among many ideas presented, the important idea that non-Zionist American Jews demonstrating for Palestine in public actually draws people into Judaism and gives many of us a home within our traditions
But like, David Klion popped onto Bluesky a month or two ago and did the same thing. I'm just like, how is this consistent with being a leftist, which is essentially kind of utopian right? I get choosing your battles but I also feel like people aren't connecting this issue with their value and outlook in other areas. Aren't taking it seriously as a political issue.
This is kind of why I have a hunch that most applications of chatbots are a weak cop out solution for problems where the real solution would be good UX.
(A real failure of the app store incidentally is that there are a lot of hidden gem apps that languish in obscurity. It's really hard to find the thing that does the thing you want to do.)
once an alaska economist on twitter unfollowed me because I disagreed that “construct more houses” was the only way out of this housing crisis and suggested we may have some regulatory leverage as well
@seachanger Yeah I'm like "sure, sure, build more, under supply, I can believe it" but also: the blithe disregard for the reality of gentrification and displacement on people's lives, the single minded fervor and smug contempt for skeptics, the obvious echoes of trickle down economics, I just can't...
The journalists went to Bluesky, the politicians and orgs went to Threads, and when bridges are fully implemented, Mastodon will be the best place to have it all.