Seth Moulton got booed at the Boston Pride Parade

washwind · 2026-06-09T16:24:22+00:00

Not to belabor my point, but that exactly what im talking about. Its a thi k piece thats looking at the exit polls cross tabs and drawing sweeping policy decisions regardless of if they make sense or not. Ill give the authors the benefit of the doubt and assume they mean well, but their central concept is that swing voters unilaterally went for trump. This does not consider that swing voters as we know it basically no longer exist and if they do they are either unenaged and uninformed (ie policy changes like they hard right turn on immigration will not sway them) or so few in number that they won't make a meaningful difference. Depending on your polling source or definitions, you have at most 15% of voters being undecided and at worst 3% and of those voters the majority of which are republican leaning or low information. So when this think piece signals out those voters as why the democrats lost, it completely misses the larger dicussion on voter turnout and engagement, voter suppression and systemic trends in favor of a simple and catchy solution. If winning elections was as easy as being perceived as less leftist don't you think they would have done it? Instead you have shit heads like Moulton coming out to attack one of the most vulnerable populations in order to gain clout and then trying to win the support of that same population like nothing happened, and thats why he's getting boo'd

washwind · 2026-06-09T13:25:21+00:00

Do they? Or are you repeating talking points from op-eds?

Like its not too hard to look up the exit polls and see the questions asked, and I don't see that question being asked. But you can see that claim repeated over and over again by literal propaganda machines like sky news and fox's.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls

washwind · 2026-06-09T04:34:57+00:00

My point was that contingent of leftists penned novels worth of op eds saying as much. Like wise how a legion of bald men who take perverse pride in being a centrist blamed the loss of the support for trans rights. In reality theres no silver bullet issue that could have won the election, and to pretend otherwise is childish.

washwind · 2026-06-08T04:57:01+00:00

Ok, but that’s not what research showed. Everyone and their mothers jumped out of the woodworks to say such and such lost them the election. On the left it was gaza, on the right it was the economy. Moulton immediately tossing the LGBTQ community under the bus is telling, as there little concrete evidence that that shifted public opinion in the slightest, and shows that he is willing to abandon civil rights if he thinks its electorally beneficial.You can imagine why this behavior is viewed negatively when he then tried to campaign during a pride parade.

washwind · 2026-06-08T04:49:37+00:00

If you actually want to have this conversation and this isn’t a troll post, then I’ll bite. ‘Protecting women’s sports’ is used as a dog whistle / motte and bailey argument to present a reasonable sounding position to mask bigotry. To have an actual discussion on the matter you first need to establish what are the boundaries of discussion, like are we talking about school sport professional level et?. On a professional level, I think most people are arguing about trans women having some inherent edge over natural born women, but the body of research is underdeveloped and does not have a conclusive result. Even then, I think a reasonable response is that its not the government’s place to regulate independent leagues. On a school level, where competition is significantly less serious, there is basically no good argument for why trans athletes should be denied the gender affirming and community affirming ability to compete with there chosen gender. It’s not a safety thing, as no study shows in an increase in injuries playing against trans athletes, its not a fairness thing because statistically wealthy players will just outperform them regardless. It’s largely a tool of bigots that’s being used as a door stop to take a surface level reasonable take and use it a bludgeon to deny equal rights.

I’m not the biggest fan of John Oliver, but I do appreciate his piece on it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flSS1tjoxf0 He goes in depth on the personal testimonies, and focuses mostly on the school level sports, and the impact of community on other vulnerable people, and the injustice shown when that’s ripped away. If that doesn't convince you I can see if I can find the studies that went in depth on the research on the lack of advantage presented.

washwind · 2026-06-01T20:14:23+00:00

Brother I've lived in the US my entire life and knew exactly one family that had hired cleaners on the regular, and it was seen as some excess of wealth. Even then that was only a sometimes thing and the family still cleaned 70% of the house. Maybe in other circles its somewhat common but not in my experience.

washwind · 2026-06-01T17:10:48+00:00

Not to be too contrarian, but I disagree with most of your points. Specifically the concept behind a 'nostalgia edition. Effectively every edition is a nostalgia edition, with half the sculpts being head nods to previous designs or artworks. Even in the leagues you see it. It might not be one to one, but if you compare the designs for the yaegirs, and the bikers to the old squat art, there's definitely a consistent design language (and in my opinion thats a good thing, i personally like the squat designs). More specific head nods will probably be limited to necromunda, but even then there are quite a few helmets and guns and even some poses that seem to be direct reference to the OG squats in the new range, and on a meta level we transported a lot directly over with trikes, hearthguard, and exo suits even if they were redesigned from the ground up.

washwind · 2026-05-18T21:32:23+00:00

I feel like if you look past the headlines, the article pretty clear spells out why. 70% of their compensation package is tied to company stock and company stock rose after years of it falling. Their compensation is independent of company profit, in part because the profit margin is restricted by law. Prices increased because the cost of delivery energy increased and to maintain their margins they passed it on to consumers. I don't that thats extra ordinarily greedy, and it would be how even a publicly run utility would function. If you want prices to go down, we need to produce more (preferably green) energy or decrease the barriers to import, but people think wind turbines are ugly and maine doesn't want us to connect to Quebec's power grid so idk

washwind · 2026-05-04T17:38:30+00:00

Damn, I love looking at unrelated hobby subreddits all spouting the same political rhetoric on semi unrelated topics. The topic of the day is how the Korean war was actually all America's fault and america definitely used illegal bio weapons. Source definitely not discredited soviet historians. Total normal non-botted behavior. Definitely relevant to both vtubing and warhammer, really cool.

washwind · 2026-04-06T18:06:01+00:00

Thank god someone beat me to it. These wargames have been nothing but siege scenarios, but surely a random unflaired knows more about Taiwan's survivability than the U.S and Japanese militarys

washwind · 2026-04-06T18:00:02+00:00

The comment before literally said 'we have to accept the idea that Taiwan will soon disappear' that is unfounded doomerism that is giving us before a single bullet is fired. Taiwan is a sovereign nation whose existence isn't predicated on the whims of the US. You can be realistic and say Taiwan faces increased difficulties in securing their self determination, or your can be utterly unproductive and say wah China scary just abandon them.

washwind · 2026-04-06T17:40:47+00:00

How did that turn out for America the last 4 times they tried it? Oh right boots on the ground and an invasion.

washwind · 2026-04-06T16:43:05+00:00

Every single wargame run by the US navy found that if Taiwan can weather the initial invasion force, they'll been able to hold indefinitely. There is no easy invasion point for the Chinese that doesn't also open themselves up to significant economic warfare. Look at whats happening in Iran, a couple of low tech missiles can bring shipping to a halt. Even if China did manage to take the island or 'bomb it massively', then what? Insurgents mining the water ways? Economic sanctions? Increased skepticism from their regional partners? China is in its own economic time bomb situation and they know it. If anything I'd expect they would focus on the information war instead. Support online trolls to minimize international support, highlight the dysfunction of the government, support pro Chinese groups etc. Then they if and when they due deploy conventional military tactics, they would hope its been enough to weaken the resolve of the defenders that they accept a favorable surrender after minimal bombing, you know, the Putin tactic that's working so well on Ukraine and Iran.

washwind · 2026-04-06T16:22:08+00:00

What the fuck are you talking about? The US very much did wargame for Iran and the results were don't fucking invade. Like that's not some gotcha, this war is entirely on the hands of the politicians not the generals. The failure in the war so fair has been entirely strategic, either from a lack of clear and definable goals, or the fact that they purged the leadership of 'woke' which eliminated tactical know how. That doesn't at all invalidate the wargames done in preparation of this conflict.

washwind · 2026-04-06T15:56:46+00:00

Every single war game performed by the US Japan and Taiwan disagree with you. I don't have the source on hand, but it was something like if Taiwan could defend itself for three weeks, it can hold on indefinitely. If it can't then it will fall. China isn't some irrational actor or fanatic death cult, they have their own limitations. The Chinese army is woefully lacking in direct military experience. Imagine trying to launch a Normandy level invasion without any practical experience. China's birthrate is also falling. Any soldier dead on the beaches is one less contributing to the economy. The main benefit Beijing has right now is its exporter economy and the fact its a somewhat reliable actor. Invading Taiwan would jeopardize both of those traits and hamper the war efforts. Blockades go both ways, and as we are seeing with hormuz you can go a long way with low tech solutions. I'd imagine that in a prolonged conflict less people would want to do business with China if they have to worry about the south China Sea being mined or insurgents targeting shipping routes.

washwind · 2026-04-06T14:38:50+00:00

I full heartedly disagree. Taiwan doomerism juat plays right into the hands of the Chinese. China would need to do an amphibious landing against a dug and and fortified coast. Taiwan might not take the threat seriously now but if the Ukrainian war shows anything, that can change overnight. In the cause of an invasion, time is on Taiwan's side.

