Third-eye Thoughts

New from me: Was Machiavelli really a Teacher of Evil? Everyone gets him wrong - especially on YouTube, where all the fake-stoic podcast-bros portray him as a scheming manipulator. But many political theorists get him wrong, too - especially Strauss and Mansfield. So who was Machiavelli, really?

Oh. Oh my sweet summer children. I am so sorry for your taste buds.

In a shocking twist, the % of income spent on housing converges on the criteria for mortgage and rental applications. News at 11.

Where we are a a country: the Secretary of State warning a Nobel Peace Prize winner not to peaceably assemble because that won’t lead to democracy. www.axios.com/2026/10/27/r...

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

“they were always like this” yes they were but they didn’t feel like they could say it out loud at a campaign rally and it was better when they didn’t feel like they could do this

Who is Al and where is Gebra? - Fred Colon, probably

You have to really, really, really fucking suck for your 8th grade teacher to come out and shame you like this. Damn.

Add "between my legs" to a movie title "Fellowship of the Ring Between my Legs"

Oh nooooooo, RIP.

A tough thing in explaining to people why having children is enjoyable is that all the bad stuff is very easy to explain (lost sleep, lost time, more sickness, less sex, etc. etc.) whereas most of the really good stuff whispers.

Outstanding thread! If you actually want the detailed breakdown of Israeli elections, give it a read.

Admittedly, it iss pretty funny that "slice of above-average cheesecake" is the healthiest meal option. The sweet corn tamales are pretty good though. And somehow still 1350 calories, or, to put it another way: another slice of cheesecake.

Yep. Even in the best case scenario for the anti-trans bigots, you're talking about the rare highly competitive HS athlete who has *just* started T-blockers. There's maybe one or two people in the whole country where any "fairness" argument applies. The juice isn't worth the squeeze. Chill out.

Pope Leo XIV will need no further treatment for lung cancer after tests confirmed the disease was localized, the Vatican said Wednesday.

Getting really good at throwing honor mode at the end of the Gith Creche. Last time it was screwing up the Wwargaz fight, this time it was forgetting to enter turn-based to disarm a blood of lathander trap and getting my whole party pushed off a cliff. Is this carmaker for throwing too many NPCs?

ICYMI - WOTC Unionization election (everyone in D&D and MTG, not just digital) is scheduled for 11/10. Fingers crossed!

let's fucking go

knock knock motherduckers

Get fucked, Bolsonaro.

I say this with all sincerity: FUCK BOB KRAFT. The teachers at my hebrew school just staged a collective walkout of a mandatory staff meeting with a board-mandated "stop antizionism" presentation. Bob Kraft is on the board and a major donor. Proud to be the first to tell the Ed Director why.

Murderbot had spoken. The grinch has big "good at fuckin'" energy.

I love Mamdani, I think Mamdani is an incredible communicator, I wish Mamdani could run for President, he has much better actual policies than Obama ever did he’s still not Obama as an orator

Oren Cass you never cease to amaze his graph (left) vs. the same graph just zoomed out (right)

Nah, couldn't be me.

Hey look, its my username :)

I would not have guessed the Marines would tell him to pound sand but the Air Force would not.

BY THE BALLS OF KAHLESS GRABTHOR WILL BE AVENGED

Sounds sweet and also I will both be in DC the weekend after election... and not have a single minute of free time because I am chaperoning teens 😅

Always nice to be trusted enough by your friends' queer kids that they text you for advice about queer stuff.

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