wildlystrollingben.bsky.social
Reporter for Courier News. Co-author of Wildly Strolling Along
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Yup. You don’t need #aliens to build a pyramid. People will do amazing things for meat and beer.
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Is there somewhere you could be that would be more directly helping with your goal?
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He thinks they went over to Trump because “the left” was too mean to them.
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Won’t someone ever think of… the rich? The only group you think isn’t a “group.” All joking aside I’m curious if the Democratic Party you envision given you keep citing Clinton is more focused on lavish corporate fundraisers. If so, could you please make your case for it?
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Once you start covering those meetings and local city councils, you’ll see the extent to which there’s more to politics than national divisions and culture wars.
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Once you start covering those meetings and local city councils, you’ll see the extent to which there’s more to politics than national divisions and culture wars.
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Maybe more big Substackers should go into attending and covering their local school board meetings. Us newspaper reporters for small town papers wouldn’t mind the competition and it might help y’all put things in better perspective.
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This notion that a single “message” or “strategy” will appeal to the entire country is an absurd one. But somehow everyone wants that.
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A fairly superficial analysis imho. The problem with cancel culture was that it was a distraction from dealing with structural issues and turned everything into celebrity gossip.
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The trouble is that we only have a limited amount of time on Earth so naturally certain things feel less worthwhile to investigate or debate than others.
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One thing I’ll say for Bluesky though is that dogpiles of micro celebrities never hit the trending page unless I’ve missed when they have. They only really show up if you follow someone who joined. Or are actively seeking it out.
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On that note, can I just say you doing videos of the columns is a good idea as it gets them out to non-NYT-subscribers? Or people who want to listen while washing dishes? I think it’s a good strategy.
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This notion that a single “message” or “strategy” will appeal to the entire country is an absurd one. But somehow everyone wants that.
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You’ve nailed it. He specifically chose a framing device meant to appeal to the X crowd meaning that it naturally reads as utter gibberish to the Bluesky crowd even if he’s using it to insult Republicans…
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If rebranding the Alt Right as the Woke Right turns people against it then I guess that’s something. I’ll give you that it’s amusing troll move.
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He says what he’s doing out loud and yet people fall for it.
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Maybe more big Substackers should go into attending and covering their local school board meetings. Us newspaper reporters for small town papers wouldn’t mind the competition and it might help y’all put things in better perspective.
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But the question remains, if your desire is to push red districts “left” however slightly what relevance would pushing people on Bluesky right actually have? Isn’t that two different demographics?
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The truth is the kinds of people you are arguing with have always existed even during your supposed golden age of Clinton. It’s just back in the day they wrote for The Nation (some still do!)…
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I’m wondering whether or not pitching your message and candidates on Facebook, or possibly among people who aren’t on social media as much at all might work better.
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That being said, I’m wondering why you think “progressive intellectuals” are the best people to promote the Democrats right of Manchin except unenthusiastically as a lesser evil during the election itself. Might there be someone else you could look to? And where would those people be?
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I prefer having you here on Bluesky because it’s better than having to go over to X to engage with you, given how uniquely evil X is right now…
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We do agree on a few things, including this.
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Ok but what IS helpful?
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If you want to reach the more right leaning voters you’re talking about, why are you here as opposed to somewhere else they’re more likely to hang out?
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My husband, @senatorweinstein.bsky.social, flipped a red Ohio district by focusing on environmental issues. His strategy? Connecting policy to people—childhood asthma from poor air quality, taxpayers funding outdated coal plants, a Great Lake treated as a dump instead of a recreation asset …
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They also can’t afford home insurance because of climate change. Democrats and the media need to connect the dots for them.
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“Lots of talk about” and yet several comments here think you’re talking about stuff like bridges. Which we should. Any thoughts on that kind of infrastructure?
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(Note: being serious here I have not seen the remake).
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As a side note the movie manages to nail music, atmosphere, exploring themes without being preachy. All stuff I assume Nicolas Cage totally improves even more on, right?
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He’s not British as far as I know?
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Conversely I don’t think people who blanketly classify #Snyder as “right wing” or “fascist” are right either. His aesthetic is macho but BvS reads like he was trying to sneak in as many jabs at Frank Miller’s then-current politics as possible.