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Martin P.
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New-to-me masterpiece of cello-based songs and drones for #CDFriday
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landscape architect, immigrant, cyclist, dad rock, COYS, he/him, lurker, retooter Somerville, MA
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Martin P.
@martinobeat.bsky.social
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New-to-me masterpiece of cello-based songs and drones for #CDFriday
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Martin P.
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(Not that comment sections are great but it’s telling which opinion articles they turn them off for)
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Martin P.
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Handily has comments off too so readers couldn’t accidentally add needed context
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Martin P.
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The time for that was in the primary. The only option is Kamala Harris takes over the campaign, and we know that the GOP is readying plans to keep anyone that isn't Joe Biden off the ballot in some states, so its a tough option at that.
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Martin P.
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It'd be cool if the Times devoted half as much energy to covering the implications of the Supreme Court's immunity decision as it does to its personal vendetta against the president.
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Sunny Moraine
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I don’t like Joe Biden, I’m furious with him, I am furious about the prospect of voting for him, but it is difficult to find the words to express how much worse Trump Presidency 2.0 would be, it’s shaping up to become a catastrophe that’s frankly hard to even imagine
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Martin P.
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It's amazing how willing the Dems are to arm up for war against literally anybody but their actual political opposition.
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Martin P.
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lol I do actually remember that. That fucking guy...
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Martin P.
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I think anything other than Biden on the ballot would be a disaster at this point. I totally agree with all of your posts, I'm just noting that the pressure seems more intense now, but who knows, maybe it is just vibes and I don't remember '12 because it turned out ok. That'd be the best outcome!
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Martin P.
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Yeah, definitely that caveat applies to my "analysis" too He's honestly the only one I trust by a mile over there.
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Martin P.
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As far as I can suss out from his socials, Bouie is firmly anti-dropout, thinks Biden should tell everyone to get bent and keep running for president because the fundamentals haven't changed.
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Martin P.
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This is what I'm honestly hoping is the case. Debates ultimately don't move polls like they normally don't, and we all chill the fuck out.
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Martin P.
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That doesn't really mean anything, because I have no power to give. I'm saying that power brokers care what the NYT has to say, so them saying dangerous shit is dangerous. Me? I'm just some asshole on the internet, I've got no influence here.
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Martin P.
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Fair play, I don't recall those dominating multiple days of news cycles. But if I recall, those would have been after the convention, so they would have made even less sense? Anyway, I was around then, and am around now, and it feels fundamentally different. Maybe because of the stakes?
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Martin P.
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Whether or not there's a good reason (there's not), they're still taken seriously, so they wield a ton of power.
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Martin P.
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I mean, I definitely think that the NYT editorial team wants nothing more than a 2nd Trump presidency. They don't need to have good ideas about how to handle Biden's performance, they just need it to be a crisis for the Dems, and then their guy wins.
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Martin P.
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100% true! But also this is driving the narrative nationally, so we have NPR and other outlets speculating about his departure. There are reporters asking Biden if he's fit to be president during press conferences, this is the result of editorial choices.
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Martin P.
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All of this is likely true, but the point is, there were no similar calls for Obama to end his campaign so someone more electable could take his place at the last minute. There's a palpable difference. The debate matters because it's being made to matter.
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Martin P.
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I mean, there were headlines, but here we have the editorial board, Goldberg, Kristof, Krugman, and more all taking turns insisting that there is no choice but for Biden to end his campaign, that's some different sauce.
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Martin P.
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Seriously, usually a poor debate performance isn't followed by a full-court multi-day, all-hands Claudine-Gaying from the paper of record.
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Tom Scocca
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Mad Enough to Blog It™ www.indignity.net/who-elected-...
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Michael Tae Sweeney
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New edicts from the Gang of Six today. Remember, you may not like our new kings' rulings, but don't protest at their houses. Work on defeating John Roberts and Sam Alito when they come up for reelection!
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Radley Balko
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My first read: If a president commits crimes unrelated to him being the most powerful person in the world, he can be prosecuted. But if explicitly uses his powers to commit crimes, he is at least presumptively, and probably absolutely immune from prosecution. I mean, holy shit.
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Martin P.
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Like why should the party give you the pony that is a different candidate, grow up, you can’t always get what you want. Vote Biden because our republic depends on it.
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Martin P.
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Right, but the logical implication of your previous logic is that this is an election to keep fascism out, and the candidate shouldn’t have to reach out to voters, because it’s on the voters to be engaged and vote against fascism.
