haha when we prevent this thing weve done absolutely nothing to prevent the haters are gonna be so mad
I guess some people are going to be disappointed when it turns out the world adopts enough policy to keep climate change to survivable levels without radically overthrowing capitalism or abandoning economic growth, but personally I think it's good.— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 8, 2022
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 August 2022 17:35 (one year ago) link
Wouldn't it be even cooler if we did even less and it turned out to be almost survivable?
― F'kin Magnetometers, how do they work? (President Keyes), Monday, 8 August 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
Matt just figures the democrats will be able to squeak just enough climate change policy and budget past the Republican death cult and their own clowns in the Senate that the US middle class won't die in great numbers, because, hey, how hard can it be? All it took this time was throwing some red meat to the hedge funds and billionaires and a 50-50 tie-breaking vote from the Vice President. No sweat. And maybe in another dozen years there'll be another bill to move the needle a bit. What more does anyone need?
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 8 August 2022 17:58 (one year ago) link
From unperson's linked Atlantic article:
(My doctor) had a feeling about some pregnancies, she told me. Mine was one of them. Then she told me about two patients who had had severe pruritus (itching) during pregnancy. The first gave herself frostbite during a blizzard, ripping her clothes off and letting the snow numb her. The second threw herself out a window.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 8 August 2022 18:16 (one year ago) link
ok thanks
― lag∞n, Monday, 8 August 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/QTuFPUYeW7— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) August 21, 2022
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 21 August 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link
meanwhile, in real life, every university in the entire fucking universe keeps raising tuition constantly, every single year, far outpacing inflation, and they will keep doing it, and no one has any plan
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 21 August 2022 21:50 (one year ago) link
Heh. In Florida we're forbidden to raise tuition!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 21 August 2022 21:56 (one year ago) link
Thanks, Rick 'n' Ron!
Well, as I understand it you're also forbidden to teach anything but The Passing of the Great Race and The Art of the Deal, so raising prices would be unjustifiable.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 21 August 2022 22:05 (one year ago) link
that seems like a difficult law to repeal, politically, and something tells me it will be a Democrat who does it
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 21 August 2022 22:10 (one year ago) link
Now that Biden has delivered for his base on climate and student loans, I unironically think it would be smart to pivot to some bipartisan commissions.— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 26, 2022
Hell yeah Marty that would really seize upon the moment.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 27 August 2022 16:05 (one year ago) link
it's too late, it's already happening
NEW— Biden is taping with Jay Leno this afternoon. Pool is waiting for his arrival via Marine One at the James Rowley Training Center in Maryland, which is operated by the US Secret Service.— AlexGangitano (@AlexGangitano) August 26, 2022
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 27 August 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
it's about cars
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 27 August 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
Leno finally gets to hang with someone who remembers Stanley Steamers.
― Mar - a - Lago, or 120 Days of Sodom (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 27 August 2022 17:59 (one year ago) link
Is that where a guy from Pittsburgh shits on your chest?
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 27 August 2022 18:01 (one year ago) link
Joe and Jay have a history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP-hyDSlmUs
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Saturday, 27 August 2022 18:11 (one year ago) link
lol milo
― flopson, Sunday, 28 August 2022 00:56 (one year ago) link
this guy has come out of nowhere to be one of the worst guys
Worth remembering the vicious abuse that @ProfEmilyOster & others who made this argument were subjected to.Then think about other debates like that.You're not hearing from a lot of people on some topics because they don't want to deal with it.The result is worse outcomes. https://t.co/YLEok7ZyJW— Jason Furman (@jasonfurman) September 1, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 1 September 2022 14:34 (one year ago) link
lol remember when Emily Oster was platformed everywhere and continued to be so despite some people online being rude
― You can't spell Fearless without Earle (President Keyes), Thursday, 1 September 2022 14:37 (one year ago) link
they were vicious to her simply because she was writing dishonest sociopathic articles about a major public health crisis
― lag∞n, Thursday, 1 September 2022 14:44 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdMlVXAX0AIxr0B?format=png&name=large
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 17:41 (one year ago) link
looking at data for which system of plunder had the best outcomes is so MattY. It's like ranking Slave Plantations based on the SAT scores of the descendants of the slaves who worked them.
― SincereLee 'Scratch' Perry (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link
I missed the news of this new Yglesias podcast.
On the new show, they will tackle one “bad take” per week. The show will take the form of conversations between a writer and an editor, with McGann pushing Yglesias to strengthen his argument.She said the show developed out of their own conversations, in which they would talk about a bad tweet or a bad argument they had seen online. The show’s producer, Olivia Reingold, pushed them to bring their offline dynamic to the show.“He starts with a fairly clear point of view. I think I play a role in forcing him to pause and think through his argument,” McGann said. “I really do find myself talking to Matt the way I would talk to him as a writer. I think it forces Matt to step up his game and convince his editor of something.”
