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Writer: DO YOU REMEMBER BEING BORN? đ (2023), THE WAGERS (2019), US CONDUCTORS (2014) ⢠Founded đś http://saidthegramophone.com ⢠http://www.byseanmichaels.com ⢠he/him
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reveals so much about a person to see them struggling with something tbh
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...
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wow, thank you so much for reading, jenâand for saying that.
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beautttiful!!!
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But everyone always has to go through a primary. (For most popular incumbents thoughâlike Biden against Dean Phillips in 2024âit's usually a technicality.)
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Yes, "getting primaried" = mounting surprising (and potentially counter-productive) opposition to someone in the primary.
For instance, as in 2018 or 2020, MAGA folk might "primary" (and unseat) a popular candidate, in favour of an extremistâand then lose that seat in the subsequent election.
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Primaries take place to select/confirm candidates before every general election.
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I'm using the Democratic example, but obviously the main please this lever is used in the USA these days is by Trump, who uses primary threats to intimidate even popular Republicans who might stand against him.
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Imagine you are a centrist Democrat who wins >50% of the vote by appealing to most Ds, some Rs, and independents. Even if you consistently win general elections, you might be vulnerable in a primary to extremely motivated Ds on an issue like Gaza.
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To win a general election you generally have to play to the centre (bc most voters are in the centre) but far fewer people vote in primary elections, so even incumbents are vulnerable if a wing of the party is particularly motivated (or incited) to vote against them.
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Ah! (And thank you!) I tend to miss the substack discourse. I think you're right to point out the way gadget-lovers believe in a false technological determinism, and I'm not experimenting with LLMs much myself right now, but i do think it's hard to predict what's a synthesizer and what's a theremin.
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is there anyone smart actually saying individual writers all "need to embrace AI"? or just expressing skepticism for the inverse, that all writers should oppose it?
most established artists seem lined up as skeptics, which is fine, but literature benefits when people experiment
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Isn't it just that we Canadians can't see NPR posts because of the news block?
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woooo!!! fog!
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Thank you!!!
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I love that!!
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so happy you like it!
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the trompe l'oeil smoke on Seething Song is great
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interesting, i'll check it out!
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my pleasure!!
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haha, yes! and i appreciate this version of the 90s a lot more than the one that was emerging five years ago, for some reason
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thank you so much for reading my book!
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the explanation is obviously a lieâbut i do wonder if he genuinely regrets it now
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we're old!
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oh, thank you so much, jeremy!!! happy new year!!
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lol
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the whole armlock album's great, like this weird collision between Pinback and Alex G.
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Thank you so much for reading, Chad! And for telling people about my book.
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indeed!
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That's so kind of you, thank you Ivor! Enjoy.
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Il m'a fallu un moment pour comprendre, mais je vous remercie tellement d'avoir mentionnĂŠ mon travail sur les ondes !
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gah, what a thingâa shiver through time, thank you!