EquallyConfused
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HS sci teacher in CA Bay Area.
politics, mostly replies,
attempts at humor.
music. On Spotify b9n10nt
politics, mostly replies,
attempts at humor.
music. On Spotify b9n10nt
Pinned
Every time you share a bad take from an overpaid legacy media buffoon you must then share a link from your favorite independent news outlet. As penance
How do I pin this.
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Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
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CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.
Really think infotainers and pseuds and their editors who want to make positive spectacle and discourse out of an otherwise entirely banal ethical failing are revealing a deep anxiety towards the specter of meritocracy.
Nuzzi’s choice to sleep with powerful men to get ahead is grossly anti-feminist. It is more directly sexist and unethical to her *especially female* coworkers and industry peers & than mere sexist speech.
She didn’t just cheat her readers!
She didn’t just cheat her readers!
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Really think infotainers and pseuds and their editors who want to make positive spectacle and discourse out of an otherwise entirely banal ethical failing are revealing a deep anxiety towards the specter of meritocracy.
1st order: immigration is a human right & good for the US
2nd order: one could imagine it upsetting bigots
We really need to reject this thing where 1st order concerns are suppressed for second order political pseudoscience.
Because of the “pseudo-“ part, it reeks of bad faith (ie bigotry)
2nd order: one could imagine it upsetting bigots
We really need to reject this thing where 1st order concerns are suppressed for second order political pseudoscience.
Because of the “pseudo-“ part, it reeks of bad faith (ie bigotry)
Obviously, we want more immigrants, it’s one of our founding principals, but we also don’t want things to happen that will set support for more immigration back in the long term
All that said, Twitter only allows editing in the 1st hour, so not easily done.
All that said, Twitter only allows editing in the 1st hour, so not easily done.
November 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
1st order: immigration is a human right & good for the US
2nd order: one could imagine it upsetting bigots
We really need to reject this thing where 1st order concerns are suppressed for second order political pseudoscience.
Because of the “pseudo-“ part, it reeks of bad faith (ie bigotry)
2nd order: one could imagine it upsetting bigots
We really need to reject this thing where 1st order concerns are suppressed for second order political pseudoscience.
Because of the “pseudo-“ part, it reeks of bad faith (ie bigotry)
Beyond parliamentary and egalitarian reforms that can most-directly democratize representative government, press reform (it’s our domestic “military” against the lure of self-enslavement) and widespread deliberative policy juries can replace the ubiquitous role of public relations for the Republic.
"Democracy is dying in the West because it has been overtaken by a caste of professionals, politicians and technocrats, for whom democracy is a slogan, a contest, a source of legitimacy in an instrumental sense, but not an idea or ideal they respect or aspire to."
Running on democracy hasn't been tried
drafts @ interfluidity
drafts.interfluidity.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Beyond parliamentary and egalitarian reforms that can most-directly democratize representative government, press reform (it’s our domestic “military” against the lure of self-enslavement) and widespread deliberative policy juries can replace the ubiquitous role of public relations for the Republic.
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"Democracy is dying in the West because it has been overtaken by a caste of professionals, politicians and technocrats, for whom democracy is a slogan, a contest, a source of legitimacy in an instrumental sense, but not an idea or ideal they respect or aspire to."
Running on democracy hasn't been tried
drafts @ interfluidity
drafts.interfluidity.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Democracy is dying in the West because it has been overtaken by a caste of professionals, politicians and technocrats, for whom democracy is a slogan, a contest, a source of legitimacy in an instrumental sense, but not an idea or ideal they respect or aspire to."
Collectivize healthy choices.
The stick is individual poor health, the carrot is collective public infrastructure
The stick is individual poor health, the carrot is collective public infrastructure
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Collectivize healthy choices.
