Notices by Jonathan Glick (jonathanglick@mstdn.social), page 2

I remember when crypto was anti-authoritarian and inevitable.

Now, it turns out that it’s only possible if we elect an authoritarian.

@jsit @LGBTQNation @lgbtq-nation-LGBTQNation @tchambers Olympics of lying?

@tchambers It’s kind of interesting that the hacker (if that’s what/who it was) sent the docs to a news organization, and a fairly conservative one at that. Why not just post it online?

Harris needs to be making this argument. Trump’s mismanagement of Covid triggered inflation, and now he wants to bring inflation roaring back: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/trump-win-economists-see-revived-inflation-more-wary-fed-2024-07-25/

Trump wants to raise taxes on lower- and middle-class Americans, and nobody knows: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-17/trump-s-promised-tariffs-will-push-up-costs-for-american-households?cmpid=BBD061724_CUS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=240617&utm_campaign=closeamericas

@richygarcia84 yes, zazz is the cause definitely but doesn’t that suggest he would come out of retirement for some deal with someone else?

@richygarcia84 honestly hard to believe

@interfluidity I believe something similar — that for many people, especially men, who doubt their own intelligence, social skills, and ability to compete in an increasingly complex and intellectual world, Trump represents evidence that they can be successful anyway, on their own terms.

@evan I don’t understand how there can be a ceasefire because that would end Netanyahu’s coalition.

@maskedscheduler yep

@Jerm Getting excited for the Olympics... :(

@evan You should ask the question of why there hasn’t been American public opposition (in the form of large demonstrations or encampments) against the very clear and immediate threats to domestic democracy, religious freedom, minority rights, reproductive rights, queer rights, and so on.

It’s pretty funny imagining the superintelligence that saves humanity being trained on Reddit.

So when will it be possible to create a search engine of all ‘public’ users across Threads, Bluesky and the ActivityPub archipelago? Cc @tchambers

@timothyjchambers I wish I could see your lists of Fedified users on these other networks. Presumably they are all 'public' people.

@evan Do you think donations are important to the Democrats chances? If so, yes, it's bad. If not, maybe not.

@evan BTW: I feel strongly that the campus protests aren't the cause of bad polling for the Dems, but rather that both are an effect of the dismay that most young people have for a bipartisan consensus they consider unfair on many issues, foreign and domestic.

@evan It's definitely bad for Biden, I think that's certain.

I do think it’s helpful for people to see that elite American universities are fundamentally not progressive institutions. Despite the massive amounts of money they invest in supporting low-income students (and they do!), the purpose of aid programs was always to embellish their social credentials, not some serious attempt at improving society. So when those efforts conflict with the agenda of key donors, they are immediately forgotten. This sucks but it’s useful to understand the reality.

@Jerm right, that makes it even more insane -- btw: how valuable is Josh Hart?