“Intractable” gender dysphoria implies attempted conversion
August 22, 2026 at 12:28 PM
“Intractable” gender dysphoria implies attempted conversion
Good advice for almost any supposedly intractable problem
What *exactly* is a social care commission going to tell us that we don't know?
What is the magical cross-party solve that *multiple* com'ns & reviews, incl a Royal Com'n, have failed to find?
The issue is funding. Its a political choice. MAKE THE CHOICE you're elected to make & get on with it
What is the magical cross-party solve that *multiple* com'ns & reviews, incl a Royal Com'n, have failed to find?
The issue is funding. Its a political choice. MAKE THE CHOICE you're elected to make & get on with it
January 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Good advice for almost any supposedly intractable problem
Discord will learn quickly that it is merely a tool that can be abandoned vs an intractable piece of culture
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Discord will learn quickly that it is merely a tool that can be abandoned vs an intractable piece of culture
Me: I'll wear this new jumper out for lunch as it doesn't yet have an intractable coating of floof.
Daphne: No.
Daphne: No.
February 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Me: I'll wear this new jumper out for lunch as it doesn't yet have an intractable coating of floof.
Daphne: No.
Daphne: No.
In honor of Trump's latest meltdown, reupping my vid abt how Trump faces two intractable dilemmas in his efforts to get out of Iran: Putin and Obama.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RB...
Trump's Twin Intractable Psychological Dilemmas
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
May 10, 2026 at 10:37 PM
In honor of Trump's latest meltdown, reupping my vid abt how Trump faces two intractable dilemmas in his efforts to get out of Iran: Putin and Obama.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RB...
An intractable conflict between two groups’ rights, surely everyone will be normal about this
Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson shouted the N-word while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage at the BAFTA Film Awards
Host Alan Cumming thanked the audience for their understanding after several outbursts throughout the event
variety.com/2026/film/aw...
Host Alan Cumming thanked the audience for their understanding after several outbursts throughout the event
variety.com/2026/film/aw...
February 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM
An intractable conflict between two groups’ rights, surely everyone will be normal about this
Bc Trump is whining about Barack Obama again, reupping on how his insecurities about the Black President have made Iran so much more intractable for him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RB...
Trump's Twin Intractable Psychological Dilemmas
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
June 13, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Bc Trump is whining about Barack Obama again, reupping on how his insecurities about the Black President have made Iran so much more intractable for him.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5RB...
If Democratic congressional leadership don’t lead an en masse halt to all legislative business after today, I don’t know why they’re worth supporting. What moment could more demand a response of intractable and tedious opposition? Shut it all down, and refuse to budge.
April 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If Democratic congressional leadership don’t lead an en masse halt to all legislative business after today, I don’t know why they’re worth supporting. What moment could more demand a response of intractable and tedious opposition? Shut it all down, and refuse to budge.
Leading philanthropists and practitioners gathered for strategic conversations on solving the world's most intractable problems.
2025 Forbes Impact Summit
Leading philanthropists and practitioners gathered for strategic conversations on solving the world's most intractable problems.
www.forbes.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Leading philanthropists and practitioners gathered for strategic conversations on solving the world's most intractable problems.
“do you hear what i hear” no. the problem of other minds is intractable.
December 26, 2024 at 4:37 AM
“do you hear what i hear” no. the problem of other minds is intractable.
This is such a great thread because it tells you instantly how to answer the supposedly intractable regulation problem: liability, potentially joint liability, for the person who set up the AI system.
If I was just a little more condescending, I'd start a web series where I sit down with someone who thinks LLMs are inherently harmful, help them install one on their laptop, and then we sit and wait for it to do something harmful on it's own. 30 minutes of uncomfortable silence. "Any moment now..."
September 19, 2026 at 1:49 AM
This is such a great thread because it tells you instantly how to answer the supposedly intractable regulation problem: liability, potentially joint liability, for the person who set up the AI system.
Reminding people of an intractable quagmire that ended horribly, very savvy.
Q: You've been bombing Iran for months. Is this just the new normal?
Trump: We were in Vietnam for 19 years.
Trump: We were in Vietnam for 19 years.
July 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Reminding people of an intractable quagmire that ended horribly, very savvy.
Regulation looks intractable if you’re acting like AI is a bear that acts on its own and that nobody has the right or ability to restrain or control.
