David Mack

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NY Times bestselling author of f/sf, professional Star Trek nerd, caretaker of a cat clowder. fka DavidAlanMack on birdsite/X. Agent: Lucienne Diver, Knight Agency. Member of WGA & SFWA. he/him

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Gee, I wonder what kind of things happen when people like AOC and Bernie are standing firm behind the candidate in the face of pressure and pushback from the more 'traditionalist' wing of the party.

Breaking news: President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.

Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.

The anti-Biden wing seems to be the ones who, when Fascism says "You've already lost!" immediately panic and turn on each other. I don't know about you, but going into this election I want leadership with some steel in their spine and a willingness to spit in Fascism's face and shout FUCK. YOU.

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Eric Blair

"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross and the NYT Opinion section will tell us we are overreacting" ... because the NYT execs and publisher have hired rightwingers or rightwingly-friendly writers.

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Greg Pak

Also, please never forget or forgive Trump and his terrible cronies who made that first wave of COVID vastly worse than it could have been. A vicious, miserable pack of losers and failures who should never be entrusted with public office again.

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I get the double whammy of being a creator of queer media and a library worker who provides access to "pornography" like a picture book of two men holding hands. For the record, I'm not queer. So if you think "I'm not queer so this won't affect me," you're a fucking walnut

also and I feel like I buried the lede here: it calls for the people who CREATE queer media to be imprisoned. That'd be people like me. Or any other queer creator you love. Any queen who's been on drag race. Chappel Roan. Janelle Monae. Anyone who's made a piece of queer media. Imprisoned.

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Just reminded of the conclusions of the Mueller report: 1. Too much evidence has been destroyed for us to tell if the Trump campaign collided with the Russians. 2. The Trump campaign did all the destroying, and if we could legally indict a sitting president, we 100% would. It wasn't complex.

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Liza Mazel

yes. we get it. he's old. So the fuck is Trump. And unlike Biden, he makes absolutely no goddamn sense. he's just louder and faster. instead of handwringing over the only candidate we've got who has quite a solid record, maybe go after the actual opponent & double standard.

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If you’ve written a TV show or movie that includes trans or other LGBTQ+ characters, Project 2025 wants to send you to prison for being a “purveyor of pornography.”

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This would include me (as in a person who has created stuff with queer people in it because they exist in the world) & many other authors whose work I value & cherish. I know I wouldn’t be the first target but they’d get around to me eventually because fascists come for everyone who isn’t fascist

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not an original observation by far, but: one of the most useful things about project 2025 for the left is it's a way to organize people against Christian nationalism, and beyond this election, because they are not going anywhere

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This problem bugged me ferociously as well until I looked at the possible outcomes. Then it's obvious, statically speaking, you should switch doors.

This is a delightful interactive exploration of the Monty Hall problem, a probability test that has thwarted a lot of mathematicians (including Paul Erdos). From a new perspective, it finally starts to make sense ... 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-... by @parshallison.bsky.social

Why Almost Everyone Gets the Monty Hall Probability Puzzle Wrongwww.scientificamerican.com How to finally wrap your mind around the uniquely counterintuitive Monty Hall dilemma

It's a good start, but unless he gets majorities in both chambers of Congress and expands SCOTUS, every change he tries to make and every law Democrats pass will be struck down by Trump's fascist 6.

This is a BFD and reflects both a recognition of deep structural reforms and a tectonic shift in the politics of the Supreme Court. It isn't everything we need but it's a big, big deal. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.

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Some nice copy here …apparently California now has batteries roughly equivalent to 5 Diablo Canyons (in capacity, not run time…)

"No rolling blackouts or grid emergencies as California continues on path to a carbon free grid. Several strategies, including upgrades to vulnerable parts of the grid at play here, but key enabler is more clean energy, especially solar, and above all, battery storage..." 😀

California Grid Breezes Through Heat Wave due to Renewables, Batteriesthinc.blog No rolling blackouts or grid emergencies as California continues on path to a carbon free grid. Several strategies, including upgrades to vulnerable parts of the grid at play here, but key enabler …

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This. Polls have been off since Dobbs, the current under 1% response rate means they're more unreliable, and even then, it's tied. This election is winnable. It will come down to turnout in swing states. People need to stop wallowing and do the work. Volunteer. Write some postcards. Actually help.

