Eldritch
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Push back would have unfortunately been performative. For decades national Democrats and their supporters have been hyperfocused on the presidency. Ceding many lower offices to Republican fascists without a fight. Democrats haven’t held a solid legislative/judicial majority in nearly 50 years. Republicans have. Which had has allowed them to neuter and negate everything Democrats have tried. Which wasn’t much.
While I would have liked to have seen Obama speak out more. The fact that he would have only been speaking out with nothing being done wouldn’t have been that positive for them and cost them a lot of political Capital they could use for other things. And indeed, in 2028 if Democrats somehow managed to win the presidency again. Without having a solid control of the legislature etc. It will be the same as them not winning. They really need to start focusing on the state level heavily. And winning back areas they’ve long since given up on. Only then will they be able to do more than just bitch and whine.
Eldritch@piefed.worldto News@lemmy.world•Trump disavows supporters pushing Jeffrey Epstein 'bulls---': 'I don't want their support anymore!'English11·2 hours agoDoesn’t want? Or doesn’t need? Auto coup incoming in 3 years?
Eldritch@piefed.worldto Android@lemdro.id•How to turn off Gemini on Android — and why you shouldEnglish4·2 hours agoGoogle has always harvested data. Which I’m generally not a fan of and try to keep as much of it as private as I can. But this whole Gemini thing is egregious. The one and only thing I ever use Google Assistant for his voice commands for home automation. I really need to set up the built-in one for home assistant etc. And Gemini has been absolutely fail-tastic when it comes to taking over those duties. I’ve had to disable it on a number of family devices which suddenly stopped being able to work with a few of the smart home devices around the house.
Going forward I’m heavily investing in matter/threads. The day I can have everything handled locally and not need to rely on proprietary constantly enshitifying bullshit. That will be a great day indeed.
Eldritch@piefed.worldto Fediverse memes@feddit.uk•It might be too late for the Threadiverse...English5·4 hours agoYeah, as long as you don’t engage in current world events there. You will likely not bounce of the alternate reality bubble they’re trying to build. And even then the majority of the most toxic ones on the instance or off the instance. Are a rather small slice. They just unfortunately happen to be in charge of most of it so they have an outsized impact.
Eldritch@piefed.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Couple of pictures where they belongEnglish1·17 hours agoOkay, and? Because he died more than 20 years before the Revolution. Does that mean that Lenin was somehow not aware of him or the ideas he put forth? And came up with identical concepts on his own? How is this supposed to work, or what are you implying?
Eldritch@piefed.worldto Goth Industrial Music@lemmy.world•Happy Birthday Ian Curtis!!! ... hey everybody what's your favorite Joy Division song?English3·1 day agoDead souls is definitely goated. So many good tracks to choose from. I’ve always been partial to isolation. And the tonal whiplash of love will tear us apart again is always iconic.
Eldritch@piefed.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Couple of pictures where they belongEnglish61·1 day agoEngles directly informed Lenin’s authoritarian oppression. How can one belong there and not the other? Marx definitely doesn’t belong.
That was less a particular assessment of the times, and more a generalization. But I agree.
Eldritch@piefed.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Andrew Cuomo says he’ll run a third-party bid for New York mayor after losing Democratic primaryEnglish2·2 days agoMoney will definitely present an obstacle. But the fact mamdami is the parties candidate carries plenty weight itself. Outside the primaries people are largely clueless. Name recognition will count for something. Though I don’t think Cuomo’s is that good. IIRC he’s dirtied of plenty. So hopefully party recognition will outweigh.
Eldritch@piefed.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Andrew Cuomo says he’ll run a third-party bid for New York mayor after losing Democratic primaryEnglish3·2 days agoFair enough. Though in 50 years of watching this I don’t think I’ve ever seen it used that way? Definitionally. In a Democratic primary for the Democratic party. Everyone is blue no matter who. Now the establishment definitely loathes being challenged. Which is all more reason to do it.
Blue no matter who generally only means anything in the general. All the better now that actual people can use it against the party establishment for once. And I would argue that any member of the establishment or New York Democratic party leadership who would vote for anyone other than the parties candidate, mondami. Should be ousted from leadership. Any leadership that doesn’t have the courage of conviction for the Party’s candidate. Certainly doesn’t represent that party.
