Marcos Lopez-Carlson
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my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
May 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies
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It is amazing to me that Dems are pressured to water down their messaging in order to avoid alienating 'centrists,' but Republicans can round up and deport sobbing children without fear of alienating 'centrists.' Says a lot about what we mean when we say 'centrists'
my kingdom for anyone on the “dems should take culturally moderate positions” to explain what this actually means in practice? www.thebulwark.com/p/hard-calls...
The Hard Calls Dems Must Make to Regain Power
Democrats want to win over more moderate voters. But are they willing to adopt moderate positions?
www.thebulwark.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It is amazing to me that Dems are pressured to water down their messaging in order to avoid alienating 'centrists,' but Republicans can round up and deport sobbing children without fear of alienating 'centrists.' Says a lot about what we mean when we say 'centrists'
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Wife of wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia forced into safe house after government posts address online
Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online
Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media
www.independent.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Wife of wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia forced into safe house after government posts address online
I will thumbs down a Cybertruck owner any day of the week, but attacking people for learning any Tesla it Tesla stock is just ridiculous.
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/left...
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/left...
Left-Leaning Tesla Protesters Have Arranged A Circular Firing Squad Around An Elon Musk Hologram - Above the Law
Backdating moral outrage is what got Democrats into the terrible situation they're now in in the first place.
abovethelaw.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I will thumbs down a Cybertruck owner any day of the week, but attacking people for learning any Tesla it Tesla stock is just ridiculous.
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/left...
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/left...
The fact that the chosen controversy around the new Snow White is that she's Latina and not that the Dwarves are nightmare fuel is ridiculous.
March 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The fact that the chosen controversy around the new Snow White is that she's Latina and not that the Dwarves are nightmare fuel is ridiculous.
I really would have thought knowing about monetary policy was a precursor to being the richest person on earth
www.thestreet.com/crypto/polic...
www.thestreet.com/crypto/polic...
Musk claims DOGE has found 'Magic Money Computers'
President Donald Trump’s senior advisor Elon Musk claimed that the DOGE team has found 14 “Magic Money Computers” that “just send money out of nothing.”
www.thestreet.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I really would have thought knowing about monetary policy was a precursor to being the richest person on earth
www.thestreet.com/crypto/polic...
www.thestreet.com/crypto/polic...
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Schumer's response to the attempted renditioning of a green card holder is, I don't know enough to say. His response to Trump pulling $400 million from Columbia is, gee I hope it's not hurting the wrong people. This isn't just a failure of leadership. It's a rejection of the very idea of leadership.
"I say to young people, If I were your age, I'd be protesting something or other." He can't even fake outrage anymore.
In this interview Schumer says he agrees with Trump’s decision to pull $400 million from Columbia. A university in his own state. And he’s unconcerned about the unlawful arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, one of his constituents.
He is a traitor who needs to resign.
He is a traitor who needs to resign.
March 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Schumer's response to the attempted renditioning of a green card holder is, I don't know enough to say. His response to Trump pulling $400 million from Columbia is, gee I hope it's not hurting the wrong people. This isn't just a failure of leadership. It's a rejection of the very idea of leadership.
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This is 100% bullshit. There are no algorithms. Musk and his incel clown posse are not forensic accountants and do not know how to audit. Discovering fraud is a labor-intensive project that can never be done by looking at payments alone. This is just a thinly-veiled rationale to gut Social Security.
Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."
March 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is 100% bullshit. There are no algorithms. Musk and his incel clown posse are not forensic accountants and do not know how to audit. Discovering fraud is a labor-intensive project that can never be done by looking at payments alone. This is just a thinly-veiled rationale to gut Social Security.
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If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.
SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
www.youtube.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.
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The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers.
This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.
This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.
February 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers.
This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.
This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.
Reducing fraud in government spending is a great goal. But that's not the actual goal here.
No one can identify $3 trillion in fraud in a week, no one. The scale is just too large.
No one can identify $3 trillion in fraud in a week, no one. The scale is just too large.
