Nino DePaola

@lukethomas.bsky.social should interview Karen!

Second this. F train has been completely unreliable as of late especially on weekends when it’s basically impossible to plan travel that involves that line.

the “politics can be a game of cultural affinity or it can be a game of winning” actually goes for everyone

Yeah this is just incorrect

Excellent thread

Top 10 American Fears of 2024 (Chapman Survey) Horizontal bar chart ranking the top fears of Americans (percentage “afraid” or “very afraid”): 1. Corrupt government officials (65.2%, top fear for years). 2. Loved ones becoming seriously ill (58.4%). 3. Cyberterrorism (58.3%). 4. Loved ones dying (57.8%). 5. Russia using nuclear weapons (55.8%). 6. Not having enough money for the future (55.7%). 7. U.S. becoming involved in another world war (55.0%). 8. North Korea using nuclear weapons (55.0%). 9. Terrorist attack (52.7%). 10. Biological warfare (52.5%). Red bars display percentages; small arrows indicate change from 2023 rankings.

Top Public Worries in the U.S. (Yale & GMU poll, May 2025) Stacked bar chart of worries among U.S. adults. Categories ranked by share “very worried”: • Government corruption (54% very worried, top issue). • Other leading concerns: cost of living (48%), the economy (47%), state of democracy (44%), disruption of federal services (44%), cultural/social divisions (36%), treatment of immigrants (35%), global warming (29%), crime (26%). • Lower worries include job security (17%), health (16%), and being targeted because of identity/beliefs (15%). Green shades show “very/somewhat worried,” yellow/orange shades show “not very/not at all worried.

Perceptions of Federal Government Problems (AP-NORC poll) Bar chart showing the percentage of U.S. adults who consider various issues in the federal government to be a major problem, minor problem, or not a problem. • Corruption: Overall 70% major, 22% minor, 7% not a problem. Higher among Republicans (78%) than Democrats (63%). • Inefficiency: 65% major overall, with Republicans (81%) much higher than Democrats (55%). • Red tape (bureaucracy): 59% major overall, with Republicans (73%) higher than Democrats (47%). • Civil servants unwilling to implement president’s agenda: More partisan split—Republicans 56% major problem, Democrats 20% major problem; overall 34% major, 36% minor, 28% not a problem. Title: “Majority of the public believe corruption, inefficiency, and red tape are major problems in the federal government.

Word Cloud of How People Describe American Government (Berkeley Democracy Policy Lab) Large central word: “Corrupt.” Other prominent words: Broken, Chaotic, Dysfunctional, Shit, Clueless, Divided, Inefficient, Crooked, Hijacked, Justice, Woke, Bloated, Untrustworthy, Hopeless, Frustrated, Disastrous, Messy, Sneaky, Turmoil, Delusional. Smaller scattered words include both negative and neutral terms such as Crap, Important, Poder, Resilient, Unfocused, Needs Help. Visual emphasizes “Corrupt” as the dominant public perception.

I’m starting to notice a trend in the polling data…

—Top Public Worry: Corruption

—Biggest problem in Fed Gov: Corruption

—Top fear: Corruption

—What one word would you use to describe American government?: “Corrupt”

It’s almost like voters are trying to tell us something.

Part of the issue that NYC Dem voters have with the non-endorsements is that none of these guys will say where their differences lie. It smacks of inauthenticity when the base is looking for strident champions who speak their mind.

And there it is…these pundits are so deeply committed to the bit that they’ve begun to lose their value as news analysts. At a certain point, audience capture hopelessly damages their integrity. Jarring to see the folks whose opinions you once sought out do this.

Take notes, folks.

Something to be said for the combination of a lifelong pathological liar who is also perhaps experiencing cognitive decline: the web of lies gets sloppy, I’d think, and less consistent.

The fact of the matter is that many many left of center folks that would have ostensibly been Matt’s audience now prefers the perspectives shared on BlueSky over the relatively weak punditry from folks like Matt. The audience for these types of clever but vacuous ‘takes’ is shrinking fast.

Adam is doing better than most rn. Good man

Isn’t he up for re-election in 2026?

Gonna need to hear what @governor.ny.gov is planning to do about this

I’d love to see cross tabs on the prevalence of banking vs crypto. This seems to be the animating logic behind the push for GENIUS and it doesn’t pass the smell test.

Zero sum thinking is best understood as the true enemy of abundance. And I’d add that racism and bigotry are the final bosses of zero sum. There is no inherent conflict there.

you have to admit that every day major media outlets dont simply report that the supposed frontrunner is essentially not campaigning is a huge failure of the press

Chart from FT titled "American attitudes towards free trade have rapidly polarised" Chart is of "Share of people who strongly approve of free trade, by ideology" It shows in a plot from Jan 2023 to after Jan 2025 that Conservative approval of free trade has modestly declined from about 15% to about 12%. Moderate approval of free trade was steady at about 15% until upticking sharply after inauguration to over 25%. Liberal approval of free trade began rising from about 20% just before the election to over 40% now.

Nature is healing.

“A progressive pussy” - ok so where was Cuomo today when the mayor of Newark was arrested? Lander and Zohran went to the scene, Cuomo hasn’t even put out a statement. Cuomo has been hiding from the press this whole primary. He’s a coward and you’re a moron if you fall for his “tough guy” vibes.

And incidentally, in sharp contrast with the anemic response from US philanthropy more broadly. Setting aside one’s views of Gates the man, he seems willing to use his $ in alignment with his values - support for evidence based and practical harm reduction.

Cuomo's campaign spurned after seeking a cross-endorsement deal with rival Sen. Zellnor Myrie’s team rejected requests for an alliance from two Cuomo supporters.

Really speaks to the quality of @zellnor.bsky.social’s character that he didn’t take this deal, as someone with less integrity could have rationalized this alliance as a smart move. Yet another reason he’ll be ranked number 1 on my mayoral ballot. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Who’s working on the mechanics of this, I wonder?

In what sense are liberals discounting ‘socio-material factors’ in assessing the current state of things? I’d argue they’re simply doing so within their own liberal framework. Even Stancil wants to blow some things up to preserve the underlying principles of liberalism.

Media consolidation? Undemocratic structures like the electoral college? Small-c conservative institutions like the senate? None of these are fundamental parts of liberalism per se but obviously greatly affect outcomes. Are large scale, complex systems not capable of anomalous outcomes?

Is anyone arguing that now though? I think the debate (for most folks engaging post Trump) is between ‘fix liberalism’ and ‘try something else’ isn’t it? Statements like ‘this is a natural outgrowth of liberalism’ seem to imply that the liberal ideology itself is the problem.

This is a common enough criticism of liberalism from the left in the Trump era but my lefty friends always object when examples of left wing authoritarianism are trotted out to question their preferred ideology. Maybe the correct answer is ‘REAL liberalism has never been tried?’

A vote for Cuomo is a vote to put Trump in charge of NYC

It’s giving major Sinema vibes. Just nihilism all the way down…

I’d heard this recounted by a former Biden admin member on a podcast and it seemed like it was Manchin and Sinema that joined with Rs to set a higher bar for the program?

Omg how?!?