https://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mlay762w6k2fDelving into the classic discourse of the past, @JerusalemDemsas and I read Betty Friedan’s 1963 second wave classic “The Feminine Mystique” to discover a book that was prescient, influential, and in some ways unbelievably weird. https://youtu.be/9W96-a-qjKg?si=buabTa6LS_udtUBB07 May 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlay762w6k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mlay2sqrzk2fThe internet flattens everything, puts everything into competition with everything, and puts a premium on ideas that are fun and entertaining rather than boring and earnest. https://www.slowboring.com/p/political-commentary-should-be-boring07 May 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlay2sqrzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3ml3y6guqys2cSeniors don’t live on “fixed incomes,” this is a reference to a bygone world. It used to be: — Social Security had no inflation adjustment — Lots of private workers had COLAs in their contracts — More war bonds, less stock Today isn’t like that! https://www.slowboring.com/p/seniors-arent-living-on-fixed-incomes05 May 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3y6guqys2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mkzgmmhee22jA huge winner on both politics and substance — pay higher salaries to the most effective teachers. https://www.slowboring.com/p/we-should-pay-more-for-the-best-teachers04 May 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzgmmhee22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mkykzc4wlc2jTrump was always very explicitly an Iran hawk, vocally critical of Obama and Biden on this score. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkykzc4wlc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mkyku7zfm22jPolitical science professors at public universities posting open disdain for conservatives on social media should help with this problem. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyku7zfm22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mkmw44ml3c2hKen Martin won the DNC Chair job by promising to create big slush funds for the state party committees who controlled the vote, which turns out to be a terrible pitch to donors and now he can't raise money. https://www.slowboring.com/p/ken-martin-is-doing-a-terrible-job29 Apr 2026 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmw44ml3c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mkkfhykx6s2zHere’s a crazy idea — what if the president or his successor tried to actually focus on what the voters want and put political capital into ideas that reduce inflation and interest rates. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-radical-idea-for-breaking-the-cycle28 Apr 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkfhykx6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mkhyy5wqrs2oConstructing more IMAX theaters will only super-charge gentrification, make ticket prices higher, and enrich greedy theater developers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhyy5wqrs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mkhywgph322oVery smart take on data center politics https://jacobin.com/2026/04/ai-data-center-moratorium-democracy27 Apr 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhywgph322ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mkhuhutkms2wDOGE cuts show up ultimately as job losses in the city’s poorest neighborhoods https://www.slowboring.com/p/where-doge-hit-dc-hardest27 Apr 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhuhutkms2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mkd6yr4wy222Africa needs more electricity25 Apr 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd6yr4wy222https://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mkaowmqfp227Conservatives demanding affirmative action for right-wing professors is pretty hilarious, but at the same time it’s not like the rigor bar at universities for left-wing work is particularly high. https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-anti-market-delusion-at-the-heart?r=cfj8&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true24 Apr 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaowmqfp227https://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mk3wlu2jv22mThis won't work because persuadable swing voters are fake, if anything it will only demoralize her base.22 Apr 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3wlu2jv22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mjyqnb4w6k2jThe idea that candidates for office should be pushed to release lots of detailed “plans” reflects a kind of fake sophistication about policy that ignores how the legislative process actually works. https://www.slowboring.com/p/candidates-shouldnt-release-lots21 Apr 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyqnb4w6k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mjw7uhl5jc2iAn important contrarian take of mine — dogs aren’t people, they don’t need anti-discrimination legislation or public subsidies. https://www.slowboring.com/p/dogs-arent-people20 Apr 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjw7uhl5jc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mjupoqgxos23Establishing open borders between EU countries without establishing a common EU immigration policy was a kind of odd choice.19 Apr 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjupoqgxos23https://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mjh7h2bubk2bThe case for more statues https://www.slowboring.com/p/america-needs-more-statues14 Apr 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh7h2bubk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mjd5j53lmk2pI assume the Hungarian opposition beat Orban by being uncompromisingly progressive across the whole set of policy issues. Well done.12 Apr 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd5j53lmk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mj5zfzvcm22xGreat topic for a paper — how do partisan elites' views of climate change differ. Except the way they constructed the survey, they only asked questions where the progressive view is the accurate view so you can't tell if Dem elites are better informed than GOP ones or just more progressive.10 Apr 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5zfzvcm22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mj3yqdaow22xI’d say Pete Magyar has maybe gone too far in moderating with this one, but I’d still vote for him09 Apr 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3yqdaow22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mj2kwvzwi22xHistorically, the economy does better under Democratic presidents than Republican ones. A major reason is that the GOP’s business-friendly outlook is undermined by its habit of launching wars that wreck global energy markets. https://www.slowboring.com/p/republican-war-mongering-is-their09 Apr 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2kwvzwi22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3miycik3sdc2xIt’s legitimate and appropriate for women to want to advocate for decent treatment and equal rights without becoming edgy intersectional communists. https://www.slowboring.com/p/in-defense-of-the-girlboss08 Apr 2026 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3miycik3sdc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3miy2wv6x4k23The much maligned “girlboss” is good, actually — feminism without anticapitalism is fine and correct. https://www.slowboring.com/p/in-defense-of-the-girlboss08 Apr 2026 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3miy2wv6x4k23https://bsky.app/profile/mattyglesias.bsky.social/post/3mivlqh37qc2kWhere I agree most with the left — health care, taking care of the poor, opposing stereotype-based governance. https://www.slowboring.com/p/my-most-progressive-views07 Apr 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:5prledmu36imun2zjc26v5nl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivlqh37qc2k