The Moynihan Report (@moynihanreport) on X
"Conservatives used to be there to protect institutions... Progressives were there to change the institutions, to make them progress. And we are at the opposite right now."- @jeffjarvis and @mcmoynihan on the changing meaning of "conservatism".
WATCH: https://t.co/M9f3Dl9qgd
Die Zeit notes the irony that the right is now against globalization & the left wants status quo. I wrote about that in The Gutenberg Parenthesis, below:
Sind Rechte die besseren Linken?
https://www.zeit.de/2025/23/globalisierung-rechte-linke-usa-zoelle-weltwirtschaftLet's talk about life before the internet. I had to buy newspapers and had few choices with less diversity (couldn't read the Guardian); was stuck with Hollywood's culture; had fewer friends; had less access to facts; had to pay bills by mail; had no public voice (well, I did when was a columnist).
Maybe because you read too much moral panic...
Why am I filled with nostalgia for a pre-internet age I never knew?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/31/internet-age-young-people-world-phonesWhy am I filled with nostalgia for a pre-internet age I never knew?
Almost half of young people would prefer a world without the internet. We are haunted by the feeling that it has robbed us of something vital, says writer Isabel Brooks
Agree. This is fascism on display.
We’re minimizing the horror of Trump’s military birthday parade
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/30/trump-military-parade-fascismWe’re minimizing the horror of Trump’s military birthday parade
The media has focused on the price tag and potholes. But history may mark 14 June as the ceremonial birth of US fascism
The Times is going all pronatalist....
There’s a Link Between Therapy Culture and Childlessness
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opinion/therapy-estrangement-childless-millennials.html
Opinion | Why Millennials Dread Having Babies
Are millennials’ fears of failing their children outweighing their desire to have them?
Douthat: "The willingness to swerve and backpedal and contradict himself is a big part of what keeps the president viable"
What an idiot.
Why Trump Is Resilient
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/trump-taco-resilient.html?smid=tw-share
Opinion | Why Trump Is Resilient
Chickening out is crucial to his political success.
Analysis | The MAHA Report’s AI fingerprints, annotated
The Post reviewed the more than 500 citations in the MAHA Report. Here are the patterns of AI use we found.
He didn't seek money, only citizenship in another country because this one's getting so fucked up. Is that so wrong?
Intelligence Staffer Critical of Trump Charged With Seeking to Pass Classified Documents to Foreign Government
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/intelligence-staffer-critical-of-trump-charged-with-seeking-to-pass-classified-documents-to-foreign-government-b1ec14ebAbsurd and itself anticompetitive: Just as AI provides Google with competition in search, they consider stopping Google from providing competition in turn? This is "conservative"? Ha!
Judge Considers Curbs for Google in AI Arms Race
https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-search-ai-antitrust-trial-57ec6fdb?st=9pLHTB
