no disrespect to Jordan's journalism here it just sometimes feels like insights sort of sink into the discourse void of social media like something tossed into a vat of wet corn starch. feels impactful in the moment but it becomes part of the slurry in the end.

lots of talk of red state governance and Trump's EPA and such but we're talking about Memphis... is that a city predominantly governed by republicans? does it not matter because the legislature lays siege to the city? or was this approved for "job creation"?

neither the video nor replies answer 🤷‍♀️

idk how to articulate it exactly but the hyper-national focus of discourse on here is really good at getting people outraged and prompting really general calls to action but... idk how efficacious it actually is, if the actual levers people could pull are at the local or state level?

becoming a california carpet bagger to vote for the guy who's already governor

we do already have a bunch of ferries already integrated into the transit system! we could add some gondolas!

Make Seattle Wetter

god I wish, we could've replaced the big highway cutting through the city with a beautiful waterway full of big beautiful boats

yeah there's this presumption that anyone who votes third party or doesn't vote at all is simply a democrat going through some sort of Mood

you have to start by accepting that I'm a communist because I believe in and desire communism and a lot of people respond with either "well you shouldn't want or believe that" or "ok but you REALLY want to live in Denmark? you can't have that either to be clear but that's what you're REALLY saying?"

and anyone who doesn't will just continue to be like "ok but you'll vote for Gavin Newsom right? as the lesser of two evils?"

I mean I screencapped because I was like, how likely is it that this shithead with 50k followers and a job at the company will retaliate if I quote tweet dunk on him? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

decided to take the safe path lol

responding to someone who's also "done arguing with ai antis" because we "basically have AGI already"

this is the cohort bluesky is built by and for