February 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Reducing fraud in government spending is a great goal. But that's not the actual goal here.
No one can identify $3 trillion in fraud in a week, no one. The scale is just too large.
No one can identify $3 trillion in fraud in a week, no one. The scale is just too large.
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"Stop the Coup!"
Scene at Treasury.
Scene at Treasury.
February 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Stop the Coup!"
Scene at Treasury.
Scene at Treasury.
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remarkable bravery
HAPPENING NOW: members of Get Free are blocking traffic in front of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the main agency where the Trump Administration and its billionaire backers like Elon Musk have been spearheading efforts to implement MAGA’s Project 2025 agenda.
February 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
remarkable bravery
"No wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic, and cowardly. That is because they are"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira Donegan
No wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic, and cowardly. That is because they are
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"No wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic, and cowardly. That is because they are"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Del Toro. Oscar Isaac. Frankenstein.
Fuck yeah I'm in.
Fuck yeah I'm in.
First look at Oscar Isaac as Dr. Frankenstein in Guillermo del Toro’s #Frankenstein.
Releasing in November on Netflix.
Releasing in November on Netflix.
February 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Del Toro. Oscar Isaac. Frankenstein.
Fuck yeah I'm in.
Fuck yeah I'm in.
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NEW: WIRED has identified six young men, all between the ages of 19-24, who have negligible experience but are now playing critical roles in Elon Musk's takeover of the U.S. government.
From @telliotter.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
From @telliotter.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: WIRED has identified six young men, all between the ages of 19-24, who have negligible experience but are now playing critical roles in Elon Musk's takeover of the U.S. government.
From @telliotter.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
From @telliotter.bsky.social @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @timmarchman.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Travel is an essential part of clinical trials.
NIH staff learned Wednesday that any public presentations at conferences or meetings must now be cleared by a presidential appointee. They can attend conferences virtually, if there's no additional cost to the dept. And the travel agency contracted to book reservations has been cut off.
SCOOP: National Institutes of Health ordered by Trump admin to enact 'immediate and indefinite' travel suspension
"If staff aren’t able to travel, clinical trials will likely have to be put on hold," a source tells The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Travel is an essential part of clinical trials.
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Hexcrawl through Hieronymus Bosch paintings in Hieronymus: Garden of Earthly Delights edition, available on itch.io or in physical copy.
January 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Hexcrawl through Hieronymus Bosch paintings in Hieronymus: Garden of Earthly Delights edition, available on itch.io or in physical copy.
An incredible author and incredible book.
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
An incredible author and incredible book.
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It’s funny that we are all acknowledging that private health care is an absolute bureaucratic nightmare designed to limit treatment at the expense of patients’ lives and lots of people still believe that trans kids are just walking into medical facilities and getting treatment without question.
December 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM
It’s funny that we are all acknowledging that private health care is an absolute bureaucratic nightmare designed to limit treatment at the expense of patients’ lives and lots of people still believe that trans kids are just walking into medical facilities and getting treatment without question.
The fact that this was necessary is so stupid. Normal countries don't act like this.
www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-...
President Biden pardons son Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden was convicted in June of three separate felony charges related to his purchase of a revolver in 2018 and pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges in a separate case.
www.cbsnews.com
December 2, 2024 at 1:13 AM
The fact that this was necessary is so stupid. Normal countries don't act like this.
www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/hunter-...
The fact that the New York Times can't find the clit will never not be funny.
November 30, 2024 at 3:35 PM
The fact that the New York Times can't find the clit will never not be funny.
Gun are still the leading cause of death among children in the US.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/guns-re...
publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/guns-re...
Guns Remain Leading Cause of Death for Children and Teens | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Center for Gun Violence Solutions latest annual report highlights CDC 2022 firearm deaths, with focus on young people and people of color
publichealth.jhu.edu
November 27, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Gun are still the leading cause of death among children in the US.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/guns-re...
publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/guns-re...
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This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.
November 25, 2024 at 11:00 PM
This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.