It's kind of crazy how Zohran really is the only one to get it. He is the only politician in America who has put all the right pieces together (ideological commitment, competence, good messaging). AOC kind of gets it but she's kind of flaky and backpedals on stuff, she's too nervous sometimes, and she's also too embedded in progressive circles to really break outside of like D+50 audiences. People don't really acknowledge that Zohran has really turned down the social progressivism to almost zero -- at least to how low Bernie had it. He obviously is far left (socially and economically), but the perception (accurately) is that his biggest priorities are a sort of non-ideological populist agenda of "affordability". He's also extremely bold, confident, and so on: he never shies away from who he is: even Bernie dropped "democratic socialist" from his presidential campaigns, but Zohran doesn't. He basically has all the pieces, it's truly amazing. Most people on the left don't believe AOC has the juice to go for president in 2028, and I think she is not nearly as skillful of a politician or communicator as Zohran is, she's far too timid and lacks a kind of cohesive ideology or plan, but when I look at the field of candidates, unless there's some dark horse that comes up, she might be our best bet. I'm not asking for a lot here but could a 39 year old AOC be the 21st century's Teddy Roosevelt???? After Trump has turned the executive into rule by fiat? Never say never, and I have to say minus trump the republican bench consists of WAY weaker candidates than the Democrats right now. JD Vance? Let's be serious. The only alternative to AOC is some loser establishment Democrat decides to run on a more progressive platform -- I'm not ruling this out, and it's probably the most likely option, but the dems doing this aren't really presidential material so far. Gruesome Gavin actually does do some things right, but he's missing the key component which is actually move to the left. But he does seem like the guy most likely to put Trump administration officials behind bars, which would be sick
I love Vietnamese socialism
It's awesome that Mamdani's response to his peak woke 2020 era tweets was like "we all got a lil silly with it for a bit didn't we" and everyone was like "ya for real" lmao
Instagram is showing my Hugo Chavez clips. He was great, RIP. One of the best politicians in a long time.
I am an AI centrist. For example, I think AI writing and AI art and AI music is repulsive and horrible. But AI coding actually has some value, as does using it for research. My main AI use case is basically as a Google alternative. It's also good at things like recipes.
back to self-hosting git
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last night not only did they hold the train for me but as I was giving up the guy gestured to have me come run to catch it. sf cultural victory
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