Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Correct that attacks have been effective. He's in trouble and needs a newsworthy surrogate in state ASAP who is *not* Bernie, AOC, Warren, et al. They need to defang the attacks by tying Collins to Musk et al. Then he needs to focus on 2nd district voters. 111
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The tsunami of anti-Jackson mail, radio, TV has successfully defined Troy for many voters. He needs a non-Bernie surrogate NOW (Ossoff please!) to throw the mud back @ Collins by neutering the negative ads with facts about the shysters behind them (e.g., Musk)! I repeat though: NOT Bernie! 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tsunami of anti-Jackson spending on mail, radio, TV, social media, etc., though. To their credit, they defined the shite out of him. Propublica was a small dose of karma, although just business as usual for DC pols. 020
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Answer found here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/73...goodreads.comSuper Sad True Love StoryThe author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Russ… 031
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Takes two to tango. The same article could take aim at the Dem establishment, no? E.g., they only now have deigned to support the mild-mannered Dem house nominee in red ME-CD2 because they were annoyed that he was going to primary Jared Golden. Dem Establishment defending Jared F'ing Golden! 110
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The existing market is using current technologies. Lots of interesting advancements specific to aviation, but I wouldn't call them exotic. There are real advantages to electric for many mission profiles. 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Like electrification generally, the gradual introduction of electric aviation will be driven primarily by the "real" economics of specific use-cases, perhaps accelerated (or slowed) by the application of various policies. But this *is* market-driven. The technology can legitimately compete! 100
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Don't you feel like someone who knowingly tatooed themselves with a nazi symbol would show some evidence of actual affiliation or sympathy with nazism, though? I feel like labeling any bad person a nazi risks diminishing the fact that there are actual nazis in our midst, e.g., Stephen Miller. 100
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 10/07/2026My understanding is that, with a little digging, one could see it was one story, told recently, by one person. Part of the Platner persona is that he readily admits to all sorts of bad behavior that *is actually* consistent with contemporaneous reports by multiple people, reported widely, etc. 100
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Those stories (seemed to be one story from one person) didn't land here FWIW. 110
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Again: I do not support this guy. I am just reporting what people here feel. They buy his story (vs. that of the only person contradicting it). You'd have to have *any* evidence *other than the tatoo* that he is a Nazi. Guy is in the wash cycle now. Somebody will find it if it is there. 100
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 10/07/2026OK, well that's a leap ... but I'm only engaging with these posts to let folks know that here in Maine the tatoo is a non-issue. Among his supporters (of which I am not one), I think the tatoo hysterics generated a circle-the-wagon effect, especially when you get a Maine = Idaho vibe to it all ... 100
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The tatoo was a red herring all along and the fact that so many folks "from away" decided he was a Nazi probably deepened his support locally. I was never a fan. Voted against him. Think he's a knucklehead with a gift for gab. Not a Nazi. He picked a bad-ass, pirate-y tatoo off the wall. 1070
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 15/06/2026youtube.com/shorts/UxP7b...youtube.comHow Marshwood High School students started a hacky sack team — and went viralYouTube video by Press Herald 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The hate on Platner and his supporters coming from outside Maine is remarkable. I'm not a supporter, but he simply is not the Manchurian candidate they describe. The idea that he is a closet Nazi is real upside-down world stuff. 120
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I think it is healthy to observe: The ratio of knowledge to volume here is pretty miniscule. Caveat emptor! 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 20/04/2026OK I see so he's not a Manchurian candidate, rather just the "highest-profile example of the way Trumpism infects even its opposition and the initial stages of the left to right slide". Plus he's an asshole. Got it. 010
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 20/04/20262nd district democrats? I think attempts to portray Platner as a Nazi or Andrew Tate acolyte are just not landing www.pressherald.com/2026/04/08/j...pressherald.comJanet Mills drops attack ads, but is still ‘full steam ahead’ in US Senate primaryThe governor has no ads booked beyond Wednesday and trails in the polls. 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I think the creeping Trumpism idea might be relevant from a populism vs establishment angle, and indeed locally this is really a Bernie vs Hillary rematch in the primary. But "left vs right" framing or some Nazi Manchurian candidate conspiracy really misunderstands the situation. 120