"but the polls" "but nobody has ever won with" blah blah blah, there's time, and nobody in modern history has ever had to run against such a deranged view of what America will become. It's winnable. Pack up the pity party; off to work we go.

And you’re fucking blocked.

Goddamn, you’re fucking stupid. I never said I wanted the OLD FD back. I’m talking about establishing NEW standards for news media so that abominations like Fox News can’t spread propaganda. You keep ignoring what I say and attack your straw men, so you’re blocked for bad faith logical fallacy.

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Said it before, I’ll say it again, tell people Republicans want to take away their tax refunds.

Project 2025 raises taxes on a family of four with two parents earning a combined $100,000 by $2,600, in order to fund a tax cut of over three times their combined income for someone earning $5m. x.com/SteveRattner...

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It’s not a reach. It’s all part of how political campaigns are conducted. And I understand the old FD fine. I’m saying we need a NEW version. We need to stop the rich from buying our government, and make the media report news without lying. I invite you again to please fuck all the way off.

I understand that you can fuck off.

Now is not the time for fear or defeatism, Democrats. You want to win? You gotta get MEAN. You gotta get ANGRY. GET ANGRY NOW. THEN VOTE MAGA INTO THE GROUND. www.youtube.com/watch?v=epvm...

Dodgeball - Gordon's ultimate ragewww.youtube.com Here is my favotite scene from the awesome movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Watch how Gordon, for a short while, turns into a God.

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Greg Pak

I'd take that, and then raise the hope that once he installs Bernie and AOC, he resigns, cackling like fiend, and hands power to Kamala with the benediction, "Kick their asses, sister.”

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Trump/Vance 2024

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Trump/Vance 2024

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Fascists want--need--you to surrender your agency. They don't win unless you do so. They know that, and you should too.

these people cannot win and they know it, their entire schtick is pretending that the reich on the march will keep everyone quiet and scared, but, again, we do not have to believe them, and if we do not, they lose.

Fuck this shit. Citizens United needs to be overturned/abolished. No more PACs. No more SuperPACs. No more direct donations to candidates of any kind. We need publicly funded elections, hard spending limits, a new fairness doctrine, and campaign finance law enforcement with FANGS.

News that should shock no one: After assassination attempt, Elon Musk claims he'll donate $45 million a month to super PAC that backs Trump; Bill Ackman officially endorses; other Silicon Valley players and venture capitalists decree the "taboo" of supporting MAGA movement is gone.

More Tech and Venture Capital Execs Are Coming Out as MAGA Believerswww.rollingstone.com Elon Musk, Bill Ackman, and other tech and finance leaders used the attempted Trump assassination to declare support for his 2024 campaign.

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In a functional democracy, throwing that kind of money into an election would be illegal.

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From the JD Vance (Senate) campaign website. JD Vance would ban every single woman (or girl) from receiving an abortion, no matter the circumstances by which she was impregnated or the danger to her health. Maybe (just maybe) if she risks imminent death.

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Nyarlathotep is all “okay I love chaos and madness and cruelty but this guy is just a dick.”

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Krista D. Ball. Author. Redditor. Dragon Age Truther.

We’ll be fine. I grew up in New England and have a protective layer of blubber. I am evolved for cold climates. And Kara has learned how to dress for cold weather. 😉

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Krista D. Ball. Author. Redditor. Dragon Age Truther.

If Trump wins the election, I might be asking if you want to adopt an American novelist and a speech pathologist with 3 cats in search of asylum….