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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Dammit "when they walk through the storms" was right there

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"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."

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Some people like a big winter coat to keep them safe in the storms, but I prefer a nice comfortable Jacquet #lfc

Leppemannen Lepper Smiling Man

Alt: Thierry Henry silly twitching smirk

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Seems Carra is following a general trend of pundit negativity, summed up by the noise Neville makes all the time like he's tasted tea with gone-off milk. Probably made worse by the desire to be over-critical of his former club to evade accusations of bias.

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Perfect way to sum up the risks of the CEO class seeing LLMs as the solution to every business problem

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I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…

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I love The West Wing as a drama, how it rounds smaller characters and alludes to complexity within polarised debates. But today's policy and power problems are much too serious for a West Wing approach, and it's time for non-right-wing politicians to stand up for what they actually believe.

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Bartlet never had to confront anything like today's right wing. He never encountered a true villain who was polite, well-dressed and well-educated but wanted evil things. He never had to risk the power of his office to stand up for values that were truly under threat.

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A generation of politicians grew up with a core belief that those with extreme policy positions could always be made to find reasonable compromise by the mystical benevolent overseer (them!). They didn't account for the capacity of humans for evil whilst being polite, well-educated and well dressed.

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Though he's represented as aggressively ethical, Bartlet rarely makes a true ethical judgement about policy. And - beyond fanfaring godlike the power of his office - power dynamics behind policy are rarely interrogated. Instead, we get 'warring (but human) factions united by Bartlet.'

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So when Bartlet becomes involved in conflict (usually as a solution broker), the story is about him and his skill, and the humanity of his opponents, which gives us a much better, well-rounded drama. But it often underplays the policy differences and the power dynamics around them.

Alan Alda as Arnold Vinick: He Won't Know What Hit Him

ALT: Alan Alda as Arnold Vinick: He Won't Know What Hit Him

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On West Wing, if you want to tell a policy story, it must be through the eyes of the people involved. Power dynamics are the off-screen, unstated mechanism by which characters have been pre-selected - they are rarely acknowledged in the show itself.

Martin Sheen: I Get That A Lot (The West Wing)

Alt: Martin Sheen: I Get That A Lot (The West Wing)

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West Wing had a balance to strike: do you put your emphasis on the people, the policies or the power? The right choice was obvious: as a story teller you need your audience to invest in your characters. You need emphasise people. But that means you may skate over the policies and power dynamics.

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In drama you have to simplify real-life situations and events - you generally haven't got the bandwidth to represent all the complexities of human experience! When it comes to politics there are three major dynamics: the policies, the people and the power.

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One of the great flaws of using The West Wing as some kind of exemplar for the good old days of sensible politics comes from something that differentiates a good drama from a bad one: minor protagonists written and acted as well-rounded, whole people.