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Now this is fine for Puerto Rico a small country but when discussing liberalizing immigration policy I think even intelligent people underestimate just how many people would want to move to the United States. Entire continents would empty out. Over a billion within [--] years"
X Link 2026-02-12T15:26Z 19.3K followers, 16.1K engagements
"Great post read it. These buildings which everyone loves and which are obviously so crucial to the vitality and beauty of Americas great cities arent just illegal per zoning building accessibility codestheyre also damn near impossible to finance and insure. Deep problems. This form is effectively blocked at every turn in the U.S. Lets ignore zoning code for now and just talk about development finance. For most projects that is [--] conversations - the construction loan that gets you to a filled building & perm debt that gets you to an acceptable https://t.co/t0z1D293Hq This form is effectively"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:21Z 19.3K followers, 20.8K engagements
"@number_pizza111 I think little of the University of Austin and of Weiss but I think "University of Austin" is fair game. "University of city" or "city University" is an established pattern for private universities. U of Chicago Boston U New York U U of Miami etc The acronym is sus tho"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:42Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@thinkingshivers You're not wrong it's a vicious circle but it's not wholly downstream. It's a whole separate problem which would exist even without zoning/building code troubles. Lots of it goes back to the fact that the federal government systematically disprivileges these loans"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:45Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements
"I don't think much of the University of Austin nor of Weiss but I think "University of Austin" is fair game. "University of city" or "city University" is an established pattern for private institutions. U of Chicago U of Miami Boston U etc. "UATX" is pushing it though It's funny that University of Texas at Austin is one of the best research universities in the United States and they're getting their image destroyed by University of Austin Texas a 150-student unaccredited passion project of Bari Weiss and co. that doesn't offer Calculus III. It's funny that University of Texas at Austin is one"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:50Z 19.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@YeOldeYank They just hate non-standard products. A single-family house is a single-family house. A restaurant is a restaurant. A strip mall is a strip mall. A five-over-one is a five-over-one. There's standard packages for these. Not for irregular dense urban mixed-use spots like this"
X Link 2026-02-12T20:01Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@DanteJeffe14617 It actually takes a bit of a beating here though of course still remains high up. Like the rest of New England (and contrasting with say New York or Washington) it just has too many calcified towns from which aspirational youth flee (even if they eventually return.)"
X Link 2026-02-12T20:28Z 19.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@StatisticUrban Theres resemblances to be sure but the differences are the most interesting parts"
X Link 2026-02-12T23:04Z 19.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The biborough isnt real it cant hurt you The biborough: https://t.co/6hkvNQhe1W https://t.co/6hkvNQhe1W"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:02Z 19.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@Kimono_komodo"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:33Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@jarlbillclinton Fake fan confirmed"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:57Z 19.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@Empty_America I know youre making a polemical point but this is not true. Consider the McMartin scandal. Completely insane witch hunt over literally nothing. Hundreds of thousands of people convinced that a random daycare in California was the site of satanic ritual sex abuse. Terrifying"
X Link 2026-02-13T02:36Z 19.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@nomadd801 It's actually completely meaningless to the environment"
X Link 2026-02-13T03:30Z 19.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@jskmap1284 Yes and not only thatthose are the exact sort of walks which people tend to actually enjoy and seek out far more than the 'idealized' walks which urban planners foresee people taking in their ugly insipid parks"
X Link 2026-02-13T03:36Z 19.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@1620american I hope every recalcitrant municipality goes bankrupt But nothing will come of it anyway"
X Link 2026-02-13T04:57Z 19.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I also suspect that many people who are incidentally both anti-Mamdani and anti-YIMBY are more than happy to tie the two together in the public mind. Consider my fellow YIMBYs that not everyone who is so keen to label Mamdani as Mr. YIMBY is your friend or Mamdanis"
X Link 2026-02-13T15:36Z 19.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@meyerpolanco [--] Joralemon Street Brooklyn New York 11201"
X Link 2026-02-13T16:28Z 19.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@JeffSpeckFAICP I didnt say they didnt matter but in determining what makes a neighborhood walkable trees are very far down the list. Trees cannot turn an unwalkable area into a walkable one and only very rarely can their removal turn a walkable area into an unwalkable one"