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Jackson 🥥🌴🏳️🌈
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Liz Warren on twitter has the correct message for us going forward:
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Martin P.
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Fundamentally, though, I agree with you! He should speak to what brings voters to the polls! People like voting for candidates who are speaking to them and addressing their concerns, it's not a just a weird spoiled young person thing!
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Martin P.
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Last week: "young people who aren't excited to vote for Biden are idiots and the campaign shouldn't message to them, it's on them to figure it out" Tonite: "Oh no, Biden really ate shit at a debate, his messaging was all wrong, he talked about stuff I don't care about, he's going to lose votes"
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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as much as i think that debate was bad for biden i also find myself contemptuous of the assorted libs having a full blown panic attack
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Martin P.
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I dunno man, a super smart guy told me just a day or two ago that asking campaigns to tailor their messages in order to appeal to people is infantilizing, so why are we chewing Biden and his team out for this?
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Martin P.
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Governor Abbott has a little bell that rings in his office every time a Texan kid dies, and he chuckles warmly every time.
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Pwnallthethings
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the hill I'll die on here is "who gives a shit why they left, it's fucking great they chose to come here"
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Martin P.
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Anyway, it's been a good chat, good luck to you and to all of us. Cheers.
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Martin P.
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And if I suggest that maybe it's the people and systems raising these kids, I'm accused of "babying" or "infantilizing" because I'm not assigning 100% of the blame on someone who just graduated high school. It's legit weird. These are our kids, why do we hate them?
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Martin P.
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Right, exactly. It's always framed as a moral failing of the entire group of people between ~18-24, and you have to wonder, why is this? Perhaps our civic education sucks ass? Perhaps our political discourse doesn't engage youth concerns ever? No introspection at all. Just "stop sucking, losers"
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Martin P.
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I don't have an answer to this, I'm not an activist, I just know that I've listened to literally decades of people in their 40's-60's talking about how their kids' generation is a piece of shit, and it repeats every 4 years around elections, but no introspection on why.
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Martin P.
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Right, that seems like a systemic issue, not a moral failing on the part of every young person born between 2000-2006. Because it was the same story when I was young, many decades ago. Same complaints, same contempt, no introspection as to why our system is failing kids.
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Martin P.
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Like I said before, all hands on deck.
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Martin P.
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Absolutely, but again, it cuts both ways. When a party in many ways actively alienates young people, and also doesn't fight hard enough against the other party explicitly making it more difficult for young people to vote, it can't feel entitled to said votes.
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Martin P.
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Certainly, there's a lot of ways this can be framed. My take is that if young people are perennially disengaged, across decades and generations, it means there's a systemic issue with how our body politic engages that cohort. But because it's easy to just say "young folks are lazy" we don't ask why.
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Martin P.
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(also nowhere have I said that I'm an activist, but I also know that people on here will argue against guys they made up most of the time, instead of the people they're replying to)
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Martin P.
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This is a historically critical election, it is uncontroversial to suggest that the party looking to win has a lot of work to do. Should young people also get more engaged? Of course they should. All hands on deck.
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Martin P.
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Apparently he also played on a bunch of tracks on Check Your Head, which is pretty goddamn cool, also makes sense how maybe these Crazy Town boys ended up hiring him?
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jj skolnik
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just ran across the fact that andy warhol rented the factory for $200/mo in 1964, roughly $2000/mo in 2024. average rent in manhattan these days (for a place i would wager is much smaller than a giant loft) is double that barriers to survival are also barriers to making art
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Martin P.
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Paging all captains in Suez, who’s gonna give us the hat trick?
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Martin P.
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An ad with someone shouting "THANKS MAURA" in a thick Boston accent while sitting in traffic and then "congestion pricing now!" flashes across the screen.
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Martin P.
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Perhaps pre-emptively blaming every mayor and/or governor for not implementing congestion pricing could be the move. "You don't want to be as dumb as Hochul, do you?" or maybe something more clever
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Martin P.
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This is some real debate team hair-splitting
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Martin P.
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The clanging dissonance of "why are young people not flocking to the aid of the Democrats" paired with "Young people have terrible ideas, are mentally ill, and want ponies and video games" is pretty wild. I get that it's a critical election, which is why the party shouldn't alienate voters.
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Martin P.
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Well, definitely makes sense why youth suicide is highest among trans youth, as they're regularly told that they're literally invalid as a category of human. But I guess for the liberal technocrat, that's a feature not a bug. A good solution to too many "strange people with strange ideas" as you say
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