counterpoint: a similarly blue region, with a moderate anti-trumper going against a progressive and getting curbstomped

and yea NYC's a different place, but so much of the opposition to cuomo wasn't just because of him being a shitty guy, it was ideological

a moderate republican is still as shitty

every year they hold mifflin in madison and every year i get a bit sad because it started as a vietnam war protest !! it was a genuinely cool thing

and now its. an excuse to get wasted and trash an entire city . just a bit saddening

(same mechanism which pushed white working-class voters away from the democratic party, as well, by moving away from the traditional democratic base and towards rich suburbanites, we have abandoned quite a few constituencies which can be won back with a simple reversal in direction!)

"mercury": heat-sensitive neon self-portrait sculpture, turned into performance piece (dec 2024)

#art #neon #abstract #portrait #selfportrait #sculpture

i like this bear, it is very me