Krista Ricchi

Back in California after a decade-ish in Italy. Founder of Client Karma, growing coaching & course businesses with online advertising

[Glamour @glamourmag]

There wasn’t a dry eye in the room after Ms. Rachel received a standing ovation for her #GlamourWOTY, and rightfully so.

[WearThePeace @WearThePeaceCo]

Today, Ms.Rachel accepted Glamour Magazine ‘Women of The Year’ by wearing a custom dress with drawings from children from Gaza.

[Matt Lech @MattLech]

Israel is not fighting terrorism it is fighting a demographic of people whose land they are stealing with war crimes

[Richie Floyd @richiejfloyd]

There is research published on this topic, but it is purposely ignored by people who simply do not want their class interests threatened

[octopus/caveman @octopuscaveman]

The fact that someone from The Onion had to have a meeting with the Sandy Hook families and go “I’m sorry for your loss but do you guys want to do something really funny” is the wildest part of the InfoWars purchase

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point.

Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and funding a genocide, and belittling and crushing those who have enough morality to protest it.  It is enraging that the Democrats are so smug and blind to this.

But these are all just symptoms.  The deeper reality is that liberalism has failed, liberalism is dead, and people urgently need to wake up to this fact and respond accordingly. It is a defunct ideology that cannot offer any meaningful solutions to our social and ecological crises and it must be abandoned.

Democrats have proven over and over again that they cannot accept even *basic* steps like public healthcare, affordable housing, and a public job guarantee - things that would dramatically improve the material, social and political conditions of the working classes. And they cannot accept a public finance strategy that would steer production away from fossil fuels and toward green transition to give us a shot at a liveable future.

Why? Because these things run against the objectives of capital accumulation. And for liberals capital is sacrosanct. They will do whatever it takes to ensure elite accumulation, it is their only consistent commitment.  At home, they suppress and demonize progressive and socialist tendencies. Abroad, they engage in endless wars and violence to suppress input prices in the global South and prevent any possibility of sovereign economic development.

The Democrats have done all this purposefully and knowingly, for my whole life, not as some kind of "mistake" but in full consciousness that it is in the interests of capital.

And because liberalism cannot address our crises, and because it crushes socialist alternatives, it inevitably paves the way for right-wing populism.  They know this pattern, and yet they risk it every time - this election being only the most recent example. They did it in 2016, when they actively crushed the Sanders campaign and sent Trump to the White House. They do it because ultimately they (and I mean the liberal ruling class here) don't really mind if fascists take power, so long as the latter too ensure the conditions for capital accumulation. They 100% prefer this to the possibility of a socialist alternative.

So, progressives have to face reality. The dream of "converting" the Democratic party is dead. This is now a fact and it must be accepted. The only option is to build a mass-based movement that can reclaim the working classes and mobilize a political vehicle that can integrate disparate progressive struggles into a unified and formidable political force and achieve substantive transformation. This will take real work, actual organizing, but it must be done and that process must begin now.

[Mr. Chau @Srirachachau]

Once again, insane that it’s just received wisdom that ya gotta pivot to the right to get conservative voters. They already have a party and you do it at the cost of your base. It’s not even complicated, it’s just dumb

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

NEWS: I'm leading 64 House Democrats in calling for unimpeded media access to Gaza for U.S. and international journalists.

@POTUS Biden must push for independent access for U.S. and international journalists in the interest of transparency, accountability, and the fundamental principle of press freedom.

At a time when reliable information is more critical than ever, restrictions on foreign reporting undermine the very foundation democratic accountability.

[Niall Stanage @NiallStanage]

A woman on CNN is saying the anti-Vietnam protests were different from the situation now, which is “very polarizing.”

People always do this — make it seem like past activists were somehow uncontroversial.

It’s nonsense. Activism by its nature is antagonistic to the status quo.

[Omar Baddar عمر بدّار @OmarBaddar]

The side that had the other locked up in a concentration camp & wouldn’t let them have an airport or a seaport or an economy or food security or cancer treatment or clean water or jobs or freedom or a future for their children.

[Geraldine Just Follow TheEverywhereist on Threads @everywhereist]

If only there was some sort of seasonally appropriate story about the ills of one man having too much money and being awful to everyone.

[Krista Ricchi @KristaRicchi]

@ComeKingdomCome @joshgondelman Y2K happened BEFORE we entered the worst timeline. Anything can happen now

[Krista Ricchi @KristaRicchi]

I’ll miss your tweet likes @nicolaspratt, I don’t know why twitter decided to show me everything you and 2 other random people liked, but they were right. Masterpieces, every one.

[Jessica Hagy @jessicahagy]

The Old God prepares for final battle

[Krista Ricchi @KristaRicchi]

I didn’t have a final tweet prepared so if this is the end, I second this guy:

[b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie]

if and when twitter goes down i just want to extend my best wishes to all of you, even the haters and losers

[Krista Ricchi @KristaRicchi]

I guess he was right, power to the people 💀

[Esther Choo, MD MPH @choo_ek]

The power of $8

[Krista Ricchi @KristaRicchi]

the vibe of these declaration tweets…

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Any name change at all will cause temporary loss of verified checkmark

[Krista Ricchi @KristaRicchi]

Why not just make it easy to boost posts like IG? Why defy the whole purpose of verification & blackmail everyone into paying a monthly subscription higher than Google Workspace?
Epic opportunity just opened up in the social media space to fill the need he just created.

[Krista Ricchi @KristaRicchi]

…They aren’t already making ads relevant to all users?
That might have something to do with the trouble they’re having keeping advertisers?

[Casey Newton @CaseyNewton]

Wheeeeee