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An archive of my tweets and retweets through . They may be formatted slightly differently than on Twitter. API access has since gotten prohibitively expensive – I don't know whether or when I'll be able to update this archive.

But in case I will, you can subscribe via RSS – without a Twitter account. Rationale

@misterbrg @GavinNewsom

You should make your comments children of each other instead of siblings. Would be much easier to read.

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@NickHudsonCT

Fixed that: "Parliament should insist that no legal restriction stays in place unless there is a good moral explanation not only that it is people's obligation to ensure availability of health services, but also that its effectiveness is worth sacrificing freedom over."

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RT @SwipeWright:
A member of the NZ Parliament, human rights lawyer, and self-proclaimed feminist apologizing for saying "women's rights ar…

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@TextSkizzen

Kann es auch "hofmeisterische" heißen? Also mit i?

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@nalryns @TheHarryPainter @billhabicht @GavinNewsom

As you can see, that question has been asked (and answered) before.

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@brbascript

Is that Saul to Jesse?

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RT @ClimateWarrior7:
All gatherings are against the law.

Do not try to make your own pub.

Do not meet up with friends.

Meeting up is…

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@misterbrg @GavinNewsom

I should be entitled to be consulted on and get a veto on every decision that involves my property, yes. And so should everyone else for their property.

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@misterbrg @GavinNewsom

It doesn't indicate that. Somebody can understand how it works and still bemoan the fact that they don't get a say.

Btw, I didn't bemoan that I don't get a say in how the money is spent. I bemoaned the fact that the money is forcefully taken in the first place.

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@misterbrg @GavinNewsom

Also, why are you being so condescending and mean? Can I convince you to turn this into a more matter-of-factly, calm conversation?

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@misterbrg @GavinNewsom

U don’t get a veto

That's what I'm saying. Consent implies an opportunity to say "no."

And, while you could move to another city or state, moving to another country is different because you need travel documents. Over which the government has a monopoly.

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@HowardSteen4

Please tell me that’s not a Bundesverdienstkreuz.

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@GermanAtPompey

"Beamtenlaufbahn" is especially bleak.

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@Twitter

Add an integrity attribute to the script tag in embedded tweets so that other sites can't get xss'ed when your script gets hacked?

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@lowell_mister @GavinNewsom

I didn't say it does or doesn't exist. I said it's possible.

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@lowell_mister @GavinNewsom

Civilization is possible without taxes.

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Congratulations to everyone involved.

Before launch, I signed up to have my name etched onto a microchip on the rover alongside thousands of others, in writing thinner than a human hair. For now, that's as close as it gets to going to Mars in person. :)

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@DKedmey

[...] even ideas that are similar across soups can, in principle, arise.

Correction: they do all the time in separate minds, of course, through faithful meme replication.

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@DKedmey

When it comes to people and ideas, there are close to eight billion soups on earth right now that all arose separately :)

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@DKedmey

And technically, different soups can arise independently (and must have if there's RNA-based life elsewhere in the universe), and even ideas that are similar across soups can, in principle, arise.

It'd be a bit like finding tiger genes in another galaxy. Not impossible...

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@DKedmey

Possibly—but according to a colleague at a previous job, one of them would have overtaken by now, with the others most likely being extinct, or at least the entire thing being a single big soup by now.

Either way, once you have a single soup, similar ideas can arise indpndtly.

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@billhabicht @GavinNewsom

Check out @PanData19's website for statistics on the futility of lockdown measures.

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@billhabicht @GavinNewsom

That's a choice they should be able to make, and do make all the time when it comes to driving, sex and STDs, smoking, drinking, etc.

And it isn't even clear that hundreds of thousands would die. Death rate seems close to regular flu. But it wouldn't change my argument if so.

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@billhabicht @GavinNewsom

Letting people manage their own health is a solution, because everyone who prefers to self-isolate is already free to do so, no force needed. And everyone else should be able to go about their business normally, knowing full well they may pay with their health.

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@billhabicht @GavinNewsom

Harming people by taking their livelihoods away "for their own benefit" is not an option because one cannot trade one evil for another and make any (moral) progress. That people don't know what's best for them has been used as an excuse to do things to them since time immemorial.

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@billhabicht @GavinNewsom

Borrowing from Hans-Hermann Hoppe, right now the government is causing the fire (shutting down businesses) and pretending to be the firefighter rushing to extinguish it (handing out checks with stolen money). It's all very twisted and evil and dishonest.

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It was a great pleasure giving this talk. The recording is now available online, linked below. twitter.com/OxfordPopper/s…

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@TonyGMendoza @AgentCo09259883 @billhabicht @GavinNewsom

Isn't it possible for some people to understand what it is and to have identified problems with it at the same time?

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@Mr_Wills_Stats @billhabicht @GavinNewsom

I don't think you know what reductionism is.

