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Author: Paul Campos

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First, just a technical point about the end of the UCONN-Duike game: I disagree with the claim that a lot of people were making, in the immediate aftermath of the game, that Cayden Boozer should have just held the ball rather than trying to pass....

This seems bad

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On March 29, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska,.

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No Kings protests

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On March 28, 2026
Some estimates of total participation are as high as eight million people, which would be among the very largest political protests at any place or time. One of the largest rallies took place outside the Minnesota Capitol, where the singer Bruce Springsteen performed “Streets of...

Fear itself

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On March 28, 2026

My friend Michael the Atlanta lawyer has some guardedly optimistic thoughts that in my view seem well-grounded, despite everything: I started "Fear Itself" this week, Ira Katznelson's book about the.

His brain is melted

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On March 27, 2026

And no this isn't "a distraction from the Epstein files." He's just basically gone mentally: https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mi34vh6ldk2z https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mi34u2x4fc26 https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mi33zloupl2r https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mi343bb6yz2z Every day it gets worse. Well that's not really true because.

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The death of Trump

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On March 27, 2026
Since we could use a cheerful topic on a Friday afternoon, let's spend a little time mulling over the statistical probabilities governing Donald Trump's eventual death. I'm well aware that actuarial statistics describe probabilities for large populations of at least vaguely similar individuals, and are...

The insanity is the point

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On March 26, 2026

Just a few little snippets from today's cult worship ritual: https://bsky.app/profile/helenkennedy.com/post/3mhxzpswkds2w https://bsky.app/profile/parkermolloy.com/post/3mhxzqvdays2k https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mhxyuc7yym27 https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mhxykaxfb22h https://bsky.app/profile/golikehellmachine.com/post/3mhxxn55k5s25 In the middle of all this Trump went off on a several-minute tangent about how.

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Bespredel

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On March 26, 2026
I recently learned of the Russian term "bespredel," which means literally "without limit." It was apparently originally a bit of prison slang, which referred to actions that were so extreme that they violated the informal code of acceptable criminality among the denizens of the prison...
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