No one cares. Votes will still be counted. Gaming the discourse may be a fun pastime, but it won’t change the reality come election day(s).

I’m just gonna go ahead and say that Bernie should do what he should’ve done before he announced his 2020 candidacy (his 2016 run was fine—and necessary): Step aside for Warren...

The worst form of criticism is the one that focuses on trivial discontinuities and “plot holes,” yet I’m always alarmed at just how dominant these topics are in casual critical discussions, particularly online. The vast majority of the time, people who belabor these types of points are really just saying, “I didn’t…

Like five people use Twitter. This is not a story.

Like five people use Twitter. This is not a story.

Hey man, the fact that nobody knew what you were talking about says that it’s the wrong word. Endemic would have probably been better.

Because deploying rhetoric that ultimately means nothing isn’t impressive, and deploying rhetoric attached to something important is? This should be pretty obvious.

I honestly can’t tell if it was staged or not. That’s my problem because I’m a stupid centrist or whatever.

Rehearsing a bit of policy-oriented rhetoric is entirely different from rehearsing a canned zinger to be used when a stage with a dozen people on it inevitably erupts into chaos.

The way we’re handling some of the law enforcement aspects of immigration need to be changed, but removing the very illegality of being here unlawfully? Again, no other country in the world does this. You go anywhere else without permission, and you’re going to get deported. Are you really going to sit here and tell…

With like five idiots on Twitter, yeah.

If only the Harris line didn’t come off like it was completely rehearsed, maybe it would score her some actual points.

Pathological is the perfect word, since illegal immigration is symptomatic of deeper socioeconomic, geographical, and political dysfunction. When dealing with dysfunction, we don’t usually say, “Hey, just let the dysfunction continue, and treat it like it’s totally normal and okay!” We usually try to understand the…

“If you thought the 2018 ‘indiepocalypse’ was bad, if this holds up, we’re in for something a lot worse,” he said, pointing to indie-focused service Itch.io as a helpful alternative for smaller developers.

People who are impelled to migrate because of literal economic needs, e.g. your family will be destitute if you stay in Mexico, but if you go to the US, find work, and send money back home, your family will be comfortable.

But solutions like that don’t give racists morons a wall to point to and say, “Durrr problem solved!”

Walk into a series of social programs while also bringing the additional tax revenue needed to expand them.

Yeah, I love these people who are like, “They’re just, like, fake lines man.” They have no understanding of economic geography, and how people’s lives would be affected on a measurable, material basis if the US were to open the flood gates while every other country maintains conventional immigration controls. It’s not…

Because the only way to stop being “brutal” is obviously to decriminalize. We can’t just, you know, take measures to eliminate brutality at the level of policy and practice.

Rare exceptions? Name me a game (that a reasonable number of people actually want to play) which is only sold on Steam, and I’ll name you one that is sold on multiple different storefronts. It’s not rare or even uncommon (for, again, reasonably popular) games to be available on platforms other than Steam. I just think…