score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"
Soutien total à ces jeunes. La réponse du gouvernement à leurs préoccupations est absolument lamentable (sans aucune surprise).
Rats dans les bâtiments, établissement en décomposition, absence de professeurs, manque de moyens… Ce lundi 28 septembre à Saint-Denis, les élèves des lycées Paul-Éluard et Bartholdi manifestaient pour leur droit à l’éducation et à la dignité.
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/Gbe
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/Gbe
September 29, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Soutien total à ces jeunes. La réponse du gouvernement à leurs préoccupations est absolument lamentable (sans aucune surprise).
one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
It's striking that progressives like Tim Walz and Zohran Mamdani evoke the middle American attitude that, "Yes, we can fix these social problems because we're Americans and it's the right thing to do!" While the "America first" right only emulates failed and failing nation-states elsewhere.
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
one of my recent preoccupations is the visceral hostility the MAGA right has for the histories and traditions of the United States. these are people who spit on the Declaration and salute third-rate European despots!
Turns out the preoccupations of the online right don’t mirror the way population thinks at large- who knew!
August 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Turns out the preoccupations of the online right don’t mirror the way population thinks at large- who knew!
One of my weirder preoccupations in celebrity bodyguards.
Imagine your job is just being paid to be massive and hover and make eye contact with people and glower and be like "I wouldn't, babes."
Have you seen Kendrick Lamar's bodyguard?
Imagine your job is just being paid to be massive and hover and make eye contact with people and glower and be like "I wouldn't, babes."
Have you seen Kendrick Lamar's bodyguard?
September 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
One of my weirder preoccupations in celebrity bodyguards.
Imagine your job is just being paid to be massive and hover and make eye contact with people and glower and be like "I wouldn't, babes."
Have you seen Kendrick Lamar's bodyguard?
Imagine your job is just being paid to be massive and hover and make eye contact with people and glower and be like "I wouldn't, babes."
Have you seen Kendrick Lamar's bodyguard?
You’ve got to give Frank Miller credit. He has managed to break people’s brains across multiple distinct cultural preoccupations.
February 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
You’ve got to give Frank Miller credit. He has managed to break people’s brains across multiple distinct cultural preoccupations.
it sort of gives away the game that one of the primary incel preoccupations is "men should only have hobbies that they will meet basically zero women in the course of pursuing"
the right won't tell you this because they want your money, but the best way to get a girlfriend as a young man is to be a straight guy who likes musical theater.
June 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
it sort of gives away the game that one of the primary incel preoccupations is "men should only have hobbies that they will meet basically zero women in the course of pursuing"
One of the best things about Posting is you never know what obscure preoccupations your followers have. There will be a guy who has followed you for years and never said anything but then one day you disparage applesauce and he activates like a sleeper agent and dedicates his life to destroying you
June 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
One of the best things about Posting is you never know what obscure preoccupations your followers have. There will be a guy who has followed you for years and never said anything but then one day you disparage applesauce and he activates like a sleeper agent and dedicates his life to destroying you
Je zappe par hasard sur France Info
"Débat" Attal-Marion Maréchal 🤡
Au bout d’une seconde :
"– Non mais l’abaya…"
Je zappe.
Ces gens ne représentent rien, ne proposent rien qui corresponde aux préoccupations des Français mais brassent de la haine.
Et le service public leur donne la parole.
Abject
"Débat" Attal-Marion Maréchal 🤡
Au bout d’une seconde :
"– Non mais l’abaya…"
Je zappe.
Ces gens ne représentent rien, ne proposent rien qui corresponde aux préoccupations des Français mais brassent de la haine.
Et le service public leur donne la parole.
Abject
September 27, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Je zappe par hasard sur France Info
"Débat" Attal-Marion Maréchal 🤡
Au bout d’une seconde :
"– Non mais l’abaya…"
Je zappe.
