Myles Ethan Lascity
@elascity.bsky.social
Quasi-jock w/semi-literary aspirations and a hint of nihilism. Fashion media prof. Summertime traveler.
Author of "The Abercrombie Age": https://uncpress.org/book/9781469680910/the-abercrombie-age/
Author of "The Abercrombie Age": https://uncpress.org/book/9781469680910/the-abercrombie-age/
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Myles Ethan Lascity
@elascity.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Oh! My book “The Abercrombie Age: Millennial Aspiration and the Promise of Consumer Culture” on teen pop culture of the late 1990s and early 2000s just dropped earlier this week!
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
The irony of saying this at the University of Austin.
Ah yes. Harvard Law School in the early 1990s, well known for its Communist professors.
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The irony of saying this at the University of Austin.
Corruption
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Corruption
This is probably just a turn of phrase, but I don’t think that getting ~3 million more votes and still losing is “fair.”
When people insist that Hillary or Harris won, but Trump cheated or had powerful influencers behind the scenes or were robbed by Dark Forces We Can't See, or were beaten by rubles or oil or whatever, they're no different from the MAGA people in 2020.
HRC and Harris lost fair and square.
HRC and Harris lost fair and square.
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is probably just a turn of phrase, but I don’t think that getting ~3 million more votes and still losing is “fair.”
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what i suspect here is that for Trump himself, accusations of fascism are viewed as "keyfabe" by either side
During his visit to the White House, NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani was asked about a recent interview in which he called President Trump a fascist. Mamdani began to answer the question before Trump jokingly cut him off.
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
what i suspect here is that for Trump himself, accusations of fascism are viewed as "keyfabe" by either side
I fine it so weird that it’s been a flipping decade and the vast majority of people still don’t understand Trump’s megalomania.
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I fine it so weird that it’s been a flipping decade and the vast majority of people still don’t understand Trump’s megalomania.
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Accuses? As in there’s a question if that happened?
Jimmy Kimmel accuses Trump of trying to get him fired and tells him: ‘Quiet, piggy’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jimmy Kimmel accuses Trump of trying to get him fired and tells him: ‘Quiet, piggy’
‘You’ve done this before,’ comedian told president, who ranted about Kimmel online and demanded his firing
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Accuses? As in there’s a question if that happened?
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It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
Seems like space for @workingfamilies.org …
Good morning. I've got a banger new post out today that develops a new method for placing voters on the left-right ideological spectrum, and adds a new, "non-ideological"/affordability axis to usual way we chart & think about US voters (esp swing voters). www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
Not just left vs right: Most voters think about affordability and material wellbeing, not in ideological terms
Most voters want a party that emphasizes cost of living issues and makes the world a better place. Few Americans think in solidly ideologically terms. "Moderates" are mostly non-ideological.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Seems like space for @workingfamilies.org …
“Put AI in everything,” they said.
“What could go wrong,” they said.
“What could go wrong,” they said.
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“Put AI in everything,” they said.
“What could go wrong,” they said.
“What could go wrong,” they said.
Omg, this is so dystopic.
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Omg, this is so dystopic.
Listen: even if this *was* true, didn’t we just watch Biden/Harris crash trying to persuade Americans on this fact?
Rep. Keith Self on Newsmax: "If you saw Fox News just recently, groceries, gas, inflation in general is down under President Trump. Now, the mainstream media won't tell you that. But those are the actual numbers. We just have to get the American people understanding."
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Listen: even if this *was* true, didn’t we just watch Biden/Harris crash trying to persuade Americans on this fact?
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McDonald’s prices are so high that low-income visits dropped double digits. Delta’s cheap seats are down 5% but luxury seats are up. Budget hotels are losing revenue while high-end hotels climb. And the corporate response? Serve the rich and screw everyone else.
#LetThemEatCake
#LetThemEatCake
McDonald's is losing its low-income customers. Economists call it a symptom of the stark wealth divide
These customers are feeling the pressures of higher prices on groceries and apparel and the growing cost of rent and child care, the company's chief executive said in a recent earnings call.
www.latimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
McDonald’s prices are so high that low-income visits dropped double digits. Delta’s cheap seats are down 5% but luxury seats are up. Budget hotels are losing revenue while high-end hotels climb. And the corporate response? Serve the rich and screw everyone else.
#LetThemEatCake
#LetThemEatCake
Does this mean MTG is now part of the resistance?
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Does this mean MTG is now part of the resistance?
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
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Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
First Tylenol, now Advil?
Like, are we just going to ban all medication now?
Like, are we just going to ban all medication now?
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
First Tylenol, now Advil?
Like, are we just going to ban all medication now?
Like, are we just going to ban all medication now?
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this is gonna play really well in a country full of people who are in perfect health and have no chronic pain
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
this is gonna play really well in a country full of people who are in perfect health and have no chronic pain
Poor Stephanie Ruhle.
So...NYTimes' Dealbook conference has panel, "Journalism Interrupted," w/Charlamagne Tha God, Jon Favreau, Amna Nawaz, David Remnick, Stephanie Ruhle, Andrew Schulz, and Ben Shapiro. Less than half these people are actually professional journalists. https://loom.ly/rADC3Sk
The New York Times Announces Lineup at Annual DealBook Summit on Dec. 3 | The New York Times Company
The New York Times today revealed the lineup for the 2025 DealBook Summit taking place on Dec. 3 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. The live journalism event will be hosted by Andrew Ross…
www.nytco.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Poor Stephanie Ruhle.
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But the whole point of private equity is to eat every business alive. It always has been. Acquire. Strip for parts. Debt load. Move on. That's the xenomorph, folks. That's what it does. That's all it does.
As EIC of Deadspin, @greenwell.bsky.social learned that Jacuzzi is a trademarked brand + she could laugh to the point of tears in a Times Square cubicle farm
Most importantly, she learned that private equity had gotten into the media industry to eat it alive
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/priva...
Most importantly, she learned that private equity had gotten into the media industry to eat it alive
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/priva...
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
But the whole point of private equity is to eat every business alive. It always has been. Acquire. Strip for parts. Debt load. Move on. That's the xenomorph, folks. That's what it does. That's all it does.
But hey! I heard there’s going to be a vote in the Senate! /s
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
But hey! I heard there’s going to be a vote in the Senate! /s
Just in time to die over Thanksgiving.
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just in time to die over Thanksgiving.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage