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Robyn Eckhardt

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Food writer, cookbook author, dog mom, cat butler, happy new PNW 🌲 resident after 22 years in Asia and Italy.

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A lot of people are ‘skeptical of the very idea of expertise’ and we should treat that as valid?! NYT’s race to the bottom wtf

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Is this like ‘Hitler did some good things.’

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Why is this so hard to believe? I don’t do jet lag well and god forbid I’d have to do jet lag x a bad cold while on cold meds and be expected to be on top form in a nationally televised debate with an opponent spewing lies and other assorted BS nonstop. I’m nowhere near 80 either.

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Please start posting your Project 2025 stuff on IG too, so it’s shareable in Stories. Lots of voters hanging out there are simply unaware. Thank you.

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I posted an infographic on IG abt Project 2025 y’day and woke up to over 15 DMs from USA voters (liberal I assume, given the tone of my posts) asking ‘Is this for real?’ Gee I wonder if the media is doing us a disservice by not devoting meaningful effort to highlighting Project 2025?

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The body of this, ahem, ‘news analysis’ is possibly more insane than the headline. This is the straw, I think.

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David M. Perry's avatar David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social
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When you leave the NYT, please consider using your media money to subscribe to better outlets.

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Jay Weixelbaum's avatar Jay Weixelbaum @jayweixelbaum.bsky.social
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At this crucial moment (just like 2016, I might add) the political press failed. Do not reward their failure. Ignore them for your own mental health, if not for any other reason.

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Final thought: STOP LISTENING TO THE POLITICAL PRESS They do not have your best interests at heart, full stop. They want to make money off your fear. They're too ignorant to even have a survival instinct--do they think they won't be targeted in a Trump dictatorship?

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emptywheel's avatar emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social
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I read the NYT front page so you don't have to.

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Robyn Eckhardt's avatar Robyn Eckhardt @robyneckhardt.bsky.social
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Thank you. The reporting on this yesterday was um, shallow.

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Deleting DMs (from folks who don’t do logic and/or deploy insults) without reading is my new personal path to happiness.

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Did a NYT opinion writer actually say, in listing Kamala Harris’ shortcomings, “There’s a Hillary Clinton vibe to her, and we all know how that turned out.”

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Will Stancil's avatar Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social
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People felt VERY free to tear chunks off Biden because they figured he was cooked. But driving out a president is a big deal, and now they’ve just potentially mortally wounded him while failing

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If I was on the fence I’d be looking at Dems right now and thinking.’you want me to vote for this mess?’ Express doubts, sure. Maybe don’t air them to a press that is so obviously eager to get the candidate out. Appearances do matter, unfortunately, and the Dem party looks like a clusterf*ck.

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Nicholas Grossman's avatar Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
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How does blowing up a children’s hospital in Ukraine—which isn’t in NATO—protect Russia from NATO? How is killing a bunch of kids who were far from military activity about security, not brutal aggression? Do Putin defenders and apologists who ape the NATO excuse hear themselves?

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I just got an email from my local greyhound rescue that Caliente, the dog track at Tijuana, is closing. If you're in southern California and thought about a retired racer this might be a great time to reach out to an adoption group. Retired track dogs make awesome pets.

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wade of mutilation's avatar wade of mutilation @waderockett.bsky.social
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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:

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Robyn Eckhardt's avatar Robyn Eckhardt @robyneckhardt.bsky.social
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Call me crazy but I look at folks from other generations and don’t automatically see an enemy. And I don’t talk about what ‘Gen Whatever’ as a collective has done/will do/does do to me. Too much to ask, I guess

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I’m so sorry. She’s adorable. We had an Apple too. Sounds like she lived and went surrounded by love.

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The ick I’ve received since reposting yr thread is wild. Mention ageism and you will be told A) there is no such thing B) it’s only now an issue bec Biden C) you’re being ‘touchy’ bec you’re ’in denial’ abt ‘being in decline’ D) most of it is towards young pple E) it’s justified bec gerontocracy 🤷‍♀️

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Robyn Eckhardt's avatar Robyn Eckhardt @robyneckhardt.bsky.social
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Debaters without a leg to stand on always resort, eventually, to personal insults. And I would never force you to walk on eggshells while you f*ck right off. 👋👋 Buh-bye.

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Dear Genius — this topic has ‘come up’ for many (like, American women over 45?) looooong before now. It’s been referred to in media. Like you have been so cocooned from reality that you don’t know ageism has been a problem for a long time? Oh wait, let me guess - it only exists if it affects you.

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Wondering if any major media outlets will frame T’s ‘I don’t know any Project 2025’ as either a sign of dementia or a flat-out lie. Not holding my breath.

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What’s with the inability to consider the problem of ageism without linking it to Biden? It demonstrates a profound lack of imagination. And if one acknowledges ageism they must be ‘for’ an 80+ yr old Pres? I’m sorry, but no, you’re not going to assign to me a position I never took.

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Michael Lobel's avatar Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social
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Happy birthday to iconic modern painter Frida Kahlo, who was born on this day in 1907 (Frida Kahlo, My Nurse and I, 1932)

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I don’t know where you’ve been but just because you don’t talk about it, acknowledge it, or give a hoot about it doesn’t mean it’s not discussed.

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Are you The Onion? Ageism has existed since long before Biden’s senior moments sent heads spinning. What an idiotic take.

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CHOAM Nomsky 💭's avatar CHOAM Nomsky 💭 @thielman.bsky.social
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yes, we boiled the planet, but it was worth it to make a machine that, instead of adding two plus two, takes the statistical average of every answer to questions containing "what" "is" "two" and "plus" from a database of illegal cell phone transcripts and returns a fake nude pic of a high schooler

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Robyn Eckhardt's avatar Robyn Eckhardt @robyneckhardt.bsky.social
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I called my dog my cat’s name this morning, then attempted to correct myself. Should my husband let me drive the car?

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Robyn Eckhardt's avatar Robyn Eckhardt @robyneckhardt.bsky.social
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Dude, my repost was about ageism. Did you even read the thread? We haven’t even discussed *that* topic and now you’re PO’d bec I won’t be bullied into having a convo abt *your* pet gripe. Also - my replies were civil and now you are off on me like a whiny b*tch. Enough. Be gone or be blocked.

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Im not ‘shouting down’ gerontocracy talk. Original skeet was about ageism. I would like folks to consider original skeet without justifying attitudes towards older people by citing the existence of a gerontocracy. There is No justification. Choose not to be ageist. Or don’t. That’s what I got. Bye.

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A) the experience of women in America vis a vis ageism is a bit different to men’s. B) if you think 50 is ‘old’ … also says a lot about American society’s attitude to aging. No disrespect. Gotta go.

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The. Original. Post. Is. About. Ageism. We should be able to discuss it on its own? Just as we should be able to discuss the problem of a gerontocracy without bringing in ageism. Why are you trying to make this hard? It’s really not hard.

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In which young male tells older female why she’s been ‘touchy’ about ageism since she was forty-freaking-five. 💥

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You’re right. I have never in my life met a misogynist under 60. LMAO seriously should I make a list for you.