X Link 2026-02-13T17:05Z 19.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@TommyYesItsMe Oh yes trees are definitely nice to have much like good architecture or public benches"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:23Z 19.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The problems with existing citiesinsane tax and regulatory burdens process capture by parasitical interests driving out taxpayers etc.stand to equally threaten these planned communities. Only Disneyland-ification (fatal for its own reasons) is ever seriously offered"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:51Z 19.3K followers, [---] engagements
"@DylanALTKY [----] sure but calling Biden clearly more "qualified" than Trump is a little questionable"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:14Z 19.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The funny thing about Will Stancil is that he looks so cherubic and youthful and he engages with a generally young-skewing political subculture that people dont realize hes over [--] Like people talk about what hell turn out to be or do lol like hes a fresh college grad"
X Link 2026-01-26T04:51Z 19.4K followers, 541.5K engagements
"A website full of geniuses"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:34Z 19.4K followers, 67.7K engagements
"I love this gondola company inserting itself into urbanism discussions and just slipping in oh btw also you need gondolas"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:58Z 19.4K followers, 103.8K engagements
"It's an affliction which is common to many New England locales sustained by inflated property prices inherited institutions and the implicit knowledge that we couldn't build today what we have. We just need to protect it to preserve it. Nothing to do but coast into history"
X Link 2026-02-13T04:15Z 19.4K followers, 144K engagements
"My response to all this preening from elite human capital about how embarrassing they find the Trump coalition is this: Dont hate the player hate the game. Like it or not our system rewards the vulgar appeal to the unwashed masses. If you dont like it maybe just butt out"
X Link 2026-02-13T19:23Z 19.4K followers, 55.2K engagements
"Behold a complete list of elections which produced a GOP Trifecta (control of the Presidency House and Senate) since 1952: 2000* - G. W. Bush (dubious) [----] - G. W. Bush [----] - G. W. Bush [----] - Trump [----] - Trump Lets call it [---] times. Democrats used to be very powerful. @TheLastNeocon @nagamyzuna What Old GOP are you even talking about The GOP was locked out of the House from FDR until [----] had a minor heyday with Bush Jr sustained by the mobilized evangelical vote then was walloped into the dirt by Obama after Katrina Iraq and finally the Great Recession. @TheLastNeocon @nagamyzuna What"
X Link 2026-02-13T22:26Z 19.4K followers, 21.8K engagements
"What was being built in YOUR π«΅ neighborhood (For everyone that doesnt live in New York consider looking up a similar map for your city and chiming in)"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:36Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"To my knowledge weve had four presidents since the Civil War who come from small business-owning families: Coolidge (Father owned a general store) Harding (Father owned a newspaper) Nixon (Family owned gas station & grocery) Ford (Father owned a paint store) All GOP I notice Who was the most middle class president Obama I feel like there haven't been many presidents who came from what could be called a comfortably middle class background certainly by modern standards. Who was the most middle class president Obama I feel like there haven't been many presidents who came from what could be"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:23Z 19.4K followers, 53.9K engagements
"I intentionally excluded farmers. Agriculture is its own thing. Here are some edge cases: - Grants father was a farmer tanner and tannery merchant intermittently keeping shop. - Trumans family briefly ran a haberdashery but were mostly farmers. - Carters family in addition to being farmers were also merchants of agricultural goods. - Clintons stepfather co-operated a car dealership for a period. - Bidens father may have operated some failing businesses hed invested in at some point its unclear. - Trumps father was a pretty significant real estate developer so depends what you count as small"
X Link 2026-02-15T04:47Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@LinkofSunshine"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:08Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Interesting development. As you may or may not know there's a long-standing practice in Black American communities of selling "plates"which are just that: plates of prepared foodfrom one's home. Obviously without a restaurant license or anything so it's technically illegal though rarely enforced. It predates the internet but with the rise of Facebook Marketplace etc. it's become more visible to outsiders. I'm sure I don't need to walk you through the criticisms and defenses of the practice but to mention that it's also arguably a form of laundering SNAP funds. Anyway it looks like California"
X Link 2026-02-16T08:23Z 19.4K followers, 841.9K engagements
