# liberalism (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover liberalism. Page: Feed: --- ## [To be bending-over-backwards fair, some of this comes from a relatively recent realignment. And…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/825488866254438400) _2026-08-20 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ morlock-holmes : The reason people don't take Republican rhetoric about "small government" as the sincere expression of a serious position is that it… Well the vast majority of the time it just demonstrably isn't. I think any politically aware American with Democratic or Libertarian you've had the incredibly disorienting feeling that comes from watching a Republican expound at length about how… ## [PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"](https://objektiiv.ee/palju-onne-propagandatootaja-martin-laine-krooniti-tiitliga-juhtlammas-2025/) _2026-08-20 · Toimetus · PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"_ Valimatu Kremli kaardi lehvitamisega tuntust kogunud Ekspress Grupi propagandatöötaja Martin Laine pärjati hiljuti MTÜ Vox Rationise poolt auhinnaga "Juhtlammas 2025". The post PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025" appeared first on Objektiiv . ## [Michal: vaatame lootusrikkalt tulevikku – oleme jõukamad kui kunagi varem!](https://objektiiv.ee/michal-vaatame-lootusrikkalt-tulevikku-oleme-joukamad-kui-kunagi-varem/) _2026-08-20 · Toimetus · PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"_ Rahvana oleme nüüd jõukamad kui kunagi varem. The post Michal: vaatame lootusrikkalt tulevikku – oleme jõukamad kui kunagi varem! appeared first on Objektiiv . ## [LUGEJA KIRJUTAB ⟩ Tõnu Kukk: võrreldes Hiinaga on Rail Baltic juba praegu vananenud](https://objektiiv.ee/lugeja-kirjutab-tonu-kukk-milleks-meile-rail-baltic/) _2026-08-20 · Markus Järvi · PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"_ Samal ajal, kui meie vaidleme selle üle, kas rong peaks sõitma 200 või 249 kilomeetrit tunnis, liigub raudteetehnoloogia maailmas hoopis teises tempos, kirjutab Tõnu Kukk. The post LUGEJA KIRJUTAB ⟩ Tõnu Kukk: võrreldes Hiinaga on Rail Baltic juba praegu vananenud appeared first on Objektiiv . ## [KOLUMN ⟩ Jüri Kotšinev: revolutsiooni hävitatud](https://objektiiv.ee/kolumn-juri-kotsinev-revolutsiooni-havitatud/) _2026-08-20 · Jüri Kotšinev · PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"_ Kunagi oli Venemaa olnud selline riik, kus toodeti maailmas läbi löönud tooteid, mida isekoomustas ülim kvaliteet ja mis võitsid turgusid nii tollases Lääne-Euroopas kui Ameerikas ning Aasias. Ajaloolise ülevaate teeb Jüri Kotšinev. The post KOLUMN ⟩ Jüri Kotšinev: revolutsiooni hävitatud appeared first on Objektiiv . ## [Karol Kallas: ilmekas kirjutamine muudab inimese terveks ja targaks](https://objektiiv.ee/ilmekas-kirjutamine-muudab-inimese-terveks-ja-targaks/) _2026-08-19 · Toimetus · PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"_ Kui inimene kulutab päevas 10–20 minutit käekirjaliselt enda mõtete ilmekalt kirjapanekule, parandab see nii tema kehalist tervist kui tunnetuslikku võimekust. The post Karol Kallas: ilmekas kirjutamine muudab inimese terveks ja targaks appeared first on Objektiiv . ## [Would those be persentile dice, then?](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/825220255042404352) _2026-08-17 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ prokopetz : prokopetz : stephenleasheppard : prokopetz : prokopetz : prokopetz : Every time I post an example of play involving a d66 table I get people in the notes being weird about, like, the concept of d66 tables, which is very irritating. However, I have to remind myself that having the temerity to look at a centuries-old piece of tabletop gaming technology that you've somehow never heard of… ## [The Anti-Social Life of the Unapologetic Man](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mtbyvi4j4k2e) _2026-08-17 · Aaron Ross Powell_ On the fantasy of masculinity without accountability. ## [If you have a Bluesky account, can I ask a quick favor?](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mta3cmwegk2q) _2026-08-16 · Aaron Ross Powell_ Follow my blog with your Bluesky login to help others discover it. ## [Decentralization is Insurance](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mt3irnsmf225) _2026-08-15 · Aaron Ross Powell_ And no one's excited to buy insurance. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/g2ZEy9fTUGPD) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [We Needn't Have a One True Platform](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3msw5yzkkk22o) _2026-08-12 · Aaron Ross Powell_ On Bluesky, user numbers, and the silliness of endless growth. ## [ASTRONOOMIANURK ⟩ Alar Puss: augustitaevas 2026](https://objektiiv.ee/astronoomianurk-alar-puss-augustitaevas-2026/) _2026-08-11 · Markus Järvi · PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"_ 12. augustil leiab aset täielik päikesevarjutus. Kuid nagu Päikese täisvarjutuste aegu alati, on need enamustes nähtavuspiirkondades vaadeldavad siiski vaid osalistena. Ka seekordne varjutus on Eestimaalt vaadates osaline. Augustikuu tähistaevasse vaatab astronoom Alar Puss. The post ASTRONOOMIANURK ⟩ Alar Puss: augustitaevas 2026 appeared first on Objektiiv . ## [KOLUMN ⟩ Malle Pärn: hea poliitik peaks olema nagu tark