Bruce Ross
@530bruceross.bsky.social
Blue suit and signature cheerful optimism.
Problems are why I have a job. Not a North State native, but I got here as soon as I could.
Problems are why I have a job. Not a North State native, but I got here as soon as I could.
Any worth trying?
Duck Duck Go protects my privacy too well. I need that browser history to find things again.
Duck Duck Go protects my privacy too well. I need that browser history to find things again.
December 23, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Any worth trying?
Duck Duck Go protects my privacy too well. I need that browser history to find things again.
Duck Duck Go protects my privacy too well. I need that browser history to find things again.
I am reading Reaganland, and the politics of the Panama Canal get extensive treatment. If I'd heard it before, I had forgotten the line, "There is no Panama Canal. There is an American Canal in Panama."
Gotta be a new fight worth having, though.
Gotta be a new fight worth having, though.
December 23, 2024 at 12:01 AM
I am reading Reaganland, and the politics of the Panama Canal get extensive treatment. If I'd heard it before, I had forgotten the line, "There is no Panama Canal. There is an American Canal in Panama."
Gotta be a new fight worth having, though.
Gotta be a new fight worth having, though.
Was there this summer and we just had an absolute ball. I can understand how it would be overwhelming to love there, but I wish I hadn't waited so long since my last visit!
December 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Was there this summer and we just had an absolute ball. I can understand how it would be overwhelming to love there, but I wish I hadn't waited so long since my last visit!
She really has been everywhere.
December 19, 2024 at 6:16 AM
She really has been everywhere.
My takeaway from your book was that taking no position is her specialty.
December 15, 2024 at 1:01 AM
My takeaway from your book was that taking no position is her specialty.
We are asked to vote all the time -- for school site council, whether to oppose the utility rate increase, who had the best door decor at the office Christmas party.
Nobody guilt-trips people about not voting for those.
Not to minimize the importance of government by the people, but there it is.
Nobody guilt-trips people about not voting for those.
Not to minimize the importance of government by the people, but there it is.
December 14, 2024 at 9:43 PM
We are asked to vote all the time -- for school site council, whether to oppose the utility rate increase, who had the best door decor at the office Christmas party.
Nobody guilt-trips people about not voting for those.
Not to minimize the importance of government by the people, but there it is.
Nobody guilt-trips people about not voting for those.
Not to minimize the importance of government by the people, but there it is.
The notion that there were barriers to voting that kept people instead of them just not caring was always false.
I am an enthusiastic voter and always have been. Also know people who very deliberately don't care and are happy to let those who do make the decisions.
I am an enthusiastic voter and always have been. Also know people who very deliberately don't care and are happy to let those who do make the decisions.
December 14, 2024 at 9:40 PM
The notion that there were barriers to voting that kept people instead of them just not caring was always false.
I am an enthusiastic voter and always have been. Also know people who very deliberately don't care and are happy to let those who do make the decisions.
I am an enthusiastic voter and always have been. Also know people who very deliberately don't care and are happy to let those who do make the decisions.
Some fans swear it tastes dramatically better.
Raw-milk cheeses --- definitely top shelf, if you can find them. Much easier to buy in France and they are hard to import because of finicky health regulations.
Raw-milk cheeses --- definitely top shelf, if you can find them. Much easier to buy in France and they are hard to import because of finicky health regulations.
December 11, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Some fans swear it tastes dramatically better.
Raw-milk cheeses --- definitely top shelf, if you can find them. Much easier to buy in France and they are hard to import because of finicky health regulations.
Raw-milk cheeses --- definitely top shelf, if you can find them. Much easier to buy in France and they are hard to import because of finicky health regulations.
Not just free and open, but poetic! High standards for the Internet.
December 4, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Not just free and open, but poetic! High standards for the Internet.
Happy first day of a new #CAleg session to those who celebrate!
I made a Starter Pack that I plan to maintain w/ all of the current session legislators: go.bsky.app/52JpVv6
If you see any that I missed (I used Digital Democracy from @calmatters.org to just search for each name) please let me know
I made a Starter Pack that I plan to maintain w/ all of the current session legislators: go.bsky.app/52JpVv6
If you see any that I missed (I used Digital Democracy from @calmatters.org to just search for each name) please let me know
December 2, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Probably not any more, under the name, but California YIMBYs who ID as liberal but recognize the manifold ways the state screws up housing markets are hitting a classic neoliberal note.
www.theatlantic.com/business/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/business/arc...
When People Were Proud to Call Themselves ‘Neoliberal’
Tracking the evolution of one political label to understand why others come and go
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:10 AM
Probably not any more, under the name, but California YIMBYs who ID as liberal but recognize the manifold ways the state screws up housing markets are hitting a classic neoliberal note.
www.theatlantic.com/business/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/business/arc...
There ought to be a holiday on Dec. 1 when lege staff can freely utter all the unexpressed thoughts they've been carrying around. The social media would be lit.
December 1, 2024 at 9:11 PM
There ought to be a holiday on Dec. 1 when lege staff can freely utter all the unexpressed thoughts they've been carrying around. The social media would be lit.
The name ID will last for a few months, but by '28 America will have decidedly moved on.
November 30, 2024 at 6:44 PM
The name ID will last for a few months, but by '28 America will have decidedly moved on.
Fun stat especially given his first career.
November 28, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Fun stat especially given his first career.
I was scrolling the "Discover" tab and in 30 seconds saw four different accounts sharing the same cartoon of someone giving DJT the middle finger -- or two, actually.
Subtle political climate...
Subtle political climate...
November 28, 2024 at 3:31 AM
I was scrolling the "Discover" tab and in 30 seconds saw four different accounts sharing the same cartoon of someone giving DJT the middle finger -- or two, actually.
Subtle political climate...
Subtle political climate...
It is, but who can tell?
November 28, 2024 at 12:35 AM
It is, but who can tell?