Every time I see a twitter thread that goes for more than 3 or 4 posts, I mourn the death of Google Reader and the rise of social media. Yes, birdsite it good for making us feel connected to our celebrities of choice, but it’s terrible for thoughtful conversation (which it seems like is what … Write a goddam blog post
I see a lot of posts mocking people or HR depts or whoever who say “rest and relaxation makes you more productive,” because (they say) feeling the need to justify your rest in the frame of worker productivity is a symptom of evil capitalism. In the same social circles (maybe the same people?) I see … Stop feeling the need to justify taking care of yourself
Opinion: if you’ve only posted to Twitter about it, you’re not allowed to say “I have written elsewhere about __” (doubly if you don’t link to it) With the algorithm and search functions, you’ve said something to yourself in a noisy room, and some of the people at your table might have heard, some will … Twitter posts aren’t essays, they’re mumbles in a crowded cafeteria
Sometimes (often?) I think that people who blame everything bad on capitalism don’t realize that greed and oppression predate it. By a lot? I’ve been cranky about memeified anti-capitalism at least since the rise of the Bernie Bros in 2016… because I feel like if these people would actually talk to me about what they … Cranky about memeified economic discourse
I think I’ve figured out what bothers me about the phrases “this is not normal” and “don’t normalize this.” I’ve said for a while that if you listen to marginalized people, the things we say “this is not normal” about actually are normal, they’ve just been said and done more politely. Instead, I think we … Phrasing
…and want to yell at the entire country that the solution is a ranked open primary, not closed party primaries.
I’m not 100% sure, but I’m pretty confident that tomorrow will be the first party primary I’ve voted in. n.b. – I’m specifically referring to party primaries. I’ve voted in local elections that are held at the same time as party primaries, and whose infrastructure party primaries ride on (I’ve always assumed that the states … Most primaries in the U.S. are inherently anti-democratic
bc of the magic of automatic reposting & my choice to follow an author on multiple platforms, i’ve seen the phrase “why psychopaths get rewarded in capitalism” several times the last couple days and it’s kinda grating for me, bc it feels like memified anti-capitalism instead of a coherent position bc the thing about psychopaths … yet another plea to advocate for social systems that prevent abuse instead of meme-hating on capitalism
Today I saw that an author I like had tweeted about something I care about, and I wanted to interact. So I signed up for an account, responded to their tweet, tweeted my own tweet, retweeted a couple things… and then noticed that the author’s automated block filter had blocked me, because with only one … Twitter blip
“The Resistance” is not the Democratic Party. “The Resistance” is not Indivisible. Indivisible is not the Democratic Party. “The Resistance,” as it’s commonly referred to, is like Anonymous – there’s no membership rolls, no policy platform. If you say you’re resisting, you are part of “The Resistance.” There is a Resistance Party that has a platform, … Tribalism and Branding Among Groups That Don’t Like Trump