Lindsay

Believer. Tweets are my own. RT ≠ endorsement.

[Lindsay @fisherlr]

A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,
The banner of the Western land.

The emblem of the brave and true
Its folds protect no tyrant crew.

The red and white and starry blue
is freedom's shield and hope.

[Lindsay @fisherlr]

@ChrisCillizza @zzqrva Gersi (or its sister Uliveto) is a staple!

[Lindsay @fisherlr]

👏❤️💪🏼@madibieds proud of you!

[Christian Martinez @CDHMartinez]

Congratulations Chief @madibieds! 🍏

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

I'm firmly convinced that trying to win a game at VCU with Briante Weber at the top of the press is easier than watching a 2-year old all day.

[SightBringer @_The_Prophet__]

⚡️The deeper signal is youth risk did not disappear.

It migrated inward.

Teen drinking fell because the old physical world of adolescence got dismantled. Alcohol belonged to a social ecosystem: unsupervised time, cars, parties, local jobs, malls, basements, boredom, flirting, older siblings, house gatherings, and the chaotic peer world where teenagers learned who they were by colliding with other people in real space.

That ecosystem was replaced by phones, surveillance, parental tracking, algorithmic entertainment, social anxiety, online status games, and a much thinner physical commons.

So the surface looks healthier. Fewer kids drinking. Fewer kids using weed. Fewer kids doing reckless things in public.

The hidden layer looks worse. The young are less reckless because they are less socially embodied. Less initiation. Less unsupervised friction. Less courage-building. Less embarrassment and recovery. Less real dating. Less independence. Less contact with the physical world before adulthood demands it.

The old teenage world produced damage, stupidity, alcohol abuse, pregnancy risk, fights, accidents, and bad decisions. No need to romanticize it. But it also produced social reps. It forced young people through discomfort. It made them practice attraction, rejection, conflict, reputation, risk, repair, and status in the open.

The new world suppresses visible risk while increasing invisible fragility.

That is the trade.

A teenager can avoid drinking, avoid parties, avoid sex, avoid driving, avoid real confrontation, avoid rejection, avoid shame, avoid danger, and still arrive at 23 emotionally underbuilt. Cleaner behavior does not automatically mean stronger formation.

This is why the marriage chart and the teen drinking chart are the same story at different stages. People are not suddenly failing to pair in adulthood. The whole pathway into embodied adulthood has been slowing for years before marriage even becomes the question.

The real truth: society solved part of the teen vice problem by shrinking the arena where teenagers become adults.

It took away the dangerous commons and replaced it with controlled isolation.

The result is safer kids with weaker initiation into real life.

[POLITICO @politico]

Meet the B-Team: The Cabinet deputies who may find themselves in the spotlight https://t.co/xSSfPb10jm

[Lindsay @fisherlr]

@bresreports The Court’s opinion addresses this very point

[Graham Moomaw @gmoomaw]

The rest of that passage:

"Throughout this litigation, the Commonwealth has insisted that we cannot lawfully decide this case prior to the referendum."

[Lindsay @fisherlr]

Great day for the rule of law in the Commonwealth.

https://t.co/c3s4tLRwv9

[Graham Moomaw @gmoomaw]

"Two people familiar with the case said the search was related to an investigation opened during the Biden administration that has continued, examining possible corruption and bribery related to marijuana dispensary businesses."

https://t.co/XsSXyzY8Ix

[Lindsay @fisherlr]

🔥

[Christian Martinez @CDHMartinez]

Taking a victory lap on spiking the ball on Virginians’ faces, whether it’s against Republicans or your own party, isn’t the flex you think it is, Senator @SenLouiseLucas.

Maybe log off X and pass a budget.

[Nick Minock @NickMinock]

Avio announced the facility was coming to Virginia last year when Glenn Youngkin was in office.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

11-SEED VCU COMPLETES ITS LARGEST COMEBACK IN THE LAST 15 YEARS AGAINST 6-SEED UNC 😱

[Lindsay @fisherlr]

Lots of familiar faces here!

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

Immediate Impact 🔥

1️⃣3️⃣ coaches made the Big Dance in year one with a new team 🕺

#MarchMadness

[3 Bid League @3BidLeaguePod]

VCU just won 3 A-10 titles in 4 years under 3 different coaches

They are the premier program of the conference until further notice

[ESPN @espn]

THE RAMS GET IT DONE‼️

VCU wins its third A-10 title in four years 🔥

[CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 @CBSSportsCBB]

THIS FAKE! @VCU_Hoops

[VCU Basketball @VCU_Hoops]

SEE YOU ON CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY. 🐏

[Zach Joachim @ZachJoachim]

And lastly, @VCU_Hoops Phil Martelli Jr. with a vigorous, impassioned shoutout to Rams fans in Pittsburgh @RTDSports —

“I really appreciate our fans. Everybody said to me between last night and the start of the game — ‘it’s going to be like a road game (against Duquesne)’

“It did not feel like a road game. It felt like a home game because of our fans. If people didn’t know how our fans travel, our fans travel and they bring it. And @thepeppas they really bring it.

“So I appreciate the hell out of them. And I appreciate the city of Pittsburgh with all that black and gold you’ve got around. That was nice of you.”

🐏⚫️🟡💯

[Zach Joachim @ZachJoachim]

Joe Lunardi tells me @VCU_Hoops is SAFE AND IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT after tonight’s @A10MBB quarterfinal win over Duquesne. Not enough bid thieves to knock Rams out at this juncture, he said @RTDSports