Aaron's Bluesky Activity — May 9, 2026

Politics, Courts, and Democracy

Aaron engaged with several threads touching on democratic institutions and political strategy. He reposted a call for lawyers and law students to focus on state courts rather than counting on the Supreme Court to protect rights, a sentiment particularly relevant given ongoing battles in states like Virginia. He also shared concern about the broader erosion of political stability, amplifying a post noting that the baseline of civic normalcy many Americans have taken for granted is under unprecedented strain. On media criticism, he reposted a pointed observation that the New York Times was framing Republican efforts to strip Black voters of political power as a horse-race story rather than a democratic emergency, and he shared a related critique that local news had become regime propaganda, quoting only politicians — not scientists — in a story about scientists.

Housing, Media, and Political Messaging

Aaron reposted Michael Hobbes pushing back on an argument that developers are the enemy of housing affordability, noting that the real culprit is zoning laws that make it illegal to build housing where people want to live. He also weighed in directly on Maine politics, observing that whatever his reservations about a candidate named Planter, endorsing gun control is not a viable path to a Senate seat in a state as rural as Maine. He amplified a post skewering the op-ed business model as deliberately engineered to generate outrage and clicks, and reposted a piece from Volts arguing that politicians who disappoint voters aren't cynical masterminds — they deceive themselves before they deceive anyone else.

Lighter Notes

On the intelligence and security front, Aaron shared an analysis questioning the pre-war assumption that Iran had sophisticated sleeper cells ready to strike inside the United States, calling it a notable intelligence failure. He also reposted a dry joke about web servers harvesting browser fingerprinting data, and shared a video game hot take arguing that Horizon Zero Dawn was the best PS4 exclusive while its sequel Forbidden West was a bloated, Ubisoft-style disappointment.