State of the Discussion

The posts in play...

Guestpost from Wonkie
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Kuzushi and Charlie Kirk
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Excelsior!
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Excelsior 2.0: more details about the site and requests
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Hyudai, meet ICE
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The comments...

GftNC
+ wonkie, this is a subject which I spend a lot of time thinking about. For me, it matters most with personal friends (because I [. . .]
russell
+ I generally do not engage in discussions about politics with Trump supporters. I'm fine with talking with them about pretty much anything else. There are [. . .]
wonkie
+ Thank you for your thoughtful in depth response. I think my neighbor was really shocked by an attack on a Christian church--that definitely rattled her [. . .]
nous
+ I don't do an especially good job of handling these sorts of disputes, but it's not because of anything I have done. The people we [. . .]
Michael Cain
+ I remain a registered Democrat. However, here in Colorado we recently passed the point where more than half of all registered voters are registered [. . .]
CharlesWT

Read page 8 for a load of self-incrimination.

Read the Charges Against Tyler Robinson

CharlesWT
+ Here's a list of eight ways to do redirects with detailed instructions for DNS-level redirects at the end of the list. To my untrained eye, [. . .]
+ GftNC, I'll email you with some details. I know it can be confusing, but in this case 'post' is main article/item and 'comment' is something that [. . .]
GftNC
+ I’m thinking that posts can no longer be the sort of writing where a position can be set out and supported by links, especially if [. . .]
GftNC
+ lj, I have an NYT subscription (gave up WaPo because of Bezos's craven behaviour), and would be happy to post gift links. I am [. . .]
GftNC

Thanks, lj.

CharlesWT
+ Pressure was put on TSMC to hire US workers, even though there were very few US workers qualified to build and operate the plants. Government [. . .]
+ TSMC also is doing a huge fab in Phoenix which is apparently having lots of problems. I'm really interested in that one because TSMC is [. . .]
+ GftNC, yes he was. Charles, a long term redirect isn't possible, once the servers shut down, it's gone. A short term might be possible, but I [. . .]
bobbyp
+ Don't overlook the fact that Kirk supped deep from the financial side of the wingnut rage machine. He was very well connected with big [. . .]
nous
+ Meanwhile, since the UC itself is too busy running scared as the Yam of Grievance and his cabal seek to destroy higher education, looks like [. . .]
CharlesWT

Can the old URL be redirected?

GftNC
+ Just looked again at the mass "notification" email - some of course are anonymous, and it may just be one email, but I wonder if [. . .]
bc

Thanks for the email, lj, and for all who made the transition and archiving possible! Nice to see everyone.

russell

I wonder what the local people in the area think about this.

"It's Joe Biden's fault!"

Michael Cain
+ Indeed, I will be unsurprised if NO Korean companies are willing to consider new facilities in the US. One big question is the massive integrated circuit [. . .]
wonkie
+ I hope they scrap the plant. I wonder what the local people in the area think about this. It doesn't seem like there is any [. . .]
wj
+ Massively competent execution, just as one would expect. -- Scouting out the target, so as to know how many targets, what type (i.e. nationality) [. . .]
nous
+ What I believe the algorithm is doing - and by that, I mean what the media oligarchs are doing - is destroying real world communities [. . .]
nous

Finally found the email in my spam folder. It has your number, lj.

GftNC
+ My Charlie Kirk comment which went into moderation only had 2 links, one from the NYT and one from the Guardian. I must say [. . .]
+ Somewhere in the settings the value of n can be changed. It's currently set at 2, let me know if you think that should be raised. I'm [. . .]

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/15/nx-s1-5542239/charlie-kirks-chair-is-empty-can-maga-harness-his-movement

Vance hosting Kirk's podcast seems a natural development. I also didn't realize that Kirk's wife's speech was also 'from' the podcast, as a livestream.

Priest

Clicking on the Post link in Recent Comments takes you to bottom of comments of that post.

Michael Cain
+ So this is by way of a test, to see if posts with links automatically go into moderation: WordPress has a stock filter that puts comments [. . .]
Marty
+ I found us. We are here. The rumors of my expulsion being greatly exaggerated. Nice work. I will add that the scrolling through all the [. . .]
hairshirthedonist
+ I'm trying to guess how many of the people coming out of the woodwork to extol Kirk's virtue on social media since the shooting had [. . .]
Tony P.
+ After careful deliberation, I have concluded that my sympathy for Charlie Kirk is 1.42 times the sympathy He, Trump expressed for Melissa Hortman and her [. . .]
GftNC
+ I see from the Excelsior thread that posts with links do not automatically go into moderation. So maybe it's to do with anything tagged [. . .]
GftNC
+ Ha! Since you ask, I am going to link something I wouldn't assume is for ObWi, since it relates purely to a rather controversial piece [. . .]
Michael Cain

At the archive, many/all of the comments are duplicated.

+ OK, I think comments are back at the archive, please poke around and let me know if there are other things. Next task is to [. . .]
wj
+ Free speech absolutism requires supporting someone's "right" to, as the classic example has it, "falsely shout 'Fire!' in a crowded theater.". Because that's what inciting [. . .]
hairshirthedonist
+ Kirk used his notions of civil discourse and open debate as cover for his bigotry. When I hear "Prove Me Wrong," I can only wonder [. . .]
+ Spoke too soon, the comment approval thing does not work as I thought it did. I'm reminded of my favorite joke in Friends. Rachel just [. . .]
+ No worries, the setting is that once people are approved, they are good to go and it transferred people who were already in the comments. [. . .]
GftNC
+ lj, I imagine this has taken and is taking you huge amounts of time and effort, when you do have a day job! I [. . .]
wj
+ Partly checking on how things work here. the idea that the algorithm made him is not an argument I want to make, I get really tired [. . .]
Michael Cain
+ Iirc it was the post right before “What to do?” but the wayback machine’s last entry is for Aug 23, and it was later than [. . .]
+ Morning all, Hartmut, if it happened then, I think that post was lost. GftNC, it looks like the comments are showing for posts up until [. . .]
Priest

Checking in for pre-clearance.

Congratulations on the new address!

wonkie
+ I am sure about him. He was a professional hate propagandist who organized campaigns of intimidation against individuals and groups. I posted about his attack [. . .]