@Extra_Special_Carbon i’m not disagreeing!
@Extra_Special_Carbon for reasons good or bad, there has been a lot of… discussion.
an admirably candid, but miserable and unwise, theory of democracy from #RyanGrim https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/biden-is-out-heres-the-case-for-an
Text: If the various candidates and their allies are on TV regularly and giving speeches on their behalf, with regular breaking-news around endorsements from big-wigs, unions, environmental groups, etc., it will feel like what we understand today as authentically real and democratic: reality TV.
@dpp i promise not to hold them for ransom!
The next debate is gonna be lit.
Biden’s formal announcement was less explicit, but via “socials” he is plainly endorsing #KamalaHarris as his successor. https://x.com/joebiden/status/1815087772216303933
I am delighted to support her.
@realcaseyrollins it did. he’s dropped out.
I want to take a moment just to thank Joe Biden.
I did not want him to win the 2020 Democratic primary. I disliked him for much about his long career as Senator and Vice President.
But he governed as the best domestic policy President of my lifetime, by far.
I hope that whoever is next continues and expands that good work.
@nocontext same text (truncated somewhere within the tags section) as a prompt to Bing Image Creator https://www.bing.com/images/create/1965-office-library-interior0a0a22this-image-captures/1-669c0debc4e44a83854c137288658df7?id=SCbvblMLjo8BlWedVxjFcA%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg&thId=OIG4.2kcfZH1zPX.paUy8SLd3&FORM=GCRIDP&ssp=1&setlang=en&cc=us&safesearch=moderate
first they came for the gang members, or for anyone who looked like gang members, and that actually seemed like a good idea. then they came for the price gougers, and, well, okay. but then they came for… https://apnews.com/article/bukele-salvador-crackdown-price-gouging-7e99374c444a81a4009ec09d94857d25 ht #GeorgeSelgin
yeah. you see, it’s all about “little tech”. that’s what they are for. free enterprise. they want to reign in big tech at least as much as the other guys. https://x.com/_richardhall/status/1814637134713639253
there’s no one less trustworthy than an anonymous insider.
“The broligarchs have made their move – and the rest of us need to understand exactly what that means.” #CaroleCadwalladr https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/20/tech-broligarchs-court-trump-vance-elon-musk-peter-thiel
“I am not a tech genius but it does seem like being able to update every single computer globally simultaneously is its own security flaw.” @Atrios https://www.eschatonblog.com/2024/07/seems-bad_01777332301.html
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hell is misepistemology.
Donald Trump is what the singularity looks like. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/opinion/vance-tech-alliance.html
[new draft post] Trump v. United States: Greatest Hits https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2024/07/19/trump-v-united-states-greatest-hits/index.html
There's a version of "institutionalist" that is not remotely interested in defending anything about the substantive character of our institutions, but which simply triangulates itself, always, to the center of whatever the institutions of the moment happen to be, whether they are wonderful or abhorrent, no matter how they come to evolve, or to devolve.