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This is what a leftist Trump looks like, by the way. Someone that dishes up populist slop and does not care about the feasibility, law, precedent, or how unimportant that particular issue is in light of everything else someone in his position should be doing.
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Darializa Chevalier lost predominantly Black and Hispanic and lower-income areas by 10 points.
She won young voters, higher-income voters, and majority college-educated areas by 20 points.
The DSA is a movement of privileged young elites telling working-class voters what’s best for them.
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FWIW, if a business did anything like this to Ilhan Omar or pretty much anyone else who codes as pro-Palestinian, it would be reported and opined about as a sign of the terrifying rise of Islamophobia by all the respectable journalistic outlets. etc.
NYC coffee shop bans pro-Israel politician in nasty post despite promise to treat all customers with 'unconditional dignity' trib.al/hArhMDB
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Let me show you how the law creates empty apartments all over New York City.
Two very different apartments. Pre 2019 and post 2019.
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Our first post about Basic Capital reached over 25M people.
The conversations that followed made one thing clear: the way Americans save for retirement is fundamentally broken. (1/
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STARGATE RETURNS!
Yes, it’s true. 14 years after the franchise aired its last episode (SGU’s “Gauntlet”), a new Stargate series has been greenlit by Amazon. And it’s not a reboot or a wholesale reimagining that will wipe the slate clean on 17 seasons and some 350 hours of Stargate history. It’s a new series that will be the perfect jumping-on point for first-time viewers while, at the same time, honoring the existing past. And the reason for that is because this new series was created by longtime franchise veteran Martin Gero who worked on SG-1, Atlantis and Universe, writing such notable fan favorites as The Storm, The Eye, Duet, First Strike, Be All My Sins Remember’d and many more.
Joining the production of the new series is Brad Wright, co-creator and co-showrunner of all that came before – Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe. Martin has kindly offered yours truly a role on the project as well and I have happily accepted.
Martin has been developing this show for a while now. A little over a year ago, he reached out and asked “Want to read something cool?”. That something, it turned out, was his pilot script for the new Stargate series. Now I obviously can’t say too much about the content at this point – but I can assure you that it embraces everything that made the original Stargates so great: heart, humor, rich mythology, exploration, action, adventure, compelling/endearing characters, and that overall sense of optimism and fun that made you fall in love with Stargate.
You are all in for a treat.
Eventually.
Now putting this production together is going to take some time even though Martin has already done a lot of the preliminary heavy lifting, writing the pilot script and series overview that details the show, its world and characters, as well as his plans for the first season and beyond. Between now and the series premiere somewhere down the line, the writers room must be assembled, stories need to be spun, scripts written, prep started, crew hired, actors cast and, eventually, a new Stargate series produced.
It will take a while but Martin shares my philosophy when it comes to dialing in the fandom, so expect to receive updates throughout the prep, production, and post process. Concept art, behind-the-scenes photos, videos and insights, breaking news and much much more!
Get ready. We’re heading through the gate one more time.
Chevron Eight is locked!
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NEW IN PIRATE WIRES: The Case for Insane Asylums
After Iryna Zarutska’s brutal murder, coverage mentioned the perpetrator’s 14 prior arrests and severe mental illness. (Decarlos Brown Jr. is a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic.) Why wasn’t he put into a long-term institution, carceral or otherwise, before he killed someone?
In 1955, there were 166 million people in the U.S. and at least 559,000 patients in long-term psychiatric institutions.
Today, there are nearly 350 million people in the U.S. and only 37,000 beds in state psychiatric hospitals. For a host of reasons, we’ve divested, as a country, from long-term psychiatric institution... and the results are all around us.
Unnerving encounters with horrifyingly unstable people are routine in American cities. There’s no cure for most of what we see out there. There’s no longer any easy path to conservatorship. And the problem is now sufficiently bad that there’s no tolerating the status quo.
We need to rebuild the insane asylums.
@gb_rango recounts recent attacks by the insane, provides a history of America’s attempts to deal with severe mental illness, and lays out the definitive argument for the return of long-term psychiatric institutionalization.
Read the full story 👇
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Every word.
They’re not pro-Palestinian. They’re pro-Hamas. The ceasefire crowd is disturbed by a ceasefire that promises a good future for Gaza - because it means Hamas loses power.
Why won’t the “Ceasefire Now” crowd demand a ceasefire now? Sam Harris joins Call Me Back to reflect on 2 years since October 7th. Listen here: lnk.to/u2iTaG
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I don’t care if you do JavaScript or not, or if you use Bun or not, I think this article by @lydiahallie is absolutely a must-read for every developer. It’ll change the way you think about building performant systems. It’s on my top 10 dev articles.
bun.com/blog/behind-the-scen…
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Truth, lies, and hunger in Gaza. My latest for @thefp:
thefp.com/p/matti-friedman-i…
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Ship carrying 200 people hits the Brooklyn Bridge as search and rescue operation underway trib.al/eZFbtbC
