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RT by @xenocryptsite: It's also an excuse for how he always manages to get out of whatever jam he's in. "Well, we *know* he gets to be *king* at some point, so..."

https://xcancel.com/Robot_Bastard/status/1934588066766725614#m

Published: June 16, 2025 12:25

It's also an excuse for how he always manages to get out of whatever jam he's in. "Well, we *know* he gets to be *king* at some point, so..."

RT by @xenocryptsite: The video games 007 Legends, which came out around the same time as Skyfall, tries to solve this by having Daniel Craig's James Bond have updated versions of the iconic missions for all the previous James Bond, between the end of QoS and the start of Skyfall

https://xcancel.com/RudmanEsq/status/1934531672936243568#m

Published: June 16, 2025 08:41

The video games 007 Legends, which came out around the same time as Skyfall, tries to solve this by having Daniel Craig's James Bond have updated versions of the iconic missions for all the previous James Bond, between the end of QoS and the start of…

RT by @xenocryptsite: Tokyo Godfathers is a blast. A really fun look at a found family narrative with a trans lead. #WendellsPrideLog

https://xcancel.com/RhodeToLove/status/1934438828216848476#m

Published: June 16, 2025 02:32

Tokyo Godfathers is a blast. A really fun look at a found family narrative with a trans lead. #WendellsPrideLog

This is like season seven of a sitcom when they run out of ideas so suddenly Rashida Jones and Aziz Ansari are dating.

https://xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1934437637806248247#m

Published: June 16, 2025 02:27

This is like season seven of a sitcom when they run out of ideas so suddenly Rashida Jones and Aziz Ansari are dating. xcancel.com/NYMag/status/1934374118406992216#m

R to @xenocryptsite: It is quite canny but I have "when a metric becomes a target" concerns now.

https://xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1934066063869714539#m

Published: June 15, 2025 01:50

It is quite canny but I have "when a metric becomes a target" concerns now. xcancel.com/mattmxhn/status/1933999131254473084#m

RT by @xenocryptsite: "Klobuchar dined with Minnesota lawmaker just hours before she was killed." (via @politico) https://politi.co/3ZuW9zM

https://xcancel.com/dannowicki/status/1934065348606873862#m

Published: June 15, 2025 01:48

"Klobuchar dined with Minnesota lawmaker just hours before she was killed." (via @politico) politi.co/3ZuW9zM

R to @xenocryptsite: It's giving "the company is having a crisis but you still have to show up at the quarterly staff birthday party".

https://xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1934057286760296887#m

Published: June 15, 2025 01:16

It's giving "the company is having a crisis but you still have to show up at the quarterly staff birthday party". xcancel.com/MattZeitlin/status/1934055055449002056#m

Arianna Grande should be in politics, knowing how to do this is like 40% of the job.

https://xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1934030974339125724#m

Published: June 14, 2025 23:31

Arianna Grande should be in politics, knowing how to do this is like 40% of the job. xcancel.com/amazingmomo_/status/1876653130341101863#m

RT by @xenocryptsite: Damn you have to concede it’s a solid way of tracking background / non event interest

https://xcancel.com/mattmxhn/status/1933999131254473084#m

Published: June 14, 2025 21:24

Damn you have to concede it’s a solid way of tracking background / non event interest

RT by @xenocryptsite: in the gilded age, a lot of the rich grew up in rural small town upstate ny / new england. so you’d see random fancy buildings in small towns from their $

https://xcancel.com/neipate96/status/1933975298434887904#m

Published: June 14, 2025 19:50

in the gilded age, a lot of the rich grew up in rural small town upstate ny / new england. so you’d see random fancy buildings in small towns from their $

RT by @xenocryptsite: The Pitt had a great little Brad Dourif cameo but no one I was watching it with knew who he was enough to understand why I was soy facing over it.

https://xcancel.com/TheoLandsman/status/1933947553751461894#m

Published: June 14, 2025 18:00

The Pitt had a great little Brad Dourif cameo but no one I was watching it with knew who he was enough to understand why I was soy facing over it.

