sascha benjamin cohen
@saschaben.bsky.social
"'In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me."
- Elwood P. Dowd
Baker of Bread. Brewer of Beer.
Altogether awkward but not entirely unpleasant person.
You may quote me."
- Elwood P. Dowd
Baker of Bread. Brewer of Beer.
Altogether awkward but not entirely unpleasant person.
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Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
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This is absolutely Mamdani's not-so-secret secret power: he knows who he is and what he believes and he wants to help ALL of us. So you can't trip him up with a trick question; you can't get a fake note out of him. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND HE'S DONE THE READING AND HE'S HERE FOR US.
100 percent. I think he benefits from what most great orators benefit from: he knows himself—and more importantly, he talks to (and understands) what moves people. And, as far as I can tell, he believes what he’s saying.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
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there's nothing quite like a premium mix of ignorance, vapidity, arrogance, inaccuracy and dismissiveness on a day commemorating the end of a most inhuman war of the 20th c. and the unbelievable toll of life it took on the entire world.
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
there's nothing quite like a premium mix of ignorance, vapidity, arrogance, inaccuracy and dismissiveness on a day commemorating the end of a most inhuman war of the 20th c. and the unbelievable toll of life it took on the entire world.
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The harm caused by the shutdown was real, affecting millions, and no one should downplay that. But America is not in a situation of harm or no harm. Rapidly backsliding into authoritarianism, America is in a terrible situation where appeasement trades short-term relief for more long-term harm.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The harm caused by the shutdown was real, affecting millions, and no one should downplay that. But America is not in a situation of harm or no harm. Rapidly backsliding into authoritarianism, America is in a terrible situation where appeasement trades short-term relief for more long-term harm.
"On the Veracity of ad hoc Translations of Chivalric Queef Expression, and Their Impact on Financial Gain"
my next paper.
my next paper.
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"On the Veracity of ad hoc Translations of Chivalric Queef Expression, and Their Impact on Financial Gain"
my next paper.
my next paper.
He looks so astonished all the time, like an Acme Novelty Company cigar just blew up in his face. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it adds a certain frisson to his milquetoast response.
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
He looks so astonished all the time, like an Acme Novelty Company cigar just blew up in his face. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it adds a certain frisson to his milquetoast response.
ooh, now let's do "firearms owned by americans for personal protection"
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
ooh, now let's do "firearms owned by americans for personal protection"