Alain Xiong-Calmes
@alainxiongcalmes.bsky.social
Airbnb Public Policy. Was Northeast Political Director for Harris-Walz. Former tech guy for Chamber of Progress and Governor Wolf staffer. Alain is pronounced uh-lawn. Views are my own unless you share them
From the New Yorker:
March 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
From the New Yorker:
Is your child texting about Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book?
What your Abundance obsessed teen’s texts mean:
Smh = so much housing
Brb = breaking regulatory barriers
Ttyl = talking to Yimby’s later
Gtg = gotta tackle growth
Nsfw = national supply-side fixes waiting
What your Abundance obsessed teen’s texts mean:
Smh = so much housing
Brb = breaking regulatory barriers
Ttyl = talking to Yimby’s later
Gtg = gotta tackle growth
Nsfw = national supply-side fixes waiting
March 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Is your child texting about Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book?
What your Abundance obsessed teen’s texts mean:
Smh = so much housing
Brb = breaking regulatory barriers
Ttyl = talking to Yimby’s later
Gtg = gotta tackle growth
Nsfw = national supply-side fixes waiting
What your Abundance obsessed teen’s texts mean:
Smh = so much housing
Brb = breaking regulatory barriers
Ttyl = talking to Yimby’s later
Gtg = gotta tackle growth
Nsfw = national supply-side fixes waiting
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Some abundance-oriented intellectuals would disagree, but my read on the abundance school’s greater significance is as an attempt to recover elements of the New Deal’s political economy and move past the New Left/degrowther instincts that still have too much influence over contemporary liberalism.
March 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Some abundance-oriented intellectuals would disagree, but my read on the abundance school’s greater significance is as an attempt to recover elements of the New Deal’s political economy and move past the New Left/degrowther instincts that still have too much influence over contemporary liberalism.
Spotted the LEGO Starry Night to the left in Tim Walz’s background on Gavin Newsom’s podcast. A true man of culture.
March 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Spotted the LEGO Starry Night to the left in Tim Walz’s background on Gavin Newsom’s podcast. A true man of culture.
S&P performance during the first 100 days of recent Presidents:
March 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
S&P performance during the first 100 days of recent Presidents:
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The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.
March 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.
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This is so stupidly offensive. It's not just the obvious wink wink nod nod of renaming forts after *literal traitors*, it's the pretending he's not doing that, while knowing everyone knows he is.
Thinks he's being clever, but is too stupid to know he just looks like a dipshit.
Thinks he's being clever, but is too stupid to know he just looks like a dipshit.
March 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This is so stupidly offensive. It's not just the obvious wink wink nod nod of renaming forts after *literal traitors*, it's the pretending he's not doing that, while knowing everyone knows he is.
Thinks he's being clever, but is too stupid to know he just looks like a dipshit.
Thinks he's being clever, but is too stupid to know he just looks like a dipshit.
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This is very good
The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This is very good
In advance of tonight’s episode of severance, here’s a thread on which MDR character is which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
First off, Helly/Helena is definitely Raphael.
Both are intense, rebellious, and strong-willed.
First off, Helly/Helena is definitely Raphael.
Both are intense, rebellious, and strong-willed.
February 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
In advance of tonight’s episode of severance, here’s a thread on which MDR character is which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
First off, Helly/Helena is definitely Raphael.
Both are intense, rebellious, and strong-willed.
First off, Helly/Helena is definitely Raphael.
Both are intense, rebellious, and strong-willed.
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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
When someone tries to call you but you’re running a zoom meeting
February 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
When someone tries to call you but you’re running a zoom meeting
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again this is a full scale attack on constitutional government
January 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
again this is a full scale attack on constitutional government
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okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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hey question, is this bad?
January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
hey question, is this bad?
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Again, as @kateconger.com and @rmac.bsky.social demonstrate quite clearly in their book, Elon did this playbook at Twitter AND IT FAILED MISERABLY. But he and his fans convinced themselves it worked wonders. And now they're trying to do the same thing to the federal gov't.
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Again, as @kateconger.com and @rmac.bsky.social demonstrate quite clearly in their book, Elon did this playbook at Twitter AND IT FAILED MISERABLY. But he and his fans convinced themselves it worked wonders. And now they're trying to do the same thing to the federal gov't.
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i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
January 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
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WASHPOST: Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries wapo.st/3Cy3Pc6
Analysis | Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries
At a news conference, Trump read a list of conditions he called disqualifying, but his administration started such hiring in 2019.
wapo.st
January 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
WASHPOST: Trump launched air controller diversity program that he now decries wapo.st/3Cy3Pc6
Me waiting for next week’s episode of severance like:
January 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Me waiting for next week’s episode of severance like:
Some cats from a trip to the National Gallery of Art yesterday:
First, a lady with her cat by Renoir
First, a lady with her cat by Renoir
January 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Some cats from a trip to the National Gallery of Art yesterday:
First, a lady with her cat by Renoir
First, a lady with her cat by Renoir
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among the many crazy things about this statement is that “the diversity of america’s fighting force is how it has triumphed over its enemies” has been a part of american military propaganda since at least the civil war
January 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
among the many crazy things about this statement is that “the diversity of america’s fighting force is how it has triumphed over its enemies” has been a part of american military propaganda since at least the civil war
January 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Project 2025 is all about dismantling the federal government, just like this ….
January 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Project 2025 is all about dismantling the federal government, just like this ….
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very excited to see what happens when you make a deeply compromised addict the leader of the department of defense and subordinate to a madman
January 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
very excited to see what happens when you make a deeply compromised addict the leader of the department of defense and subordinate to a madman
Gogh birds 🦅
January 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Gogh birds 🦅
William Henry Harrison after hearing that they’re moving the inauguration inside because of the cold:
January 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
William Henry Harrison after hearing that they’re moving the inauguration inside because of the cold: