whyfly.bsky.social
Tech, Music, Psych, Lit, etc. Burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night. Once & future www true believer. Recently reanimated after near fatal event.
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But what if the cruelty is the point?
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Keep in mind Steve Eisman called out TSLA fundamentals as weak and uncompetitive *six years ago*.
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who?
like, we're definitely media shortsighted afaict, & of course an anti-rogan isn't a solution (& oprah might already be the anti-broprah), but help me see who the voices who aren't D-branded but pull discussion/opinion that way are.
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Like, fine Sam, how're the cancer cures coming?
Would they show up faster if you weren't doing murderbots and trying to destroy the labor market?
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link says the YT video is private?
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And if you find that they're *not* willing to help – or are giving "help" that sounds more like a runaround / "deal with it" – take that information back to your neighbors, and don't forget it at the next election.
Assuming we continue to have elections that mean something.
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More people who can purchase homes or people who can purchase more homes?
"Basic need which is also a popular asset rising in price as indication that it's accessible to some subpopulation"
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"basic need which is also a popular asset is broadly accessible."
(of course Moar Supply™️, but how)
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I'd agree that "vibecession" was more vibes / instrumental speech than "cession", but we have had better ratios of median housing costs to median income in living memory, and we really still haven't made our way out of the impacts of the 00s housing bubble or the 08 crash.
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www.longtermtrends.net/home-price-m...
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Every expert has their domain of expertise. It's possible they might have substantial foundations from which to solidly establish what fucking blows while benefiting from outside assistance in judging absolute suckitude.
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It's possible there remains more research to be done, though. For example, does it also absolutely suck?
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I miss referencing this *1905* classic since parting w my 90s Oldsmobiles:
"They love to spark in the dark old park
as they go flying along
She says she knows why the motor goes
The sparker is awfully strong
You can go as far as you like w/ me
in my merry oldsmobile"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFru...
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There were speculative/awed conversations about sex among missionaries in my mission. Could be different between sisters vs elders but it rang true enough for me.
(I've also been assured that "the harder you work the hotter your spouse" is less likely among sisters but def a missionary thing)
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So, we should work to bring our best selves to the worldviews we arrive at, rather than congratulate ourselves on the basis of their adoption.
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My takeaway: our worldviews reflect our values.
Mr Reed sees religion as manipulative & controlling. That's who he is. As are some religious leaders.
Sister Paxton sees it as a call to service. That's who she is. & who she'd be if she left. Or became a butterfly.
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That’s an unfortunate part of her legacy, I also really appreciate her “stars to steer by not sticks to beat ourselves with” bon mot (gospel that hasn’t spread far enough among the saints).
My headcanon is that anti-ERA wasn’t her but I may be wrong.
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To be fair, exactly how should one imagine the electorate that brought the country to this point?
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Winning future elections is the only way that things change.
Beats the hell out of cathartic expression.
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The 2001 reference feels not just a little too on the nose, but like it might be one that its analogical subjects might happily embrace.
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"I'm not a smart man but I know what Air Traffic Control is."
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Nate Silver's recent post on "spiky intelligence" seems relevant too:
www.natesilver.net/p/elon-musk-...
Silver himself has had spiky moments (as many of us do) but I think he's close enough to some truth here.
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Having worked in the software industry for decades and known some of these people, I can attest that they are often *very* clever / intelligent, especially in their domain of focus.
Some of them are even thoughtful. Some.
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Thank you Senator Schumer, keep telling it like it is.
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It was rogue poets, wasn't it?
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I can't see this both sides of this conversation because of a block (probably his), but unfortunately I still get notifications about it. And can guess that it's largely heat, little light, + a whole heap of picking a fight.
Combined with an anon profile, probably best to block & move on.
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Probably not.
(at least, not on a completely open platform with people I haven't established trust with.)
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> Paying people to dig holes and fill them back up increases GDP, as it is currently measured, even
though that activity has no value.
Funny, he just described crypto mining.
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I hope every D strategy discussion includes emergency & committed focus on "what is everything we could do -- and some things we can't do but are going to do anyway -- to start communicating meaningful truth penetratingly and effectively in a hostile cultural/media environment?"
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Blocking that account might be better than QTing. I'd bet they're doing some kind of op rather than taking that position in good faith (I suppose it's possible that they "feel" that it's true but I can't see how people paying attention could characterize recent years as just moving rightward).