Ces gens ne représentent rien, ne proposent rien qui corresponde aux préoccupations des Français mais brassent de la haine.
Et le service public leur donne la parole.
Abject
"Débat" Attal-Marion Maréchal 🤡
Au bout d’une seconde :
"– Non mais l’abaya…"
Je zappe.
Ces gens ne représentent rien, ne proposent rien qui corresponde aux préoccupations des Français mais brassent de la haine.
Et le service public leur donne la parole.
Abject
Un sujet en tête des préoccupations des Français dans les sondages et inversement évoqué par l’exécutif d’ailleurs
Ajoutons à ces chiffres :
- 49% des Français renoncent aux vacances
- 39% ont du mal à payer leur chauffage
Il faut lire le baromètre du Secours populaire sur la pauvreté.
Il est édifiant sur le bilan du macronisme en la matière.
9,8 millions de pauvres, record depuis 30 ans.
- 49% des Français renoncent aux vacances
- 39% ont du mal à payer leur chauffage
Il faut lire le baromètre du Secours populaire sur la pauvreté.
Il est édifiant sur le bilan du macronisme en la matière.
9,8 millions de pauvres, record depuis 30 ans.
September 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Un sujet en tête des préoccupations des Français dans les sondages et inversement évoqué par l’exécutif d’ailleurs
he won because the marginal voter thought he would make them economically secure, if not rich. he *thinks* he won because of anti-trans bigotry. he has spent his time in office ignoring the concerns of the marginal voter and focusing on the preoccupations of ideologues.
April 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
he won because the marginal voter thought he would make them economically secure, if not rich. he *thinks* he won because of anti-trans bigotry. he has spent his time in office ignoring the concerns of the marginal voter and focusing on the preoccupations of ideologues.
i'll add that "wokeness created trump" is a great example of how these people are narcissists in the sense that they can't imagine other people having agency and interests that do not have much to do with their narrow cultural preoccupations
February 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
i'll add that "wokeness created trump" is a great example of how these people are narcissists in the sense that they can't imagine other people having agency and interests that do not have much to do with their narrow cultural preoccupations
i love this man so much i’ve simply ruined his brain with my preoccupations
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
i love this man so much i’ve simply ruined his brain with my preoccupations
Yet another example of transphobia rooted in projected fetishization.
Trans women tell study they rely on sex work for survival. Study concludes, nah, they’re all getting off on it. They published a literal fantasy.
Researchers need to stop dressing up their sexual preoccupations as science.
Trans women tell study they rely on sex work for survival. Study concludes, nah, they’re all getting off on it. They published a literal fantasy.
Researchers need to stop dressing up their sexual preoccupations as science.
I want you all to look at this conclusion in the fucking eye, next to the actual things said by the trans women interviewed.
From the repeated testimony that trans women have no family support, are unhirable, and need to both survive and pay for transition care, the researchers concluded THIS.
From the repeated testimony that trans women have no family support, are unhirable, and need to both survive and pay for transition care, the researchers concluded THIS.
April 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Yet another example of transphobia rooted in projected fetishization.
Trans women tell study they rely on sex work for survival. Study concludes, nah, they’re all getting off on it. They published a literal fantasy.
Researchers need to stop dressing up their sexual preoccupations as science.
Trans women tell study they rely on sex work for survival. Study concludes, nah, they’re all getting off on it. They published a literal fantasy.
Researchers need to stop dressing up their sexual preoccupations as science.
