not only is he effectively lying about doing any activism it seems pretty clear that as with pretty much everything he writes about he has not seriously engaged with the subject rather relying on facile first principals logic like so
imo the big problem with “defund the police” is that defunding the police is a bad idea — austerity is bad, public services are good, policing is important, and better policing will be more costly than bad policing not cheaper— Matthew Yglesias 🍦 (@mattyglesias) December 2, 2020
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:13 (three years ago) link
AND he considers this approach to constitute the superior approach of critical thinking
This seems to me to be not primarily about the 2020 election but about letting social media vibes and a vague desire to be good allies override critical thinking about policy and the nature and purpose of issue advocacy groups.— Matthew Yglesias 🍦 (@mattyglesias) December 2, 2020
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:16 (three years ago) link
unclear what his theory of change is, blogging, writing big idea books that no one but people interested in writing brutal reviews will read
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
his phrasing here cracked me up
Want to see me talk with @joerogan for over three hours?https://t.co/vObFlJpkHJ— Matthew Yglesias 🍦 (@mattyglesias) December 3, 2020
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
Strong nah
― onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:22 (three years ago) link
matt mcardle
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:24 (three years ago) link
still take him over lee fang tho
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
smh show some respect for mattys body of work
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
'actually, sweatshops are good' classic matty
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:33 (three years ago) link
his biggest hit
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:35 (three years ago) link
a guy who has shown major concern for human rights
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
some people prefer his early work such as supporting the iraq war
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 December 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
— Pacific Coast Republic (yellow)— Trumplandia (Red)— United States of Canada (Green)— Republique de Québec (Blue)— Maritime Provinces (Pink)— Georgia Autonomous Republic (Orange) pic.twitter.com/GwwmILmue4— Matthew Yglesias 🍦 (@mattyglesias) December 10, 2020
― onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Friday, 11 December 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
are hawaii and the territories obamastan or ?
― pence's eye juice (Hunt3r), Friday, 11 December 2020 05:28 (three years ago) link
China took them over because we didn't reach a billion people
― onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Friday, 11 December 2020 06:29 (three years ago) link
both better and worse than the original shitpost
― mookieproof, Friday, 11 December 2020 06:43 (three years ago) link
wasn't this on SNL 16 years ago?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 11 December 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
gotta break that red part in to two pieces man, they control too much territory
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 December 2020 16:40 (three years ago) link
we should kept Texas or we’ll just have to invade them for their oil later
― i am become boomer, destroyer of entitlements (will), Friday, 11 December 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
i mean its all a prelude to war obvs
― lag∞n, Friday, 11 December 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/HtPf6NuOW3— Mr. Victor Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) December 20, 2020
― lag∞n, Sunday, 20 December 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
god I’d avoided ever hearing him speak before
― k3vin k., Sunday, 20 December 2020 04:50 (three years ago) link
that man is a successful podcaster lmao
― lag∞n, Sunday, 20 December 2020 04:53 (three years ago) link
a face made for radio and a voice made for TV
― k3vin k., Sunday, 20 December 2020 05:03 (three years ago) link
Lol
― flopson, Sunday, 20 December 2020 05:17 (three years ago) link
a neck unmade
― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 December 2020 05:22 (three years ago) link
a head made for floating over the countryside
― lag∞n, Sunday, 20 December 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
Real life Nicholas fehn pic.twitter.com/PJpP0CdY2r— Barrel Caskin’ (@ughprice) December 20, 2020
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 20 December 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
two titans, engaged in the Marketplace of Ideas
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Sunday, 20 December 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
I'm for a modest student debt forgiveness program (which I think is what Biden will do) but as you shift from "modest" to "total" debt forgiveness you are increasingly talking about helping dentists and lawyers rather than sympathetic cases. https://t.co/lmFCDbCyqg— Matthew Yglesias 🍦 (@mattyglesias) December 24, 2020
Today’s invitation for people to call him a moron.
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
Conveniently leaving out doctors
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:42 (three years ago) link
Getting dumber by the day.
Convincing Joe Manchin that curbing the filibuster would allow the passage of legislation that Joe Manchin is enthusiastic about > yelling at Joe Manchin that upholding the filibuster is blocking the passage of legislation that Joe Manchin is iffy on.— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 2, 2021
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 01:00 (three years ago) link
you missed
To be provocative: What if instead of backing someone good for the open 2022 Ohio senate race who will almost certainly lose to someone terrible, we backed an independent bid by John Kasich who would probably win and in office serve as a check on democratic backsliding?— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 1, 2021
not to mention his take on don mcneil's stupidity (he's funny and has a bright future on substack!)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 01:33 (three years ago) link
He should lead that charge. Maybe give up the substack to manage that campaign.
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 01:49 (three years ago) link
To be provocative: the first of those two tweets is good and the second of those two tweets is bad
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 01:57 (three years ago) link
the first one is so abstract as to be meaningless
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 02:00 (three years ago) link
You have to have eaten lead paint as a child to think you can sway Manchin by facts and logic or that he has some ideological core that would require abolishing the filibuster to accomplish. Cutting off the tops of mountains and protecting his daughters revenue aren’t impeded by the filibuster.
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 02:13 (three years ago) link
Klein’s podcast is some boring ass sh1t
― calstars, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 02:23 (three years ago) link
keep your head down and be boring thats how you get to the ny times, know nothing and consider everything a thought experiment thats how you get to substack
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 02:30 (three years ago) link
Like he’s interviewing George Saunders, one of the most interesting, creative writer dudes alive, and somehow 20 minutes goes by and I’m like huh?
― calstars, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 02:33 (three years ago) link
“Tell me about kindness...” stfu
― calstars, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 02:36 (three years ago) link
been enjoying the free weekly post i get emailed from matt's substack. his writing on vox had definitely gotten less saucy compared to slate era. it's interesting the trade-off ppl like him make in switching to mailing lists where they can either maintain or increase their income while (a) increasing their writing output and (b) tanking their reach (he tweeted some numbers a while ago comparing substack views to vox articles and it was orders of magnitude lower). in his case in terms of policy influence it likely doesn't matter much bc enough DC people will read him, and he still has a million twitter followers, but it is kinda crazy that someone who has been so saturated in the discourse now writes 7/8 posts a week behind a paywall strictly for his biggest fans that are willing to pay double an nyt online subscription to read them
― flopson, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 06:56 (three years ago) link
He still does a Vox podcast iirc
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
substack is really doing good work keeping some of the worst takers work under wraps
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
tho theyll prob be back once the subsidies run out
Libby Watson's healthcare substack is the only one I've heard of that doesn't sound like torture (and even then I can't imagine paying for it)
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
I too have a solution for the joe manchin problem and it also involves "curbing"
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
yeah ive read some newletters that are focused deep reporting on one topic that are good but i have no idea why anyone would pay for takes takes are plentiful and free xp
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
the thing that seems better for both writers and readers than these sole proprietor newsletters on capricious vc backed platforms is subscription based journalist owned coops like defector or brick house
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
yeah I'm glad that model seems to be turning out to be somewhat sustainable, at least for certain personnel/subject matter
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link