Notices by Jason Anthony Guy (jasonanthonyguy@mastodon.social)

Maybe I have it wrong. Maybe Trump is President Paul von Hindenburg and it’s Musk who’s the Chancellor who usurps all power.

Or maybe Musk is Trump’s Wilhelm Frick.

I can’t tell, and we’re already on Day 12.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/elon-musk-is-reportedly-taking-control-of-the-inner-workings-of-us-government-agencies/
https://mastodon.social/@JasonAnthonyGuy/113929778179499427

@zkiraly On this endorsement, also backed!

(In for the five pack. Should make a good gift.)

@mmasnick

I wonder how many phones will need to be taken in for repair tomorrow?

(I need to laugh to keep from collapsing into a babbling heap.)

#electionnight #election #frustration

So, RFK Jr. joins a race he can’t possibly win, pulls about equally from DJT and Joe Biden, but mostly hurts Biden. Then Kamala Harris becomes the nominee, and half of RFK Jr’s support goes to her, and suddenly he realizes he can’t win, and is considering dropping out and supporting Trump?

Almost like he’s been running only as a spoiler for a Trump win.

Who would have guessed?

(All of us. All of us guessed.)

@dgoldsmith @esqueer finally, an appropriate use of “whitelist”.

Crypto bros, venture capitalists, and social media tyrants rush to support Trump. Dorothy Thompson wrote in Harper’s Magazine about why that might be:

“Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi…. But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis.”

Oh.… She wrote this 83 years ago.
https://mastodon.social/@jagsworkshop/112832339100060363

How is "Mass Deportation Now!” a legitimate and acceptable slogan for a supposedly mainstream political party?

And how is it possible that party is a coin flip from winning?
https://toad.social/@KimPerales/112804707304716865

Must-read.

‘To call ourselves a “democracy” after today is a sick joke. We are not a democracy. We are a nation that is allowed to make suggestions to our nine rulers on the Supreme Court, but those rulers are the ones who get to decide which suggestions they accept and which ones they ignore.’
https://mastodon.social/@uspolitics/112697693883200843

It frustrates me that this election will likely come down to bluster-filled lies vs. good policies delivered weakly.

#debate #presidentialdebate

I can't thank @anildash enough for his piece on “What does a board of directors do?”

As someone hoping to both form and join boards, I found it extremely eyeopening (and also distressing).
https://mastodon.social/@jagsworkshop/112684611386208244

"Your work communication style is a mix of Gen X and Millenial (sic)."

41% GenX
36% Millennial
23% GenZ
0% Boomer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/gen-z-boomers-office-lingo-slang/

(I wonder which generation let “millenial” through?)