We can draw analogies, too!
June 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We can draw analogies, too!
This is an excellent and necessary use of Holocaust analogies.
Like, sometimes you should avoid Holocaust analogies. But not in this case. This is right on.
Like, sometimes you should avoid Holocaust analogies. But not in this case. This is right on.
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany."
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is an excellent and necessary use of Holocaust analogies.
Like, sometimes you should avoid Holocaust analogies. But not in this case. This is right on.
Like, sometimes you should avoid Holocaust analogies. But not in this case. This is right on.
The 1930s analogies write themselves…
NEW: The Trump administration has ordered federal employees to turn in coworkers they suspect of subverting his efforts to root out DEI programs.
"We know of efforts by some to disguise programs by using coded or imprecise language," the email says, giving workers 10 days to turn over information.
"We know of efforts by some to disguise programs by using coded or imprecise language," the email says, giving workers 10 days to turn over information.
Federal Employees Told to Report Coworkers in Anti-DEI Effort
Trump officials have ordered federal employees to turn over the names of colleagues whom they suspect of subverting efforts to root out DEI programs.
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January 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The 1930s analogies write themselves…
I saw this, and I love logical analogies.
April 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I saw this, and I love logical analogies.
I’m now totally onboard with the Brexit analogies
November 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM
I’m now totally onboard with the Brexit analogies
the reason why i hate weimar analogies or hungary analogies or whatever is because they lead people to treat contingent phenomenon as iron clad rules and to ignore critical details like, for instance, the structure of a political system
November 25, 2024 at 2:45 AM
the reason why i hate weimar analogies or hungary analogies or whatever is because they lead people to treat contingent phenomenon as iron clad rules and to ignore critical details like, for instance, the structure of a political system
I think sports analogies might not be for her.
Bondi: And if you don't comply with federal law, we will hold you accountable. We did it to Illinois. Strike one. Strike two is New York. And if you are a state not complying with federal law, you're next. Get ready.
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February 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I think sports analogies might not be for her.
These people are not good at analogies.
March 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
These people are not good at analogies.
a lot of pirates of the caribbean analogies and metaphors
October 31, 2024 at 12:50 AM
a lot of pirates of the caribbean analogies and metaphors
What makes Canadian national treasure Michael deAdder more than a superb political artist is his ability to penetrate language to find deeply insightful analogies, metaphors, or wordplay!
July 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
What makes Canadian national treasure Michael deAdder more than a superb political artist is his ability to penetrate language to find deeply insightful analogies, metaphors, or wordplay!
Anne Frank and Underground Railroad analogies write themselves.
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Anne Frank and Underground Railroad analogies write themselves.
Why do AI people always have to use extremely weird and sexist analogies for why its good?
Jorge R. Gutierrez says animating with AI was like “having sex and then they hand you the baby” during his appearance at the AI on the Lot convention.
He currently has a project named ‘Punky Duck’ through Amazon MGM’s GenAI Creators’ Fund.
He currently has a project named ‘Punky Duck’ through Amazon MGM’s GenAI Creators’ Fund.
May 27, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Why do AI people always have to use extremely weird and sexist analogies for why its good?
a little more on one of my favored analogies youtu.be/Msz2daPeTyg
The Democratic Party's McClellan Problem
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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December 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
a little more on one of my favored analogies youtu.be/Msz2daPeTyg
Even his terrible analogies admit he's a Nazi.
January 14, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Even his terrible analogies admit he's a Nazi.
the blue jays are beating on the yankees so hard that i'm out of war of 1812 analogies
October 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
the blue jays are beating on the yankees so hard that i'm out of war of 1812 analogies
Tired: Harry Potter analogies in geopolitics.
Wired: Terry Pratchett analogies in geopolitics.
Wired: Terry Pratchett analogies in geopolitics.
This summary of the situation now is so fucking perfect.
June 25, 2023 at 12:45 AM
Tired: Harry Potter analogies in geopolitics.
Wired: Terry Pratchett analogies in geopolitics.
Wired: Terry Pratchett analogies in geopolitics.
Similes, metaphors and analogies are the worst things that ever happened to punk rock
Are we surprised the guy whose entire brand is “I don’t actually know how to do anything in the creative space” is saying this?
June 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Similes, metaphors and analogies are the worst things that ever happened to punk rock
Thomas Massie in his concession speech: "While gas is almost $5 a gallon and diesel is almost $6, they're talking about this big ballroom...It looks like the Roman Empire. I see a few analogies there..."
May 20, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Thomas Massie in his concession speech: "While gas is almost $5 a gallon and diesel is almost $6, they're talking about this big ballroom...It looks like the Roman Empire. I see a few analogies there..."
These analogies they use are so stupid 🙄
April 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
These analogies they use are so stupid 🙄
I don't know what other analogies to make at this point OTHER THAN Nazis and Hitler.
January 21, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I don't know what other analogies to make at this point OTHER THAN Nazis and Hitler.
Wow, this is one of the best analogies yet.
March 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wow, this is one of the best analogies yet.
Thank you kindly. It's nice when your grand Pirates analogies are appreciated. :)
Fantastic piece with bonus points for an entirely accurate Captain Jack Sparrow analogy.
This will have to count as my Supreme Court term review.
I make that point that there's no point in reviewing what the Supreme Court has done because the rule of law is dead in this country anyway.
My latest in @thenation.com
I make that point that there's no point in reviewing what the Supreme Court has done because the rule of law is dead in this country anyway.
My latest in @thenation.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank you kindly. It's nice when your grand Pirates analogies are appreciated. :)
"AI is asbestos in the walls of our technology"
There have really been some fabulous analogies for that garbage.
There have really been some fabulous analogies for that garbage.
January 18, 2026 at 6:39 PM
"AI is asbestos in the walls of our technology"
There have really been some fabulous analogies for that garbage.
There have really been some fabulous analogies for that garbage.
Please don't let unsupervised children play with historical analogies.
Lindsey Graham: "Bibi and Trump are the modern Roosevelt/Churchill combination"
March 3, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Please don't let unsupervised children play with historical analogies.
I think he needs to work on his analogies a little.
January 20, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I think he needs to work on his analogies a little.