"Trees are not a fucking ingredient for walkability The #1 most sought-after amenity in real estate is walkability. The ingredients for walkability: https://t.co/0TNYQ4Zpxe The #1 most sought-after amenity in real estate is walkability. The ingredients for walkability: https://t.co/0TNYQ4Zpxe"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:30Z 19.4K followers, 64.5K engagements
"Gosh looks like whoever is in the Low Education quadrants tends to win Clinton [--] Bush [--] and [--] Obama [--] and [--] Trump [--] and [--]. Only [----] breaks the trend. Seems clear to me that if you want to actually win the election you should appeal to cranks not wonks GOP voters are becoming poorer and significantly less educated. Democratic voters are becoming the opposite. https://t.co/42GhyNRHbm GOP voters are becoming poorer and significantly less educated. Democratic voters are becoming the opposite. https://t.co/42GhyNRHbm"
X Link 2026-02-13T19:16Z 19.4K followers, 109K engagements
"Lots of folk say Golly I wishn the GOP would run someone like ol Romney again he was right respectable and sharp as a tack. Indeed he was He greatly appealed to educated sober well-informed voters And he fucking lost"
X Link 2026-02-13T19:17Z 19.4K followers, 382.3K engagements
"@bendreyfuss My point is that in [--] out of the last [--] elections the candidate with a powerhouse low-education performance won the election. Not just Bush and Trump but Clinton and Obama too. You and me were wonks by nature. But any politician who wants to win shouldnt appeal to us"
X Link 2026-02-14T14:56Z 19.4K followers, 14.8K engagements
"People who consume politics as a hobby shouldn't be trusted to talk about the merits of electoral systems because they really really like multi-party systems. Not because they think they're more fair or effective or anything they just like having more colors to play with. American politics is also just. boring red party vs blue party gaining a dozen seats off each other every [--] years meanwhile in the rest of the world each country has a dozen parties with more unique histories inter-party factions and the ability to actually have fluid American politics is also just. boring red party vs"
X Link 2026-02-14T15:40Z 19.4K followers, 21.3K engagements
"If you think most jobs really are about to be made obsolete and you dont trust a soft landing into UBI (and youre not already rich) then you want to be in a profession which actually protects its own with political muscle. How about the Elevator Repairmans Union Or the bar"
X Link 2026-02-14T20:30Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@admcrlsn That was a stupid tweet but to be fair Austin isnt even on that chart"
X Link 2026-02-15T00:26Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@mikitaposts Yea well I've never considered myself part of "teapot" yet people keep calling me that"
X Link 2026-02-15T15:38Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"You have to do some crazy gerrymandering to get something called Western Culture in values data No I dont Its pretty easy"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:27Z 19.4K followers, 52.2K engagements
"See Im not Italian or Latinx (let alone Arab like my good friend who blocked me) so I dont feel the need to shoehorn the Mediterraneans in"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:28Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"The only trend which is possibly a (slight) boon for effective militancy among right-inclined young men is that with Ozempic maybe they won't be quite so fat on average as they have been for the past few decades"
X Link 2026-02-16T02:54Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Wait this could work Not in this case exactly but I see the vision Not going to post abt the Idaho endorsement/release from endorsement () substantively bc I am far away from ID but aesthetically I gotta say that "running for governor" and "tumblr uwu steven universe palette/sensibility" are. man. I don't know. https://t.co/hGOaUkODRi Not going to post abt the Idaho endorsement/release from endorsement () substantively bc I am far away from ID but aesthetically I gotta say that "running for governor" and "tumblr uwu steven universe palette/sensibility" are. man. I don't know."
X Link 2026-02-16T07:09Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@BarneyFlames No she's right"
X Link 2026-02-16T08:55Z 19.4K followers, [---] engagements
"So stupid how New York is actually as cool as everyone says"
X Link 2025-12-23T21:49Z 19.4K followers, 2.1M engagements
"Genuinely once I started using this I went a little insane. Searching for files on windows is SO BAD by default that I thought we had run up against some law of physics. But no searching for files can just be instantaneous. Microsoft is just evil and stupid. voidtools Everything is such an excellent piece of software. It's one of the things you use and wonder "why doesn't my computer already work like this" https://t.co/2SFVRQy6l8 voidtools Everything is such an excellent piece of software. It's one of the things you use and wonder "why doesn't my computer already work like this""
X Link 2025-12-29T17:38Z 19.4K followers, 681.3K engagements
"Please stand for the zillennial national anthem"
X Link 2026-01-06T23:34Z 19.4K followers, 1.2M engagements
"1948 Harvard historians ranking of Presidents of the United States from Great to Failures"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:04Z 19.4K followers, 23.1K engagements
"How it feels scrolling the timeline knowing this fucking video will show up any second"
X Link 2026-02-12T12:53Z 19.4K followers, 946.5K engagements