I have a soft spot for this. Michelle Pfeiffer was great but I was previously hoping for Catherine Zeta-Jones as Janet.

https://xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933946668761731230#m

Published: June 14, 2025 17:56

I have a soft spot for this. Michelle Pfeiffer was great but I was previously hoping for Catherine Zeta-Jones as Janet. xcancel.com/Darren_Mooney/status/1933942334112284683#m

R to @xenocryptsite: So first of all this started off with commentary on a picture of Sabrina Carpenter, why wouldn't social and cultural stuff be what we're talking about here lol.

https://xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933918847020544425#m

Published: June 14, 2025 16:05

So first of all this started off with commentary on a picture of Sabrina Carpenter, why wouldn't social and cultural stuff be what we're talking about here lol. xcancel.com/predederva/status/1933906156625236271#m

RT by @xenocryptsite: Looking like a $36m Friday for @HTTYDragon and a $88m-$93m Father's Day weekend. Spectacular A+ CinemaScore likely and summer legs for weeks to come for @UniversalPics .

https://rss.xcancel.com/EmpireCityBO/status/1933723630346662246#m

Published: June 14, 2025 03:10

Looking like a $36m Friday for @HTTYDragon and a $88m-$93m Father's Day weekend. Spectacular A+ CinemaScore likely and summer legs for weeks to come for @UniversalPics .

RT by @xenocryptsite: "there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America" was actually ad for the newly founded Facebook

https://rss.xcancel.com/ThreeHatsInARow/status/1933702934493266057#m

Published: June 14, 2025 01:48

"there is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America" was actually ad for the newly founded Facebook

RT by @xenocryptsite: Jim Hormel and Roberta Achtenberg also come to mind. Tons of Republican Senators worked very hard to block their confirmations because they were gay — like, they would outright say "the fact that this person is gay is disqualifying" https://www.deseret.com/1998/6/28/19388220/gay-bashing-by-gop-backfires/

https://rss.xcancel.com/dylanmatt/status/1933622059596210417#m

Published: June 13, 2025 20:26

Jim Hormel and Roberta Achtenberg also come to mind. Tons of Republican Senators worked very hard to block their confirmations because they were gay — like, they would outright say "the fact that this person is gay is disqualifying" …

RT by @xenocryptsite: And that was a kids' movie! The idea that not being sexually active as a sixteen year old made you a loser was so pervasive that it was Disney children's movies.

https://rss.xcancel.com/Fyodor32768/status/1933599640168825271#m

Published: June 13, 2025 18:57

And that was a kids' movie! The idea that not being sexually active as a sixteen year old made you a loser was so pervasive that it was Disney children's movies.

R to @xenocryptsite: Or I watched "Hocus Pocus" and "Hocus Pocus 2" in a row. Almost identical except the kid protagonist goes from "boy who wants to touch boobs" to "girl who disdains romance for her found family of peers".

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933597597903503598#m

Published: June 13, 2025 18:49

Or I watched "Hocus Pocus" and "Hocus Pocus 2" in a row. Almost identical except the kid protagonist goes from "boy who wants to touch boobs" to "girl who disdains romance for her found family of peers".

R to @xenocryptsite: I mean yeah I'm not saying it's all one way or the other. And it's kind of complex whether it's more or less "conservative". But "haha, Cameron Diaz has Ben Stiller's semen in her hair" becoming an omnipresent cultural moment def. feels like another era.