aednik](https://objektiiv.ee/kolumn-malle-parn-hea-poliitik-peaks-olema-nagu-tark-aednik/) _2026-08-11 · Malle Pärn · PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"_ Me peame tagasi minema sinna, kus me hakkasime vales suunas liikuma, kirjutab Malle Pärn. The post KOLUMN ⟩ Malle Pärn: hea poliitik peaks olema nagu tark aednik appeared first on Objektiiv . ## [SUUR LUGU ⟩ Francis Parker Yockey: liberalism](https://objektiiv.ee/francis-parker-yockey-liberalism/) _2026-08-11 · Karol Kallas · PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"_ Ajalooilosoofi Francis Parker Yockey’i peale Teist Maailmasõda esitatud läänemaailma arenguid puudutavad seisukohad on osutunud tänaste arengute taustal hirmutavalt täpseteks. The post SUUR LUGU ⟩ Francis Parker Yockey: liberalism appeared first on Objektiiv . ## [Indrek Neivelt: Eesti presidendi valimissüsteem ei tööta](https://objektiiv.ee/indrek-neivelt-eesti-presidendi-valimissusteem-ei-toota/) _2026-08-11 · Toimetus · PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"_ Ma loodan, et lõpuks saadakse aru, et meie presidendi valimissüsteem ei tööta, kirjutab ettevõtja Indrek Neivelt sotsiaalmeedias. The post Indrek Neivelt: Eesti presidendi valimissüsteem ei tööta appeared first on Objektiiv . ## [Russell Salsbury: kapitalismi pärijaks on uus-feodalism](https://objektiiv.ee/russell-salsbury-kapitalismi-parijaks-on-uus-feodalism/) _2026-08-11 · Karol Kallas · PALJU ÕNNE! ⟩ Propagandatöötaja Martin Laine krooniti tiitliga "Juhtlammas 2025"_ Majandusharidusega tarkvaraarendaja Russell Salsbury esitas 2024. The post Russell Salsbury: kapitalismi pärijaks on uus-feodalism appeared first on Objektiiv . ## [Too lazy to look but I’m pretty sure he’s confirmed this interpretation at some point. “She…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/824169899651891200) _2026-08-06 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ necarion : iliiuan : cannoli-reader : iliiuan : I can’t figure out if Verin was foolish for making her letter to Mat seem like an obligation rather than critical information, or if Mat refusing to open the letter is out of character. It’s Sanderson’s writing, so I’m going to say both. The whole thing is so clumsy 😭😭😭 Like, I get what he was aiming for, but it did not… ## [The problem is, words don’t have meanings. People have meanings.](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/824125227188584448) _2026-08-05 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ kata4a : i hate “words have meaning” as a rejoinder so much because it’s such a transparently bad-faith move. like, could someone disagree with me about the meaning or application of some term? of course not. they must be against the very idea of coherent communication itself The problem is, words don’t have meanings. People have meanings. Words have frequently-predictable… ## [Standing tall in Washington, D.C., The National Military Monument™ is a living tribute to the…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/823991712863174656) _2026-08-04 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ necarion : jadagul : Lots of discourse around the reflecting pool, but I don’t think I’ve seen anything about the new (temporary) monument they’ve built like forty feet away. What is it for? Other than “to be tacky”? Standing tall in Washington, D.C., The National Military Monument™ is a living tribute to the generations of military members whose service and sacrifice… ## [Lots of discourse around the reflecting pool, but I don’t think I’ve seen anything about the new…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/823982035952631808) _2026-08-04 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ Lots of discourse around the reflecting pool, but I don’t think I’ve seen anything about the new (temporary) monument they’ve built like forty feet away. ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/J92fFCsVavNL) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [jadagul: raginrayguns: nostalgebraist: jadagul replied to your post “I described Yudkowsky’s...](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/823845338613940224) _2026-08-02 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ jadagul : raginrayguns : nostalgebraist : jadagul replied to your post “I described Yudkowsky’s TDT writeup as “unreadable” to someone today,…” That seems about correct. I still claim it’s not at all novel–it’s the entire idea behind precommitment. Hmm, I am having a hard time understanding the connection to precommitment (but it’s late and I’m tired). Even then, though, it seems worthwhile to… ## [I know Closest Vector is connected to some of the post-quantum encryption issues, but I don’t know…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/823774823080755200) _2026-08-01 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ femmenietzsche : eightyonekilograms : Man. Okay, the next bar AI needs to clear is to solve a problem I’ve ever heard of in my life I know Closest Vector is connected to some of the post-quantum encryption issues, but I don’t know that this result matters all that much to them. (It’s a little technical in terms of setting a bound, rather than just saying something is impossible,… ## [Distinguishing Labor from Work](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mrvmcx2gek2j) _2026-07-30 · Aaron Ross Powell_ We should get rid of the former, if we can, but we should absolutely keep the latter. ## [Your Internet Doesn't Need to Be Big](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mrsuois6422y) _2026-07-29 · Aaron Ross Powell_ But it definitely can be better. ## [NIMBYism's Slow Cancellation of the Future](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mrqtnr7r2c2i) _2026-07-29 · Aaron Ross Powell_ How the cost of housing undermines creative dynamism ## [A Couple of What They Call Media Hits](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mro4dwbwj222) _2026-07-28 · Aaron Ross Powell_ Liberal virtues and right-wing vices. ## [I feel like I’ve seen some version of this semi-seriously suggested for home TVs, so that everyone…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/822958940422832128) _2026-07-23 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ necarion : Learned today that some of the better 3D movie tech comes from using dual laser projectors where each has its own set of RGB values, and individual glasses are tuned to reject half of them. (This works without the lasers, but is cooler with them). Dumb proposal: Multiplex theater One absolutely massive theater hall playing all the movies simultaneously on different spectral bands. You… ## [You can tell I’m Latin-brained because I do genuinely reach for words like “maximandum” when I’m…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/822693893414010880) _2026-07-20 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ You can tell I’m Latin-brained because I do genuinely reach for words like “maximandum” when I’m trying to talk about optimization theory to my friends. ## [Skillful and Unskillful Politics](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mqzymbw5tk2e) _2026-07-20 · Aaron Ross Powell_ Skill is a combination of good intent and sufficient knowledge to act well. ## [Scott’s recent post on AI chip regulation made me absolutely livid, in a way that’s definitely not…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/822344632784551936) _2026-07-17 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ Scott’s recent post on AI chip regulation made me absolutely livid, in a way that’s definitely not healthy for me, but I’m going to process it by blogging a bit and then hopefully I can stop thinking about it as much. It feels very confident and smug about how this isn’t going to be a dystopian surveillance state. But the main thing I was thinking through the entire first… ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aznpo54aYoOT) _2026-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [ngl it’s been incredibly wild to me watching the Martian blow up and then Project Hail Mary blow up…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/821805127134478336) _2026-07-11 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ maggiedeshiboux : ngl it’s been incredibly wild to me watching the Martian blow up and then Project Hail Mary blow up even bigger when I previously knew Andy Weir from a webcomic where he dates Satan, who had previously secretly been Frances Folsom ## [Higgledy piggledy isn’t a difficult rhythm to write in if you can take time. But it is tricky to…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/821614716659138560) _2026-07-08 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ Higgledy piggledy isn’t a difficult rhythm to write in if you can take time. But it is tricky to write a good higgledy piggledy where you sound natural and rhyme. ## [There’s a linguist, Anne Cutler, who studied how everyday speech is affected by rhythm and rhyme….](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/821586425782910976) _2026-07-08 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ wildgifthorses : Formal experiments make it so tempting to irritate followers with a conceit forcing unnatural snytax and wording on sentiments lacking in substantive meat. Rather than keeping a regular meter a proper expression of well-defined views has to conform to the structure of thought and proceed at the rhythm of actual news. There’s a linguist, Anne Cutler, who studied how everyday… ## [Ooh!](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/821583683142238208) _2026-07-08 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ bubbloquacious : Are all conditionally convergent series that don’t converge absolutely ‘equally’ conditionally convergent? Or is there some way to measure whether one series converges more conditionally than another? Ooh! One of my favorite calc II theorems is the Riemann series theorem , which I would argue says that all conditionally convergent real series are equally… ## [For some reason, my brain is convinced the second line of a higgledy-piggledy should be “Cedric…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/821416261394284544) _2026-07-06 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ For some reason, my brain is convinced the second line of a higgledy-piggledy should be “Cedric Diggory”, with the first name pronounced as three syllables. More recently it’s also decided the third line should be “Sind einer Hand breit”, with “Hand” drawn out for two beats, which makes even less sense. ## [#well. on tumblr you get the thunderous applause.](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/820975935492882432) _2026-07-01 