"Before I lived in New York I lived in a city where I could do 80% of my life without a car. I walked to work I walked to the grocery store I had things delivered etc. But that last 20% is a bear. I really did need my car even though I only drove it 2-4 times a month. If you go two and a half weeks without using your car why do you have a car If you go two and a half weeks without using your car why do you have a car"
X Link 2026-02-12T13:37Z 19.4K followers, 223.3K engagements
"During communist revolutions there's so many stories of janitors suddenly becoming factory managers coal miners becoming chief engineers peasants becoming professors guerrillas becoming diplomats. In a less extravagant sense this is also what the Trump admin feels like"
X Link 2026-02-12T20:10Z 19.4K followers, 74.7K engagements
"This is an excellent example of one of the greatest drawbacks to courtyard superblocks: Theyre way too big. Dynamic vital cities need reasonably frequent intersections and corners to maximize traversability and access. But courtyard blocks are often way too long like this. Over [---] years ago the mining company Georg von Giesches Erben built the district Nikiszowiec for its workers The goal was to create affordable housing in a livable neighborhood Even today the distict remains vibrant and thriving thanks to its mixed-use courtyard blocks https://t.co/64XAB719r7 Over [---] years ago the mining"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:45Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Interesting how in WW2 among Americans the European theater was Democrat-coded and the Pacific theater was Republican-coded"
X Link 2026-02-14T14:34Z 19.4K followers, 191.6K engagements
"I used to be opposed to death penalty because I figured were wealthy we can afford incarceration and what if we get the wrong guy Two things changed my mind: [--]. Actually looking at actual death penalty cases [--]. Realizing how many progressives want to set murderers free Decarceration activists have created an entirely new argument for the death penalty: if you don't execute murderers liberals will crawl over broken glass to void their life-without-parole sentences and set them free. https://t.co/ANo5gM9SCS Decarceration activists have created an entirely new argument for the death penalty: if"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:15Z 19.4K followers, 738.8K engagements
"How do I escape the permanent underclass Building a killer vibecoded SaaS app If we are on the verge of an AI revolution and total economic upheaval with mass layoffs theres only one rational path: Join a guild Dentists lawyers pharmacists pilots union trades etc"
X Link 2026-02-14T20:28Z 19.4K followers, 27.6K engagements
"@Roscoedawg17 Jacobs actually thinks rather poorly of Detroit she compares it to the UKs Manchester or medieval Dinant in Belgium or ancient Harapp: cities which overspecialized on producing one kind of good basically becoming a fragile industrial monoculture and then toppling"
X Link 2026-02-15T03:43Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"What's YOUR π«΅ favorite tense"
X Link 2026-02-15T14:32Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Mr. Mayor's Worldwide Adventures. Stepping into history in Tbilisi Visiting the Sarajishvili factory founded in [----] the birthplace of Georgias first wine brandy. It reminds me of New York where visionaries build something that lasts beyond their lifetimes. Different continents. Same entrepreneurial https://t.co/SRJStbGhxS Stepping into history in Tbilisi Visiting the Sarajishvili factory founded in [----] the birthplace of Georgias first wine brandy. It reminds me of New York where visionaries build something that lasts beyond their lifetimes. Different continents. Same entrepreneurial"
X Link 2026-02-15T15:37Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"It brings me no pleasure to report this: The Japanese are becoming Latinx I wish my neighborhood had a roving truck that sold roasted sweet potatoes https://t.co/xox2Tr2Jlk I wish my neighborhood had a roving truck that sold roasted sweet potatoes https://t.co/xox2Tr2Jlk"
X Link 2026-02-15T16:26Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Czechs Italians Spaniards and Japanese are all outside the core of the modern west but are fairly close. That feels right. Uruguay makes it in good for them. Poles are further away than most of East Asia doesnt bother me none. I am thoroughly unperturbed by this data"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:30Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"There's basically never been worse prospects for any sort of violent revolution. Those "military aged males" have no experience with violence or even industry. They're isolated disorganized and have never had such free access to endless gambling pornography and video games"
X Link 2026-02-16T02:53Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I saw a Looksmaxxer in Vaughn While chatting with the face-tattooed Cashier of Allsups thereupon I saw him come. I went and screwed My face up in amazement to The wideness of his pale young jaw. There he comes she said to me The jawbone man. It seemed she knew. I saw a Looksmaxxer in the Vaughn New Mexico Allsups convenience store I was conversing with the the face-tattooed cashier and she heralded his appearance by stating: "here comes the jawline guy again" I don't know if he was one of the famous ones or not. I saw a Looksmaxxer in the Vaughn New Mexico Allsups convenience store I was"
X Link 2026-02-16T05:05Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements
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