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@billhabicht @GavinNewsom

It's okay.

One idea is that government should immediately stop forcing business closures so that people can continue to make a living.

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@orsoscrabble @billhabicht @GavinNewsom

$17 for $1? That sounds like a good deal. How does it work?

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An example of immunization against criticism (Hans Albert): "You questioning the theory is evidence that the theory is true and that you are ignorant."

A woke mind is a trapped mind. twitter.com/mariyaivasilev…

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@DKedmey

Conceivably

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@DKedmey

I don't know that different sense inputs end up at different parts of the mind. Different parts of the brain, definitely. Mind—not sure.

That said, it's definitely possible, albeit unlikely, for similar ideas to arise independently in the soup, for all sorts of reasons.

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@engmac18 @al284159 @DragonNexus @gaybunnypup @GavinNewsom

Your money is your property. It is taken from you by force. If you resist, you end up in jail or worse get shot. How is that not stealing?

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@al284159 @engmac18 @DragonNexus @gaybunnypup @GavinNewsom

Bien dicho. Aparte de unas excepciones, los socialistas nunca quieren trasladarse a un país socialista. En cambio, desean hacer su país socialista.

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@NJGeneralsUSFL @Yascha_Mounk @SwipeWright

That “power disparity” isn’t that clear cut. Employers often depend on employees. And when employees are in high demand, they can and often do have the upper hand in contractual negotiations.

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In fairness to them, it seems that the article is putting the word “force” in their mouths. No quote of those affected uses the word “force.”

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They’re choosing to pray and then bemoaning the absence of a service (prayer rooms), labeling that force. If any force is involved it is that of oppressive religious memes not giving them the option not to pray.

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Common equivocation of the word “force.” It’s not like anyone is physically placing them in bus stops and yelling “pray!” with no way out for them. twitter.com/BBCNews/status…

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RT @diemauerthewall:
Berlin Wall in 1962.
#Berlin #GDR #ColdWar
#berlinermauer #berlinwall #diemauerthewall

Photo: Franz Hubmann https:…

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@engmac18 @gaybunnypup @GavinNewsom

Why should I debate someone this condescending, who ignores my questions but expects me to answer his?

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@bare_kigger @GavinNewsom

I have, but I'd much prefer to have the option to use infrastructure funded with voluntary money.

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@engmac18 @gaybunnypup @GavinNewsom

I doubt you understand my position because you keep arguing against things I never argued for. I also never said privatization was the state's fault.

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@beer_ninja6 @DustinSkenando @GavinNewsom

The collective does not have needs, only individuals do

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@darkedgex @GavinNewsom

Police won't help defend against aggressive state force because the state has the monopoly on police force.

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@engmac18 @gaybunnypup @GavinNewsom

You didn't answer my question.

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@Mr_Wills_Stats @billhabicht @GavinNewsom

My background is irrelevant to the issue.
Why are taxes not theft?

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@misterbrg @GavinNewsom

Nobody ever gave you an opportunity to agree to pay for those things. Nor, more importantly, an opportunity to disagree.

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@engmac18 @gaybunnypup @GavinNewsom

Also btw many of the things you correctly bemoan are because of the state.

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@cybergoethe @czthaday @GavinNewsom

czthaday asked for instances of Newsom using force. I provided two instances.

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@engmac18 @gaybunnypup @GavinNewsom

You're arguing against things I never argued.

Can you think of an industry that the state monopolizes?

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@jwatte @Yascha_Mounk @SwipeWright

You may help as much as you like but nobody should be forced to help.

And yes it's okay to defend against those who infringe upon your freedoms. Otherwise leave them alone.

Aggressive force is bad, defensive force is fine.

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@DustinSkenando @beer_ninja6 @GavinNewsom

Can't do that without travel documents which the government has a monopoly over and which are financed by tax money.

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@cybergoethe @czthaday @GavinNewsom

That's separate. Taxation gets money into the hands of government. And government shut down businesses. Both instances of force.

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@loose_fur @czthaday @GavinNewsom

Not wanting to have money stolen from oneself is selfish? And the government taking money against one's will isn't?

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@djrobstep @czthaday @GavinNewsom

Those are different because people agree to pay rent whereas they do not agree to pay taxes. Also a landlord won't put you in a cage if you don't your rent he'll just kick you out.

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@jwatte @Yascha_Mounk @SwipeWright

Everyone knows what jobs and opinions are, but I'll grant that freedom is less clear because people equivocate the term. Freedom from want is something quite different than freedom from violence e.g.

Shouldn't "our" job be just that: our job? And to stay out of people's lives?

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@engmac18 @gaybunnypup @GavinNewsom

What don't libertarians understand about it?

