Watching Paul Gilster go off to BlueSky "for obvious reasons" was a blow. It actually hurt. Not the move, but the "Kamala Obviously" attitude. Peter Woit, well... I never had much respect for that one, so his "post-truth" tantrum washed over me. And then there was Daniel Suarez calling Trump an authoritarian liar but, somehow, hoping we'd all come together after November to buy his book (by all accounts a decent book). But: enough of the negative.
Here's the positive: Casey Handmer on the d.o.g.e.
Handmer conducts a master class in gently advising the people in charge, whoever they might be in January, what benefits might accrue to this populace if the governmental-efficiency is NOT a sword to use against enemies. It could be used - generally - against pork, which trends actually highly Republican, as much as Democrat.
I admit I don't default to this attitude. I am not saying I always agree with Handmer - although, he's convinced me on battery storage and even on solar. Overall if you want people to take you seriously, this seems the best attitude to have. It may be too late for Gilster and Woit but Suarez could learn from this.
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