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 20/04/2026It just sounds a little nutty, Charles. Nobody says you have to like the guy, but you really have it in for him. If he wins the primary, what would you advise voters to do? 500
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 26/03/2026media.tenor.coma baby is covering his face with his hand and saying ugh .ALT: a baby is covering his face with his hand and saying ugh . 040
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 21/02/2026And the jeans fetish. Tobias from Arrested Development did not dismantle public health. 1211
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 19/02/2026OTOH winning the primary and losing the general is also a real thing. Independents ≠ lean-Dem. 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Wow this is a real policy discussion, at least by today's standards. Insurance company bogeyman is the soup du jour. Nice doc vs evil insurance man is good for clicks & views, but journos should ask why those two are best buds when medicare for all is on the table. 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Like these lucky kids youtu.be/VNw_sOSpGkw?...youtu.beMaine mom creates landline pod for her childrenYouTube video by NBC News 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Adjacent commentary: www.thefp.com/p/flying-pri...thefp.comThere’s Nothing More Corrupting Than Flying PrivateWant to understand the motives of our mercenary elite? Take a trip on a private plane, writes Tina Brown. 020
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 07/02/2026That's me with NYT and their games. Thought the Wordle purchase was insane, now grudging appreciation for its brilliance. Meanwhile, Guardian has become my go-to digital subscription for all-things-newspaper. 110
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 07/02/2026First make a good-faith effort at border integrity and enforcement. Then reform/fund asylum process. This was Murray/Lankford. Then you need to promote the benefits of immigration in the court of public opinion. You cannot invite strangers into the home in the meantime and expect all will be fine. 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 30/01/2026What is properly reconstituted? You mean I've been doing it wrong all this time and have therefore purchased "not from concentrate" juice which I think (and judging by the price, others as well) is in fact FAR better ... ? 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 29/01/2026I don't see where this is "nonsense". Regardless of how people feel about unauthorized immigrants in the asylum system, very few like/respect the targeting of this group as low-hanging fruit for quota-seeking wannabe-seal-team-six pussies. 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Maybe the viewer isn't the market ... ? The customer here seems to be the grifter, and the product is the airtime their grift requires. Basically a co-branding deal with the great maga/maha/crypto circle-jerk. 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Oof ... not to be a Chicken Little, but this math fails to appreciate how someone with evil intentions might actually approach this problem. Also, there will be a backlash to the backlash by then. Even the best case fails to secure a super-majority in the Senate. 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Would you vote for Collins over Mills then? Or stay home? That's my question, because at this point I think a lot of northern Maine folks would vote for Collins over Platner, particular if Platner remains darling of southern Mainers. Because I agree beating Collins job #1, undecided here for now. 310
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Emphasis on *existing tech*. Lots of innovation in the space. Generally speaking, if the Norwegians (otherwise drowning in renewable and fossil resources) are playing with it, it probably doesn't suck. 010
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Matt Dunlap is a very good candidate and would likely have given Golden a real run for the money. Dunlap is an actual Democrat, but may be a better candidate than Golden against LePage, who assumes he can just ride the Trump train to DC. (It is CD2, so he may be right.) 030
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Definitely true on both counts. But Platner will fade, and Mills unlikely to inherit much of his support. RCV will play a role here. 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Here it is not clear whether the stated aim of the programs is from the perspective of the critics, the author, or the programs' creators and teachers. The actual aim is to shed light on the subjects. Including (and explicitly recognizing) multiple perspectives is merely the means to an end. 000
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 15/10/2025But you are questioning the role of race in the preferences of voters? 110
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Do you recognize that history is rife with examples of racially discriminatory election laws that never explicitly cite the race of the voter? 120
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 08/10/2025With focus on "violence", feels like a companion/sequel to Douglas North, where her so-called "dysfunctional state" really describes a transition to his "natural state". www.google.com/books/editio...google.comViolence and Social OrdersAll societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing ... 010
Jeff Norris @thumbtech.bsky.social · 01/10/2025This discussion circles around disease/cure/treatment of the body politic. Klein can't admit that lauding an aggressive cancer for "winning" is obviously a fail, and that defeating that cancer, while a noble pursuit, may in fact kill the patient. Give me Dr. Coates any day. 010