September 19, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Regulation looks intractable if you’re acting like AI is a bear that acts on its own and that nobody has the right or ability to restrain or control.
the inherent & intractable eroticism of asymmetric warfare
April 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
the inherent & intractable eroticism of asymmetric warfare
every successful consumer technology owes its success to a dedicated user base of insane perverts who the product managers in silicon valley view as their ancient and intractable enemy
February 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
every successful consumer technology owes its success to a dedicated user base of insane perverts who the product managers in silicon valley view as their ancient and intractable enemy
Burnham's comments today were a kind of anti-populism: a rejection of easy answers, an acknowledgment of trade-offs and a commitment to solve seemingly-intractable problems. Early days, but incredibly refreshing.
July 29, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Burnham's comments today were a kind of anti-populism: a rejection of easy answers, an acknowledgment of trade-offs and a commitment to solve seemingly-intractable problems. Early days, but incredibly refreshing.
hosting a lot of racist chuds on his podcast to chase engagement and pretend you can "bridge" with intractable fascists wasn't a distraction tho
Gavin Newsom calls Kilmer Abrego Garcia a “distraction” @washingtonpost.com
What an absolute disgrace he has become.
Beyond repulsive and shameful.
What an absolute disgrace he has become.
Beyond repulsive and shameful.
April 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
hosting a lot of racist chuds on his podcast to chase engagement and pretend you can "bridge" with intractable fascists wasn't a distraction tho
Medicare for all would fix a lot of apparently intractable social problems
Actually I don't. Medicare with a supplement plan. Easiest time ever for insurance needs.
December 9, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Medicare for all would fix a lot of apparently intractable social problems
one of my most intractable and strident positions is that i absolutely don’t give a single fuck how much the USPS costs, expand their services so that it costs double, you’ll never get me to give a shit
"did you know the USPS is losing money" no I didn't know and I still don't care do you know how much money your president has lost you since January
March 20, 2026 at 6:49 PM
one of my most intractable and strident positions is that i absolutely don’t give a single fuck how much the USPS costs, expand their services so that it costs double, you’ll never get me to give a shit
June 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Unfortunately for the G7, commitment to peace in the Middle East whilst supporting Netanyahu’s aggression…
…is an intractable contradiction.
…is an intractable contradiction.
June 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Unfortunately for the G7, commitment to peace in the Middle East whilst supporting Netanyahu’s aggression…
…is an intractable contradiction.
…is an intractable contradiction.
If I were European I would simply solve the heatwave using good old American moxie. But I will not use said moxie to solve the USA's intractable social problems because America is a real country and I am very busy.
June 25, 2026 at 10:19 AM
If I were European I would simply solve the heatwave using good old American moxie. But I will not use said moxie to solve the USA's intractable social problems because America is a real country and I am very busy.
They need “white genocide” in South Africa to be true in order to hold up their vision of the world as an intractable struggle between the races.
Even Afrikaaner groups like AfriForum don't use the term "white genocide" because there's no evidence for it and there's little appetite for that rhetoric in South Africa. As @carolyneholmes.bsky.social told me in a recent interview, that term is far more popular among white supremacists outside SA.
May 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
They need “white genocide” in South Africa to be true in order to hold up their vision of the world as an intractable struggle between the races.
just wait 20 years until hes widely hailed as the boldly transformative figure who bucked conventional thought in order to solve problems previously thought intractable such as venezuela, iran, and cuba
god fucking dammit
March 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
just wait 20 years until hes widely hailed as the boldly transformative figure who bucked conventional thought in order to solve problems previously thought intractable such as venezuela, iran, and cuba
Wow. Rachel Maddow on MSNBC tonight:
“Trump has no idea what to do with the sustained and growing and intractable and indominable protest and opposition of the American people against him.
Game over, big guy. You lose."
“Trump has no idea what to do with the sustained and growing and intractable and indominable protest and opposition of the American people against him.
Game over, big guy. You lose."
June 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Wow. Rachel Maddow on MSNBC tonight:
“Trump has no idea what to do with the sustained and growing and intractable and indominable protest and opposition of the American people against him.
Game over, big guy. You lose."
“Trump has no idea what to do with the sustained and growing and intractable and indominable protest and opposition of the American people against him.
Game over, big guy. You lose."