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Joe Audino

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Geek. Roller Derby Announcer. Mask Wearer. He/Him. Co-founder - historic4thavecoalition.org Ex-Treasurer - bnctucson.org Tucsonan, Philadelphia Phan

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Joe Audino @joeaudino.bsky.social · Feb 27

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time."

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The travesty of liberalism — Crooked Timber

crookedtimber.org

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 15h

This report is a fascinating act of willful denial and wishful thinking:

1) no mention of a hostile media environment tipping coverage frames right;
2) no mention of intense political and state violence against “Democrat”-coded people/institutions;
3) describing popular +30 ideas as “unpopular.”

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 17h

i'm fine with a deeper focus on economic issues over social issues but man does plank 2 give the game away

To give ourselves the best chance to win, we recommend the following changes to our approach. Democrats need to:

Focus our policy agenda and our messaging on an economic program centered on lowering costs, growing the economy, creating jobs, and expanding the social safety net.

Advocate for popular economic policies (e.g., expanding prescription drug price negotiation, making the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour) rather than unpopular economic policies (e.g., student loan forgiveness, electric vehicle subsidies, Medicare for All).

Convince voters that we share their priorities by focusing more on issues voters do not think our party prioritizes highly enough (the economy, the cost of living, health care, border security, public safety), and focusing less on issues voters think we place too much emphasis on (climate change, democracy, abortion, identity and cultural issues).

Moderate our positions where our agenda is unpopular, including on issues like immigration, public safety, energy production, and some identity and cultural issues.

Embrace a substantive and rhetorical critique of the outsized political and economic influence of lobbyists, corporations, and the ultra-wealthy, while keeping two considerations in mind: First, voters' frustrations with the status quo are not the same as a desire for socialism. And second, criticizing the status quo is a complement to advocating for popular policies on the issues that matter most to the American people, not a substitute.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16h

from "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy" by Ray D. Madoff

camera photo of a section of text reading: "The stakes of this difference can be seen by considering the financial takeaways of two people who are financially involved with Uber, one as a driver and one as a shareholder. If an Uber driver earns $100000 from driving for the platform for a year, the driver is subject to income taxes and payroll taxes with combined rates of 30 percent or more. If an Uber investor earns 100000 from growth in the value of the stock, the investor would be subject only to capital gains taxes, at a rate of 15 percent"

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 17d

Vinyl stickers! Buy stickers by the dozen.

▶ square.link/u/BFQkzE6U 

Cover a venture capitalist's Cybertruck with stickers.

Blind a techbro's Google glasses with stickers.

  Buy them directly from the designer (me) for $2 a pop! 

▶ square.link/u/BFQkzE6U

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 19h

A fun exercise is to see if workers at tech companies get humanized as much as their work does

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 4d

I think we just have to ostracize anyone wearing these from every social space. Fully grab and smash them if the person won’t leave. If we normalize this now it’s gonna be like this forever.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4d

People are opening up Meta AI Ray Ban glasses and modding out the LED recording light, then selling them on eBay. There is huge interest in disabling this functionality, which means basically you cannot trust anyone wearing these (i'm sure you already weren't)

www.404media.co/how-to-disab...

A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light

Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...

www.404media.co

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 1d

This is a five-alarm fire for American press freedom. I do not expect the Medill School of Journalism, other J Schools, the NYT or the US mainstream media to respond any more urgently than they did to 270 Palestinian journalists being killed. But they should. Bc dissident US journalists are next up.

Craig Gilmore @craiggilmore.bsky.social · 1d

'The press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, wrote of Hamdi: “This individual’s visa was revoked, and he is in ICE custody pending removal...Those who support terrorism and undermine American national security will not be allowed to work or visit this country.”

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Joe Audino @joeaudino.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: spooky season doesn't end in October, it runs into November, through Dia de los Muertos.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 1d

Frame: food stamps are used by undeserving / Black people

Negation: actually many people on food stamps are deserving / white

Kirby: THEY ARE STARVING PEOPLE ON PURPOSE. They are using racist tropes to justify it bc many people will find that persuasive. Everyone deserves to eat

Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

Seeing all the content focused on centering all the people who need help who aren’t “fat, ghetto asses” and we can already see how the deserving/undeserving rhetorical lines are going to fall.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people?

