CandySez/Beatleness

CandySez/Beatleness

@candysez.bsky.social

Sociologist, 1960s/boomers historian, author of Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World, defender of Democracy, Swiftie over Sixty, embodiment of the New Old Age, and very disappointed in Noam Chomsky. CandyLeonard.com

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George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

CandySez/Beatleness
@candysez.bsky.social

I wonder if childhood trauma correlates with where these men stand on the issue. 🤔🤔🤔https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/09/15/technology/ai-regulation-risks-politicians-executives.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BVE.FD9H.Ya0nu1UMUWlt&smid=nytcore-ios-share

nytimes.comHow A.I. Risks Are Splitting Silicon Valley and Washington (Gift Article)What began as a philosophical question — how dangerous might artificial intelligence become? — has hardened into increasingly entrenched rival camps.

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Quelle
@ms-beaucoup.bsky.social

Beautiful excerpt from Klein & Taylor's new book. Reading this along with Wendell Berry & Kingsolver's essay. Heartening & smart.

Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social

First excerpt from End Times Fascism! So happy The Guardian went for the part of the book about the wonder of THIS world, and the people doing everything to commit to it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

theguardian.comThe end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clearAn unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them
CandySez/Beatleness
@candysez.bsky.social

Waymo is clearly a guy. “…it’s prone to overconfidence & spectacularly stupid failure. Waymo’s answer has not been to solve the underlying problems…but to hand control of the car to a remote human operator.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/t...

nytimes.comWaymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its Glitches.As Waymo deploys more driverless cars to 15 U.S. cities and counting, its vehicles keep encountering new and unexpected situations that they have no script to handle.

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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna.bsky.social

Musk is worth more than South Africa’s GDP. Bernie Sanders and I proposed a 5% tax on people like him. In one year, it could fund: - free public college & trade school -$10/day childcare - Special-needs education nationwide Wealth inequality is the moral failure of our time.

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JoJoFromJerz
@jojofromjerz.bsky.social

How the fuck do we have $300 billion to rebuild Iran after we spent $80 billion bombing it, when we don’t “have the money” for pediatric cancer research?

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Ro Khanna
@rokhanna.bsky.social

Wall street folks are celebrating Elon Musk for creating 4,400 millionaires. Fine. Did any of them celebrate Joe Biden's IRA, ARP, CHIPS for creating millions of good paying jobs? Our barometer should be opportunity & stability for the majority, not simply wealth for the few.

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James Talarico
@jamestalarico.bsky.social

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.