Dan Willett

Just bash it out, and we’ll tart it up later.
Nick Lowe

[tabitha arnold @thetolerantweft]

was trying to subtly gusanovestigate a guy until he lifted up his sleeve to reveal a giant Che tattoo. Carry on sir.

[Kristi Yamaguccimane @TheWapplehouse]

Never seen a team owner on the precipice of ending a 53 year drought go out of their way to kill the vibes this hard. This is beyond even Dan Snyder and Donald Sterling. This is Marge Schott territory.

[Nell Minow (she/her) @nminow]

Musk's Galactic Ripoff, by @RBReich https://t.co/zmOKqDNeYI @SpaceX Tomorrow's I.P.O. of SpaceX could turn out to be the universe's largest Ponzi scheme, and you and I are paying part of the price whether we like it or not.

[Lee Hepner @LeeHepner]

BAM! The Washington Post just got slapped with a major class action lawsuit alleging that surveillance pricing violates DC consumer protection laws.

The salient allegation here is that the covert harvesting of personal data to obliterate standard pricing is ALREADY illegal.

[Dan Willett @econdev73]

The Washington Post's Double Standard: Brooke Pinto Can Party with Trump, But Janeese Lewis George Can't Attend a Colleague's Birthday - https://t.co/excfZ4yg5f https://t.co/UbY76Bz5FK

[Dan Willett @econdev73]

A story worthy of your time. The Threat of Big Insurance https://t.co/ltYK63VaWl

[Dan Willett @econdev73]

It is hard to be a little investor swimming with big fish. Who decides whether SpaceX ends up in your retirement account? https://t.co/kynScDFws7

[Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan]

221-201: Eleven House Republicans joined all Democrats in approving the rule for a bill by Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ), which would accelerate first labor contract negotiations with employers after a new union is formed, through a discharge petition opposed by GOP leaders. 6 Republicans had signed onto the discharge petition to reach the 218 signatures needed to force a floor vote.

[Dan Willett @econdev73]

Would be interesting to compare to Boeing's deal with St. Louis County, MO passed in 2023 that is taking effect now in 2026.

[Pat_Garofalo @Pat_Garofalo]

Seems like a lot.

[Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar]

So much for the Spencer Pratt wave.

Social media isn't real life, part TK...

[Bob Elder @southernphd]

I never met Gordon Wood, but I have a story about him.

In one of my grad school seminars, we read Wood’s Creation of the American Republic. The sheer erudition and evidentiary depth of the book bowled me over.

Back then, before kids and before life accelerated to warp speed, I used to call my mother every Sunday to catch up. Lots of times, we ended up talking about what I was reading that week in my grad seminars or for leisure. Mom had an omnivorous mind, and she was always looking for something else to read. She was a true intellectual—curious about almost everything, always eager to integrate new arguments or ideas into her existing schemas of how the world worked or to have those schemas challenged and changed.

When we talked that particular Sunday, I think I tried to describe to her part of Wood’s argument about the relationship between the state constitutions during the Articles of Confederation era and the federal Constitution. Maybe I was tired, maybe I didn’t completely understand her questions, but the end result of the conversation was that Mom had questions about Wood’s argument that I didn’t answer satisfactorily. I told her that she should probably just read the book, and we said goodbye.

She did eventually read the book, but the next Sunday, Mom started our conversation by saying, “Well, I had a lovely conversation with Gordon Wood this week.” For a split second, I thought she was joking, but then I remembered who I was dealing with. I started to sweat. “How?” I asked. A whole variety of unlikely scenarios in which the foremost historian of the American Revolution and my mother, who lived in Wichita, Kansas, might have met ran through my mind. “Oh, I just looked up his office phone number on Brown’s website and called, and he picked up!” Mom said. I decided I would have to find another profession.

As it ended up, Gordon Wood spent about an hour on the phone with my mother answering her questions about the Constitution. Ever since, I’ve had a soft spot for the man when I imagine him picking up the phone in Providence and finding Becky Elder from Wichita on the other end of the line. His generosity in that moment spoke very well of him.

Rest in peace, professor.

[Brad Wheeler @BWheelerglobe]

Visionary guitarist James Blood Ulmer has died, at 86. Lucky to see him perform a few years ago at the @lulalounge. Waiting to go on, he noticed me staring at him. He nodded and smiled the warmest grin.

[Dan Willett @econdev73]

The Billionaires Have Two Parties: An Organizer’s Review | Labor Notes https://t.co/1UDzCPwdHk

[David Jones @iPopEditor]

I pay for MLB TV. I pay for YouTube TV. I can’t watch the Cardinals-Reds game on either because MLB blacks out the game because I’m 4 hours from Cincinnati, and YouTube TV doesn’t carry the stations that show the game. It’s a bit ridiculous!

[Elmattic @thisiselmattic]

No I don’t want to watch your 10 episode Cape Fear remake with microdosing and deepfakes and whatever the fuck thanks.

Also stop with the erasure, it goes:
Robert Mitchum
Robert DeNiro
SIDESHOW BOB
Javier Bardem

[Dan Willett @econdev73]

Baseball expansion plan comes with promises for West Sacramento schools https://t.co/aIqbFIBF21

[Labor Notes @labornotes]

“At the end of negotiations, these guys come up and say, ‘I’ve got a new respect for the union. I didn’t know this stuff was going on behind the scenes. I can see who’s trying to hold me down now—it’s not the union, it’s the company,’” Mikesell said. 2/2

[Labor Notes @labornotes]

Open bargaining has helped win over some skeptical members even in right-to-work Indiana, says Jesse Mikesell of Teamsters Local 135. 1/2
https://t.co/nryTS9UNHx

[Miles Smith IV @IVMiles]

“An Episcopalian is a Presbyterian with a trust fund. A Presbyterian is a Methodist with a college education. A Methodist is a Baptist with shoes.”

[Ollie Vargas @Ollie_Vargas_]

This is what Bolivia's highways look like at the moment.

Each town & village blocks their stretch, and the union members in each community take turns at the barricades. This is part of the general strike against neoliberalism. Now entering week 3.