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933597229568106959#m

Published: June 13, 2025 18:47

I mean yeah I'm not saying it's all one way or the other. And it's kind of complex whether it's more or less "conservative". But "haha, Cameron Diaz has Ben Stiller's semen in her hair" becoming an omnipresent cultural moment def. feels like another era.…

RT by @xenocryptsite: Right now (a) public policy and culture are well to the left of say 1995 and (b) public policy and culture are both trending conservative at this moment. Which leads to lots of dissonance.

https://rss.xcancel.com/samth/status/1933593487435506024#m

Published: June 13, 2025 18:33

Right now (a) public policy and culture are well to the left of say 1995 and (b) public policy and culture are both trending conservative at this moment. Which leads to lots of dissonance.

RT by @xenocryptsite: yeah, i think viewing this as a "conservative culture" issue is mistaken. "the culture" as a whole remains quite accepting, far more accepting than it ever was in the 90s, 2000s, or even early 2010s--to the infinite frustration of those who would like it to be less so.

https://rss.xcancel.com/TNOQuoProQuid/status/1933591088402513958#m

Published: June 13, 2025 18:23

yeah, i think viewing this as a "conservative culture" issue is mistaken. "the culture" as a whole remains quite accepting, far more accepting than it ever was in the 90s, 2000s, or even early 2010s--to the infinite frustration of those who would like it…

R to @xenocryptsite: I really can't overstate how much "an organized political left-wing exists at all" is a change in American politics from the 80s, 90s, or early aughts. Make a list of when incumbent Democrats have lost primaries to challengers on their left.

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933590837755093498#m

Published: June 13, 2025 18:22

I really can't overstate how much "an organized political left-wing exists at all" is a change in American politics from the 80s, 90s, or early aughts. Make a list of when incumbent Democrats have lost primaries to challengers on their left.

R to @xenocryptsite: (The incarceration rate is well down from peak and also, like, an anti-incarceration political movement...exists at all.)

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933589685688803504#m

Published: June 13, 2025 18:18

(The incarceration rate is well down from peak and also, like, an anti-incarceration political movement...exists at all.)

R to @xenocryptsite: (There was a vegan bisexual Senator from a swing state, and those things were probably her political STRENGTHS if anything.)

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933585542270140754#m

Published: June 13, 2025 18:01

(There was a vegan bisexual Senator from a swing state, and those things were probably her political STRENGTHS if anything.)

R to @xenocryptsite: I'm a big fan of Matt Baume, all of his videos are like, "here's the months of painstaking negotiation that it took to have a gay character on a sitcom in 1995". Now there's a trans star on "Jeopardy" (median viewing age, roughly 157).

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933585205165461859#m

Published: June 13, 2025 18:00

I'm a big fan of Matt Baume, all of his videos are like, "here's the months of painstaking negotiation that it took to have a gay character on a sitcom in 1995". Now there's a trans star on "Jeopardy" (median viewing age, roughly 157).

Well, what does "conservative" mean. Nathan Lane was afraid of coming out in the 90s. You didn't have literal card-carrying socialists winning political office in cities all over the country. You didn't have hundreds of legal marijuana stores all over Michigan.

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933580577690566791#m

Published: June 13, 2025 17:41

Well, what does "conservative" mean. Nathan Lane was afraid of coming out in the 90s. You didn't have literal card-carrying socialists winning political office in cities all over the country. You didn't have hundreds of legal marijuana stores all over…

RT by @xenocryptsite: The third problem (C) is even more problematic. Economists often track inequality by estimating what share of total income goes to, say, the top 10% of earners. To do this, they need to figure out where the top 10% starts—what income level you need to be in that group. That sounds easy: find the income level above which 10% of people fall. But it’s trickier than it looks. In older data, you don’t always get clean 10% slices—you get income groups like “above $2,000,” which might actually be the top 10.9% or 8.9%. So what do researchers do? In theory, they pick the group closest to 10%. Why does that matter? Because income is skewed: small changes in who’s included at the top can cause big changes in estimated inequality. Including too many people understates inequality a little. Including too few overstates it a lot. A new figure shows this clearly: in many years, Piketty and Saez picked income groups that weren’t really the top 10% or top 1%. And the size of the mistake wasn’t symmetric—it tended to exaggerate inequality in some periods more than others.