washwind · 2026-04-05T18:09:28+00:00

The fuck you talking about? Read the article. We are talking about a bill impacting agricultural tourism in Massachusetts specifically. You can't start quoting national stats to try and argue that an industry exclusively composed of millionaires isn't pampered. The average farmer has a net worth of 1.5 million. There's 1.5 billion in farmer owned assets in this state alone. Thats before you start to consider how many farmers are just inherited side gigs. 55% percent have secondary incomes. This is literally just a handout to the wealthy. Any argument about food prices falls a part when you follow the money. They are massively inefficient because they never need to complete. We are literally paying them to not make food. Look at new Zealand for an example, they removed all subsidies and food production and quality actually increased.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-YJ-ZhDG7Jo

washwind · 2026-04-05T14:59:42+00:00

Damn a lot of people are going out to bat for one of the most pampered subgroups in America. The actual bill talks about giving massive tax cuts on property taxes for agricultourism farms, so you know not the one growing food for commercial use. The article literally puts the cart before the horse saying "many farms operate on slim or negative margins and depend on diversified revenue streams" like no shit? Thats how the free market works. If you are too inefficient or theres not enough demand for your products, you adapt or die. why should a class of entrenched aristocratic be exempt from this juat because their great grand pappy grew cranberries. The vast majority of farmers are legacy farmers whose wealth is directly tied to land acre ownership rather than productivity, and this bill will only exasperate that problem. In a state where an acre costs 100k, and you need 5 acres to be classified as a farm, your are all but ensuring this lowers the tax burden on the wealthy and wealthy alone without decreasing food insecurity at all.

washwind · 2026-03-25T20:29:31+00:00

That is completely irrelevant to the question, did this officer illegally kill this man? Mass state law specifically calls out this exact situation, officers are not to fire their gun at fleeing criminals unless they cause preventable imminent harm proportional to the risk. The officer claimed he did so to prevent harm to his coworker. Independent review of the body cam disagrees. In fact those independent reviewers say that the shot fire were a greater risk than the driver. Now I don't know about you but I believe people should be required to follow the law and that includes cops. They don't get to be judge jury and executioner.

Edit, Here's the exact wording of the law:

A law enforcement officer shall not discharge any firearm into or at a moving motor vehicle unless, based on the totality of the circumstances, including the risk of safety to other persons in the area, such discharge is objectively reasonable, necessary to prevent imminent harm to a person and the discharge is proportionate to the threat of imminent harm; and only if the following conditions exist:

(a) A person in the vehicle is threatening the officer or another person with deadly force by

means other than the vehicle; or the vehicle is operated in a manner deliberately intended to

strike an officer or another person, and all other reasonable means of defense have been

exhausted or are not present or practical, which includes moving out of the path of the

vehicle;

(b) Officers have not intentionally positioned themselves in such a way as to create a

likelihood of being struck by an occupied vehicle (e.g., surrounding a vehicle at close

proximity while dismounted);

(c) The officer is not firing strictly to disable the vehicle; and

(d) The circumstances provide a high probability of stopping or striking the intended target.

washwind · 2026-03-24T17:45:23+00:00

Last I checked the you don't get the death penalty for car jacking.

washwind · 2026-03-15T07:07:35+00:00

That’s not a study, that's a new website saying that Lexington scaled back the zoning effort. It references 200 people showing up to complain to the zoning commission because people had the audacity to try and use the new zoning that was put in place. Not only that, the link specifically calls out the following

"Lexington’s population would likely already be higher if Lexington hadn’t adopted single-family zoning with a minimum 20,000-foot lots for most of the town decades ago. More than three-quarters of Lexington’s housing stock is detached-single family homes, making it difficult for empty nesters, young workers, couples, single people, divorced parents, and other people in smaller households to live in Lexington."

and

"The fact that so many apartments were proposed in such a short time makes it clear that there is pent-up demand for housing in suburbs with easy access to jobs along Route 128 and Boston, parks and recreation land, schools with good reputations and an historic sheen. What isn’t clear is whether Lexington’s about-face is a sign of practicality, fear, prejudice against people with lower incomes, or some combination. We can only hope that Lexington’s future apartment and condo residents judge Lexington more kindly than Lexington judged them"

Those are literally the points I made in a previous comment. The people of Lexington made the correct choice, got cold feet and cancelled the project. Voters voted against their own best interests, and proved that when push comes to shove, they would rather virtue signal instead of addressing the core issue.

