davidrysk.bsky.social
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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Two new ways to display your support for SEPTA!
1️⃣ Free window signs are now available at my South Philly office. Stop in Monday-Friday between 9am and 5pm to get your sign!
2️⃣ Have a SEPTA story you want to share? Drop in on Friday, May 9 between 2pm and 6pm to record a video!
1️⃣ Free window signs are now available at my South Philly office. Stop in Monday-Friday between 9am and 5pm to get your sign!
2️⃣ Have a SEPTA story you want to share? Drop in on Friday, May 9 between 2pm and 6pm to record a video!
May 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Two new ways to display your support for SEPTA!
1️⃣ Free window signs are now available at my South Philly office. Stop in Monday-Friday between 9am and 5pm to get your sign!
2️⃣ Have a SEPTA story you want to share? Drop in on Friday, May 9 between 2pm and 6pm to record a video!
1️⃣ Free window signs are now available at my South Philly office. Stop in Monday-Friday between 9am and 5pm to get your sign!
2️⃣ Have a SEPTA story you want to share? Drop in on Friday, May 9 between 2pm and 6pm to record a video!
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This is part of the rot, executive directors are literally trained to see board membership as a way to extract donations.
They are taught that the primary role of a board member is to raise or give funds.
Wealth (or access to it) becomes the chief criteria for board membership
They are taught that the primary role of a board member is to raise or give funds.
Wealth (or access to it) becomes the chief criteria for board membership
I wanted to be on the board of a mental health non-profit and my company would even pay for me to get training through the United Way to prepare me for board service, but the organization had a $5,000 buy-in to be a board member
April 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is part of the rot, executive directors are literally trained to see board membership as a way to extract donations.
They are taught that the primary role of a board member is to raise or give funds.
Wealth (or access to it) becomes the chief criteria for board membership
They are taught that the primary role of a board member is to raise or give funds.
Wealth (or access to it) becomes the chief criteria for board membership
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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I will scream it forever: your Signal chat is only as secure as the least secure phone in the chat.
AT BEST
AT BEST
Yes, even your signal chat. As soon as it goes beyond people you know face to face, just assume there's a fed there
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: just like every gun is always loaded, there is a fed in every chat
March 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I will scream it forever: your Signal chat is only as secure as the least secure phone in the chat.
AT BEST
AT BEST
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I know the threat of never hearing this grand organ play again and the building closing brought tons of people out. But feeling like if Macys offered more opportunities like this to witness live music without tickets or much effort they would have created a thriving third space.
March 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I know the threat of never hearing this grand organ play again and the building closing brought tons of people out. But feeling like if Macys offered more opportunities like this to witness live music without tickets or much effort they would have created a thriving third space.
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Same.
It's a headscratcher to me that so many folks who write against fascist takeover still put their work on a platform that is explicitly fine with Nazis
It's a headscratcher to me that so many folks who write against fascist takeover still put their work on a platform that is explicitly fine with Nazis
I don’t read things written on substack if I can at all help it, this is true of many folks who are too polite to say it for fear of putting off those who write there, but you should know if you’re still on that platform!
just an n of 1 observation: if i land on an article posted to substack, I am 20x (?) more likely to just bounce off of it (esp when it shows that stupid signup / subscribe button immediately) never to return
March 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Same.
It's a headscratcher to me that so many folks who write against fascist takeover still put their work on a platform that is explicitly fine with Nazis
It's a headscratcher to me that so many folks who write against fascist takeover still put their work on a platform that is explicitly fine with Nazis
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Whenever I hear people "moderates" talk about being in-between 2 "extremes", it really bothers me. Because I don't see it that way. I feel like everybody is falling victim to misinformation on a massive scale. The American left is not "extreme" at all.
March 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Whenever I hear people "moderates" talk about being in-between 2 "extremes", it really bothers me. Because I don't see it that way. I feel like everybody is falling victim to misinformation on a massive scale. The American left is not "extreme" at all.