https://rss.xcancel.com/VincentGeloso/status/1933534222620213319#m

Published: June 13, 2025 14:37

The third problem (C) is even more problematic. Economists often track inequality by estimating what share of total income goes to, say, the top 10% of earners. To do this, they need to figure out where the top 10% starts—what income level you need to be…

RT by @xenocryptsite: All three problems are historically massive. Let's start with A and B. The larger the number of classes (and the narrower they are), the less problematic Pareto Interpolation is -- things converge pretty quick to the statistics of a distribution based on micro-data (as you increase number of classes). For the United States, the graph below shows that the number of classes collapsed massively in the 1940s and continued until the 1960s (when we can shift to microdata). This means that the problem is not a big deal initially but it grows over time to 1960. In other words, inequality's evolution between 1940 and 1960 is artificially affected by the choice of method's sensitivity to the number of classes.

https://rss.xcancel.com/VincentGeloso/status/1933534219965268318#m

Published: June 13, 2025 14:37

All three problems are historically massive. Let's start with A and B. The larger the number of classes (and the narrower they are), the less problematic Pareto Interpolation is -- things converge pretty quick to the statistics of a distribution based on…

RT by @xenocryptsite: Here is the origin of the problem. When you do not have micro-data and only tables of income where there are intervals (0$ to 1000$ etc. -- see image), you need some way of assuming distributing within intervals and across them. The usual method is Pareto interpolation.

https://rss.xcancel.com/VincentGeloso/status/1933534213438837157#m

Published: June 13, 2025 14:37

Here is the origin of the problem. When you do not have micro-data and only tables of income where there are intervals (0$ to 1000$ etc. -- see image), you need some way of assuming distributing within intervals and across them. The usual method is Pareto…

RT by @xenocryptsite: 🧵While everyone is discussing the new Piketty paper, I have (with Alexis Akira Toda) another paper, now conditionally accepted at Cliometrica, that points out a key flaw in his earlier work: the Pareto Interpolation method used to make shares from tabular data is bad.

https://rss.xcancel.com/VincentGeloso/status/1933534211291427085#m

Published: June 13, 2025 14:37

🧵While everyone is discussing the new Piketty paper, I have (with Alexis Akira Toda) another paper, now conditionally accepted at Cliometrica, that points out a key flaw in his earlier work: the Pareto Interpolation method used to make shares from tabular…

RT by @xenocryptsite: Since they're both in the news, reminder that Sabrina Carpenter stealing Olivia Rodrigo's boyfriend arguably started a chain of events that led to Eric Adams getting indicted for corruption.

https://rss.xcancel.com/heilun_chan/status/1933533484368244829#m

Published: June 13, 2025 14:34

Since they're both in the news, reminder that Sabrina Carpenter stealing Olivia Rodrigo's boyfriend arguably started a chain of events that led to Eric Adams getting indicted for corruption.

RT by @xenocryptsite: My great grandfather’s immigration papers list his race as “southern European,” not White.

https://rss.xcancel.com/SeanTrende/status/1933520696191107515#m

Published: June 13, 2025 13:43

My great grandfather’s immigration papers list his race as “southern European,” not White. rss.xcancel.com/Noahpinion/status/1933340976392908911#m

RT by @xenocryptsite: Highly educated Democrats love to engage with programs, and this makes separating engagement from impact extremely hard. This and more on the blog today!

https://rss.xcancel.com/charlotteeffect/status/1933516627758223534#m

Published: June 13, 2025 13:27

Highly educated Democrats love to engage with programs, and this makes separating engagement from impact extremely hard. This and more on the blog today!

