I really enjoyed Matt on the show and I look forward to his recovery. Even with the low production values of the cushvlogs, I’ve never felt that they were a waste of time. Through the years, he kept a positive attitude and focused on the larger issues in the world. so much of the podcasts are self-absorbed gossip. I bet Matt hates even being discussed like this.

It has been a steep slide downwards for 15 years at least, but Covid and Trump pumped a lot of life into Twitter and Facebook. Now that both are over, everyone is going back outside and my Facebook cycling group has an old man complaining about rainbow flags

I’ve been using a fake email to access Twitter for years

With Bernie sander dead soon, it’s over for the left for a while. Bernie was a normal guy who was active in real politics and could drag the left to a kind of reality. What’s he saying about Ukraine?

But yes, as an adult I love to be lectured by Cornell west types who have accomplished absolutely nothing in their lives for anybody. I think Cornell these days is helping charter schools write standardized tests - with good christjunn values. What a guy. That’s what a “real leftist” is.