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ jadagul : Found myself wanting to say that “consuming text is easy and passive, unlike video which requires active effort to watch” and then realized this is the opposite of what basically every other human being would say. #well. on tumblr you get the thunderous applause. Yeah. I posted the same thing to Bluesky and got two (2) likes. And one of those is someone I met here! (To be… ## [kata4a said:](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/820975844585619456) _2026-07-01 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ markwateneymemorialcrater : kiragecko : jadagul : Found myself wanting to say that “consuming text is easy and passive, unlike video which requires active effort to watch” and then realized this is the opposite of what basically every other human being would say. #well. on tumblr you get the thunderous applause. #I recall watching Hank Green talk about how under intense stress he… ## [Found myself wanting to say that “consuming text is easy and passive, unlike video which requires…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/820946996307329024) _2026-07-01 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ Found myself wanting to say that “consuming text is easy and passive, unlike video which requires active effort to watch” and then realized this is the opposite of what basically every other human being would say. ## [The other thing is, religious liberty frequently protects choices and behaviors over which people…](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/820880528361259008) _2026-06-30 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ tanadrin : twocubes : tbh “religious liberty” always felt like a uniquely weak reason that you should be allowed to do something. “I know it seems bad, but have you considered that I’m doing it because it’s important for no reason?” idk like. even modern secular liberal societies display such a common penchant for using innocuous feature of religion as an excuse… ## [king-of-men: jadagul: youzicha: jadagul:youzicha: One response to Gödel incompleteness is to...](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/820811150357872640) _2026-06-30 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ king-of-men : jadagul : youzicha : jadagul : youzicha : One response to Gödel incompleteness is to postulate iterated consistency statements: instead of just PA one can work in PA+CON(PA)+CON(PA+CON(PA)) , etc. Alan Turing’s phd thesis was about iterating this process transfinitely many times. I think at least the first few steps are usually considered unproblematic, we “know” PA is consistent, so… ## [youzicha: jadagul:youzicha: One response to Gödel incompleteness is to postulate iterated...](https://jadagul.tumblr.com/post/820793578555047936) _2026-06-29 · Maybe-Mathematical Musings_ youzicha : jadagul : youzicha : One response to Gödel incompleteness is to postulate iterated consistency statements: instead of just PA one can work in PA+CON(PA)+CON(PA+CON(PA)) , etc. Alan Turing’s phd thesis was about iterating this process transfinitely many times. I think at least the first few steps are usually considered unproblematic, we “know” PA is consistent, so we may as well… ## [The Ambiguity of "Growth"](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mp3exhqxvs27) _2026-06-25 · Aaron Ross Powell_ Anti-growth rhetoric sounds appealing, but it privileges the present over the future. ## [American History as Fandom Lore](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mmru6rbyis2p) _2026-05-26 · Aaron Ross Powell_ On MAGA canon and cosplay. ## [Out Now: Liberalism's Inner Life](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mm5s56d3zs2d) _2026-05-18 · Aaron Ross Powell_ The first episode of The Inner Life of Liberalism podcast. ## [My New Project: The Inner Life of Liberalism Podcast](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mm32x64xzc2r) _2026-05-17 · Aaron Ross Powell_ Subscribe now in your favorite podcast app. ## [The Thing About Griping About Bluesky](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mlqxgn3hzk2i) _2026-05-13 · Aaron Ross Powell_ Let a thousand mutually suspicious communities bloom. ## [Don't Harm Your Enemies. Make Them Less Harmful.](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mlmbawtres2j) _2026-05-11 · Aaron Ross Powell_ Speaking with intent to harm trains the speaker in habits of hatred. The cost of online cruelty isn't only to the target. ## [What the Ancients Knew About Posting Well](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mlerwhwebs2b) _2026-05-08 · Aaron Ross Powell_ An early Buddhist text gives us four questions to ask before posting—and most of what we post fails the test. ## [Two Helpful Essays Illuminating Liberal Practice](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mlbtcxufo22h) _2026-05-07 · Aaron Ross Powell_ Two short Buddhist essays from Thanissaro Bhikkhu on karma as feedback loop, identity as inheritance, and intention as a skill you can practice. ## [The Ethics of Not Being Offended](https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mk25tbbmvc2q) _2026-04-21 · Aaron Ross Powell_ Discomfort isn't harm. Treating it as harm burns the finite moral attention we need for the suffering that actually exists.