I’m howling.

I'd kill for some good reporting on the sort of lack of unity we see among the left (Mamdani and AOC both discouraging Chi Ossé from challenging Jeffries) that's just comes from a good faith and rigorous understanding of how prominent figures in this movement operate, the advantages they calculate.

Dealer René Gimpel recalled Monet’s palette piled with “snowy peaks” of lead white. Unlike earlier painters who worked from dark grounds, Monet painted outward from luminosity. One artist said: “He paints as if light itself were his medium.”

It’s much easier to be right wing in this world. You can destroy things. Assault people. Kill people. Wreck economies. Appeal to people base emotions in blaming the other guy for the things you’ve destroyed/assaulted/killed/wrecked. It’s easy.

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting

This does call for primarying every Dem senator. I would be willing to believe, as a first term senator @andykimnj.bsky.social bears little blame for all this. Still the Senate Dems failure in March and now this chickenshit nonsense calls for an end to all their careers. Primary every Dem.

@replamonica.bsky.social primary Cory Booker please

Wow, Peter Coviello. On the contraction of the humanities, universities, public goods, then everything. "Pleasing as it would be to blame the whole unfolding calamity on Trump, Musk, and the squadron of billionaire looters they so ably represent,

"if you have enough money to get somebody, anybody, to produce a white paper for you . . . you are ready to enter into the rushing current of elite reportage. For no matter how unhinged the position . . . that opinion will . . . possess all needed evidentiary gravity for the Times." Brutal.

I been saying I don't think Republicans are uniquely capable of creative legal thinking personally I would like to see more 'if you wanna act funny, I can act hilarious'-type legal arguments in furtherance of good things

For decades the political commentary class claimed moving right was inevitable. That it was a noble retreat from detached ivory tower elitism. Where race and LGBTQ issues were fun sci-fi hobbies but not representative of the vox populi. Bullshit. But I think there's reason to be cautious here too.

whos in the social media bubble now you gooncel freaks

There were millions of dollars spent on anti-trans ads in NJ and VA. Anyone care to comment on those campaigns getting blown out, since we were told trans issues lost Democrats the election in 2024?

After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be

This person took this when they called the race

Not only have establishment Democrats failed in this moment but some of the most prominent figures of the left from 2016 are also failing astoundingly. Stand for something. Stand for something. Goddamnit stand for something. Unsubscribed from The Lever.

Society can survive or this can happen. Not both.

In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.

the last few years of my job at google were surreal -- watching the executives talk in increasingly positive terms about Elon Musk's management style while objective metrics at his companies were becoming dangerously unstable. it wasn't until 2023 that i realized that they didn't care about profits.

It’s just gutter racism in an attempt to intimidate nonwhite voters in a close gubernatorial election. The county seat of Passaic county, Paterson, is 2/3rds Hispanic and another 23% black.

i'm just a simple oyster farmer who only supplies my mom's restaurant and my grandpa invented a $5,000 chair and i went to GW and i worked for blackwater and i accidentally got a nazi tattoo even tho i luv history and i said some racist stuff on reddit and i'm offering my staff $15k NDAs and and and

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In case anyone wonders why most of my posts have spelling errors

A question you ask before you get the tattoo perhaps?

The left has to reckon with a serious scammer issue. Fetterman and Sinema are good examples. Sometimes there's clear signs. Fetterman had serious ones. Sinema, a former social worker, looked great on paper. They betrayed liberal democracy once elected. Can I say for sure that Platner is the same?

Been an dedicated Sanders supporter since 2016. Canvassed for him in the 2020 primary. He needs to seriously reconsider his vetting procedure bc this is a massive oversight. And he obviously needs to withdraw support.

This is a great thread for an great video. The only thought I have to add is that I do think the reality is actually that paradigmatic shifts happen because of Popperian changes. The rule of law gradually eroding from Watergate to Obama declaring we need to move on from prosecuting Bush era crimes.

However,

“Put that on the news.” Fuck yes.

I'm a bit of a dissent apologist for this reason I understand the kinda nihilist dunks on them as meaningless, but i've seen too many dissents become majority opinions to think they don't have value--as doctrinal roadmaps, as mobilizing tools, as records of the truth when the majority lies, etc.

I have been thinking about the role shame plays for the radicalization of Republicans a lot lately too but in a very different way. I believe for some people, feeling shame causes them to further entrench into illiberal, authoritarian beliefs. This came from an experience at a local town hall.

Such an interesting marketing failure. Photogs can easily create a payment structure that involves a slightly higher base price for photos, then propose to pay the subject for the right to share on social media. Ppl priced out can consider saving money by opting in. Shows respect for your customers.

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

RFK Jr: We're doing MAHA by reversing every American circumcision one at a time Reporter: Wait - RFK Jr: [gesturing at his van] I have two coolers full of foreskins in there Reporter: How - wait - RFK Jr: Scientists won't tell you this but you can just rehydrate them using nonpolar water

So many excellent arguments. A favorite: "The implications of these realities beckon us not to picture our own thoughts in the mind of a mushroom, but to open our imagination to how other species might perceive the world in ways we cannot conceive."

🎶Turn the AI off TURN THE AI OFF🎶

It’s National Poetry Day. The greatest poem in the English language.

Take it from me: You do NOT negotiate with abusers. So if Trump wants to illegally take New Jersey’s funding, we have to fight back with everything we’ve got. My idea? Eminent domain Trump’s golf course for affordable housing. My debut in @nydailynews: www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/04/t...

Been kicking around some thoughts about shame. Not very well-read on psychoanalytic thinkers and possessing very little respect for the discipline, I can't say if this idea appears there or elsewhere. I sometimes see average people acting politically, claiming they are "afraid."

inbox, from Democratic Assembly nominee Katie Brennan (LD-32, Jersey City/Hoboken): Brennan Calls for New Jersey to Withhold Federal Taxes, Seize Trump’s Bedminster Golf Course After Gateway Tunnel Funding Freeze

Republicans always go after people's employment. They have dedicated snitch networks. In NJ, a branch of Moms 4 Liberty created NJ Project, a shady organization that has recently been reporting public school teachers for failing to honor Charlie Kirk. Check out their website, absolute den of lies.

I don’t know how to tell people that you are allowed to hate bad democratic politicians but still be happy and support their efforts to enact laws that otherwise achieve progressive ends such as *squints* providing the grounds to prosecute cops for acting against the public trust

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