How Property Froze The American Dream

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"You can almost always set your watch to the idea that Elon Musk will bend over backwards to hide from any form of accountability." @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/02/10/a...

no, i’ve seen it, haven’t tried it yet!

i don't know.

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Elon Musk would never use the levers at his disposal to harm a person he doesn't like, or whom he considers an enemy. xcancel.com/elonmusk/sta...

when he reintroduces the steel penny…

on the other hand, egg-throwing is now a costly signal, suggestive of commitment.

they think blunt, straightforward solutions are what used to make America great and all the pinheads who natter on about difficulties are at best why America is paralyzed, if they aren't also corruptly milking the problem. so they turn their heads from the Medusa of reason and just do the thing.

i always wonder what his, um, collaborators (famous liberal academics) would have to say, if you could sit them down in a dark bar.

(i’d guessed as much! and i’d love it if you included the feature, and then let me know your client’s name. but i don’t want to badger you personally. i offer the suggestion in hopes some consensus might emerge in the developer community, not to make any particular developer feel bullied.)

What are the consequences to a legislator for violating their oath of office?

i agree there’s not likely to be much of a bridge. but that’s why informal crossposting is important, a way conversation can permeate the barrier likely to remain. so features that encourage crossposting are desirable. (none of this is to give homework or impose an obligation on you personally.)

a thing we should learn from both the UK and US experience is that 50%+ε in a single public plebiscite (or less than that in the US case) should be insufficient to occasion sharp changes in a political system. elections are noisy and big changes should require some sort of clear, durable consensus.

just look to the experience of my alma mater, New College of Florida, to see the effect of new board appointments by this movement on academic quality and faculty retention. it’s fast medicine! (poison often is.)