Redneck Lefty
@rednecklefty.bsky.social
Student of people, history and the sciences, scholar of fortune
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Mamdani is a threat not because he is a special unicorn, but because his success is replicable.
THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.
(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.
(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Mamdani is a threat not because he is a special unicorn, but because his success is replicable.
THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.
(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
THAT is why the establishment loathes and fears him.
(that and deepbaked Islamophobia)
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The establishment won't adapt its policies to energize their base, won't hire and/or listen to digitally competent staff, won't provide anything compelling behind "relationships and experience" when a asked what they bring to the table instead.
And find the question insulting, frankly.
And find the question insulting, frankly.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The establishment won't adapt its policies to energize their base, won't hire and/or listen to digitally competent staff, won't provide anything compelling behind "relationships and experience" when a asked what they bring to the table instead.
And find the question insulting, frankly.
And find the question insulting, frankly.
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And that's why he's SUCH a threat to the decrepit establishment.
He has energy that they can't summon.
He's an attractive candidate to talented staff and has the insight to hire/retain them and the humility to listen to them. The old heads aren't/don't/won't.
He has energy that they can't summon.
He's an attractive candidate to talented staff and has the insight to hire/retain them and the humility to listen to them. The old heads aren't/don't/won't.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
And that's why he's SUCH a threat to the decrepit establishment.
He has energy that they can't summon.
He's an attractive candidate to talented staff and has the insight to hire/retain them and the humility to listen to them. The old heads aren't/don't/won't.
He has energy that they can't summon.
He's an attractive candidate to talented staff and has the insight to hire/retain them and the humility to listen to them. The old heads aren't/don't/won't.
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Yes!
And I think he did great work with media but honestly nothing had me saying "oh wow communicator of a generation."
No. He's likeable, he's decent, his policies are popular, he has a campaign work ethic.
Maybe most importantly: he obviously had competent staff and obviously listened to them.
And I think he did great work with media but honestly nothing had me saying "oh wow communicator of a generation."
No. He's likeable, he's decent, his policies are popular, he has a campaign work ethic.
Maybe most importantly: he obviously had competent staff and obviously listened to them.
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Yes!
And I think he did great work with media but honestly nothing had me saying "oh wow communicator of a generation."
No. He's likeable, he's decent, his policies are popular, he has a campaign work ethic.
Maybe most importantly: he obviously had competent staff and obviously listened to them.
And I think he did great work with media but honestly nothing had me saying "oh wow communicator of a generation."
No. He's likeable, he's decent, his policies are popular, he has a campaign work ethic.
Maybe most importantly: he obviously had competent staff and obviously listened to them.
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I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
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my strong suspicion is that dems believe they’ll coast to major gains in the midterms no matter what, and their awful posture right now on all the horrors is less about winning next november and more about what they’re rhetorically committed to do should they win
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
my strong suspicion is that dems believe they’ll coast to major gains in the midterms no matter what, and their awful posture right now on all the horrors is less about winning next november and more about what they’re rhetorically committed to do should they win
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“if we talk a lot about ICE and then win, we will be expected to do something about ICE. can’t have that!” this is setting up 2 years of dicking around with bipartisan healthcare legislation that goes nowhere. that’s the plan afaict
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“if we talk a lot about ICE and then win, we will be expected to do something about ICE. can’t have that!” this is setting up 2 years of dicking around with bipartisan healthcare legislation that goes nowhere. that’s the plan afaict
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This is my assessment as well. They know if they name how horrific the horrors are, they'll be stuck having to push back on whatever the new political status quo is in 2027
“if we talk a lot about ICE and then win, we will be expected to do something about ICE. can’t have that!” this is setting up 2 years of dicking around with bipartisan healthcare legislation that goes nowhere. that’s the plan afaict
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is my assessment as well. They know if they name how horrific the horrors are, they'll be stuck having to push back on whatever the new political status quo is in 2027
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Philly area: there's a map of food resources here if SNAP/WIC outages have you scared.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Philly area: there's a map of food resources here if SNAP/WIC outages have you scared.
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(Also the VA is still giving out COVID shots to whoever wants one so that's some good news)
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
(Also the VA is still giving out COVID shots to whoever wants one so that's some good news)
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Right, so basically what you're saying is that if Trump hurts people enough we should give him whatever he wants. And if that's your opinion, that's fine. Just own it. What you are saying is that Trump wins every single time. We will beg for what scraps we can get and call it victory
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Right, so basically what you're saying is that if Trump hurts people enough we should give him whatever he wants. And if that's your opinion, that's fine. Just own it. What you are saying is that Trump wins every single time. We will beg for what scraps we can get and call it victory
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POSIWID, but for political parties
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pur...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pur...
The purpose of a system is what it does - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
POSIWID, but for political parties
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pur...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pur...
