I was in a New England courtroom, a bail hearing for a teenage Somali burglar. The judge needed his father to agree to some terms on curfew, reporting, etc.

Not only did the Somali father not speak English, he didn’t speak *Somali.* The lawyer said he spoke tribal dialect. 🧵1/7

https://twitter.com/surplustakes/status/1899394318369968472

The court didn’t have a Somali translator on-hand, but could call an over-the-phone translation service for courts. They did so, but the Somali translator (who herself had a very thick accent and poor English grammar) said she couldn’t really understand the tribal dialect. 2/7

No no no, everyone misreads this chart. The categories are *inclusive*! Every ring is presumed to include every ring inside of it.

They don’t care *more* about things further away, they care *as much*. Quite a big difference!

Interesting data, but I hate this visualization.

https://twitter.com/jackposobiec/status/1832771375896871255

This study obviously captures something true — that liberal-minded people have broader moral concerns than conservatives — but I have serious doubts about the reliability of this particular study, and the visualization is just criminal.

It’s not just YA. Adults are watching kid’s cartoons, reading kid’s books, going on kid’s vacations, dressing like kids, talking like kids, thinking like kids.

Men love to call out infantile women, and women do the same to manchildren, but it’s both.

Mass arrested development. I’m not even sure what exactly to blame. Lack of social pressure to grow up is the biggest culprit, but that’s sort of passing the buck (“why is there no pressure?”)

Some say it’s that adults aren’t having their own children, but idk, childless adults weren’t like this before.

The inscription on this 17th-century sword reads: "When I raise this sword, so I wish that this poor sinner will receive eternal life."

It displays a better understanding of Christian forgiveness than most people now. I see lefty Christians often say that since we must love and forgive those who do wrong, we must also withhold the state’s enforcement. This is wrong.

But just as ridiculous, and even more common, are rightists soaked with bloodlust and cruelty, relishing in hatred. Also wrong!

What anarchists *really* want: To be the underbelly of a functional society

They dont want power, or to rule; they *dont want to win.* They want to be a barely-tolerated minority of 𝒸𝑜𝑜𝓁 guys, while 1950s USA actually does all the work, gives them welfare & plays straightman This is why any criticism of anarchists revolving around their "plans for the future" or how they "would actually govern society" bounces right off

They don't want to govern, they have no plans. If you gave them power for free theyd refuse it. (Makes sense.) So don't even bother