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19 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Whoa. Coal miners union coming around? nytimes.com/live/2021/04/1…
For some reason *Democrats* have taken on responsibility for protecting coal communities through the transition. Coal executives? Coal-state Republicans? They haven't done shit.

US politics: Dems are responsible adults. Rs throw tantrums & break stuff.
politico.com/news/2021/04/1…
A couple of people have asked: yes, Hillary Clinton had a $40 billion proposal to protect & transition Appalachia. Yes, Republicans (with the media's help) totally distorted her position. Yes, the left utterly failed to defend her on the point. vox.com/energy-and-env…
Here's what happens when a coal state is run entirely by Republicans & fossil fuel executives: workers & communities get fucked. Every time. vox.com/energy-and-env…

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19 Apr
These guys are so instinctively repulsed by the idea of inconveniencing themselves on other people's behalf -- the idea that someone would do it when they *don't absolutely have to* just drives them mad.
When people behave unselfishly, it is an inherent challenge to the worldview of those who believe everyone is as selfish as they are. They have to render it false or fake somehow. That's what the whole "virtue signaling" thing is about.
People who denied, downplayed, or refused to take basic precautions to prevent the virus are responsible for more than a half-million American deaths. People who wear or call for masks even when they're not absolutely necessary are responsible for...what? What justifies the fury?
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18 Apr
Extremely Seattle-specific question: I was thinking of taking the dogs on a walk around Lake Union today. 6.4 miles. The question is, where's the best place to park & start? Fremont is closest to me but parking in Fremont is deepest hell. alltrails.com/explore/trail/…
Drvolts Walk Review™️

From the red dot to the purple dot (1,2,3,4) is pretty bleak. It's near the water, but not on it or interacting with it in any meaningful way (save a few pocket parks). Not well marked.

From purple back to red (5,6,7) is *gorgeous* & full of people today.
At no point in this entire walk, save when you're inside Gas Works Park itself, are you out of sight of a busy road.
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15 Apr
Give it up to Ben for efficiency. Old-school deniers used to learn a lot of climate science, just to sound more credible. Ben has realized that everyone in his audience shares his gut-reaction-to-first-line-in-Wikipedia-article level of knowledge & desires nothing more.
Older cons still remember a time when they had to be able to code switch & talk to normal non-bubble people. Today's Fox natives have lived their whole lives in the bubble. Nobody listening cares for credibility or expertise, so no need to code switch. Why learn to fake it?
If you tune in to any given 5 minutes of Shapiro or Kirk or whoever, it's immediately evident: these are arguments that you could only conceivably find convincing if you had *never spoken to an actual human who disagrees*. They are cartoon arguments against cartoon enemies.
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14 Apr
Good comments from Jay & Joy & good discussion under here. One thing I'd add: in US politics & media, "bipartisanship" is always see through the filter of Murc's Law, which says that only Dems have agency. If Ds refuse to cooperate w/ Rs, they've failed bipartisanship. Whereas...
...if Rs refuse to cooperate with Ds ... Ds have failed bipartisanship. If Rs go crazy, get racist, filibuster everything, make utterly ludicrous demands, fail to budge on anything meaningful, it's because Ds were mean to them, or asked them wrong, or didn't schmooze them enough.
When VSPs call on Ds to be bipartisan, they're calling on Ds to *make Rs behave less crazy*. Rs are not responsible adults making their own choices, they are mere effects of D actions, mere reactors. Only Ds have volition. They're the adults, responsible for themselves AND Rs.
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13 Apr
I wonder if the GOP will ever apologize for being horribly wrong on climate change for decades, pushing anti-scientific denialism & delaying any policy, to the tune of billions in unnecessary damages & loss of life in the US.
Supposedly they're not denying any more, right? They have a plan of their own, which means they concede the problem is real. So then, if they realize the problem is real, they should realize what a horrific crime they've committed for the last 20 years. Right?
Also, denialism isn't taken seriously any more in the media, right? Which means journalists also know that GOP denialism of the last 20 years was horrifically wrong & destructive. Not an opinion -- just the plain implication of the facts. Will they include that in their stories?
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12 Apr
Because I excel at time management, I've just been spending some time in a NextDoor thread about a petition that would upzone my neighborhood to allow for dense low-income house. Naturally, the neighbors are in a total panic. What about parking?!
I dropped in to say, "Please support upzoning. Seattle desperately needs new housing."

The very first response -- I'm not making this up -- was from Linda: "Not if Seattle would be more selective in new residents."

Golly. What do you suppose she means?
More Linda: "I was not being unkind, David. I just don't think it is right that so many move to Seattle from other areas because they know they can get so many freebies in Seattle that we end up paying for. Seattle used to be a beautiful city, it is not anymore."
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