Chris Rahm

I don’t know how many people are evil I said. Not most. But enough of them that the balance doesn’t make a difference. They are worse than we are not.
www.welcometohellworld.com/the-day-the-...

Happy 4th!

*racks the AK* This will not stand.

Will Democrats Learn from the Establishment’s Loss? - Boston Review The David Hogg affair, Zohran Mamdani’s win, and the future of the Democratic coalition.

My attempt at a “Zohran changed everything” article for @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/wil...

New Yorkers Choose Public Renewables Champion in NYC Mayoral Democratic Primary — Public Power NY Amidst a crushing heatwave and Con Edison outages across the city, New Yorkers overwhelmingly voted for public renewables champion, Zohran Mamdani, in the Democratic mayoral primary.

"Mamdani was a powerful advocate for the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA) which passed in 2023 and authorizes New York Power Authority (NYPA) to build and own renewable energy projects."

@publicpowerny.bsky.social

Mamdani Did All the Things the Establishment Hates. He Won Anyway. There’s a growing appetite for something new and innovative growing among the electorate—and an opportunity for Democrats to grow that electorate, as well.

I am not super optimistic that the Dem gerontocracy will learn the right lessons from Mamdani’s win but here’s my analysis anyway: newrepublic.com/article/1972...

Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.

www.curbed.com/article/zohr... if you haven't seen it yet, there's a good article in curbed about how the signage is indeed inspired by bollywood, along with hand painted bodega signs, metrocards, and a little bit of the mets/knicks

Based on the look, this was also my guess - but saw an intv w Melted Solids’ Debbie Saslaw on election night where she was enthusiastically shouting “FX3!” which would make sense if they were relying on AF instead of manually pulling (I shoot BMD and manually focus like a real leet snob).

Highlights from yesterday’s #nokings rally and parade in the sanctuary city of Kingston, NY. UC Sheriff had an estimate of ~5000 people. No violence but some very spicy signage against ICE while supporting immigrants and Gaza - no evidence that these are fringe, unpopular opinions.

McCullers: Family got death threats during loss A team spokesperson said the Astros notified both the Houston Police Department and Major League Baseball security about the threats made at Lance McCullers Jr. and his family.

ESPN doesn't mention this because they are a huge part of the problem here, but this is 100% downstream of MLB's (and all the other major sports') full-throated embrace of gambling. It's a cancer that's already ruining lives and it's only going to get worse.

Sinners / From Dusk Till Dawn double featch at the drive-in last night was a wild ride.

One amazing consequence of Andor exposing the fascist horrors of the Empire is that it adds like 1000x more hype and satisfaction to each Imperial KIA in any other shows or films.

Destroying the Death Star? Suddenly way more satisfying now, even if I’ve seen it a million times.

Slow shutter shot through the windshield of a car driving in a tunnel. Streaking lights create an abstract feel as the tunnel curves leftwards in the distance.

#photography #fujifilm #photo

How about a chatbot that mercilessly shames and harasses people using their phones in theaters on behalf of the rest of the audience?

Ranks pretty high on atrocities committed by the Catholic Church tbh.

The Brooklyn artisanal stuff guy to raw milk enthusiast pipeline is real as hell up in these parts. Beware the camembert.

Shame we can’t send Charlie Bronson to have a chat w Lee Zeldin.

Finally got around to the Severance s2 finale… Hellys line near the end hit just right for 2025:

“They gave us half a life and expected us not to fight for it.”

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I suspect Cuomo’s inexplicable ascendancy is because the Democratic appetite for a fighter means they think him being a notorious asshole is the trade off for getting results, but here’s the thing: he does not do that either

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s 2024 Pay Rises 4% to Nearly $52 Million Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav's pay package rose to $51.9 million in 2024, according to the company's 2025 proxy statement filed Friday.

Weird how they keep saying they can barely afford to make any TV shows or movies and then this keeps happening. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do

Wide angle landscape of beach at dusk, in the foreground, silhouette of a woman standing beneath a tree, looking at the horizon. The tree branches part perfectly to fit the shape of her body in the composition.

Hull Bay Beach, St.Thomas #photography #fujifilm #travelphotography #silhouette

Flyover Country What a future where iPhones are made in America would really look like.

After Trump was elected the first time, there was also a lot of talk about making iPhones in the US. At the time, I co-edited the sci-fi outlet Terraform, and asked @timmaughan.bsky.social to imagine what such a future might really look like.

With his permission, I'm republishing the story in full:

Most MLB teams have DEI programs. Why won’t any commit to them or talk about it? | Opinion In the Trump era, when even Jackie Robinson is at risk, the sport is quiet about diversity efforts it used to tout. | Opinion

when MLB dropped "diversity" from its career site, I reached out to every team, including those with live DEI pages.

None committed to their current efforts. Almost nobody responded!

One week before Jackie Robinson Day, my take on the leaguewide silence:

www.miamiherald.com/opinion/arti...

The Gen X Career Meltdown Just when they should be at their peak, experienced workers in creative fields find that their skills are all but obsolete.

This story about Gen X is really good and really illuminating for a 90s baby like me. It also features Steve Kandell, who is a top five favorite person for me. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Black and white photo of a New York City street. In the foreground frame right A women in a winter coat is having a serious conversation on the phone, holding her hands up and gesturing. The sidewalk carries into the background behind her in the left side of the frame, a man walks away in the opposite direction.

#photography #streetphotography #fujifilm

There's a whole cottage industry of baloney justifications for the plagiarism machine having one-way IP rights, but I simply do not see how "produce this work in the style of [specific artist] which you can do because you have their complete works in your training" can possibly be fair use.

The friction between upstate vs NYC re: water issues always seems to get this extremely unproductive media framing - NYC DEP creating turbidity in upstate creeks from water releases, Upstate counties over salting roads, etc. Almost as if they’re trying to sow political division!

Governor Hochul Wants to Jam Through a Mask Ban. Why? Because apparently we don't have more important issues to deal with, and other links to start your Tuesday.

As state lawmakers head into the final days of budget negotiations, New York is facing crises on multiple fronts.

But what's really important to Governor Kathy Hochul as we approach the April 1 budget deadline? A statewide mask ban.

Why? What the hell?

hellgatenyc.com/mask-ban-why/