Wetmachine friend Matthew Saroff has had a string of great (if depressing) blog posts recently. This one on the truly horrifying statistics on (non) job creation over the last decade & how they relate to monopolization and the nature of the corporation is particularly compelling.
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Load More...This (below) is so obvious that it barely needs to be said, but I'll say it a few times over the next few months just to put it on the record. I don't expect to change anyone's mind. Not worth trying to reason with cultists.
"Never Biden" = a vote for Trump
"I'm voting Green Party" = a vote for Trump
"Write in Bernie" = a vote for Trump
"Meh I'll stay home" = a vote for Trump
If you're a Trump voter, own it. But don't dress it up as a protest.~ 1/2 year ago, having heard about this duo for a while, I broke down & checked 'em out. It was deeply depressing. I had assumed they were pure grifters. Which they may be. But the more I watched, the more it seemed they were earnest. Jonestown. May God have mercy on their souls.
Diamond and Silk’s Twitter account locked for breaking coronavirus misinformation rules https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/08/diamond-silk-twitter-coronavirus-175914 via @politico
Imagine that.
Study says Republicans aren't taking social distancing seriously (via @kdrum) https://bit.ly/2x6afxw
Put this message on repeat. https://twitter.com/likaluca/status/1247932594609512453
The Literary Arts need so much love from big philanthropy right now.
I wrote about all the ways conspiracy theorists are twisting the pandemic, from QAnon claiming the field hospital is for rescued underground mole children to claims that 5G is what gives people COVID symptoms. But the creepiest is what Fox News is doing. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74aea/coronavirus-is-the-crisis-of-conspiracy-theorists-wildest-dreams
If I wrote better, they would not be quite so depressing. 😉
Au contraire, Matthew. You write well, thereby making quite clear just how messed up everything is.