Matt

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

mills is practically a strawman candidate

chuck schumer is graham platner’s greatest ally

its funny people are treating the maine senate primary like its an underdog left wing insurgent campaign vs the dnc establishment juggernaut bc the establishment basically rigged the election for platner lol

no clue tbh

she’s the least popular democratic governor in the country

also do they even need to? some shahed drones seem like they can effectively close the strait.

The very obvious problem with this implementation of popularism, as a purely political matter, is that you are *constantly* raising the salience of your worst issues!

i dont just mean *people* are post modernists now, i mean the post modernist/structuralist/marxist frameworks etc were essentially correct about how humans digest information and understand reality and history has borne that out. we are living in Baudrillard’s world now

total post modernist cultural victory

Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom. Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry. By Isaac Chotiner March 4, 2026

Excuse me. Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me. I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are. Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.

I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train. I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.

Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015? If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.

Uh-oh! Worst person you know learned therapy words

also what is even your argument here? that trump started a second war to make the oil he stole from venezuela profitable?

you understand that “trump did the war for oil” and “the oil is low quality and largely not usable at the current price point” are not in fact mutually exclusive statements, right?

these people are legitimately unwell

irrespective of the racist quote - this is insanely incoherent. guy is barely sapient.

fidel castro saying “"Anyone who watches anime should be executed publicly. Miss me with that weeb shit."

dang, didn’t know he said this

honestly at this point the best thing for his family would be for the stroke to finish the job

polling 40-60 amongst the general public and 90-10 amongst “experts”, journalists, and policymakers

i mean they had mcmaster on Canadian TV and McGurk on Colbert

we're fucked

dawg look at my opposition media

im paraphrasing but like, that was the gist

he couldve explained to the american people and congress why it was neccesary to try to turn iran into a failed state (obviously a good thing) but instead trump chose to do this unilaterally. no respect for the process. shameful.

msnow is talking about how trump invaded iran the wrong way

we need oil prices to hit $100 a barrel

i think theyre betting trump will move on bsky.app/profile/tire...

the markets might anticipate a resolution here (which would involve the islamic republic remaining intact - see my point above) but save that…

yeah, i think you’re already wrong? the strait is effectively closed.

im not sure what you’re arguing here? do you think an effective 20% reduction in supply will not increase prices in the medium term