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it is possible for a society to distribute quality education in an equitable, fair, and accessible way.

it is not possible to distribute hierarchical elite power in a similar fashion, because that's not how elite power works.

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.

people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research

What I think of whenever someone complains about “The Groups”

Solidarity.

He’s out now. But damn.

My daughter designed this one of a kind Father’s Day gift for me! Tonight I feel like I’ve got a Monopoly on love!

Via @nytimes.com: I’m proud to team up with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and cross-endorse each other for Mayor because of his strong commitment to a more affordable city.

Together, we'll fight for a safer, better-run New York — and ensure that Andrew Cuomo makes it nowhere near City Hall.

Mamdani and Lander Will Cross-Endorse Each Other in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race

Last night, @bradlander.bsky.social and I exposed Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace on the debate stage.

With early voting starting tomorrow, we're cross-endorsing to defeat the ex-Gov. and win a city everyone can afford. Rank Brad #2!

Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...

This piece: www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...

Facebook decided to suspend my account because of a piece (below) I wrote Monday about violence which in no way advocates for it (but does point out who is violent in the current ruckus).

kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

The rear of a work van that says robotic lawn service, and has a picture of a robotic lawnmower, next to a smiling person.

I do love me a futuristic Chekhov gun.

I am not alone, I see

Ok - lets build a little community.

Share 1 work, new or old, across any discipline, of which you are really proud. Doesn't need to have received universal applause, it could be something overlooked, under-sung.

Share a link, and say what you're proud of about it.

Go!

Emergent international caucus to make lying wrong again

cc @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

Brazil had a generation of artists born in the 1940s that is astonishing by any standards. Sad to think that they are now leaving us, one by one...

All told, Biden was able to pursue another campaign out of Democratic deference, careerism, and complacency. There was no spell he cast over the party; nothing he himself did to stupefy and paralyze its leaders. Up and down the ladder, the shrewd and the merely timid, all of whom knew full well that he shouldn’t run again, each took measure of the situation and figured it was safest to do nothing until doing nothing became untenable—and for several weeks afterward.

Prominent Democrats speaking out about all this a year ago would have been meaningful. Today, it means nothing. Denouncing Biden’s run now ⁠that he’s a political nonentity⁠—out of office and perhaps very near death⁠—isn’t taking a brave stand against the internal culture of the Democratic Party. It’s a reflection of it: a wholly cost-free and substantively empty way for opportunists to perform independence from the party now that the coast is clear and there are no toes of consequence to step on. Biden ran again, and is being condemned for running again, for the very same reasons.

I wrote about the Biden hullabaloo. newrepublic.com/article/1953...

America’s famous “twin cities”, New York and Los Angeles, are so-called because they’re exactly alike in every meaningful respect

They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare.

Thanks to @peterbeinart.bsky.social for this piece, which seems entirely right to me
open.substack.com/pub/peterbei...

Abby Gazebo with the right take (and it shouldn't be a difficult one)

I am Palestinian and I don’t want gunmen mowing down people in the streets in my name.

No one deserves to be murdered for their nationality, race, or religion. This shouldn’t be difficult to understand.

I would guess that Zohran Mamdani cultivates alternative media because the New York Times covers him in the Styles section as a “long shot” while he is running a solid second place in the polls.

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On the bright side, Cuomo's ranked-choice lead has shrunk from 28% (NYT, Honan) to 20%. (yes, polls can be noisy, don't @ me)

Andor Is the Best Star Wars You Will Ever See The second and final season of Tony Gilroy’s epic is suspenseful, action-filled—and a timely, unflinching portrayal of the human costs of rebellion.

Now that the final episodes of Andor are out, reupping my review of the second season for @newrepublic.com.

Mujica, el guerrillero sereno Político sin filtros, carismático y popular, el Pepe, como era conocido en Uruguay, entró por méritos propios en el panteón de los grandes personajes de esa América Latina que se quiere libre e ind...

Mujica, el guerrillero sereno.

www.publico.es/internaciona...

Hasta siempre, companheiro Pepe Mujica.

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