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I can’t find the original post, but someone said to start saving pdfs of TV’s articles. And thank god they reminded me because not only do I use them in my classes, but I also have a ton of research for my book from @kimkelly.bsky.social ‘s labor column
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I can’t find the original post, but someone said to start saving pdfs of TV’s articles. And thank god they reminded me because not only do I use them in my classes, but I also have a ton of research for my book from @kimkelly.bsky.social ‘s labor column
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In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
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get in girls we’re bringing back phrenology
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
get in girls we’re bringing back phrenology
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I’ve read Kim Kelly’s work on labor for years. She’s treated her readers, teenagers and professors, with respect, while breaking it all down so it made sense. Thank you. A travesty to end the very thing, writing on politics and labor, that set Teen Vogue apart from all the others.
“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...
Teen Vogue's Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness
Teen Vogue’s shutdown marks more than a media loss. This is a warning about how profit-driven consolidation quietly dismantles worker awareness and voice.
thisislaborwise.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I’ve read Kim Kelly’s work on labor for years. She’s treated her readers, teenagers and professors, with respect, while breaking it all down so it made sense. Thank you. A travesty to end the very thing, writing on politics and labor, that set Teen Vogue apart from all the others.
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Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
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If the news has you needing to disassociate for a little bit, please enjoy the @mobute.bsky.social & @davidjroth.bsky.social It's Christmastown podcast I guested on, along with @andylevy.net and @ugarles.bsky.social -- where we dissect a Hallmark movie's attempt at latkes and Hanukah
A magical matchmaker who looks like Lady Moff Tarkin brings together coastal deli dynasties with the help of Lisa Loeb and a doorman so two cloned Bubbes can fight over potatoes in an almost anthropologically Jewish Hallmark movie.
Amazon: bit.ly/480oiTH
Apple: bit.ly/43kg7ix
Spotify: bit.ly/498NkkM
Amazon: bit.ly/480oiTH
Apple: bit.ly/43kg7ix
Spotify: bit.ly/498NkkM
141 - The Great Yiddish Bake Off
YouTube video by It's Christmastown
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November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If the news has you needing to disassociate for a little bit, please enjoy the @mobute.bsky.social & @davidjroth.bsky.social It's Christmastown podcast I guested on, along with @andylevy.net and @ugarles.bsky.social -- where we dissect a Hallmark movie's attempt at latkes and Hanukah
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Change one letter, ruin a candy
Almond Goy
(I originally thought of Zounds but I'd eat that in a hot minute)
Almond Goy
(I originally thought of Zounds but I'd eat that in a hot minute)
Change one letter, ruin a candy
A&M
A&M
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Malky Way
(For you Simpons fans.)
Malky Way
(For you Simpons fans.)
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Almond Goy
(I originally thought of Zounds but I'd eat that in a hot minute)
Almond Goy
(I originally thought of Zounds but I'd eat that in a hot minute)
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Just a reminder that my story "Here Instead of There" about dirtbags squatting on a seastead, meteorology, corporate capture of government, and a beagle named Henry is available on the internet for the first time at Escape Pod this month.
Links at my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/140906...
Links at my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/140906...
"Here Instead of There" in audio at Escape Pod! | Elizabeth Bear
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October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just a reminder that my story "Here Instead of There" about dirtbags squatting on a seastead, meteorology, corporate capture of government, and a beagle named Henry is available on the internet for the first time at Escape Pod this month.
Links at my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/140906...
Links at my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/140906...
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The cast-iron skillet hack for reheating pizza really is a game changer.
1) heat up a large cast iron skillet
2) vegetable oil spray, just a teeny bit
3) turn down to low
3) put in 1-2 slices leftover pizza
4) cover
5) go away for 7 minutes.
Crispy, gooey pizza!
1) heat up a large cast iron skillet
2) vegetable oil spray, just a teeny bit
3) turn down to low
3) put in 1-2 slices leftover pizza
4) cover
5) go away for 7 minutes.
Crispy, gooey pizza!
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The cast-iron skillet hack for reheating pizza really is a game changer.
1) heat up a large cast iron skillet
2) vegetable oil spray, just a teeny bit
3) turn down to low
3) put in 1-2 slices leftover pizza
4) cover
5) go away for 7 minutes.
Crispy, gooey pizza!
1) heat up a large cast iron skillet
2) vegetable oil spray, just a teeny bit
3) turn down to low
3) put in 1-2 slices leftover pizza
4) cover
5) go away for 7 minutes.
Crispy, gooey pizza!
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boosting this again because honestly I am proud of this near future and very political sf story, the illustration by Juan Bernabeu is exceptional, and big shout out to the editor Oliver Dougherty for having such a keen eye.
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
boosting this again because honestly I am proud of this near future and very political sf story, the illustration by Juan Bernabeu is exceptional, and big shout out to the editor Oliver Dougherty for having such a keen eye.
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I do think it’s noteworthy that when these guys are inventing party planks that don’t exist they always go to anti-racism as the mockworthy initiative
I don't think it helps the debate about what Democrats should do to pick an obscure thing that some Democrat somewhere may have said -- like on teaching eighth grade algebra -- and then attribute it to Democrats generally.
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I do think it’s noteworthy that when these guys are inventing party planks that don’t exist they always go to anti-racism as the mockworthy initiative