I’ve never had an Xitter, Instagram, Tic-Toc, BlueSky or any other SM app except Facebook. I’m not proud of that…FB can definitely be a pretty horrible place run by definitely horrible people. BUT…it serves my SM needs: (1) Enable friends and family to share posts about our vacations, kids, dogs, hernias and whatever else, and (b) Enable a town community page where people can share local news, activities, give-always, etc. That’s what I use it for; not shopping, not national news, not “influencers.”
I know there are apps which will do those things, but FB is so embedded in so many people’s lives that if I just switch to another SM train I’ll just be riding it by myself. So what’s the solution here, other than keeping my FB feed as unadulterated as possible?
I will say that the amount of comments and highlights of sports in real time on BlueSky has improved dramatically since the beginning. I can even find some highlights of small colleges.
What I feel would be a turning point is for each team to have its own BlueSky account.
Welcome! The ultimate in bad faith: "Election Integrity." This phrase sanitizes what in truth is a multi-pronged voter suppression effort. It's already in full swing for the midterms, and the GOP/MAGA methods are both unconstitutional and evil.
Born and bred Chicago Bears (and Cubs) fan here...sports = politics too.
"Everything these people do — from blowing up boats for no particular reason to invading and occupying American cities — is in service of content. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it."
Since 2017ish, I've had a short way of summarizing what Trump does and why: It's All About the Brand. Almost a decade later, he's got an entire federal apparatus to expand on that.
Last night I watched a Daily Beast interview where the point was made that while Trump was bankrupt the banks enabled him to have access to money to continue living a luxe lifestyle. The banks did this because apparently they knew that if they didn't Trump's brand value of "success" would decline and make it less likely the banks would get their money back. Also the interview discussed how Epstein and Trump when they were both beginning to try to leap frog from "bridge and tunnel people" both knew that to be successful that they had to get in with the elite which they did successfully. Even the elite are seeking to maintain power and Epstein and Trump offered ways. It left me thinking they are all just pathetic wannabes using tactics to gain and maintain power, but for sure there is always someone else seeking power so their time in power is always threatened.
Growing up with musical parents and specifically a piano teacher mom, I can't shake "88" from being a reference to piano keys. My mom's email includes the number, and I was tempted to tell her it has other meanings, but decided Goddammit, they're not taking that away from my mom!
So, Long Live the 88-Key Piano, and fuck that other bullshit!
Hi Denny! A good-sounding Nice Time: The tide is turning. Bruce Springsteen has the No. 1 streaming song, "Streets of Minneapolis", which, if we are blessed by fortune, might mark the moment that we turned away from madness. Read more about the importance of protest songs -- and get a complimentary earful! -- on today's installment of my Substack, The Davely News. It don't cost nothin'.
"The UK Labour Party has learned a hard lesson in embracing this bloodless approach to politics, and now they find themselves polling behind the Greens"
That's not actually true, apart from one company, which consistently puts the Greens ahead of Labour - "Find Out Now"
And the thing about "Find Out Now" is they do their polling on a website for a free entry into a lottery ("Pick My Postcode"). So it's not a representative sample; as someone has recently noted for their poll for the upcoming by-election (where there's a large Muslim population), gambling is against Islamic rules, so you don't get a meaningful sample of that constituency that way
Hey.
Popularism as in Christian Democracy?
In context, in Germany, the Christian Democrats are the conservative party, for example.
I’ve never had an Xitter, Instagram, Tic-Toc, BlueSky or any other SM app except Facebook. I’m not proud of that…FB can definitely be a pretty horrible place run by definitely horrible people. BUT…it serves my SM needs: (1) Enable friends and family to share posts about our vacations, kids, dogs, hernias and whatever else, and (b) Enable a town community page where people can share local news, activities, give-always, etc. That’s what I use it for; not shopping, not national news, not “influencers.”
I know there are apps which will do those things, but FB is so embedded in so many people’s lives that if I just switch to another SM train I’ll just be riding it by myself. So what’s the solution here, other than keeping my FB feed as unadulterated as possible?