She said the show developed out of their own conversations, in which they would talk about a bad tweet or a bad argument they had seen online. The show’s producer, Olivia Reingold, pushed them to bring their offline dynamic to the show.
“He starts with a fairly clear point of view. I think I play a role in forcing him to pause and think through his argument,” McGann said. “I really do find myself talking to Matt the way I would talk to him as a writer. I think it forces Matt to step up his game and convince his editor of something.”
― jaymc, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 17:53 (one year ago) link
i love how that entire blurb leaves open the possibility that the "bad take" or bad tweet that they will be discussing will in fact be one of Yglesias' bad takes
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 18:20 (one year ago) link
so Matt we found a tweet that’s actually a book where this idiot says there should be a billion americans, nobody could defend such a thought, have at it
― Clay, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link
really unnecessary to center the podcast episode around a tucker carlson monologue, especially when there were a million other dumbshits making the same points
― symsymsym, Thursday, 22 September 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link
i love how that entire blurb leaves open the possibility that the "bad take" or bad tweet that they will be discussing will in fact be one of Yglesias' bad takes― Karl Malone, Wednesday, September 21, 2022 1:20 PM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, September 21, 2022 1:20 PM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Haha yes. It's also just funny that she admits that his arguments are usually half-baked.
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 September 2022 02:08 (one year ago) link
matt as we all know is an incredibly lazy loser, my job as an editor is to make him not be like that
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 September 2022 02:10 (one year ago) link
https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Bad-Takes-2.jpeg?w=681&h=383&crop=1p
― jaymc, Thursday, 22 September 2022 02:12 (one year ago) link
i love how all the other pundits have some pet theory in mind -- even if it's something as abhorrent as 'jews will not replace us' -- and in 20 years all matty has come up with is ONE BILLION AMERICANS
why does he have a following? just impossibly mediocre
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 September 2022 02:16 (one year ago) link
oh
I don’t know if the @maggieNYT defense squad needs another member, but one reason journalists don’t always tell you everything they know right away is that which things people are willing to tell you hinges in part on what you are planning to disclose and when.— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) September 27, 2022
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
One reason governments lie to you is that you won't like things they want to do
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
I often read his name as "Matty Glesias," which sounds like a brand of cheap beer.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 19:16 (one year ago) link
the big brain
IMO the relationship between Twitter content moderation policies and electoral outcomes is a little ambiguous — letting Trump back on here almost certainly good for Dems, letting more Nazis and bigots back on also probably good for Dems. https://t.co/CFmELzyz4t— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) October 4, 2022
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 17:31 (one year ago) link
🤔
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 21:01 (one year ago) link
More Nazis?Maybe be more specific about a number.How about 1 Billion Nazis!
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 22:38 (one year ago) link
what this country needs is a big challenge to unite us all. like 700 million nazis
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 22:44 (one year ago) link
or you know what, a billion will work, that's more of a challenge
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 22:46 (one year ago) link
the billion nazi march is so disrespectful in every way, but it is not dangerous. dems should just take the w. click here for more hot takes.
― i'm intentionally vague, intending to front multitudes (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 22:50 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FeRuo6mX0AIh21J?format=jpg&name=medium
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 03:57 (one year ago) link
I’m in a hotel room right now with two sets of curtains on the wall but one actual window. I guess it looks more symmetrical with an implied second window
― mh, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 04:33 (one year ago) link
listened to a few minutes of the bad takes pod, it was terrible. and i liked the weeds
― flopson, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 08:14 (one year ago) link
Anytime Yglesias offers one of his stupid-ass social prescriptions (people should live in windowless rooms!) the only appropriate response is "You first, fucker."
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 11:46 (one year ago) link
Matty: Windowless rooms are the future!Tokyo: *yawn*
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
MattY: People are going to have to learn to live without their noses. Prove me wrong.
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 17:17 (one year ago) link
it's impossible to have a functioning nose and read MattY's tweets
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 5 October 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
blue check marks in absolute shambles pic.twitter.com/2Xg3JWLK01— brandon access memories (@uncledoomer) October 10, 2022
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
if he did his own dishes maybe he'd know about his indicator lights too somehow pic.twitter.com/w1yptAoclF— The Pumpkin Dipshit (@ParSpec) October 11, 2022
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link
hot take probably but it would be good if matt yglesias got banned from the internet
― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 17:05 (one year ago) link