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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 17h

Fewer than 10 users block me on bsky apparently, but among them is my favorite band, who:

1. last released an album in 2012
2. I saw live at least 20 times
3. follows me on twitter

Oh! turn to water, sublimate to steam,
then form a cloud and pour on me.

Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 2d

Centrists never seem to think the answer is to fight for your convictions and move the public.

In the 90s, "liberal" was a political smear. Self-identified Liberals co-opt this term, and its potency has been lost. The GOP has to call anyone left of Mussolini "far-left radical marxists" now.

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 2d

"D's are too liberal" is conventional wisdom in the US, but this is a product of the information environment. As Rufo clearly stated, their strategy is to establish a label and then poison the public's association with that label. Woke, DEI, Green New Deal, Democrat.

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 2d

The three most high profile congressional Democratic leaders are Schumer, Pelosi, and Jeffries. They are written about constantly. The first two have been in power for decades.

Can you name a single issue that animates them?

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 2d

As Klein himself says, aligned independents and progressive policies tend to outpoll the Democratic brand. So which is more likely to be right? That the policies are too liberal and Dems should moderate, or that the filling the halls of power with empty suits void of conviction is bad?

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 2d

"The democrats keep doing this thing and losing" is something that the left and the center agree on, but the left's diagnosis is that the Democrats are feckless poll-tested cowards, and the center's diagnosis is that the Democrats are too progressive.

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 2d

I like Klein and I find he is thoughtful and earnest enough to not deserve the kinds of heat he gets from the left, but he is obsessed by a retvrn to 1960s era party depolarization, and the consensus on liberalism, anti-communism, and racism it was built on is gone and should stay dead.

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 2d

In this article:

> [Social Media] has affected the Democratic and Republican Parties in different ways. Let me start with the Democrats.

24 paragraphs on Democrats, 4 paragraphs on "The Right" and how yeah I guess they are nazis now but Americans like that so Democrats have to adapt.

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...

Opinion | This Is the Way You Beat Trump — and Trumpism

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 3d

The quote "Trump will be President in '28" is, barring his death or removal, correct; his term ends in '29. This feels like a dumb nitpick, but I think it plays into the subconscious narrative that Biden was somehow President in 2020 and is responsible for the pandemic response.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

this week's newsletter has a bunch of quotes from the drafters and supporters of the 22nd amendment that make it extremely clear that there is no loophole you can use to circumvent it. (gift link)

Opinion | A Third Trump Term Is Not the Charm

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 12d

Every $TSLA quarterly announcement this year has been "we can't even give away our cars and the macro is getting worse" followed by a fabricated timetable for one of their vaporware projects, and the market reaction is "this guy's a genius lets give Musk literally a trillion dollars"

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 12d

Last night I had pickled chicken feet and pumpkin cheesecake, definitely the weirdest combo in recent memory.

Balsalmic Niggarette 🥗 @balsalmicnygarette.blacksky.app · 13d

7. Whats the weirdest food or meal you’ve eaten?

Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 13d

Very encouraging that Zohran is not just about moonshot programs that will be difficult to enact given the limited powers of the Mayor.

There's plenty of waste from overlooked government operations and graft from corrupt NYS dem machinery that would be valuable to clear out.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13d

NYC’s Dept. of Education spends around $10 billion/year on contracts.

Many provide essential services to our schools, yet with over 3,000 active contracts, DOE faces major efficiency challenges.

DOE needs procurement reform.

Yesterday I announced my platform to deliver it.

NYC Mayor’s Race: Mamdani unveils plan to root out ‘duplicative’ education spending at city’s public schools | amNewYork

Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday rolled out a plan to overhaul how the city's Education Department inks contracts with

www.amny.com

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Justin @jaffray.bsky.social · 13d

dying that the hot, based "dev focussed" "distro" has built in hotkeys to open dhh's email provider that nobody uses

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 16d

If one person can drive coverage for a whole week by shooting someone, and millions of people can't even get front page for a peaceful protest, what kind of political engagement are we really encouraging?

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 17d

Bob Holden beclowning himself for Curtis Sliwa. Maybe it's bad when one guy runs as both a Republican and Democrat and there is literally no other option.

Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 20d

It's a nice mall tho to be fair

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 22d

Sweet haul. IIn case there's no translation, the bottom part of that Shirou panel says "Dominion" (black text), "Black Magic" (red text), and "Senjutsu Chokokaku Orion" (thinner red text).

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 23d

Autumn is here and it is time for soup.

Tomatoes, onions, and garlic roasted in preparation for tomato soup

Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · 28d

For the love of the game.

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · Sep 30

MLMs gotta be in there somewhere.

Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · Sep 29

Party leaders constantly lament that the party is unpopular because they are getting "too progressive", but people like Sanders and AOC have pretty high net favorability. The real problem is that the party stands for nothing and the candidates all feel inauthentic.

Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · Sep 29

I guess just question the idea that the Democrats aren't already doing this. The centrists that run the party are already intoxicated with capitulation. They gave $90m to candidates like Amy McGrath so she could get her ass kicked by the barely animated corpse of Mitch McConnel.

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · Sep 29

Klein's point that having an extra 2-3 Joe Manchin type Democrats who suck in the Senate would be "Good, Actually" because it would reduce GOP power.. that's just true. That's not an optimal scenario, but it might be the best we can do for now.. I understand that line of thought.

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · Sep 29

I listened to Ezra Klein's latest with Ta-Nehisi Coates and I thought it was pretty good? I'm far more on Coates' side, and I think that Klein is trying to recapture a dead past and build a coalition that no longer exists, but his fears and his goals make sense to me.

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Jason Moiron @jmoiron.bsky.social · Sep 28

It's fascinating to see this being written ~75 years ago, though it has many anachronisms.

The rules around contact in NFL are far too dangerous. Many routine NFL tackles are illegal in Rugby. The helmet is used as a weapon, but this is also where the player's head and brains are stored.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Sep 27

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Rugby Is a Better Game

“American football is violent, expensive, and time-consuming; and the number of people who are able to play under these conditions is extremely limited. Rugby, on the other hand, is more rough than vi...

www.theatlantic.com