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I say this not to attack Aaron, because this is a widespread framing On Here, but:
We need to seriously examine the way we describe these flights of hubris.
It isn't about "stupid" or "insane," it's about arrogance to the point of existential threat of self and others.
We need to seriously examine the way we describe these flights of hubris.
It isn't about "stupid" or "insane," it's about arrogance to the point of existential threat of self and others.
Great news everyone it was so much more FUCKING STUPID than it may at first appear
www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
February 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I say this not to attack Aaron, because this is a widespread framing On Here, but:
We need to seriously examine the way we describe these flights of hubris.
It isn't about "stupid" or "insane," it's about arrogance to the point of existential threat of self and others.
We need to seriously examine the way we describe these flights of hubris.
It isn't about "stupid" or "insane," it's about arrogance to the point of existential threat of self and others.
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Just thinking about the number and type of internal resources that must exist using the words “bias” and “privilege”, and just… man
NSA risks deleting its expertise about privilege escalation today in Stephen Miller's war against DEI [sic].
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The NSA's "Big Delete"
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...
popular.info
February 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Just thinking about the number and type of internal resources that must exist using the words “bias” and “privilege”, and just… man
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Please remember something: if you had said a year ago that Trump would do even a fraction of these things, you would have been mocked, belittled, accused of “Trump derangement syndrome,” and dismissed by certain people.
Identify those people and block and shun them.
Identify those people and block and shun them.
February 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Please remember something: if you had said a year ago that Trump would do even a fraction of these things, you would have been mocked, belittled, accused of “Trump derangement syndrome,” and dismissed by certain people.
Identify those people and block and shun them.
Identify those people and block and shun them.
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Among the many things that piss me off about Musk's stunts is that they're an insult to the memory of Kabosu
February 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Among the many things that piss me off about Musk's stunts is that they're an insult to the memory of Kabosu
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OK, this is good
February 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
OK, this is good
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The people who think they are good at everything because they are good at coding are also bad at coding.
February 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The people who think they are good at everything because they are good at coding are also bad at coding.
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This is what I think of as a specific kind of ignorance that heavily affects young white guys who work in tech. It says “i don’t know about this, so I assume no one else does either.” It’s new to them, so it must be new to everybody!
February 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is what I think of as a specific kind of ignorance that heavily affects young white guys who work in tech. It says “i don’t know about this, so I assume no one else does either.” It’s new to them, so it must be new to everybody!
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update: it arrived, it was piss easy & I’m a criminal mastermind
lost the keys for a set of rack drawers & a replacement key was £10 but a beginner lock picking kit was £15 sooooo
January 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
update: it arrived, it was piss easy & I’m a criminal mastermind
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Started reading @matt-levine.bsky.social's Money Stuff newsletter to learn about investing, but instead it has radicalized me by teaching me how rich people don't pay taxes.
![Under current US law, if you founded a company and it has become very successful and you own a lot of its stock, there’s really no reason for you to pay taxes. You don’t have to take a salary, and the company doesn’t have to pay dividends (it can just reinvest profits in its business), so you don’t pay taxes on any cash flows from the company.[3] You also don’t have to sell any stock, so you don’t pay any capital gains taxes.
How do you buy groceries? Well, classically, a bank will lend you a bunch of money secured by your stock, at a fairly low interest rate (because the loan is pretty safe), and you use that money to buy groceries and houses and yachts and things. The loan is not a taxable event. You never really have to pay it back: You just borrow more to fund your lifestyle (and to pay the interest on the loan), and if your company keeps succeeding, the loan compounds at a lower rate than your stock. You keep this up for the rest of your life, and then when you die your heirs can sell some of your stock to pay back the loan. And they don’t pay any tax on the stock sale, because they get a “basis step-up.” This strategy is sometimes called “buy, borrow, die.”[4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:an6o7ltcyxfventos6jwvwxr/bafkreihv4f32fzo5fkciserqhael6kepxehn74ipkq4ii5yqeuoou7pth4@jpeg)
January 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Started reading @matt-levine.bsky.social's Money Stuff newsletter to learn about investing, but instead it has radicalized me by teaching me how rich people don't pay taxes.
