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view profile on Bluesky Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Someone needs to vibe code an AI bot that scours threads for people using insults, ad hominems, and other bad faith arguments. Or just piling on. Then maked block lists on each of those anti-social activities.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
If he was struck from behind, wouldn't the other driver be told by a lawyer to remain silent?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
I want to make the Democratic Party attractive to the left-most 55% because I want to win elections. But I see people representing the rightmost 40 of that 55 (15%‐55%) get insulted and attacked with ad hominems.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
This is part of Blueskyism.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social)
Nadler recognizes that this is No Country For Old Men. Trump's people out there flipping Trump-coins and calling us friendo.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Other articles mention the problem that they had a lot of tenants who stopped paying rent but the eviction moratorium that got put on place during the pandemic meant they just had to eat that loss.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
No. He doesn't either. But I'm interested in people who do have pull in swing states.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Do you have a rural swing state examples? We need rural swing state votes, not NYC votes.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
No hi-viz vests?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Religious authorties are more threatening than normal, though.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Sorry, I don't buy this. It sounds like using smoke and mirrors to not have to address real issues. It's avoidance.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
My complaint is that the far left deliberately insults persuadable people. Were you blocking people complaining about Roy Cooper saying he prayed on his decision because they were insulting persuadable NC voters?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
"Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice" -- H. L. Mencken I'm having a relatively easy time bearing this. The people who think she deserves honor can't handle the sting that she died doing something stupid and treasonous.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Can you have him talk less cryptically? Maybe send him to some seminars or something.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Buy champagne
"The first wave of grocery-price increases will likely hit this winter. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year as inventories clear and new contracts kick in." fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
A Sara Nelson campaign email asserts that she is "pushing to get millions in unused housing funds off the shelf and into actual homes", which is news to me as a city hall reporter. Nelson has actually proposed borrowing against Office of Housing dollars to fill other budget holes.
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Know Hope
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Is there something you connected people know? I'm just seeing a lot of optimism on BlueSky with nothing to really back it up...
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a winnable race if we don't unilaterally cede it.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social)
It's amazing how people are increasingly openly talking about how much they want a certain person to no longer be among the living.
Public servants should face the public. So why are federal agents wearing masks to hide their faces? Check out our mobile billboard driving around Washington, D.C. right now demanding federal agents take their masks off!
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🤞
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
VP replacement has to be when the next congress is seated.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
I've got a run of about 5 jalapeño dishes without touching my eyes afterwards. So I'm about due...
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
The West Coast Compact.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
He is very well qualified in frivolous lawsuits.... So there's that...
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Putin does really well in the elections, though...
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
I feel like I don't have enough information.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
His name lives on in the form of the TalkingPointsMemo Golden Duke Awards.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
She's up in the next election. So she has to intensify her adjective pool. You know, since she's still going to vote for Trump's unqualified appointments.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Sometimes I wonder if they are just AI insult bots...
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Public Housing In My BackYard. It's the answer to YIMBYism where the new housing is built by the government instead of private developers. The idea is that it can run without making a profit. But in fact, it turns out to be really expensive to build and gets bogged down in bureaucracy.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you for convincing him! 2028 is going to be the paywall election because nobody can read anything because the a'la carte model sucks.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
This is my problem with PHIMBYism. They think is illegitimate to let developers build more units of housing and make a profit. YIMBYs just want housing built even developers will make a profit.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
I have no idea what the format of Joe Rogan's show is, but based on clips that mostly have Brian Cox and Neil deGrasse Tyson, I'm guessing it's mostly non-political. Do we need to stop looking at this as a political thing and see it as a cultural thing?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social)
The GOP needs a Third Way type organization that tells them to avoid the phrase "thoughts and prayers".
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Fell into your trap, so 5.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
JVL said in a response to a comment on today's Triad newsletter that if he knew what we should do, he'd tell us. Dan, in your podcast today, didn't seem to know what to do either. And just "FIGHT" isn't really actionable.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
You didn't ruin anything. I'm sure some of the youngs don't even know who he was.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Sometimes Taylor Lorenz hits a home run.
Fuck these Nazi scum www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
That is the joke. Connection 999 to death by bad decision.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
His final achievement is part of the joke of consuming 9 dogs and 9 beers over 9 innings. A bad decision that can lead to one's demise.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
..."and you don't have a small penis."
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
They were a nightmare for my right thumb muscles. Fortunately, in engineering, we mostly did mathy things. Far fewer hand cramps.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
My prediction is that there will one of those books about Trump's second term titled "Thank you For Your Attention To This Matter".
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
9 dogs, 9 beers, 9 innings? Is it too soon for Herman Cain jokes?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
A wise foreign policy
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Both say they used polls of registered voters. The older one seems to be in the thick of "Liberation Day" which was pre-TACO. But, yeah, not sure.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Trump's approval rating at +7: 49 to 42....
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Was Trump thinking of Nate Holden?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
The white stuff that comes out of birds is milk?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Clinton was pretty cool.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social)
I was planning to use a foot long Subway as a prop when Trump sends the national guard to Seattle, but now I'm going to use a high vis vest and black garbage bag.