Does anyone work anymore?"

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Joe Audino @joeaudino.bsky.social · 1d

Agree- fine for tea, but that spout looks crap for pourover coffee. Timemore, Fellow/Stagg, and even Oxo all make solid gooseneck units.

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Alberto Fittarelli @fittarelli.com · 1d

This entire keynote by @micahflee.com should be watched, but this excerpt, my friends - oh yes.

micahflee.com/practical-de...

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Joe Audino @joeaudino.bsky.social · 1d

This is what actually bugs me about people saying "I don't want AI to make art, I want it to do my laundry and dishes." You don't need AI, we already invented machines for those tasks. You don't own a washboard because there are washing machines. Dryers and dishwashers also exist!

Lauren 🎃'Neal @laurenoneal.bsky.social · 1d

I love how I complain and act like Paul Rudd in Wet Hot American Summer every time I have to do laundry, meanwhile this is the easiest it's ever been to do laundry in human history.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to think if there’s anything this administration could do that publications like TFP wouldn’t treat this way.

Once you’re creating Overton space for extrajudicial executions, I’m not sure there’s much left.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1d

close the law schools

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Joe Audino @joeaudino.bsky.social · 1d

Was hoping it was Aspen Deli. You know, over on Beaver Street.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna wear a suit, tie and glasses for Halloween and tell everyone I’m dressed as a soybean farmer / treasury secretary.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent on American farmers being hurt by tariffs: "Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too."

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🌬️Doctrix Snow • NYC/FMTY @mistresssnowphd.bsky.social · 1d

over on twitter folks are wondering how @anniealtman108.bsky.social managed to file a lawsuit against openai ceo sam altman for raping her for years without any media coverage

well, I personally pitched over a dozen outlets, & none of them thought it was newsworthy. so that’s why. 🤡

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Joe Audino @joeaudino.bsky.social · 1d

Because the Commission members are owned by the industries they claim to regulate.

Civic Engagement Beyond Voting @azcebvus.bsky.social · 1d

"The Arizona Corporation Commission expects to see continued investment in oil and gas pipelines in the state, according to Douglas Clark, the commission's executive director." Why is the ACC insisting on more fossil fuels while repealing all clean energy goals? www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Where will a new gas pipeline cross Arizona? Environmental advocates question plans

The Western Gateway pipeline will deliver up to 200,000 barrels of gas a day, but environmental groups raise new concerns.

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

When a billionaire pays the troops during a shutdown, it’s not charity, but leverage and control.
That’s not how republics survive. That’s how they’re bought, one crisis at a time.

Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 3d

This is a four-alarm fire for democracy. It is plainly illegal.

I do not support troops who accept payment from an unnamed “friend” of the president. At that moment, it seems to me, they cease to be part of the US military and become something quite different.

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Andy @alleysofmpls.bsky.social · 3d

@hellolunchmeat.bsky.social found this amazing shirt in Ames

Black t-shirt that says

“Yeah, I’m goth:
Gobblin’
On
These
Hotdogs”

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 2d

When people glorify ‘Tough On Crime’ they are just saying that they are gleefully punitive & nothing more.

Being tough on crime isn’t the same as addressing crime. We know that the largest predictor for reducing crime is addressing need.

Reducing benefits increases crime, endangering everyone.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 3d

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.

Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3d

"For centuries, American presidents have been clamoring for a crocodile moat at the White House. All the greatest lairs and strongholds throughout history and historical fiction have had moats filled with crocodiles."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/don...

Donald Trump’s White House Ballroom Was Funded by Private Donors. Same Goes for the Crocodile Moat

Let us set the record straight: President Trump is not a king, and the White House is not a castle. To those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndr...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Joe Audino @joeaudino.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, this is about some YIMBYs, sorry they suck so much!

Joe Audino @joeaudino.bsky.social · 3d

BTW, if your "fix" for something you think was "built to do racism" means most of the black and brown people have to move and your neighborhood gets whiter, your "fix" was more racist than the racists whose work you were trying to fix.

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Joe Audino @joeaudino.bsky.social · 3d

For the record, let it be known that Max recognized the term, but thinks the Fences are there because racism, so it's ok to tear them down. He's heard of it, he just doesn't understand what it means.