Is that SM as in sado-masochism, or social media? Seems like it could go either way
One of us! One of us! Welcome!
So- first question to you, Denny-
Should Belichick have got in the Hall of Fame on his first eligibility or not?
That long read in Tabs this AM about UATX is a study in the bad faith of the right's "concerns" with university cancel culture and ideological purity.
I will say that the amount of comments and highlights of sports in real time on BlueSky has improved dramatically since the beginning. I can even find some highlights of small colleges.
What I feel would be a turning point is for each team to have its own BlueSky account.
Welcome! The ultimate in bad faith: "Election Integrity." This phrase sanitizes what in truth is a multi-pronged voter suppression effort. It's already in full swing for the midterms, and the GOP/MAGA methods are both unconstitutional and evil.
Born and bred Chicago Bears (and Cubs) fan here...sports = politics too.
"Wonkette readers seem like a good, knowledgable group of pro-democracy zealots in a time of rising authoritarianism. For that I’m grateful."
Our zealotry is very focused on pantsless commenting, also, too. I felt like this needed to be pointed out.
Dick jokes ...don't forget Dick Jokes...
With the occasional recipe, even!
"Everything these people do — from blowing up boats for no particular reason to invading and occupying American cities — is in service of content. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it."
Since 2017ish, I've had a short way of summarizing what Trump does and why: It's All About the Brand. Almost a decade later, he's got an entire federal apparatus to expand on that.
Last night I watched a Daily Beast interview where the point was made that while Trump was bankrupt the banks enabled him to have access to money to continue living a luxe lifestyle. The banks did this because apparently they knew that if they didn't Trump's brand value of "success" would decline and make it less likely the banks would get their money back. Also the interview discussed how Epstein and Trump when they were both beginning to try to leap frog from "bridge and tunnel people" both knew that to be successful that they had to get in with the elite which they did successfully. Even the elite are seeking to maintain power and Epstein and Trump offered ways. It left me thinking they are all just pathetic wannabes using tactics to gain and maintain power, but for sure there is always someone else seeking power so their time in power is always threatened.
Chris Hayes wrote a whole book about the attention economy. It's the one thing FOTUS has mastered.
but it's so hard to put 88 words in a post. that would take all day. . .
Growing up with musical parents and specifically a piano teacher mom, I can't shake "88" from being a reference to piano keys. My mom's email includes the number, and I was tempted to tell her it has other meanings, but decided Goddammit, they're not taking that away from my mom!
So, Long Live the 88-Key Piano, and fuck that other bullshit!
i had six years of lessons. also relates to delorean based time travel and the number of awards beyonce has won somehow.
Hi Denny! A good-sounding Nice Time: The tide is turning. Bruce Springsteen has the No. 1 streaming song, "Streets of Minneapolis", which, if we are blessed by fortune, might mark the moment that we turned away from madness. Read more about the importance of protest songs -- and get a complimentary earful! -- on today's installment of my Substack, The Davely News. It don't cost nothin'.
https://davesnothere435085.substack.com/p/this-here-is-what-you-call-a-protest
Welcome aboard Denny!
Indeed. Glad to have your voice here.
Am I the only one who heard the song “Born Under a Bad Sign” by Cream in their head when reading the title.?
"I been down, since I began to crawl!"
You are not alone.
"Hey! Where did the place kickers go?" headline of the day : Via The Guardian
"ICE agents expected to be deployed for Super Bowl in California, officials say"
"The UK Labour Party has learned a hard lesson in embracing this bloodless approach to politics, and now they find themselves polling behind the Greens"
That's not actually true, apart from one company, which consistently puts the Greens ahead of Labour - "Find Out Now"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election#2026
And the thing about "Find Out Now" is they do their polling on a website for a free entry into a lottery ("Pick My Postcode"). So it's not a representative sample; as someone has recently noted for their poll for the upcoming by-election (where there's a large Muslim population), gambling is against Islamic rules, so you don't get a meaningful sample of that constituency that way