Alternatively, it would be a huge step forward if all the people saying Dems need to stop saying these words could point out where these words are actually regularly used by Dem leaders. Because otherwise this is a manufactured culture war that people keep playing into. RE:
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Tom Nichols (@radiofreetom.bsky.social)
It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academi...
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They even made sure the brand and flavor of chips was correct... RE:
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social)
Game on.
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Tom Macfarlan (@tomac.blue)
Holiday shopping done, thanks @mmasnick.bsky.social !
The use of the term "NPC" to dismiss people as not just being not worth listening to, but not even *actual human beings with agency* is pretty fucking offensive, and it bugs me a bit how normalized it's become among some of the chattering class (not Jamelle, who is also criticizing its use here). RE:
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jamelle (@jamellebouie.net)
the irony of calling people NPCs when your response to the bipartisan pan of your book was to write the most mindless sentence imaginable. [contai...
How can Bluesky make algorithmic choice and custom feeds better/more useful? RE:
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alex benzer (@alexbenzer.com)
"algorithmic choice" is one of my favorite principles at @bsky.app. most social platforms decide what you see. we think you should have control w...
I find this claim *particularly* telling (not in a good way) about TCW, the force behind The Harper's Letter. His complaint has never been about free speech, but about not being criticized so much for his own speech. Is it really that it's "worse" on Bluesky? Or is it... RE:
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Thomas Chatterton Williams (@chatterton.bsky.social)
It’s actually far, far worse on Bluesky. The nastiness and vitriol here makes X look civilized and high-minded by comparison πŸ™ƒ. The close-mind...
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Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social)
ICE just posted this video to Twitter with the caption: "TV’s former 'man of steel' Dean Cain runs through the obstacle course during training t...
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Stunt casting. RE:
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Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD (@josephhall.org)
@benwhitelaw.bsky.social @mmasnick.bsky.social I can already see the movie version of ctrl-alt-speech where you're played by Benedict Cumberbatch a...
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Maarten Schenk (@mschenk.bsky.social)
Hey look, @mmasnick.bsky.social, ten billion users just arrived in Belgium!
Even crazier is her saying that her right wing friends say that the naziism is "more balanced" with other views now. Look if you're balancing Nazis, you might just be in the wrong damn place. RE:
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eke (@eke.bsky.social)
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