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Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social |
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Dad, husband, astrophysicist, dog herder. Professor at UT Austin. Views expressed here are mine. mrbk.github.io
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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It’s pretty clear who feels comfortable (or at least not particularly threatened) by an imperial presidency with essentially unchecked powers. It’s a coalition of people who have always been adjacent to power & feel unthreatened and those who want access to make their perceived enemies suffer.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Coming up with Hilary Clinton as the answer to "who is responsible for this disaster?" reeks of the same ugly faux righteousness that characterized his campaign. And he's too self-important to see it at all. He'd never in a million years recognize that he's way more culpable than Clinton.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Longing for the halcyon days of terrible 5-4 decisions.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Fellow bros: you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Steve Bannon.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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I assure you, it is more an act of shameful self-interest than one of a prepared and responsible citizen (have another grant under consideration and not submitting annual reports can affect or at least delay the decision 😆)
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Here’s hoping today is “it’s just been revoked” day (well, “you never had it and we shouldn’t have been considering it” day would be more appropriate, but that doesn’t make for a snappy tag line)
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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I, uh, submitted an annual report for a grant on time.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Here’s hoping today is “it’s just been revoked” day (well, “you never had it and we shouldn’t have been considering it” day would be more appropriate, but that doesn’t make for a snappy tag line)
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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The rising tide lifts all boats?!?
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Doing something because it’s right is an ethos we teach our kids only because they’re too young to fully understand the overriding importance of increasing shareholder value
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Doing something because it’s right is an ethos we teach our kids only because they’re too young to fully understand the overriding importance of increasing shareholder value
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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For Macron, this was a political gamble. For millions of people across France and elsewhere, it was a capricious decision with disastrous failure modes, one of which is seemingly being realized.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Damn, really sad to see this. I’m thinking a lot of us need to be a lot quicker to hit the block button
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Same level of understanding, albeit without the cynicism
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Extra very lightly.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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England out here looking like death lightly warmed over. Very lightly.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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The implications of this not being the case are too heartbreaking to face
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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The official activity of summer is out, inflated, and getting heavy use
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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This headline is similar to saying “in two years, an encyclopedia could be smarter than a professor” if the encyclopedia was written by someone trying to sell testosterone supplements to 50+ year old men
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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I think a lot of self-styled 'benevolent billionaires' (think Bloomberg) watched last night — or at least saw the panicked reaction in the press — and are thinking "I should give this a go". The logistics are extremely challenging at this point, so I'm not sure anyone will, but it wouldn't shock me.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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A lot of national political analysts would rather be writing John Le Carré style novels (but that wouldn’t put them close to the levers of power) and it really shows sometimes.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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A Freaky Friday remake where Jimmy Buffet and Warren Buffet magically switch bodies. It’s a musical, naturally. With investment advice. Is this anything?
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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It’s a real “have your cake and eat it too” scenario to think you can maximize your reading ability by changing books to match your desires, not by changing your reading ability to engage with the books.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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It’s a real “have your cake and eat it too” scenario to think you can maximize your reading ability by changing books to match your desires, not by changing your reading ability to engage with the books.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Here’s the thing: not everything is easy; there’s not always “one simple hack to being a god at <X>”. If you don’t want to read The Great Gatsby, that’s fine. But the plot summary of a book isn’t the same as reading it in the same way as knowing about lift & thrust doesn’t mean you can fly a plane.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Look, he’s confident and he doesn’t play by *your* rules of integral calculus
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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I feel this. And I don’t have much left in the tank to spare.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Sweet dreams, pup.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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He strikes me as a less savvy version of Justin Trudeau (non-complimentary)
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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SCOTUS on presidential immunity: “it’s absolute, unless the victim is a Supreme Court justice / billionaire patron or the president’s name rhymes with Moe Schmiden.”
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Especially if they’ve done a good job collapsing into a heap and writhing in pain at minimal contact prior to that point.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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SCOTUS, in a 6-3 ruling: look at me, I'm the captain now.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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I thought preschool soccer was the acme of chaos, but preschool basketball might even be wilder. Same swarm of kids around there ball, only inside an intensely loud gym with parents trying to shout direction to their kids 😂
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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It’s hard not to see the election media coverage as a performance of, for, and by a very specific set of people who ostensibly spend their days trying to understand the motivations of The Common Person but who really just want to dictate to them how they should feel and act.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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It’s hard not to see the election media coverage as a performance of, for, and by a very specific set of people who ostensibly spend their days trying to understand the motivations of The Common Person but who really just want to dictate to them how they should feel and act.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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We can still have President Dukakis if the DNC elders have the courage
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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I don't want some unelected bureaucrat who's devoted their life to some specific issue deciding federal policy on that topic. I'd rather have a group of unelected judges with no expertise in the area and hubris that would make Xerxes weep in that role.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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SCOTUS, in a 6-3 ruling: look at me, I'm the captain now.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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REGULATORS:
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Various charitable organizations wait ~1 hour before fundraising off of SCOTUS decisions challenge. Difficulty level: impossible
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Album of the day to match my mood of the day
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Trying to avoid discourse today, so I'll put this out there instead: "(Sittin On) The Dock of the Bay" is SUCH a good song. Just fantastic.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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Philosophers be like “you know what would be great? A king who was just the smartest and most judicious person I can imagine. A philosopher king, if you will”
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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I think a lot of self-styled 'benevolent billionaires' (think Bloomberg) watched last night — or at least saw the panicked reaction in the press — and are thinking "I should give this a go". The logistics are extremely challenging at this point, so I'm not sure anyone will, but it wouldn't shock me.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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“Wait, a German idealist? Time for the revolution”
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