Big sad 😥 I'm particularly fond of him for all the work he contributed to The Thrilling Adventure Hour. Used to be that I never missed a minute of that podcast all the way until it stopped being a regular thing.

Andy Paley Dies: ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Composer, Prolific Producer Of Records, Film & TV Music Was 72

https://deadline.com/2024/11/andy-paley-dead-1236183760/

@Ironworker229 @Bix But I worried back then seeing OFA in action because while Obama was using tools he had to develop coming up in the political environment of Illinois - where he had to break past the old guard to get elected - what he was in practice doing with OFA was setting the pattern of running without making use of the traditional party structure that has ensured all the people some saw as standing in the way were brought into the process and taken on the journey. My way or the highway

@Ironworker229 @Bix And she's totally on point about trading the faculty lounge for the assembly line. A major labour leader felt appearing at the RNC was representing his workers. We lost so much ground among labour voters. And people carry on about it as if means he and those workers are out of touch and should be shamed instead on finding the more important truth - we aren't connecting with these people any more. Not the way we need to be.

I love Obama and treasure those years.

@Ironworker229 @Bix Yes. I think its the most tangible change democrats can make going forward. Activism is near and dear to our hearts. But just as activism has devolved from consensus building to demanding change and canceling detractors so too has our policy making. There's an air of "this issue is too urgent to tolerate any dissent" around so many of our core issues and that isn't getting the work done.

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