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
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
... 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)
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?
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
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?
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?
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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.
They are literally parking in the Mayo patient lot to grab people.
January 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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.
They are literally parking in the Mayo patient lot to grab people.