Any Outlet focused on making money over anything else. Is definitionally untrustworthy. That doesn’t mean they cannot publish decent things from time to time. It just means that you cannot trust what they publish to always be correct
Eldritch@piefed.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Andrew Cuomo says he’ll run a third-party bid for New York mayor after losing Democratic primaryEnglish2·2 days agoThey aren’t one of the names I generally associate with that group. So you are probably right.
Eldritch@piefed.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Andrew Cuomo says he’ll run a third-party bid for New York mayor after losing Democratic primaryEnglish3·2 days agoIs it almost exclusively applied to establishments Dems because that’s who runs the most often? Or is there some real different dichotomy? Don’t get me wrong Cuomo can go fuck himself with a sideways baseball bat. Wanting to have it both ways he’s going to fight for the worst possible outcome.
Plenty of genuine people got a lot of venom and vitrial in 2024 calling for solidarity against the fascists. And still do. From many of the people posting lower down below this article. Though not OP. I don’t recall them being part of that group. But blue no matter who cuts both ways. And this time Como ain’t the blue candidate and should really sit the fuck out and take the clue. This time people will actually be able to vote blue no matter who and hopefully feel good about it for once. Since it isn’t Como or Adams.
Eldritch@piefed.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Andrew Cuomo says he’ll run a third-party bid for New York mayor after losing Democratic primaryEnglish4·2 days agoOh. Well there are a number posting here that aren’t doing it as a bit. But as long as Quomo gets fucked I don’t care.
LLMs can still scrape threadiverse servers. But yes we aren’t at the mercy of narcissistic Tech moguls. To the point where we can even run our own servers. And control our own identities completely. Unlike Corporate social media.
Eldritch@piefed.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Andrew Cuomo says he’ll run a third-party bid for New York mayor after losing Democratic primaryEnglish62·2 days agoAbsolutely blue no matter who was about solidarity against the fascists. Mamdami is the blue this time. Cuomo just another self serving vote splitting fascist enabler. So yes, blue (Democrats) no matter who (especially because mamdami seems like a great candidate this time).
I know 3rd parties actually have a presence in NY. AOC having come from them. Are there any polling close to either of the two major parties in the mayors race? And if not, why shouldn’t people vote blue this time. Especially seeing as it’s mamdami? Who should you have them vote for.
Eldritch@piefed.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Andrew Cuomo says he’ll run a third-party bid for New York mayor after losing Democratic primaryEnglish10·2 days agoGoing by the primary, and I definitely say we should you are correct. Only time will tell. Honestly I hope Cuomo splits the corrupt Republican vote. They will have so many highly corrupt people running in this election. I hope new York Democrats can stay focused enough to solidly vote for the Democratic nominee. And seeing that AOC is from the area I’d say that’s a good sign.
Eldritch@piefed.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Andrew Cuomo says he’ll run a third-party bid for New York mayor after losing Democratic primaryEnglish10·2 days agoBlue no matter who, in this case would mean Mamdami. He is the Democratic primary winner. So yes. I’m pretty sure almost all of them would be. What did you think blue no matter who meant? It’s all about keeping someone even worse like a republican from winning the seat.
I can’t speak for new york, but where I am. Third parties are non-existent realistically. I’m sure New York City in particular has a heavy Democratic turnout. Though maybe they actually have some viable third parties. But in this case all these corrupt ghouls aligning against mamdani are doing their best to split the vote for the blue so the Republican can win. I think Democrats would be wise in this instance to vote blue no matter who. Though especially because it’s mamdani this time. That’s all blue no matter who really meant. Standing in solidarity against the fascist. If we had done it in 2024 we would be in a much better position now.
Eldritch@piefed.worldOPto Goth Industrial Music@lemmy.world•NEW VIDEO: The Imaginary Soundtrack #mexico #goth #ebmEnglish3·2 days agoHey, if you’re going for horrors beyond comprehension. It’s the proper application of AI slop. The band is good though. Most of the rest of their videos are standard fair. This is the first and only time I’ve ever seen a video from them like this. But it works for what it is as a one-off.
Nice. I wasn’t aware. Was never really huge on GNR.