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@GavinNewsom

I've said it before and I'll say it again: don't take the money. I know it's tempting, but know that this is blood money.

Earn the money instead. Be mad at Newsom for making it difficult for you to earn money. But do not sell your freedom by taking this stolen money.

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RT @dchackethal:
@GavinNewsom

No, those checks are not from the state of CA, they're from peaceful people from whom you have forcefully ext…

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@gaybunnypup @GavinNewsom

Why what's dumb about it?

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@GabrielTapiaCu1 @iam_thesonofman @GavinNewsom

Right. You asked "Then how did we build the fucking roads dumbass." I just answered the question. No reason to insult me.

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@billhabicht @GavinNewsom

You don't know anything about me. And even if true, how does that make theft okay?

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@czthaday @GavinNewsom

And what about all the businesses he forcefully shut down because of the virus? You don't recall any force?

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I got a new Twitter badge :) twitter.com/gaybunnypup/st…

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@VVRabbi @itaisher @Yascha_Mounk @SwipeWright

This is exactly the kind of thinking I was warning about. And just because something is done all the time doesn't mean it's right.

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@GabrielTapiaCu1 @iam_thesonofman @GavinNewsom

The government builds the roads with the stolen money.

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@czthaday @GavinNewsom

What do you think happens to you when you don’t want to pay your taxes?

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@GavinNewsom

No, those checks are not from the state of CA, they're from peaceful people from whom you have forcefully extracted the money.

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@itaisher @Yascha_Mounk @SwipeWright

"people should not be fired" sounds more prohibitive to me than "employers should not fire" but maybe you're right. Yascha could settle this one easily, of course.

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@Demosthenes9 @Yascha_Mounk @SwipeWright

Right. And those kinds of thoughts usually lead to some third party (the government) stepping in and telling peaceful people what they can and cannot do. And then forcefully extracting money from them "in return." Which all goes against freedom Yascha says he wants.

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@Demosthenes9 @Yascha_Mounk @SwipeWright

Yascha suggested people "not be fired from their jobs for having dumb opinions unless those dumb opinions directly interfere with their ability to do their job."

Dunno what he's trying.

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@Yascha_Mounk @SwipeWright

Agree with the sentiment, but in a free society, employers are free to make any agreement with employees they like, which includes firing practices of both their choice.

What you're suggesting would prevent employers from making arbitrary contracts with employees. != freedom

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@jh3yy @CodePen

I see a bunch of initial values, but where do you increase them?

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@nomadcapitalist

Are there countries that aren't part of the West that do not tax people?

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The things people come up with! worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/1961…

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@TutulDevs @SimonHoiberg

Some feedback: my eyes squinted and I felt a slight headache immediately upon trying to read that slightly lopsided text.

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@mariyaivasileva

So... when a woman decides she’d rather work in, say, a leasing office than become a software engineer, that’s because of systematic oppression? Am I understanding you correctly?

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RT @chillywillers:
https://t.co/oTnCOE2LRY

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For example, many consider the fact that software engineering has less than 50% women evidence that software engineering is somehow biased against them, when in reality, it could be any number of reasons that have nothing to do with "oppression" but just interests, say.

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Also, wokesters mistakenly think that phenomena that aren't based on chance, such as sex distribution in a given category of job, would have the same outcome as chance in a "fair" world, and then demand (forced) equal distribution. twitter.com/pmddomingos/st…

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RT @pmddomingos:
If you flip a coin six times and get four heads, that doesn't mean the coin is biased against tails. But the AI ethics cro…

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@dvassallo @B_Vanderhaegen

^ The screenshot contains an example of the quest for certainty in business, presumably resulting from bad epistemology.

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RT @lukeholder:
@petergould

Check out this Jimmy McGill nail salon Office diorama! youtube.com/watch?v=L7_Flj… so cool! By Boylei Hobby Time :)…

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@seldo

Yeah. Or if links can’t be opened in new tabs by holding cmd while clicking on them.

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@brbascript

Bet there’s lots of those lines in the script.

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@TextSkizzen

Passen "Stichwörter" in die erste Kategorie?

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@CarnunMP @ks445599

Good idea but for non-technical things I think it's better to just put it on a good old blog where people don't need to know about things such as pull requests, commits etc. to contribute and where they can just post a comment instead.

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@ks445599

That's not a half bad idea. I'll see if I have time to put such a list together and if so will post it on my blog.

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@BennyChugg @ToKTeacher @DavidDeutschOxf

Many people don’t like fallibility. They want justified, true belief...

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Here's a transcript of an older talk by David Deutsch I stumbled upon that you may not have seen before—at leaste I hadn't.

oxfordchabad.org/templates/arti…

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@4tian @pmddomingos

Domingos wasn’t arguing that people shouldn’t be allowed to buy non-GMO products. He was arguing they’re unscientific.

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