Alec

Mamdani is king of New York after tonight. Took an incredibly aggressive stand against the Dem Establishment endorsing against Espaillat. Winning (probably) after such a massive gamble upends everything in NY politics.

I feel like nobody is asking why none of the scandals seem to have hurt Platner at all among Democrats. They sure seem like the kinds of things that Democrats would normally be concerned about. So what exactly is preventing them from having any kind of impact?

I would be very interested to look at the 401(k) activities of employees working on Gemini / ChatGPT / etc. If you think we're 5-20 years away from ASI, why bother saving for retirement?

The rightward vibe shift after November indicates that accelerationism is a dead end. When right-wing parties win, the country usually doesn't implode - it just shifts to the right as expected.