Emily Pela
@soundimpressed.bsky.social
a poster's spirit and a lurker's heart
getting on here, trying to be normal
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getting on here, trying to be normal
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
why don't we just let Planter become the Joe Rogen of the Left and then find another candidate under the age of 70, boom fixed it
October 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
why don't we just let Planter become the Joe Rogen of the Left and then find another candidate under the age of 70, boom fixed it
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If you want people to believe something, you should say it clearly, directly, & repeatedly. If you’re saying something else, you are failing to move people in your direction. Even worse, you are moving them in another direction, shifting the Overton window away from where you want to be.
October 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
If you want people to believe something, you should say it clearly, directly, & repeatedly. If you’re saying something else, you are failing to move people in your direction. Even worse, you are moving them in another direction, shifting the Overton window away from where you want to be.
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When you give time and attention to something, you are teaching people that thing is important. That doesn’t mean you should never tackle an opponent’s strengths, but you need to do it thoughtfully, in a way that doesn’t just emphasize how much worse you are.
On a fundamental level this is why "moderate on cultural issues" isn't just insufficient, it's harmful. There's been a lot of dissembling what this moderation looks like in practice (EK trying to dodge with "I'm just using abortion as an example"), but it's going to look something like this:
However, at the Senate and House levels, Dems responded and spent heavily, but with ads that were nearly indistinguishable in message from the right wing ones. After $866 million in attack ads ($729M R, $137M D), the initial public support for mass deportations is unsurprising.
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
When you give time and attention to something, you are teaching people that thing is important. That doesn’t mean you should never tackle an opponent’s strengths, but you need to do it thoughtfully, in a way that doesn’t just emphasize how much worse you are.
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absolutely. it's too about itself. the Main Character has just been "Blue Sky" every day for the past week, same as it was last year
November 19, 2024 at 1:44 AM
absolutely. it's too about itself. the Main Character has just been "Blue Sky" every day for the past week, same as it was last year
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"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you.
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"Dems will get blamed for a shutdown" as opposed to what, all the friendly coverage and positive credit they'd get for caving yet again? This whole premise is built on a delusion about what the alternative is. There's no cowering in the corner and being so inoffensive they won't still attack you.
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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“On Friday, west suburban Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson had a clear message for Russell Hott, director of the ICE Chicago field office: “It has to stop.”
Broadview mayor says ICE is ‘making war on my community’ after latest protests at immigration facility
Federal officers again fired rubber pellets and chemical irritants into a crowd of protesters gathered Friday outside the fenced-off compound.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“On Friday, west suburban Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson had a clear message for Russell Hott, director of the ICE Chicago field office: “It has to stop.”
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I think one of Ezra Klein's big problems is that when he says "doing politics" what he actually means is content creation
September 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I think one of Ezra Klein's big problems is that when he says "doing politics" what he actually means is content creation
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We unlocked each new level of Internet by playing through the game. These kids are getting access to all the bosses and weapons from the start and they don’t have enough XP to handle it
February 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We unlocked each new level of Internet by playing through the game. These kids are getting access to all the bosses and weapons from the start and they don’t have enough XP to handle it
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First they came for Bill Clinton, and I said, yes, that man is a sex pest, get him
September 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
First they came for Bill Clinton, and I said, yes, that man is a sex pest, get him
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It's such a strange, revealing argument. Why should any of us give a shit about protecting people in Epstein's files? Why do they think we do? Since when is the most sacred tenet of society "privacy for relationships of the rich & powerful with the pedophile child trafficker"? Reveal them all.
GOP greatly overestimates the number of fucks GenX and younger give about Bill Clinton.
September 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It's such a strange, revealing argument. Why should any of us give a shit about protecting people in Epstein's files? Why do they think we do? Since when is the most sacred tenet of society "privacy for relationships of the rich & powerful with the pedophile child trafficker"? Reveal them all.
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people used to read magazines to learn about cool and interesting things from
people they assumed were cooler and more interesting and more informed than
themselves. now the roles are reversed, and why would anyone want to read something reiterating the obvious
people they assumed were cooler and more interesting and more informed than
themselves. now the roles are reversed, and why would anyone want to read something reiterating the obvious
September 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
people used to read magazines to learn about cool and interesting things from
people they assumed were cooler and more interesting and more informed than
themselves. now the roles are reversed, and why would anyone want to read something reiterating the obvious
people they assumed were cooler and more interesting and more informed than
themselves. now the roles are reversed, and why would anyone want to read something reiterating the obvious
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if you are looking for solid on the ground reporting in Chicago, I recommend:
- @unraveledpress.com
- @mulchy.bsky.social
- @pgoyette.bsky.social
please do not amplify people who have no record of posting accurate or timely information about events in Chicago
- @unraveledpress.com
- @mulchy.bsky.social
- @pgoyette.bsky.social
please do not amplify people who have no record of posting accurate or timely information about events in Chicago
September 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
if you are looking for solid on the ground reporting in Chicago, I recommend:
- @unraveledpress.com
- @mulchy.bsky.social
- @pgoyette.bsky.social
please do not amplify people who have no record of posting accurate or timely information about events in Chicago
- @unraveledpress.com
- @mulchy.bsky.social
- @pgoyette.bsky.social
please do not amplify people who have no record of posting accurate or timely information about events in Chicago
this is so Twitter After Dark coded -
incredibly fun but tomorrow we are most likely??? going to pretend like it didn't happen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
incredibly fun but tomorrow we are most likely??? going to pretend like it didn't happen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
August 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
this is so Twitter After Dark coded -
incredibly fun but tomorrow we are most likely??? going to pretend like it didn't happen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
incredibly fun but tomorrow we are most likely??? going to pretend like it didn't happen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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really good piece by three of my favorite reporters. when you cut funding for services temporarily a lot of them don't come back
A look at the people still left in the cold from Illinois budget impasse 10 years later with an eye towards the federal Medicaid cuts coming soon w/ @hannahmeisel.bsky.social and Molly Parker illinoisanswers.org/2025/08/28/i...
