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Alex Charner

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Charles Johnson@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 2mo ago

Where is the evidence that Trump actually wants to rebuild US manufacturing, and how is destroying solar power in the US going to achieve that? It’s stunning how media normalizes and whitewashes Trump‘s efforts to destroy the US.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2mo ago

President Trump’s latest move to shun foreign solar power equipment is part of his effort to rebuild US manufacturing clout. It may simultaneously exacerbate the fast-widening green technology split between the US and the rest of the world.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Interesting choice by NYT to publish an op-ed bemoaning America’s projected population decline by a guy who’s massively racist against immigrants and compares IVF to “Nazi eugenics.” The “pronatalists” only want more of a very specific kind of person in this country. It gives the game away.

The Population Forecasts Are Grim. Theyre Still Too Optimistic. By Lyman StoneIt's difficult to articulate the extent to which Somalian immigrants are a *unique* problem. Other immigrant groups may not always have stellar outcomes, but there are almost none who as persistently have the absolute worst outcomes in every country they move to as Somalians.FWIW I think attacking IVF really is a massively losing political position, and I say that as someone with serious moral concerns around IVF. I think if you must attack IVF, you would argue against discarding embryos as a form of Nazi eugenics, not on the basis of personhood.
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"executives with no understanding of the industry" seems to be an endemic problem across industries: higher education, medicine, you name it, a bunch of suits with MBAs and unearned arrogance are destroying everything around us, and for some reason, we're supposed to accept that they know best

Greg Iwinski@garyjackson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

TV writers were right in 2023 and are being proven more right every day — there was a stable television model that made everyone lots of money and put out good shows. Then execs with no understanding of the industry confused the production model and the distribution model, and they blew it all up.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Jared Polis is so completely full of shit. His commutation of Tina Peters' sentence has nothing to do with freedom of speech. What a joke. What an insult to the law-abiding citizens of Colorado. What an assault on free and fair elections. An embarrassing profile in cowardice.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Since Callais came down, Democracy Docket has published 81 pieces of redistricting content: 74 news stories 4 analysis pieces 3 op-eds I challenge you to find another news outlet with more detailed coverage. Support independent and pro-democracy media. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Reminder that Florida voters passed a Constitutional amendment in 2010 banning gerrymandering with 62% of the vote and the Florida GOP just stole the courts and ignored it. By contrast retaliatory gerrymanders in CA and VA passed with the approval of voters. Yet media portrays them as equivalent.

Decision Desk HQ@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Florida's new congressional map is officially on the books. The map aims to pick up 4 Democratic-held seats, which would expand the GOP's edge across Florida's 28 district from 🔴20-8🔵 to 🔴24-4🔵.

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Kennedy's goal here is consistent with all of his other policies aimed at undermining proven health interventions: he believes the people who benefit from them are defective and he wants them culled from the population. It's comic book villain logic, specifically Viltrumite logic.

Miranda Yaver@mirandayaver.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This is such incredible bullshit. I am alive, thriving, and writing books on health policy/politics thanks to antidepressants. Antidepressants aren't for everyone, but they can be literal lifesavers. Attacking their prescribing & use is stigmatizing and dangerous. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/s...

Curious Witness@curiouswitness.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Yeah, fighting for democratic principles by letting people who are hostile to democracy hold power indefinitely would be disastrous for democracy. The media pretending not to understand this gives away the game.

Mad Scholar Frights@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

1 remaining copy of The Film That Saved My Life, an understated but moving collection of reminiscences. mzs.press/The-Film-Tha...

The Film That Changed My Life: 30 Directors on Their Epiphanies in the Dark, by Robert K Elder (Paperback, NEW)

The movie that inspired filmmakers to direct is like the atomic bomb that went off before their eyes. Robert K. Elder's i The Film That Changed My Life captures that epiphany. It explores 30 directors...

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