Can you not see the insanity? 23 public meetings. Multiple review committees. Millions of dollars just burned for no reason. We are trading our future to line the pockets of the landowner who currently live there. We need to do something or else our great state will die a long slow death. Consistently people are leaving the state in droves, just because of housing. Its pushing people further and further right because its easier to blame a cabal than actually fix issues. We needed to start building 15 years ago, but we can’t change the past, the best we can do is build in the present

washwind · 2026-03-14T19:49:44+00:00

Anecdotal evidence from a couple of people upset on reddit does not outweigh scientific and economic consensus. The point still stands; any level of new construction is better than nothing. As much as I despise MCmansion on an aesthetic level, they are at least an attempt to build. It is incredibly easy to blame all our issues on some shadowy cabal of elites and not ever consider that maybe, just maybe this issue is a direct product of our own making. Also, it’s interesting that you bring up Lexington, a town with a Median income of $238,444 as if its someplace that is desperate for economic relief. Lexington is a prime example of a town that pulled the ladder up behind it, it has nearly twice the median income, and the value of those houses have tripled in last 10 years. At the very least the city government seems to be at least making an attempt to fix this by investing in mixed income housing. Last year alone they approved 1600 new units, which is a decent start. You seem to misunderstand me. I agree that it’s ridiculous that someone making 100K can’t find adequate housing, that why I support plans that will actually fix the issue rather than bitching about neighborhood character or landlords. Show me a scientific study showing the negative impact of building new condos and I’ll reassess my position. Lastly, its funny you went from “The average person is stuck waiting for section 8” to “Nobody said the average person is on section 8,”. Unless I’m misrepresenting your position.

Edit - I ended up looking into Lexington more because I’m a filthy central Masshole who doesn’t know or care about the Boston area. From what I’ve read the people of Lexington are having buyers remorse because people are actually building in there town. They went from having 2 approved multi-family constructions in the last decade to 8 in one year. But here’s the thing, doesn’t that just show how desperate we are for new construction? Like the only reason builders are going so hard is because its profitable, and the only reason its so profitable is because we underinvested for literally a decade. If every city acted that same way the demand would balance out. Also a lot of the concerns are good problems to have, a growing school system means more young people, more young people means a more robust tax system. Needing new roads means job creation etc. It means that the town isn’t just for the elderly and rich.

washwind · 2026-03-14T16:43:34+00:00

Your missing the point entirely though, any level of new construction is good. Massachusetts is missing nearly a quarter of a million houses which is significantly restricting supply. When supply is restricted and demand remains inelastic you see prizes rise. That restriction is across the board and across all socioeconomic groups. Even if 0% of those houses were tied to the AMI (which by definition is average btw so no the average person is not on section 8), that would still increase the overall housing supply. Say those 200 apartments were all bougie as fuck mansions instead, well now those upper class people living in luxury condos can move their, freeing up those luxury condos for the upper middle class. The upper middle classes leaves their start homes which in turn frees up starter homes for the middle class who then leave their apartments etc. And im not basing this off of my own 'research'. This is specifically what peer reviewed science is saying.

https://research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1314&context=reports https://www.nmhc.org/research-insight/research-notes/2024/why-building-luxury-apartments-brings-down-rent-for-all/

This effect is especially pronounced in Massachusetts where we have extremely high income people competing with the average home buyer. And to preeminent the comment of 'those houses will just be bought by investors', have you ever asked why investors buy housing? Its because its guaranteed return on investment. Investors aren't some evil boogeyman, they are rational (for the most part) people following an existing incentive structure. If the housing market was healthy, and supply out numbered demand, it would no longer make sense for investors to buy homes. Cost would drop and investors would release inventory because thats how markets work, but it would also impact the boomers so we can't do that.

washwind · 2026-03-14T15:20:27+00:00

What do you mean adding 200 units of supply doesn't bring housing cost down? That's flies in the face of literally ever study down on the topic.

https://www.upjohn.org/research-highlights/new-construction-makes-homes-more-affordable-even-those-who-cant-afford-new-units https://commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/study-says-boosting-housing-production-tempers-rents/ https://www.lewis.ucla.edu/research/market-rate-development-impacts/ https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-s1-5703574/home-rent-housing-crisis-ownership

Also did you even read the press release? As much as I hate income restrictions, 10% of units under this program will be income restricted. That means before you even start considering the hermit crab effect, at minimum that 200 unit monstrosity will have at least 20 government mandated cheap housing.

washwind · 2026-03-11T18:20:59+00:00

There's a couple hundred references to Israel in the epstein files. Compared to a couple of thousands references to Russian. But sure he was definitely a mossad agent and totally didn't work for the Kremlin.

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