And also, many of our society’s non-elites.
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And also, many of our society’s non-elites.
this is like
the thesis statement of our times
San Francisco's immigration courts have been gutted.
Two more judges are planning to leave, Mission Local has learned, meaning the courts will be down from 21 judges last year to just two.
That pushes court dates out, & costs up, for asylum-seekers.
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Hm. I didn't actually know about any of that. I haven't been in that world full time in years.
Upon laying eyes on this graphic, I thought for half a second they were photos of Trump’s signature.
Many never took that journey, and started out as fluffers.
Love him or hate him, you have to admit that Trump is a real stickler when it comes to staying on the subject.
Think I'll keep writing 50,000 word books.
I mean, he could certainly do it. I could, too, if the price were right.
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He’s a fine critic of this kind of shit, but I mean a major project, like a book or multi-part documentary, specifically addressing how the fluffing of tech lords over the past 40ish years, especially since the dot-com boom, played a major role in bringing about this dystopia.
“Conversations with John Mitchell are always illuminating. Here, he explains how the slush fund worked and why it was good for America. He also lists his favorite wringer models.”
— Carl Bernstein reporting from the Federal Prison Camp, Montgomery Ala. Washington Post, June 1975.
Me too, but like so much bad shit, much of it is a function of so many men (and some women) being emotionally stunted. Even after decades of covering these freaks, they still insist that the freaks are actually the Masters of The Universe. Like kids with posters of superheroes all over their rooms.
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Thread. A rant, but a good one.
So let me get this straight ...
1. US bombs Iran
2. Oil price goes up a bit, benefitting Russia's petrostate
3. Russia gives Iran targeting info
4. Oil price shoots WAY up
5. US unsanctions Russian oil
Job growth over 14 months of Trump’s second term: 150,000 jobs
The previous 14 months: 1.74 million jobs
Under Biden: 0 months of job losses
Trump’s second term: losses in two of the last three months, three of the last five months, and five of the last nine months.
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Very telling that Trump has his Secretary of State, who has no logical role at this event, sitting next to him and not his VP.
They’re just this side of illiterate.
They go around breaking shit and then do stuff to make up for some of the damage they’ve done. There are many examples, but another one is imposing ruinous tariffs and then giving money to farmers they’d fucked over.
Somebody needs to do a deep dive into the tech press’s central role in hurling us all into a nightmare world. So much of their approach to that project has consisted of them shamelessly tonguing obvious crackpots and charlatans.
What the fuck is this bullshit? Jesus Christ.
This notion has been tedious for at least the duration of my 40-year writing career, and I’m sure much longer.
Nobody likes flabby writing (obviously). But some writing *should* be 3,000, or even 300,000, words. Also obviously.
Yeesh.
“I mean, get real. Most Shakespeare plays could have been like seven pages, tops.”
Seems elementary. And yet.
…”so we’re moving on to baby-stabbing.”
Seems elementary. And yet.
My guess: this is Glasser.
It’s been a busy week for pardoned January 6th insurrectionists:
This week alone, THREE more insurrectionists were charged with committing new crimes since they got pardoned by President Trump last year 🧵
The obvious solution to this problem is for people to offset rising gas prices by buying fewer pencils and dolls.
