Heart of a Toaster
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Things can get worse or they can get better. I prefer the latter.
@altmadison.bsky.social Let Down AND Feel the Pain this morning? Best Vocal Fryday ever!
December 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
@altmadison.bsky.social Let Down AND Feel the Pain this morning? Best Vocal Fryday ever!
@altmadison.bsky.social Talk Show Host where?
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
@altmadison.bsky.social Talk Show Host where?
I refuse to join Bluesky - I don't want to be part of an Eco chamber
November 16, 2024 at 8:29 PM
I refuse to join Bluesky - I don't want to be part of an Eco chamber
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"I am once again asking you to zoom out just a smidge"
October 29, 2024 at 4:42 PM
"I am once again asking you to zoom out just a smidge"
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If you reversed the positions of Harris and Trump, everything from fundraising to early vote numbers to the polling itself, we would basically be writing her campaign obituary rn
October 21, 2024 at 10:19 PM
If you reversed the positions of Harris and Trump, everything from fundraising to early vote numbers to the polling itself, we would basically be writing her campaign obituary rn
Must. Resist. Urge. To. Jump. Into. Stancil. Discourse.
October 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Must. Resist. Urge. To. Jump. Into. Stancil. Discourse.
How are we, as a country, going to deal with the fact that a substantial percentage of our population supports a raving lunatic not in spite of his overtly fascist rhetoric, but because of it? Especially when most of our institutions won't even acknowledge this fact?
September 21, 2024 at 12:35 PM
How are we, as a country, going to deal with the fact that a substantial percentage of our population supports a raving lunatic not in spite of his overtly fascist rhetoric, but because of it? Especially when most of our institutions won't even acknowledge this fact?
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To use the great "Endless growth is the strategy of the cancer cell, and eventually even that kills the host" metaphor, we're now in ... oncolocapitalsm? A society struggles when it focuses on building wealth, but can it survive when the economy is designed around building nothing *but* wealth?
September 5, 2024 at 7:09 PM
To use the great "Endless growth is the strategy of the cancer cell, and eventually even that kills the host" metaphor, we're now in ... oncolocapitalsm? A society struggles when it focuses on building wealth, but can it survive when the economy is designed around building nothing *but* wealth?
Harris and Walz should sit down for serious interviews (e.g., beat reporters, podcasters with expertise in a policy area) as well as unserious interviews (e.g., Hot Ones, fun Tiktok accounts) but absolutely avoid unserious interviewers who think they are serious (e.g., political reporters).
August 30, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Harris and Walz should sit down for serious interviews (e.g., beat reporters, podcasters with expertise in a policy area) as well as unserious interviews (e.g., Hot Ones, fun Tiktok accounts) but absolutely avoid unserious interviewers who think they are serious (e.g., political reporters).
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Yes - elections are chess, not Tinder. Vote accordingly.
August 22, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Yes - elections are chess, not Tinder. Vote accordingly.
Markos makes lots of good points here:
www.dailykos.com/story/2024/8...
www.dailykos.com/story/2024/8...
Welcome to your unified Democratic Party
What a convention, oh my god, what a convention! We’ve only completed Day 2�in Chicago, but it feels like a lifetime—a lifetime of joy, happiness, fierce determination, and unity . I started ...
www.dailykos.com
August 21, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Markos makes lots of good points here:
www.dailykos.com/story/2024/8...
www.dailykos.com/story/2024/8...
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If I knew when I was a kid that my life would revolve around secret passwords and biometric scanning I would've pictured something much cooler than this.
August 19, 2024 at 11:43 AM
If I knew when I was a kid that my life would revolve around secret passwords and biometric scanning I would've pictured something much cooler than this.
How many different ways can this article communicate that the democratic consultant class is as terrible as their harshest critics say?
www.cnn.com/2024/08/18/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/08/18/p...
Inside the fast-moving launch of Kamala Harris for president | CNN Politics
Three weeks into her presidential run was the first time the Biden campaign’s pollsters — now hers — held a deep-dive call with Kamala Harris’ inner circle to discuss what she’s been saying on the stu...
www.cnn.com
August 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
How many different ways can this article communicate that the democratic consultant class is as terrible as their harshest critics say?
www.cnn.com/2024/08/18/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/08/18/p...
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I have been doing a lot of posts trying to get conversation going on BlueSky and to bring people here from Twitter. I haven't had a chance to talk to you all about the TPM journalism fund and why it matters.
We are in the middle of our annual drive! accounts.talkingpointsmemo.com/contribute
We are in the middle of our annual drive! accounts.talkingpointsmemo.com/contribute
TPM: Talking Points Memo - Accounts
TPM: Talking Points Memo - Accounts
accounts.talkingpointsmemo.com
August 16, 2024 at 12:51 AM
I have been doing a lot of posts trying to get conversation going on BlueSky and to bring people here from Twitter. I haven't had a chance to talk to you all about the TPM journalism fund and why it matters.
We are in the middle of our annual drive! accounts.talkingpointsmemo.com/contribute
We are in the middle of our annual drive! accounts.talkingpointsmemo.com/contribute
Don't forget to do one today!
#30DaysOfSongs, day 5: A song that needs to be played loud.
Like any good metalhead, I have, like, thousands of these. So I think I'll go a little off the beaten path and share this one, that I first heard in the video game Brütal Legend. youtu.be/Td3U1CMq_pw
Like any good metalhead, I have, like, thousands of these. So I think I'll go a little off the beaten path and share this one, that I first heard in the video game Brütal Legend. youtu.be/Td3U1CMq_pw
August 16, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Don't forget to do one today!
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I like how, if you know what a triathlon is, you may think you can guess what a biathlon or pentathlon is. but oh, buddy. you can not
July 27, 2024 at 9:48 PM
I like how, if you know what a triathlon is, you may think you can guess what a biathlon or pentathlon is. but oh, buddy. you can not
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BREAKING: Welders Who Were Born In November And Love The Giants For Harris zoom call reports 90,000 participants, raises $1.7 million
July 26, 2024 at 4:55 PM
BREAKING: Welders Who Were Born In November And Love The Giants For Harris zoom call reports 90,000 participants, raises $1.7 million
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What really gets me is when these people decry attempting incremental wins as so difficult as to be impossible... but apparently consider ushering in systemic revolution to be trivial, contingent "only" on winning the hearts of a critical mass of the populace?
June 16, 2024 at 4:59 PM
What really gets me is when these people decry attempting incremental wins as so difficult as to be impossible... but apparently consider ushering in systemic revolution to be trivial, contingent "only" on winning the hearts of a critical mass of the populace?
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/t...
This reaffirms the point I've made several times that the jobs LLMs seem best suited to are the ones we least need.
This reaffirms the point I've made several times that the jobs LLMs seem best suited to are the ones we least need.
If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your C.E.O.
Chief executives are vulnerable to the same forces buffeting their employees. Leadership is important, but so is efficiency — and cost-cutting.
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2024 at 4:02 PM
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/t...
This reaffirms the point I've made several times that the jobs LLMs seem best suited to are the ones we least need.
This reaffirms the point I've made several times that the jobs LLMs seem best suited to are the ones we least need.
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All conservatives ever wanted was permission to act the same in public as they do behind closed doors.
May 30, 2024 at 3:23 PM
All conservatives ever wanted was permission to act the same in public as they do behind closed doors.