I was on Twitter for three days about 16 years ago, I responded to a Tween from Dan Tentler about a weird thing he found accessible over the internet by letting him know it was a Norwegian buss parked in Stockholm. I got a response back thanking me, that is my only experience with Twitter.
Just tell me, as a Swede who leans toward social democracy politically, should I be considering the tweet above good or bad?
The post in the OOP was referring to recent US elections, in which Democrats (the party that opposes trump and maga) swept both chambers of congress and broke historical barriers (such as indigenous women in the senate, a black woman as a governor, etc.).
This breaks the republican trifecta, which means starting in 2027 trump is going to have a much harder time implementing his agenda.
Even better, a lot of progressives did well within the Democratic Party, which indicates wider acceptance of progressivism which has been gaining support lately. Progressivism is the closest thing we have in American politics to social democracy, and many in the progressive caucus are also democratic socialists.
This is in contrast with the old-guard establishment democratic party which markets itself as moderate/centrist, but by European standards they would actually be center-right fiscally. Especially since Bill Clinton and the “New Democrats” also known as “Third Way.”
So a lot of people are feeling optimistic right now, and AOC compared it to the feeling a lot of millennials had after electing Obama in 2008. Hence “Millennial optimism is back.”
It’s also in response to Gen Z calling Millennial antics “cringe,” which AOC reframed as “earnestness.” And so the tweeter says she’s blaring Florence and the Machine, because they were popular with millennial hipsters back in the '10s.
Dan Tentler is a computer security researcher who among other things have made talks about crazy things he found accessible on the the internet.
We are talking everythibg from hydrogen fuel cells, to caviar factories, to traffic lights, to malls, to hydro electric dams, to personal homes, and more.
He is quite funny in his talks, here are a few to get you started:
The guy who once posted to twitter, “I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
I was on Twitter for three days about 16 years ago, I responded to a Tween from Dan Tentler about a weird thing he found accessible over the internet by letting him know it was a Norwegian buss parked in Stockholm. I got a response back thanking me, that is my only experience with Twitter.
Just tell me, as a Swede who leans toward social democracy politically, should I be considering the tweet above good or bad?
The post in the OOP was referring to recent US elections, in which Democrats (the party that opposes trump and maga) swept both chambers of congress and broke historical barriers (such as indigenous women in the senate, a black woman as a governor, etc.).
This breaks the republican trifecta, which means starting in 2027 trump is going to have a much harder time implementing his agenda.
Even better, a lot of progressives did well within the Democratic Party, which indicates wider acceptance of progressivism which has been gaining support lately. Progressivism is the closest thing we have in American politics to social democracy, and many in the progressive caucus are also democratic socialists.
This is in contrast with the old-guard establishment democratic party which markets itself as moderate/centrist, but by European standards they would actually be center-right fiscally. Especially since Bill Clinton and the “New Democrats” also known as “Third Way.”
So a lot of people are feeling optimistic right now, and AOC compared it to the feeling a lot of millennials had after electing Obama in 2008. Hence “Millennial optimism is back.”
It’s also in response to Gen Z calling Millennial antics “cringe,” which AOC reframed as “earnestness.” And so the tweeter says she’s blaring Florence and the Machine, because they were popular with millennial hipsters back in the '10s.
No idea who that is, but sounds positive. It’s basically a lot like Lemmy or any social media, but celebrities make all the posts.
Dan Tentler is a computer security researcher who among other things have made talks about crazy things he found accessible on the the internet.
We are talking everythibg from hydrogen fuel cells, to caviar factories, to traffic lights, to malls, to hydro electric dams, to personal homes, and more.
He is quite funny in his talks, here are a few to get you started:
https://youtu.be/5xJXJ9pTihM
https://youtu.be/hMtu7vV_HmY
Here is a talk he made about scanning the entire Internet:
https://youtu.be/nX9JXI4l3-E