I think one reason Mamdani is using non-traditional media is because traditional media isn't covering substantive government stories The two reporters on this topic cover the Mamdani administration but mostly from the perspective of conflicts. Too much theater, not enough substance.

Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · yesterday

"Mr. Mamdani is a master of new media... But as mayor, he has also been able to use taxpayer funds to create a sprawling network of hundreds of friendly influencers to boost his priorities, provide positive depictions of his administration and enhance his popularity."

Cause he is. We are experiencing mass species loss due to climate change

CNN@cnn.com · 2d ago

Joel Sartore photographs like he’s running out of time. The man behind National Geographic Photo Ark, an extraordinary collection of 18,000 animal portraits and counting, is 20 years into a project that stretches beyond the horizon. https://cnn.it/4gBS0D3

it’s very validating that there’s no one who’s extremely pro-Israel but then otherwise a normal, kind person. it’s all guys who are disgusted by children’s hospitals.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterday

Fetterman text to aide: “Why do I have to keep having to meet with [Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia]?” Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.” Fetterman: “Well I’m not.” @wsj.com #PAsen www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

that’s wild. he’s tanking damage for us.

Trying to do some achievement hunting and reach is a bit unnecessarily difficult or boring in some of them. 150k on lone wolf is dull. It's just not fun. I've gotten around the 100k mark but always due to a swarm of sword elites I can't backstab. Sucks man. And that's like ..25 mins right there.

Gloria Steinem, who made anticommunist propaganda for the CIA, sought to achieve power for women primarily in the context of elite access to the levers of Empire, who espoused racist and transphobic beliefs many times, and exemplified much of what is sick and evil about feminism, is dead.

Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck https://theonion.com/google-maps-introduces-crawling-directions-for-cyclists-hit-by-truck/

If you miss the “house” thing of Harry Potter spend time figuring out what kind of communist you are instead. Simple as

[Marxism] says: We must know how to combat religion, and in order to do so we must explain the source of faith and religion among the masses in a materialist way. The combating of religion cannot be confined to abstract ideological preaching, and it must not be reduced to such preaching.

These biting flies around Chicago have me losing my mind

Pollinator action on Zinnias.

If not for the cats I'd very likely throw myself off the 9th floor balcony, but here I am, looking a bit harder for jobs since they need dental work.

Hear this in my head at least once a week

One thing I'm noticing is that when Charlie Kirk died, nobody actually had any stories about him doing anything nice for anyone

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the moderate democratic position on Gaza is that if Israel’s opponents do not comport themselves perfectly, if they don’t dance flawlessly through the rhetorical minefields every day, then it’s dead children forever.

Can't wait until the Democrats start blaming their lack of popularity on my podcast, causing my numbers to skyrocket

Hasan Piker is the kind of "left" opponent the Democratic party wants - clueless on theory, vibes-based, a narcissist

Is that...is that supposed to be an argument against healthcare

We're done kicking the can down the road. Here's how we're fixing the city-owned section of the BQE.

Double Fine now officially owns all of its games made under Xbox and their publishing rights. https://kotaku.com/psychonauts-dev-now-owns-all-its-games-publishing-rights-2000726713

Psychonauts Dev Now Owns All Its Games And Publishing Rights

'Everything, we got back, the transfer of the IP came back to us'

kotaku.com

Saw a cute art and was war-flashbacked to stuff my ex loved, and I loved doing. Kisses are nice. I think I'm ready to try again, despite feeling entirely unworthy of being loved again. Considering I actually wasn't loved in that relationship, that may be part of it.

Being mixed (and looking the part) in my early life really had me messed up. It's something a lot of people refuse to acknowledge, even other mixed people, where you end up not truly belonging to either group. You're kind of a mutt freak. Or one of your backgrounds gets erased in favor of the other.

Pretty awesome healthcare is like 30% of my monthly costs, great country man.

I think 2024 into early 2025 just broke me and I haven't been able to bounce back since. I lost so much at once that is irretrievable, and I'm so aimless since. Losing old man, partner, my job, then gran. I'm tired man. Job hunting is draining. Eating is laborious. Self care is slipping.

I sure wish supplements would be regulated so that my lactose pills actually do what they're supposed to. Among other things.

recently obsessed with Petra Parker all over my timeline, she's so cool

Decided to paint outside in a storm to see what would happen