The stick is individual poor health, the carrot is collective public infrastructure
The stick is individual poor health, the carrot is collective public infrastructure
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I went home to Southeast L.A. to cover the immigration raids there. And this week I've covered the raids in my adopted home of NC. Nothing--and I mean NOTHING--will give you hope like speaking to immigrant organizers and locals fighting back.
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I went home to Southeast L.A. to cover the immigration raids there. And this week I've covered the raids in my adopted home of NC. Nothing--and I mean NOTHING--will give you hope like speaking to immigrant organizers and locals fighting back.
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This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
It takes a village.
There’s no cockroach without a cockroach infestation.
A grown ass man, a political leader behaving like this without sanction means that something beautiful has died inside the hearts of a whole ecosystem of strivers and elites.
There’s no cockroach without a cockroach infestation.
A grown ass man, a political leader behaving like this without sanction means that something beautiful has died inside the hearts of a whole ecosystem of strivers and elites.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It takes a village.
There’s no cockroach without a cockroach infestation.
A grown ass man, a political leader behaving like this without sanction means that something beautiful has died inside the hearts of a whole ecosystem of strivers and elites.
There’s no cockroach without a cockroach infestation.
A grown ass man, a political leader behaving like this without sanction means that something beautiful has died inside the hearts of a whole ecosystem of strivers and elites.
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Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
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Pope Leo has now repeatedly made clear that he believes US corporate media's coverage of the Trump immigration war is not professionally responsible or correct and that it accepts Trump's pretexts for action as truth whereas they are palpable lies.
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pope Leo has now repeatedly made clear that he believes US corporate media's coverage of the Trump immigration war is not professionally responsible or correct and that it accepts Trump's pretexts for action as truth whereas they are palpable lies.
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which is also backed by data: We are all better off when our neighbors are healthy, housed, and fed—every hole in the social safety net makes it weaker for everyone else.
Hope you enjoy this "meta" piece. 2/2
CC: @rooseveltforward.org
Hope you enjoy this "meta" piece. 2/2
CC: @rooseveltforward.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
which is also backed by data: We are all better off when our neighbors are healthy, housed, and fed—every hole in the social safety net makes it weaker for everyone else.
Hope you enjoy this "meta" piece. 2/2
CC: @rooseveltforward.org
Hope you enjoy this "meta" piece. 2/2
CC: @rooseveltforward.org
I really don’t get the newsworthiness of interviewing public figures. Period.
In a world where journalists would never consider the strategic utterances of pols of innate public interest, what is the case that they should be.
I honestly don’t get it.
In a world where journalists would never consider the strategic utterances of pols of innate public interest, what is the case that they should be.
I honestly don’t get it.
as a reporter, the part of this that i’ve simply never understood is how the next person to ask a question when he does something like this doesn’t simply repeat the question that set him off. it’s not just solidarity with your colleague, it’s an important question that remains worth asking
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I really don’t get the newsworthiness of interviewing public figures. Period.
In a world where journalists would never consider the strategic utterances of pols of innate public interest, what is the case that they should be.
I honestly don’t get it.
In a world where journalists would never consider the strategic utterances of pols of innate public interest, what is the case that they should be.
I honestly don’t get it.
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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"part one"
the most ominous of threats
the most ominous of threats
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"part one"
the most ominous of threats
the most ominous of threats
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
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The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
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“The universal school meals forever law is just a distraction from the largest investment in clean energy in human history. PAY ATTENTION SHEEPLE”
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“The universal school meals forever law is just a distraction from the largest investment in clean energy in human history. PAY ATTENTION SHEEPLE”
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Looking forward to the day when good things will be “distracting” us from other good things
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Looking forward to the day when good things will be “distracting” us from other good things
Has Political Journalism Always Been This Moist? a ten-part series
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Has Political Journalism Always Been This Moist? a ten-part series
Can’t stop won’t stop
Oh boy. So, allegedly, Nuzzi had an affair with Sanford and then later RFK, both men she was covering as a reporter.
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Can’t stop won’t stop
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I'm not reading that.
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm not reading that.