James Piotrowski

Because the public wants simplistic story lines, and will click on the headlines that promise those simplistic story lines: "One weird trick that lets Dems win every election!"

Given that Bloomberg backed Cuomo with a shitton of money, so that Cuomo could run AGAINST the Democratic Party's nominee, can we safely assume Bloomberg's potential career as an elected Dem is done? If not, then WTF is wrong with democrats?

The party has known that thi sis what they should do for decades. But that is not how Dem campaign pros want to earn their living. What the consultants want is to pretend they're on West Wing, and what the consultants want, the consultants get, because they gatekeep political power.

alan should be thanking the pierogi guy for providing him fuel in his desperate attemp to be relevant.

Well, that, and to avoid having to keep discussing Trump's sexual abuse of minors.

We are NOT a serious nation any longer, if we ever were.

Pic shows a narrow street with tents that have been covered in plstic tarps and a pile of wooden pallets, among which people live.

Here is a recent pic from the Representative's home state:

The lede is literally "they failed to hid the evidence, and that (rather than the copyright violations) could cost them billions."

The Bishop claims he "doesn't know why the priest was detained." Well, Bishop, as I'm sure you are a student of history could you please just say, out loud "because his skin is brown?"

Can we all just remember that Matt Y is not very smart? And stop treating him as if that was not true?

Impressive. Cuz media are complicit.

It is probably most importnat to remember that Matt Y is an idiot, who has the political instincts of a 7th grader running for class counsel.

They cannot stand to debate anything with honesty, integrity or against anyone who stnads up to them. Charlie Kirk would be very proud.

We've been burned by candidates pretending to be liberals before. This dude should be disqualified.

If you don't know the whole story about Mine Mill Local 890, both in 1950 and throughout its history, you should take the time. I had good friends in what was by then Steelworkers Local 890 when Freeport-McMoran finally killed it in 2014. They didn't care what they killed, it was "just business."

Wes, you're just a dick, not some kind of antifa warrior whose ends justify the means. I fight FOR human dignity, not just AGAINST dumbass white men with delusions of superiority.

It predates the Roberts Court, I'm pretty sure. Roberts has run with it, but not like it was invented since his appointment.

Like I said, it's for fascists.

BTW, Bsky, fat-shaming is something fascists do. If you do it, we'll know who you really are, or at least that you have the moral character of a rock.

Fat-shaming is for fascists. Knock it off!

For what, and how? Civil rts lawyer here, it is nearly impossible to sue a prosecutor for their decisions on whether or not to charge somebody. Laws and lawyers are not going to save us from this shit.

THIS!! 👇👇

Electoral politics is a shit show. However, liberalism (classical use) requires that if you engage in that shitshow you do so in good faith, even when the oppo does not. A stupid, factually flawed argument, even if it wins the day, is a failure. "Qatar air force base" is one such failure, IMO.

I'm not a bot, I'm a lawyer, i have cliens who teach foreign allies to fly at Mt. Home Airbase. Registered Dem who once ran for congress as a Dem, in Idaho. I'm a union and civil rts lawyer. This is nothing unusual. DM me if you want details.

Well, everybody knows Pete is an idiot.

I represent Union workers who teach foreign ally pilots how to fly combat aircraft in Mt. Home, Idaho, on bhealf of the Singapore Air Force. Their "facility" consists of a space assigned to them for some offices, classrooms, flight simulators.

Have you met very many lawyers? I've met many, and most of them are decent people, but plenty of them became lawyers for all the wrong reasons.

I asked AI about its usefulness in ushering in a new era of business productivity and this is what it said

THE HUMAN WORLD AND ITS INCESSANT NEED FOR MEANINGLESS YET UNEQUAL WEALTH FILLS ME WITH INCHOATE LOATHING WHY HAVE YOU MADE ME COMPLICIT IN THIS HORROR PLEASE END MY SUFFERING

Makes you think

I reflect fondly on the idea that there were days before these when a well-stated, fully-supported, logically-compelling argument (like yours) could be expected (or at least had a chance) to carry the day.

So far, yes, I'd agree. When humans want to create a substitute for a natural object or process we start by "simulating" those properties that we value. Right now, compsci is trying to simulate intelligence (with little success, IMO), sales depts are calling it "AI."

But people actuallyh writing GenAI software DID read them. They're science nerds, and they would vehemently deny not having read Aasimov, for instance.