RT by @xenocryptsite: Sly and The Family Stone - In Time A quite stunning display of rhythmic complexity. A rhythm so ingenious that none other than Miles Davis, who called Sly his “only peer”, made his band listen to it repeatedly for 30 minutes straight. Fresh. 1973.

https://rss.xcancel.com/SalvadorDafti/status/1933354148239716546#m

Published: June 13, 2025 02:42

Sly and The Family Stone - In Time A quite stunning display of rhythmic complexity. A rhythm so ingenious that none other than Miles Davis, who called Sly his “only peer”, made his band listen to it repeatedly for 30 minutes straight. Fresh. 1973.

RT by @xenocryptsite: *Judge Breyer is Justice Breyer’s brother, not his son. And his voice sounds incredibly similar.

https://rss.xcancel.com/joe_demartin/status/1933300106943738266#m

Published: June 12, 2025 23:07

*Judge Breyer is Justice Breyer’s brother, not his son. And his voice sounds incredibly similar.

RT by @xenocryptsite: Not even the Supreme Court this is just a judge in NorCal who happens to be the son of a former Supreme Court justice

https://rss.xcancel.com/NickRiccardi/status/1933296874376560827#m

Published: June 12, 2025 22:54

Not even the Supreme Court this is just a judge in NorCal who happens to be the son of a former Supreme Court justice

I mean that's cool but really one should be doing hurdles and the other shouldn't, for the sake of the natural experiment. Very selfish of them.

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933279870907527646#m

Published: June 12, 2025 21:46

I mean that's cool but really one should be doing hurdles and the other shouldn't, for the sake of the natural experiment. Very selfish of them. rss.xcancel.com/LeftOfBlack/status/1932950180808077792#m

R to @xenocryptsite: I was wondering the other day, about the first movies or shows where smartphones were Clearly A Thing.

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933256878030565468#m

Published: June 12, 2025 20:15

I was wondering the other day, about the first movies or shows where smartphones were Clearly A Thing. rss.xcancel.com/InmanRoshi/status/1933256457736368555#m

RT by @xenocryptsite: Like Frida Kahlo and Grandma Moses were self taught. Van Gogh had multiple famous teachers and went to art school

https://rss.xcancel.com/RiverTamYDN/status/1933205871682818247#m

Published: June 12, 2025 16:52

Like Frida Kahlo and Grandma Moses were self taught. Van Gogh had multiple famous teachers and went to art school

RT by @xenocryptsite: The better critique of Van Gogh being self-taught is that he...wasn't. He had some very famous formal teachers.

https://rss.xcancel.com/RiverTamYDN/status/1933205010457797108#m

Published: June 12, 2025 16:49

The better critique of Van Gogh being self-taught is that he...wasn't. He had some very famous formal teachers.

RT by @xenocryptsite: i would say he's more running an *optimized* campaign than a moderate one per se (he doesn't really disown this stuff so much as just talk about buses, rent, child care all the time)

https://rss.xcancel.com/MattZeitlin/status/1933157295548219503#m

Published: June 12, 2025 13:39

i would say he's more running an *optimized* campaign than a moderate one per se (he doesn't really disown this stuff so much as just talk about buses, rent, child care all the time)

R to @xenocryptsite: IDK much about Brian Wilson but I don't think he wore out every copy of "Be My Baby" he could find because he was trying to hit some sigma grindset daily practice goal. You know, something else was driving the volume of time...

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933148389476114803#m

Published: June 12, 2025 13:04

IDK much about Brian Wilson but I don't think he wore out every copy of "Be My Baby" he could find because he was trying to hit some sigma grindset daily practice goal. You know, something else was driving the volume of time...

R to @xenocryptsite: It's a positive belief for people to have, but I don't like the emphasis on sheer volume of hours. I suspect that curiosity and you know, feeling and caring deeply, are ultimately what drive that volume.

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933146340751491513#m

Published: June 12, 2025 12:56

It's a positive belief for people to have, but I don't like the emphasis on sheer volume of hours. I suspect that curiosity and you know, feeling and caring deeply, are ultimately what drive that volume.