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
The Senate should be in play but there are tons of states where we don't/can't even play.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
OK, but we gotta win in other places as well.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Because I'm old, I remember this: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
There are a lot of successful candidates who aren't cool.
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
You think voters should educate themselves on your preferred vocabulary. But you don't need to educate yourself on Senate procedure?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Start going to bed early.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
You are failing to understand what it means to be in the majority with respect to control of the important committees.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
And yes, in very conservative states, I'll take anyone who caucuses with the Dems even if they vote against bills I want to pass.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
I want Dem candidates in OK to win and caucus with the Dems. Even if they don't vote for things that Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell would vote for. Because seeing the agenda is important.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Let's keep the ugly realities. Because papering over the ugliness is bad. I'm awakened by the homeless at 5am and they play music until late at night in my neighborhood. It's a problem and I don't want it to be expressed a anything but a problem.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
What base in KS, NB, IA, SD, ND, MO, AK, TN, KY, WY, UT, ID, OK, MT? Tell me how to win the Senate when you can't even talk to a random person in one those states without them thinking you're offputting.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Because they don't need it to win. We are the ones who need additional voters to win. They're is a Trump cult and that's hard to beat. But we can peel off voters who are still paying $6/dozen eggs.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
What's the roadmap to 51 Senators in 2027? Do you support that independent in NE?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not a me problem. It's a 40+ high school educated Midwestern voter doesn't like me for being an arrogant woke ass and wants to watch Trump kick my ass problem.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Look at the Senate, House, and Supreme Court. That's what I mean. The Dems don't even have a plan to win the Senate back. They aren't running enough competitive Senate candidates to win it back even when Trump is in full fascist mode!!!
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
They are in the majority! They don't need liberal votes!
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
^shubboleths^shibboleths
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
These words come across as shubboleths. You ignore that aspect.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
The problem with your idea is you thing the denotative meaning is the only meaning and that connotative meaning that isn't described is discardable. You are wrong.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
I haven't read Chris Hayes' book on the attention economy. But it sound like you think attention is free. Have you read it?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Have you ever heard the phrase "meet then where they're at"? It appears in addiction and homelessness work.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
You don't need to turn your back on any causes to talk about them in the language that a 45 yo high school graduate in a Midwestern state can understand. They aren't dumb even if they don't know that unhoused is the term for homeless "without the stigma of being homeless".
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
We know it's not Elon Musk since his badge number is 69420.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Is the theme "places where Cuomo did bad things"?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Giving up on persuading voters who aren't like you. That's the ticket to election victory.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
bsky.app/profile/dave...
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Politicians are already smart enough to not use these words when talking to regular voters. Is the rest of the influence peddling eco system that needs to learn.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't believe this at all. These usages are very common in activist groups.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
That's unsheltered which is different from unhoused. I think, at least... these terms are sometimes unclear to regular people.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Macaca. Legitimate rape. Crudite. Deplorables. Howard Dean scream into the microphone....
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
There's one doctor I know of who probably regrets using the term crudite in his Senatorial campaign. Though he did land a sweet gig in the personality cult.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
I call them detainees. I don't consider them to be incarcerated. Though the ones deported ti likely illegal Salvadoran prisons, I'd call prisoners. They are almost like prisoners of war.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Everybody already knows they are a person. Making clunky new words is just euphemusm treadmill. It doesn't stick because most people in prison did something harmful and won't shake the stigma for having done what they did.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social)
Is interesting that Kevin Kruse hasn't weighed in on the Third Way list like Hobbes and Jamelle. They usually are the same page. I wonder if it's because Kruse just admonished Dems to not criticize Cooper for saying he prayed on a decision to run for Senate.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Mrs. Cleaver, have you ever seen Eddie Haskell do or say anything bad?
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't understand why people are so defensive about this list of words. There is no need to be invested in words that turn off voters. It's like when the right got really invested in the word "retard" and that turned off the liberals. To this day, I still know that MY used it and I don't know why.
In case anyone is still wondering why Bolton was raided
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Where did Andy Beshear learn the words he's talking about in this speech and why is he talking about them to this crowd? bsky.app/profile/dave...
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
Candidates are smart enough to not use them because they are trying to get 50%+1 of the votes. It's the rest of the eco-system that needs to learn from the candidates.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not sure it's individual candidates. A lot of people are at the point that they will never vote for a D no matter what the D candidate says. We have to change the shape of the media environment. That means not using language that separates people into in-the-know and not-in-the-know.
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
This song is going to get stuck in the heads of all Serious Trouble listeners.
Twitter was bad before Musk and he made it much worse. The world would be a better place if it never existed. RESKEET IF YOU AGREE
Mark Hamann (@ki7bda.bsky.social) reply parent
The actual candidates have already figured out not to say anything on this list. It's the rest of the Democratic eco-system that needs to understand that these words sound like shibboleths to gain entry into a club to escape being regarded as a country hick.