Another day, another unfortunate instance of that one Jesse Farrar tweet continuing to be The Most Correct Anyone Has Ever Been About Anything

tl:dr Dems trying to appeal to more conservative voters not only doesn’t work most of the time, but it wouldn’t improve the country’s situation even if it did.

Abundance: a Labor History Critique | LAWCHA What remains to be said about Abundance, the book that’s launched a thousand takes? Authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson cast their book as a novel

@lawcha.bsky.social Kindly published my review of Abundance on their LaborOnline blog

I’d definitely be there if it wasn’t at the same time as the panel I’m presenting on

Using Spongebob memes to teach about workers’ rights

The response to this specifically (“But his family gave permission!”) and the strike in general by self-identified “gamers” and others who worship at the altar of pop culture is not surprising, but it is disappointing. And makes my desire for furthering labor/political education all the stronger.

Reading Brent Cebul on supply-side liberalism and it’s abundantly clear the extent to which “Abundance” advocates are merely New Democrats warmed-over. As the saying goes, first as tragedy, then as farce

(Ok I guess it was a call-in to a podcast and not filmed but still)

Donald's Thoughts On Final Fantasy VII YouTube video by On the Level Podcast with Jordan & Eric

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He in fact did

Found another piece calling out a retired steel exec’s sexism, racism, & ableism - what would be decried as “woke” nowadays coming from one of the most stereotypically masculine industries

Today I found a brief article in a 1979 issue of Steelabor lamenting the tendency of certain journalists to swoop into blue-collar areas and declare themselves working-class whisperers. I’ll post a screenshot later. They call it “shot and beer journalism”.

Got symphony tickets for my birthday, but in a turn of events that would make Adorno roll over in his grave, the orchestra will be performing music from an anime soundtrack.

Reading some Bifo this evening and then maybe a bit of Liedman’s Marx biography before bed.