R to @xenocryptsite: I'm there's a truth to it, you know. But OTOH many people have practiced art for 10,000 hours and there is one van Gogh.

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933145660494057740#m

Published: June 12, 2025 12:53

I'm there's a truth to it, you know. But OTOH many people have practiced art for 10,000 hours and there is one van Gogh.

RT by @xenocryptsite: I think if you’re Brad Lander and you want any chance of winning this thing you just have to take this and say you were endorsed by the New York Times, put it in your ads and lit and dare your opponents to try and make an issue of it. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/12/opinion/nyc-mayor-election-candidates.html

https://rss.xcancel.com/JacobRubashkin/status/1933144906148581574#m

Published: June 12, 2025 12:50

I think if you’re Brad Lander and you want any chance of winning this thing you just have to take this and say you were endorsed by the New York Times, put it in your ads and lit and dare your opponents to try and make an issue of it. …

R to @xenocryptsite: But anyway "van Gogh had no natural ability as an artist, for example, he read a book on perspective and could apply it a week later" is again not an entirely convincing illustration of this claim.

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933143698205794542#m

Published: June 12, 2025 12:45

But anyway "van Gogh had no natural ability as an artist, for example, he read a book on perspective and could apply it a week later" is again not an entirely convincing illustration of this claim.

R to @xenocryptsite: This is always a funny topic to me. "There's no such thing as natural talent, some people just have grit and the willpower to practice." Hm, so some people have some positive trait that other people don't, is what you're saying?

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933142435342832082#m

Published: June 12, 2025 12:40

This is always a funny topic to me. "There's no such thing as natural talent, some people just have grit and the willpower to practice." Hm, so some people have some positive trait that other people don't, is what you're saying?

"There are no self-taught artists who can paint like professionals, to prove this point, here is van Gogh teaching himself art."

https://rss.xcancel.com/xenocryptsite/status/1933140861522780189#m

Published: June 12, 2025 12:34

"There are no self-taught artists who can paint like professionals, to prove this point, here is van Gogh teaching himself art."

RT by @xenocryptsite: Harris Yulin was one of my favorite favorite favorite actors. You may recognize him from SCARFACE, OZARK, TRAINING DAY. I love him primarily for an earlier run: "DOC", END OF THE ROAD, NIGHT MOVES, & his genius turn as the world's greatest guitar maker in CANDY MOUNTAIN (1987).

https://rss.xcancel.com/tonytost/status/1932922218511806688#m

Published: June 11, 2025 22:05

Harris Yulin was one of my favorite favorite favorite actors. You may recognize him from SCARFACE, OZARK, TRAINING DAY. I love him primarily for an earlier run: "DOC", END OF THE ROAD, NIGHT MOVES, & his genius turn as the world's greatest guitar maker in…

RT by @xenocryptsite: re-naming bases with Confederate names to people with the same name who weren't traitors is actually hilarious

https://rss.xcancel.com/janecoaston/status/1932895762427646456#m

Published: June 11, 2025 20:20

re-naming bases with Confederate names to people with the same name who weren't traitors is actually hilarious rss.xcancel.com/kynakwado/status/1932895547716767777#m

RT by @xenocryptsite: Introducing: Charts, a browsable archive of every chart ever published on Rest of World https://restofworld.org/charts/

https://rss.xcancel.com/restofworld/status/1932867291546358099#m

Published: June 11, 2025 18:27

Introducing: Charts, a browsable archive of every chart ever published on Rest of World restofworld.org/charts/

RT by @xenocryptsite: In its bid to go toe to toe with one of the most terrifying forces known to man, horror film producer Blumhouse Productions registers to lobby the California Legislature. https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Lobbying/Employers/Detail.aspx?id=1481660

https://rss.xcancel.com/rpyers/status/1932848680182464680#m

Published: June 11, 2025 17:13

In its bid to go toe to toe with one of the most terrifying forces known to man, horror film producer Blumhouse Productions registers to lobby the California Legislature. cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Lobbyi…