10 Years After State Budget Impasse, Human Services in Illinois Again Brace for ‘Tsunami’
Nonprofits hurt by impasse boosted budgets with federal funding — now endangered by Trump.
illinoisanswers.org
August 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
really good piece by three of my favorite reporters. when you cut funding for services temporarily a lot of them don't come back
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
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People act real shocked when they learn Mississippi has Buddhist, Hindu, and Sikh temples, highest % of Black people in the US at 1/3rd the population, native Choctaw communities, Chinese and Vietnamese communities that go back generations, and LGBTQ Pride events in several towns across the state
It always gets lost in media depictions of small-town USA and our national political discourse, but it's important to remember:
Rural life in the USA isn't just flag-waving blue-collar white people! There are so many other cultural stories in those communities and they deserve way more attention.
Rural life in the USA isn't just flag-waving blue-collar white people! There are so many other cultural stories in those communities and they deserve way more attention.
August 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
People act real shocked when they learn Mississippi has Buddhist, Hindu, and Sikh temples, highest % of Black people in the US at 1/3rd the population, native Choctaw communities, Chinese and Vietnamese communities that go back generations, and LGBTQ Pride events in several towns across the state
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You’re telling me this guy is not a more desirable guy to promote than Gavin Newsom
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
You’re telling me this guy is not a more desirable guy to promote than Gavin Newsom
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if you can't sell the american public on the idea that federal troops in the streets is fundamentally unacceptable then you have no business being in politics. and if you do not forcibly believe this at your core such that you can't shut up about it, that goes double for you
Toxic feedback loop has kicked in: Trump's propagandists tell credulous reporters that occupying cities is good politics for him. Media echoes this as self-evidently true. That reinforces Dem instincts not to engage.
My exchange w/ @monicapotts.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1993...
My exchange w/ @monicapotts.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1993...
August 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
if you can't sell the american public on the idea that federal troops in the streets is fundamentally unacceptable then you have no business being in politics. and if you do not forcibly believe this at your core such that you can't shut up about it, that goes double for you
The Americans, The Leftovers, The Other Two
Take away all the GOAT candidates: The Wire, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Lost.
What’s the best show outside of that group?
What’s the best show outside of that group?
August 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The Americans, The Leftovers, The Other Two
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One of these newspapers is doing straight reporting of the facts with appropriate context. The other is editorializing in its news coverage to normalize authoritarianism
July 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
One of these newspapers is doing straight reporting of the facts with appropriate context. The other is editorializing in its news coverage to normalize authoritarianism
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this tension is inevitable and emerges from each belief's role in society: liberalism is the tonic you give bureaucrats so they can sign off on imperial conquest without thinking too hard, and to generously hand out the spoils. conservatism is how you discipline or kill anyone who tries to stop it.
July 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
this tension is inevitable and emerges from each belief's role in society: liberalism is the tonic you give bureaucrats so they can sign off on imperial conquest without thinking too hard, and to generously hand out the spoils. conservatism is how you discipline or kill anyone who tries to stop it.
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people are energized now, they’re angry now, they’re mobilizing in huge numbers now, and they want to see that energy and anger matched in congress. instead they get fundraising pitches and talk of the midterms while the dems execute their “keep your heads down” strategy and it’s just discordant.
i kinda suspect this is actually aimed at demoralized supporters (don’t give up! there’s still lots of good we can do!) but the problem is framing it around the midterms and shunting all responsibility onto the voters to once again bail out the country and the dems while they waste the interregnum
July 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
people are energized now, they’re angry now, they’re mobilizing in huge numbers now, and they want to see that energy and anger matched in congress. instead they get fundraising pitches and talk of the midterms while the dems execute their “keep your heads down” strategy and it’s just discordant.
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The officer who authorities say accidentally shot + killed his partner had accrued more than a dozen misconduct allegations against him during his 3.5 years as a PO. Five were during his probation period, when CPD could have summarily fired him. Unclear how he ended up on a tac team.
#chicago
#chicago
Chicago Cop Who Inadvertently Shot and Killed Partner Has Lengthy Disciplinary Record over Short Career
Officer Carlos A. Baker has had more than a dozen complaints against him, records show. He has faced three suspensions and two reprimands.
illinoisanswers.org
June 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The officer who authorities say accidentally shot + killed his partner had accrued more than a dozen misconduct allegations against him during his 3.5 years as a PO. Five were during his probation period, when CPD could have summarily fired him. Unclear how he ended up on a tac team.
#chicago
#chicago