sounds about right. he sang too, which was pretty cool.

i don't doubt they are active sources of sock puppetry. i do doubt they had the influence of $250M in PAC contributions + owning the most influential platform in American politics. did they use TikTok like Musk used X? who knows. both shld be regulated, on identical terms, to render that impossible.

what if China does to the next American election what Elon Musk did to the last one?

At least you think! 🙂

i would say the fiction is well written, if i myself were not just a character incapable of independent observation.

i love it when i click on a thing and get a message like the thing you clicked on does not exist. like what does existence even mean?

isn’t that always a certain kind of wizardry, if performed with flair?

in magic, words structure reality, so the easiest thing to transform a chemist into is a chemise.

An interesting piece presenting parallels between the Luigi story and the Abe assassination in Japan. unseen-japan.com/luigi-mangio... ht @glynmoody.bsky.social

@poetryforsupper.bsky.social you have an impersonator? see poetry4supper.bsky.social

yes. definitely. declining household size -> greater housing scarcity -> more crowded households (but not enough to offset declining household size)

that might be true. but overall persons per household have been in secular decline in CA, even though they remain higher than the national average. i’m on my phone right now, and can’t find an easy source re the last few years, but it’s a long term trend, and see eg www.capradio.org/articles/202...

There are plenty, no doubt, but I think overall household sizes have declined. Some of that is the preferences of the inframarginal wealthy, other is Prop 13 encourages long tenure and empty nests in big houses.

it’s touching to see Donald Trump make such an effort to prove Gary Gensler right.

i guess one point to make is that declining numbers in a shitty game of musical chairs don’t really reflect “preferences”. if homes can’t be built + wealthier household size declines, net outflow is baked in, but it doesn’t really reflect a preference for the out place.

if a President issues a shitcoin, even though it may bear all the hallmarks of a classic pump and dump, one must consider the possibility it’s intended as a durable means of deniable bribery.

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i must confess great ignorance of Grimes. she seems a bit weird and her taste in romantic partners not great, but beyond that, 🤷‍♂️

so many people into eugenics wouldn't make their own cut.

"Multimember proportional elections can be implemented at the state level without going through the federal government." @sjshancoxli.bsky.social www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...