Mid Century Monster
@mollybreakfast.bsky.social
they/she/dr - daily editor @ Chicago Rev of Books - new to mpls! - writing in Granta, BWR, Lightspeed - Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️ Don’t be evil 🙂
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My most woke opinion is that "woke" at root is a beautiful concept: active socio-political consciousness in the context of the Black American liberation struggle. And the way it's been turned into a sneering pejorative is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in Western political discourse.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My most woke opinion is that "woke" at root is a beautiful concept: active socio-political consciousness in the context of the Black American liberation struggle. And the way it's been turned into a sneering pejorative is one of the ugliest things I've ever seen in Western political discourse.
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lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
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Wild how every single member of the political and business elite went into full drooling fascism the second the prospect of consequences for abhorrent behavior started to seem possible
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wild how every single member of the political and business elite went into full drooling fascism the second the prospect of consequences for abhorrent behavior started to seem possible
Sobbed thru the end of it, feel blessed by all that is holy to have gotten to see it in theaters. Might even try seeing it again this week before it’s gone—go go gooooo see it I am so serious
TRAIN DREAMS is out in limited theatrical release today. It will be on Netflix in a couple of weeks, but here's the thing: If you are at all able to, you really should see it on a big screen. You will not regret it.
www.vulture.com/article/sund...
www.vulture.com/article/sund...
Train Dreams Is a Staggering Work of Art
Netflix is releasing one of the best films of the year but please, for the love of God, don’t watch this masterpiece on your phone.
www.vulture.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sobbed thru the end of it, feel blessed by all that is holy to have gotten to see it in theaters. Might even try seeing it again this week before it’s gone—go go gooooo see it I am so serious
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
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the right isn’t really that afraid of zohran mamdani, the thing they’re most afraid of is that his agenda and being unashamed of being an open democratic socialist will work too well
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
the right isn’t really that afraid of zohran mamdani, the thing they’re most afraid of is that his agenda and being unashamed of being an open democratic socialist will work too well
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It's very funny to me that conservatives think NYC just elected Bane from Batman when they actually elected a progressive dork who just wants to help regular people not have a terrible time
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It's very funny to me that conservatives think NYC just elected Bane from Batman when they actually elected a progressive dork who just wants to help regular people not have a terrible time
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Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
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Maybe they should also run some editorials about how X is out of touch and an echo chamber.
Perhaps the NYT should run some articles about how the Republicans need to listen to the concerns of ordinary Democratic voters.
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Maybe they should also run some editorials about how X is out of touch and an echo chamber.
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Bluesky rn
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Bluesky rn
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It may not be what everyone wants in their heart of hearts, but being a grown up in politics means that you sometimes have to swallow hard, duck your head, and go with what the people want.
Everyone in Democratic Party who wants to win needs to admit:
Transphobia is for creepy losers.
Everyone in Democratic Party who wants to win needs to admit:
Transphobia is for creepy losers.
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It may not be what everyone wants in their heart of hearts, but being a grown up in politics means that you sometimes have to swallow hard, duck your head, and go with what the people want.
Everyone in Democratic Party who wants to win needs to admit:
Transphobia is for creepy losers.
Everyone in Democratic Party who wants to win needs to admit:
Transphobia is for creepy losers.
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wait, are you telling me that all the centrist pundits who insisted that Dems wouldn't win any future elections unless/until they threw trans people under the bus turned out to be wrong? how could this be?!? 😱
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
New Poll: Voters Prefer Democratic Candidates Approach To Trans Rights Over Republicans
A new poll, which surveys voters who will partake in the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, found that voters were not impressed with Republican anti-trans positions.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
wait, are you telling me that all the centrist pundits who insisted that Dems wouldn't win any future elections unless/until they threw trans people under the bus turned out to be wrong? how could this be?!? 😱
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
wowww Minneapolis rules. Walked less than a block to my polling place, no lines, lovely volunteers, could not have been a smoother process. And Pepper’s thrilled to have me back home in time for breakfast 🥞
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
wowww Minneapolis rules. Walked less than a block to my polling place, no lines, lovely volunteers, could not have been a smoother process. And Pepper’s thrilled to have me back home in time for breakfast 🥞
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Defeating book promotion scams by not having a published book.
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Defeating book promotion scams by not having a published book.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
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kash patel always looks like he doesn't want a close up magician to know how scared he's getting
October 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
kash patel always looks like he doesn't want a close up magician to know how scared he's getting
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There are no circumstances where human beings should be without food. There are no qualifications that make someone undeserving of access to food. If you are a human being, you should get food. I don’t care about ability, job status, legal status, or anything else. If people are hungry, feed them.
October 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
There are no circumstances where human beings should be without food. There are no qualifications that make someone undeserving of access to food. If you are a human being, you should get food. I don’t care about ability, job status, legal status, or anything else. If people are hungry, feed them.
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SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
SNAP benefits expire in one week.
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Usually we do this in war zones or flood zones or to look for nuclear facilities. Now it's our own president demolishing a large portion of the most famous and historic federal building in the country, without notice to Americans
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
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abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Usually we do this in war zones or flood zones or to look for nuclear facilities. Now it's our own president demolishing a large portion of the most famous and historic federal building in the country, without notice to Americans
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My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.
The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out.
Democrats already run moderates in nearly every swing district. It's not enough. A data-driven response to the case for centrism as a core electoral strategy.
data4democracy.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.
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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
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Democrats hastily making an AI video where a Chuck Schumer dirigible pisses on protesters to offer voters a more reasonable option
October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Democrats hastily making an AI video where a Chuck Schumer dirigible pisses on protesters to offer voters a more reasonable option