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I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate how much resentment and backlash to Me Too has fueled the culture’s rightward shift over the past eight years.
a bunch of east coast journalists got too rattled by having female employees complain about ass grabbing and in response they smugly tilted the entire board not just toward fascism, but to the stupidest motherfuckers in the room
January 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate how much resentment and backlash to Me Too has fueled the culture’s rightward shift over the past eight years.
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By a longshot, the most common mistake people who are into politics make - from seven-figure strategists to randos offering Takes online - is overestimating how much attention normal people pay to politics, how much they know, and how deeply they think about it.
*Vastly* overestimating.
*Vastly* overestimating.
Saw a "Democratic strategist" say "we have to earn people's trust back." Just mind-boggling that so many don't understand how this works.
Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.
Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.
January 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
By a longshot, the most common mistake people who are into politics make - from seven-figure strategists to randos offering Takes online - is overestimating how much attention normal people pay to politics, how much they know, and how deeply they think about it.
*Vastly* overestimating.
*Vastly* overestimating.
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do... do american youths think being jailed by both regimes is something that was in any way /rare/
January 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
do... do american youths think being jailed by both regimes is something that was in any way /rare/
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I am going to keep yelling: it is not "obeying in advance" to practice good informational security.
January 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I am going to keep yelling: it is not "obeying in advance" to practice good informational security.
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Can’t believe we wasted so much brainspace on this negotiating ploy. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Sixers to remain in South Philly, abandoning plans to build a Center City arena, officials say
“I’m so livid right now I don’t even know what to do,” said Jimmy Harrity, an at-large member of City Council who supported the team’s move to East Market Street.
www.inquirer.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Can’t believe we wasted so much brainspace on this negotiating ploy. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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I knew that it could be the last Dickens Village with my kids, the last memories of that space as a department store as they announced it last year the store wasn't renewing the lease. But this confirmation after Christmas feels heavy. www.inquirer.com/business/mac...
Center City Macy’s, located in iconic Wanamaker Building, will close in March
The closure is the latest drama on a stretch of East Market Street that’s been the focus of a recent and fierce civic debate over the approval of a proposed arena for the Sixers.
www.inquirer.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I knew that it could be the last Dickens Village with my kids, the last memories of that space as a department store as they announced it last year the store wasn't renewing the lease. But this confirmation after Christmas feels heavy. www.inquirer.com/business/mac...
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Dreamers who have been in the US for more than six months cannot reenter lawfully without waiting the three-year minimum. Marriage to a US citizen does not cure the unlawful entry. The only cure to the unlawful entry is a lawful entry, and a lawful entry cannot occur without waiting years. 2/
December 16, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Dreamers who have been in the US for more than six months cannot reenter lawfully without waiting the three-year minimum. Marriage to a US citizen does not cure the unlawful entry. The only cure to the unlawful entry is a lawful entry, and a lawful entry cannot occur without waiting years. 2/
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Obtaining a green card through marriage requires two things: (1) lawful entry and (2) marriage to a US citizen. Once you have entered and stayed unlawfully for more than 6 months, you are barred from reentering lawfully for up to 10 years. Thus, married Dreamers seldom can get green cards. 1/
This is your regular reminder that there is no "line" that undocumented people can get into to fix their papers; it doesn't exist. Even people married to US citizens have to navigate a system that requires them to risk a decade of exile if they want to get permanent status.
Attorneys say the parole program would have been a lifeline for thousands who already qualify for a green card, and have no disqualifying criminal record, but who risk separation from their families if they petition for legal status. It was struck down last month by a Trump-appointed federal judge.
December 16, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Obtaining a green card through marriage requires two things: (1) lawful entry and (2) marriage to a US citizen. Once you have entered and stayed unlawfully for more than 6 months, you are barred from reentering lawfully for up to 10 years. Thus, married Dreamers seldom can get green cards. 1/