Michelle and Barack have both always polled much more highly than Trump. Sure it amps up his core base of bigots but what else does it really do?
Edit: Oh of course it distracts us from his brownshirt thugs and Epstein files. I should know this play by now.
This is one of those things that could maybe be nothing (as in this looks bad on the surface but is some trivial thing that happens all the time) or something major… But Heather Cox Richardson (for anyone who doesn’t know is probably one of the most prominent scholars to tune into right now and an absolutely phenomenal historian) just said that this is hugely concerning and fairly unprecedented within context.
Sorry to hear that, wish you all the best. We went through some oncology shit in my family recently, too. Stay compliant and keep your spirits up and that genuinely goes a long way with outcomes.
Not sure if you’re like me but I start researching like crazy to “know the enemy” inside and out; a great introduction to the immune system and cancer is “Immune” by Philipp Dettmer – the guy who does the Kurzegesagt series (he himself I believe had either lymphoma or leukemia; I think he left it ambiguous).
There’s a relevant part of the famous anti-fascist video from the US army fresh off of dealing with nazis that has a pretty relevant part pertaining to purging academia.
All these pieces of shit live so long because they’re afraid of atoning for their piles of crimes and lies and deceit. Rest in piss to the likes of Rumsfeld, Cheney and everyone else responsible for exploiting the ignorant to drag this country down.
All these billionaire shitheads with their fallout bunkers. Starting to think that series is a futurementary.
I see what you mean, my bad, corrected.
Always has been
Shitheads should speak with nurses like Pretti about how long they must go without taking a piss.
Such pansies.
So I was tuning into this guy another person testifying to Congress the other day by the name of Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath. Supposed neuroscientist, etc. Testifying to the effects of digital learning, pads, etc.
Something just rubbed me the wrong way about him. Especially when you see the likes of Ted Cruz talking him up.
Dude is heavily pushed by Moms for Liberty and “The Free Press” which we all know is a right-wing propaganda wing that gave us none other than Bari Weiss.
I think the play here may be that they want to isolate children from the broader world and being exposed to other viewpoints. My gut instinct is that they’re trying to construct the framework to justify isolationism and promote a Christo-Fascist society.
I say this as someone who thanks the internet (especially in earlier decades) for changing multiple generations of my family from rural conservative Republican to progressive-left. The same reason they attack publicly-funded news like NPR or PBS, or Big Bird and Mr. Rogers.
These things teach critical-thinking and kindness and make fearmongering less effective.
Right that’s like saying Bob Dylan - Hurricane is about ocean weather phenomena lol.
It truly is wild, seeing us go through such a tumultuous period like my parents saw with the Civil Rights era. In struggle like this, great music is born – from Jesse Welles to Springsteen throwbacks, to Dropkick Murphys tapping into that anger.
Dispatch’s Chad Urmston helped get me through the 2000s with his band State Radio (try Camilo, Right Me Up, Fight No More); Woodruff’s Stick Figure helped soothe the pain I felt through Trump’s first term and through covid (try Weight of Sound, Once in a Lifetime, Take it Easy).
Seeing a mass culture movement of solidarity and peace and love try to rise through all this pain gives me some hope.
And so the Windows curse of every other OS release being garbage continues.
This sort of narcissistic behavior is textbook gaslighting.
No different than the Mamdani meeting.
Doesn’t help that most good or at least decent news is paywalled while fucking fox news blares freely in every waiting-room in the country.
I appreciate the likes of PBS News, NPR, and UK Guardian who’ve found alternative models.
Extremely tragic, though it should be pointed out that Spain and Europe in general has far, far less traffic-related deaths, even in terms of individual automobiles let alone the much safer rail-based mode of transportation.
Interesting read: https://asteriskmag.com/issues/10/traffic-fatalities-are-a-choice
Personally I’m partial to believing that capitalism is like a nuclear reactor; can be good, can be bad. Needs sophisticated control rods to maintain stability and prevent it from getting out of control.
Nordic model nations in a nutshell who are realized not idealized models for some of the happiest and most stable nations on the world.
Oh 100% agreed. Also no surprise that the likes of Musk and Russia have heavily promoted, defended, and relied upon encrypted communications like Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, etc.
My conspiracy theory is Rand Paul hand-delivered a key to Putin when he flew to Moscow.
AOC polls way better than Schumer among all registered voters in New York (yes, including Republicans). She’s going to primary him in 2028.
Wish it could be sooner, but her success can leverage off Mamdani’s progress, should all go well…