I hate when you start reading a book and it’s all just the writer’s barely disguised fetishes, lifelong preoccupations, unspeakable fears, dearest wishes, personal inspirations, culture, subculture, and every one of their lived experiences 🙄
September 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I hate when you start reading a book and it’s all just the writer’s barely disguised fetishes, lifelong preoccupations, unspeakable fears, dearest wishes, personal inspirations, culture, subculture, and every one of their lived experiences 🙄
it is genuinely crazy that voters consistently say they think democrats are not attentive to the issues that matter to them like the economy and centrist writers’ solutions to this involve democrats loudly talking about cultural preoccupations
July 19, 2026 at 2:54 PM
it is genuinely crazy that voters consistently say they think democrats are not attentive to the issues that matter to them like the economy and centrist writers’ solutions to this involve democrats loudly talking about cultural preoccupations
Art is best when it is either about the specific preoccupations and peccadilloes of the artist OR Jane Schoenbrun. You can make art about yourself, or you can make art about Jane. Those are the options.
Saw someone say on Twitter, of Jane Schoenbrun, “At some point you have to make a movie that isn’t about yourself.” No you don’t. That isn’t true
September 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Art is best when it is either about the specific preoccupations and peccadilloes of the artist OR Jane Schoenbrun. You can make art about yourself, or you can make art about Jane. Those are the options.
December 2, 2024 at 12:55 PM
This is actually like schizophrenic disordered thinking to assume ill intentions from people because of your own preoccupations and delusions
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is actually like schizophrenic disordered thinking to assume ill intentions from people because of your own preoccupations and delusions
There's a whole encyclopedia to be written on the details of how this administration moved money away from brown people and into the insane preoccupations of a couple of rich dudes
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
www.wsj.com
September 23, 2026 at 4:58 PM
There's a whole encyclopedia to be written on the details of how this administration moved money away from brown people and into the insane preoccupations of a couple of rich dudes
Voilà les principales préoccupations des Français.
Mesurez l'écart avec les priorités du gouvernement et la parole médiatique.
Quand était la dernière fois que vous avez passé une heure sur une chaine d'info sans entendre parler d'islam, d'immigration ou d'insécurité ?
Mesurez l'écart avec les priorités du gouvernement et la parole médiatique.
Quand était la dernière fois que vous avez passé une heure sur une chaine d'info sans entendre parler d'islam, d'immigration ou d'insécurité ?
March 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Voilà les principales préoccupations des Français.
Mesurez l'écart avec les priorités du gouvernement et la parole médiatique.
Quand était la dernière fois que vous avez passé une heure sur une chaine d'info sans entendre parler d'islam, d'immigration ou d'insécurité ?
Mesurez l'écart avec les priorités du gouvernement et la parole médiatique.
Quand était la dernière fois que vous avez passé une heure sur une chaine d'info sans entendre parler d'islam, d'immigration ou d'insécurité ?
Gotta say, if you're gonna interview him, this is something you should know. You should know about your subject and his preoccupations, and for him this is a big one.
genuinely hilarious that the Economist's editor in chief pissed off Elon so much that she inadvertently learned about "NPCs" nymag.com/intelligence...
July 31, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Gotta say, if you're gonna interview him, this is something you should know. You should know about your subject and his preoccupations, and for him this is a big one.
editing my book’s index; it’s nice to see all my preoccupations enumerated
May 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
editing my book’s index; it’s nice to see all my preoccupations enumerated
Is a single opinion columnist capable of understanding that their preoccupations are not necessarily the public's preoccupations? Anyone?
May 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Is a single opinion columnist capable of understanding that their preoccupations are not necessarily the public's preoccupations? Anyone?
Les Français : veulent des services publics, des écoles, des hôpitaux, de la justice fiscale
Le RN : vote contre tout ça à chaque occasion
Les Français : sont près de 50 % à juger le RN proche de leurs préoccupations.
Le RN : vote contre tout ça à chaque occasion
Les Français : sont près de 50 % à juger le RN proche de leurs préoccupations.
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Les Français : veulent des services publics, des écoles, des hôpitaux, de la justice fiscale
Le RN : vote contre tout ça à chaque occasion
Les Français : sont près de 50 % à juger le RN proche de leurs préoccupations.
Le RN : vote contre tout ça à chaque occasion
Les Français : sont près de 50 % à juger le RN proche de leurs préoccupations.