Dr. Mark J.B. Wright

New Book : The Destruction of Jerusalem ed. w/ @karalmcshane from @METS_Texts

Classicist and Educator

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@njdevils_dude @IsaacDovere Why don’t you make Aaliyah then?

[Joe Wrote @joewrote]

Gilibrand said Zohran called for ‘global jihad’ on NPR.

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@dwaldenwrites We certainly can't talk about the friend who "threw" himself off a balcony...

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J***e S****l, having achieved his life’s goal of making trans children’s lives hell, now name searches himself to post pics of people being mean to him and snitching on them. Is this really a good use of his time? Or painfully pathetic?

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A slew of people on here spend time advocating or abetting awful things that lead to to death and suffering of countless people. Then they log on here to complain that people are mean to them. How is this not laughably pathetic?

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@eff_hey Believe it or not, some of us actually read the Gospels and try, as inadequately as we can, to fulfill them.

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@isaiah_bb Quite a campaign strategy to somehow make Adams conspicuous and myriad failures somehow Zohran’s problem.

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@NietzcheanPrime @adeduedamballah Maybe give an actual answer instead of constantly begging questions. Or just admit that epistemologically, what you demand is impossible.

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@strxwmxn If the movement is so fragile, weak, and dishonest, why hasn’t the IDF succeeded in destroying them in 2+ years? If your movement is so strong, why are they freaking out at the mildest things, like the shape of buildings?

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@isaiah_bb This reads like that city desk NY account that responds to any post about the mayoral race got a side gig doing sports PR.

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@tjschweiger Do they not hear themselves? Admitting that they’ll fold on any principle at the least prompting or difficulty?

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Dumb ideas, like supporting a genocide?

[Adam Jentleson @AJentleson]

We have a long way to go, but if you squint you can see a new era dawning for Democrats where we say out loud that dumb ideas are dumb, and embrace good ideas instead.

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Thread is a good example of tech bro thinking everything can be scaled and homogenized confronted with “actually no it can’t”. Emblematic of their failures this year to adequately and effectively try at government with DOGE.

[Kane 謝凱堯 @kane]

The reason San Francisco Fire Dept uses huge articulated trucks that are less effective/safe than modern ladder trucks is bc they guarantee two union driver jobs (front & rear). They use bespoke wood ladders to guarantee an unnecessary union carpenter. It’s all just rent-seeking.

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One might point out that Derek blatantly lied about trying to pitch an Abundance episode to Chapo, as confirmed by exhaustively by producer Chris Wade, so I think some skepticism might be warranted for his claims too. Maybe both sides are mendacious, but he def is.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

This is genuinely unbelievable. These antitrust goobers don't seem to realize that I have a telephone.

This whole pathetic, pissy thread is about how I'm lying about my conversation with the real estate analyst Lance Lambert and misrepresenting him in my article.

So, guess what I just did? Called Lance, of course! He told me again that he agrees with all of my major points and reiterated over and over that he's "pushing back" on the strongest claims of the antitrust left.

Some notes from our call:

1. I read him the quotes from my article again in their full context. He signed off on everything. We went over it three times. He agrees with my language. He agrees with my position. "I stand by what I told you." That's a direct quote.

2. I asked him again, for clarification: Do you think homebuilders are a “cartel,” as Matt Stoller has claimed? He said no.

3. I asked again: Do you believe, as Basel Musharbash has claimed, that homebuilders are an “oligopoly"? He said no.

4. I asked him if he thinks that the biggest homebuilders are withholding supply or playing a key role in driving up prices. He said absolutely not.

5. This is a direct quote: "I hope you both communicate my view that I don't think the big builders are bad actors, or even that they have the power to be the bad actors."

We're done here.

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Something self defeating about a self declared “profoundly academically gifted person” outsourcing his ersatz epic dunk on me to Grok. Sure buddy, I’m in awe of your empty mind you’ve replaced with a Hapsburg AI. Bravo.

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“The Times attempted to contact Mr. Adams for comment, but were unable to reach him in Ankara.”

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It seems interesting that the NYT already thinks Mamdani is the mayor. What about the actual current mayor, no responsibility there? Not like Mamdani was at a conference with the brother of one of the victims yesterday.

[Sam Haselby @samhaselby]

NYT really hates Mamdani

[Jake M. Grumbach @JakeMGrumbach]

I think there’s growing political support for luddism that will surprise Silicon Valley even more than they’re surprised that everybody dislikes cracked DOGE coders. candidates will campaign on “weirdo VCs and their little boys ruined the internet and steal from you”

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@ArmandDoma @katewillett Curious how you even found this considering you weren’t quote tweeted and no one named you. All I have left to say to you is “hit dogs’ll holler”

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@ArmandDoma @katewillett Could’ve fooled me.