{"id":56719,"date":"2025-05-06T05:57:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T12:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=56719"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:59:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T03:59:29","slug":"open-thread-may-6-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2025\/05\/06\/open-thread-may-6-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread May 6 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I slept even later than usual – which I really needed – sometimes the stress created by not being able to do something one had planned is even more debilitating than the work of actually doing it. That was me yesterday. I don’t think I mentioned earlier that my primary credit card company over the weekend for some reason changed every blessed cardholder’s card number (and expiration date and CVV) on the same day. I had done most of on Sunday, but I had forgotten one. After I finished changing that one, which was a struggle because the site isn’t exactly intuitive, I decided to go to Democratic Underground for a while before tackling other email. The first article<\/a> I looked at had me almost in tears. So did the second one<\/a> I read, although not in quite the same way. And then there was this one<\/a> – I’d almost forgotten about Anonymous in all the commotion.<\/p>\n

This from Chris Bowers<\/a> at “Wolves and Sheep” Substack discusses strategies which are necessary (though not, I think sufficient) to get us through this mess. Certainly it’s a place to start.<\/p>\n

Naomi Klein recently wrote an essay for The Guardian which Rolling Stone then interviewed her about, and then MSN passed on the interview<\/a>. It starts with her credentials – which you probably know – and then goes through the whole thing. It isn’t pretty. But we need to know as much as we can. And, yes, it’s long. But not a word wasted.<\/p>\n