RT by @xenocryptsite: Today, I proudly announce my newest project: the State Senates of the Northeast! Here, you can see a multitude of election information about each state senate seat. I encourage you to explore this page and to share this. Recommend opening this on a computer. The link is below.

https://rss.xcancel.com/ElectoralEagle/status/1932831735303319744#m

Published: June 11, 2025 16:06

Today, I proudly announce my newest project: the State Senates of the Northeast! Here, you can see a multitude of election information about each state senate seat. I encourage you to explore this page and to share this. Recommend opening this on a…

RT by @xenocryptsite: Few magazines with readerships to justify it publish fiction (but it's coming back a little with substack)

https://rss.xcancel.com/TheLincoln/status/1932802463746105416#m

Published: June 11, 2025 14:09

Few magazines with readerships to justify it publish fiction (but it's coming back a little with substack) rss.xcancel.com/alex_orlov_/status/1932797838645473643#m

RT by @xenocryptsite: Just remembered that NYC-DSA defeated two different Crowleys (2018 and 2022) while Pittsburgh DSA defeated two different Costas (both in 2018, both for state rep, one Costa defeater was now-county exec Sara Innamorato and the other was now-congresswoman Summer Lee)

https://rss.xcancel.com/nickrizzo/status/1932797334276223295#m

Published: June 11, 2025 13:49

Just remembered that NYC-DSA defeated two different Crowleys (2018 and 2022) while Pittsburgh DSA defeated two different Costas (both in 2018, both for state rep, one Costa defeater was now-county exec Sara Innamorato and the other was now-congresswoman…

RT by @xenocryptsite: Very fair but I do think this weakens arguments about the form of democracy. Eg if the problem with the Senate is it unequally represents preferences, but preferences are effectively random, is the inequity a problem necessarily?

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Published: June 11, 2025 12:12

Very fair but I do think this weakens arguments about the form of democracy. Eg if the problem with the Senate is it unequally represents preferences, but preferences are effectively random, is the inequity a problem necessarily?

RT by @xenocryptsite: Me and the boys are playing “remember some guys” but it’s “remember some blogs” Remember MyDD? Pandagon? Shakespeare’s Sister? The Shakespeare’s Sister splinter faction Cogitamus?

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Published: June 11, 2025 03:41

Me and the boys are playing “remember some guys” but it’s “remember some blogs” Remember MyDD? Pandagon? Shakespeare’s Sister? The Shakespeare’s Sister splinter faction Cogitamus?

RT by @xenocryptsite: Trump-endorsed Jack Ciattarelli faced a primary challenge from longtime conservative radio host Bill Spadea, who currently has ~22% of the vote. His radio station, 101.5, is based in Central Jersey and it appears that his support is directly related to the radio station's reach

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Published: June 11, 2025 03:32

Trump-endorsed Jack Ciattarelli faced a primary challenge from longtime conservative radio host Bill Spadea, who currently has ~22% of the vote. His radio station, 101.5, is based in Central Jersey and it appears that his support is directly related to the…

RT by @xenocryptsite: Sean Spiller really spent over $40 million of the state teacher's union's money to end up with less than 100,000 votes and only (barely) winning one county. This is shaping up to be the biggest waste of teacher's union money until Brandon Johnson's re-election bid in 2027.

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Published: June 11, 2025 03:16

Sean Spiller really spent over $40 million of the state teacher's union's money to end up with less than 100,000 votes and only (barely) winning one county. This is shaping up to be the biggest waste of teacher's union money until Brandon Johnson's…

I agree that the whole "elections are about vibes" group, IDK if they understand that they are making a powerful argument against having democracy.

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Published: June 11, 2025 02:37

I agree that the whole "elections are about vibes" group, IDK if they understand that they are making a powerful argument against having democracy. rss.xcancel.com/dylanmatt/status/1932592933578158359#m

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