David Griscom
@davidgriscom.bsky.social
Co-host Left Reckoning - videos and articles at Jacobin - The Michael Brooks Show forever. Always Honky Tonkin'
You should read the book bubba - you can say a lot about Lewis but she’s explicit that she means abolish the family not “the state taking responsibilities in childcare”
July 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You should read the book bubba - you can say a lot about Lewis but she’s explicit that she means abolish the family not “the state taking responsibilities in childcare”
I mean Full Surrogacy Now & Abolish The Family. And I don’t think that it’s just bad rhetoric I think that they are bad ideas that have little to nothing to do with socialism.
There is plenty of room on the left for bad ideas, there should be more room for criticism.
There is plenty of room on the left for bad ideas, there should be more room for criticism.
July 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I mean Full Surrogacy Now & Abolish The Family. And I don’t think that it’s just bad rhetoric I think that they are bad ideas that have little to nothing to do with socialism.
There is plenty of room on the left for bad ideas, there should be more room for criticism.
There is plenty of room on the left for bad ideas, there should be more room for criticism.
I wrote about this when it passed with @alexbirnel.bsky.social - it's major setback for local democracy in Texas, especially given the weakness of the opposition to state-wide one-party rule.
It does show that the GOP is afraid of the victories won at the local level.
It does show that the GOP is afraid of the victories won at the local level.
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wrote about this when it passed with @alexbirnel.bsky.social - it's major setback for local democracy in Texas, especially given the weakness of the opposition to state-wide one-party rule.
It does show that the GOP is afraid of the victories won at the local level.
It does show that the GOP is afraid of the victories won at the local level.
So what? Criticizing bad radlib nonsense, especially focusing on the idea not the person is the opposite of 'being obsessed with Sophie Lewis"
July 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
So what? Criticizing bad radlib nonsense, especially focusing on the idea not the person is the opposite of 'being obsessed with Sophie Lewis"
Put another way, it is great to see a disciplined campaign that didn't abandon the substance of our politics, but didn't get bogged down by being performative about it
June 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Put another way, it is great to see a disciplined campaign that didn't abandon the substance of our politics, but didn't get bogged down by being performative about it
I got a book coming out about it in the fall!
May 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I got a book coming out about it in the fall!
“It’s light on details” - it breaks down the problem explicitly- when the overproduction of electricity happened there was not enough firm electricity on the grid to balance supply when the solar went out.
This is basic stuff that leftists and 100%renewable fanatics refuse to reckon with
This is basic stuff that leftists and 100%renewable fanatics refuse to reckon with
May 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“It’s light on details” - it breaks down the problem explicitly- when the overproduction of electricity happened there was not enough firm electricity on the grid to balance supply when the solar went out.
This is basic stuff that leftists and 100%renewable fanatics refuse to reckon with
This is basic stuff that leftists and 100%renewable fanatics refuse to reckon with
The USA has the largest nuclear fleet in the world, that produces 20% of our power and the highest safety standards in the world, much of it produced by the closest thing we have to socialism in the USA the Tennessee Valley Authority
May 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The USA has the largest nuclear fleet in the world, that produces 20% of our power and the highest safety standards in the world, much of it produced by the closest thing we have to socialism in the USA the Tennessee Valley Authority