Take: “The groups” as they are often derided actually represent thousands of Washingtonians. Skipping all the forums hosted by organizations that speak to important issues, have broad membership and to whom voters often look for guidance- was a really bad strategy. @maustermuhle@tomsherwood@cuneytdil@AlexKomaDC
every city name in California has three ways to pronounce it:
(1) the Spanish way
(2) the way an English speaker would pronounce it if they hadn't heard the name before
(3) the way locals actually pronounce it, which is neither of the previous two. like San Rafell and Beneesha
Been in Italy for work this week and thinking again about how setting a country or region up for "tourism economy" is fundamentally a drawn out humiliation ritual for the native people, even worse for migrant workers that are brought in.
in don't look up, a very mid liberal satire, the only nation that tried to take out the meteor in those last moments was china
meanwhile libs sat around and accepted that their gov was killing everyone, holding concerts & rallies instead of fighting
it's very honest lol
I thought "I Love Boosters" was a VERY fun movie; it's been a minute since I have laughed so much.
My biggest gripe is with the outdated picture that it paints of conditions in China, and this focus on forms of "protest" whose efficiency has already been managed by the US state.
Trump in February 2026: We will have complete victory over Iran! Air superiority will be achieved in a matter of hours! An entire civilization will die tonight!
Trump in June 2026:
it's been really funny to see that Chinese construction guys posting on douyin are the primary sources for all kinds of recent war damage videos from Israel to Iran to Russia