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Online Luddite
@adup512.bsky.social
Cities/places, U.S. travel, bars/restaurants, cooking, college football, real country music, print newspapers, techno-pessimist, YIMBY/transit/bikes
Current: Mexico City/Baltimore
Past: DC, Austin, Chicago, Providence, LA area
... Not to take away from La Presidenta Claudia's intelligence and experience, but she won b/c of the overwhelming popularity of her party and the party founder/predecessor who tapped her. It was almost like a parliamentary election in that regard. (2/2)
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Yeah, it perpetuates an in-group, picked-last-in-kickball vibe.
What is the point of it, other than the host being lazy?
Also, on intros (I have a tracking sheet of the worst offenders), what is the point of saying "name and org" when it's in my name on-screen anyway?
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Online Luddite
Rochester is under attack right now. They are staging at school bus drop offs. They told Rep. Andy Smith to “get the fuck out” of a parking lot and that they didn’t need warrants.
They are literally parking in the Mayo patient lot to grab people.
January 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM