Literally just finished listening to 66 hours of "The Power Broker" by Robert A Caro. That took me about two months and a half. Wow, what a tome. I honestly had my doubts about even being able to finish it. Now I'm pretty sure one day I'll want to read/listen to it all over again, there must have been so much going over my head. But even so this was a thrilling, very long ride. Now my brain needs a bit of a vacation I think. 😅
#powerbroker
Mitä opin tänään: tiedättehän, kuinka Helsingin Sanomien tai yhtä hyvin Aamulehden kaupunkiartikkeleissa kommenttiraita täyttyy aina janttereista, jotka mökeltävät, että kaupunkisuunnittelua tekevät ihmiset, joilla ei ole ajokorttia?
Arvatkaa, kuka ei koskaan ajanut autolla?
Robert Moses. Se kaveri, joka jyräsi surutta New Yorkin naapurustoja rakentaakseen kaupunkiin satoja kilometrejä motaria.
[book] Robert Caro: The Power Broker
50-y.o. Book Explains Everything About U.S. Politics, incl. This Election
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/29/robert-caro-power-broker-trump-harris-2024-election
unpaywalled: https://archive.fo/ooYmk#selection-3200.0-3206.1
* fundamental question: Who can voters trust to hold power?
https://www.robertcaro.org/the-power-broker
https://archive.org/details/oceanof-pdf.com-the-power-broker-robert-a-caro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Broker
* repeatedly named one of best biographies of 20th century
* highly influential on city planners/politicians throughout U.S.
* Pulitzer Prize 1975
#Billionaire #LeonardLeo’s Extremely #Revealing #Letter to a #DarkMoney #Group
The #rightwing #powerbroker’s call to “#weaponize” #conservative #ideas tells us everything we need to know about his #twisted #vision for #America.
https://newrepublic.com/article/186013/leonard-leo-85-fund-revealing-letter-dark-money-group
‘The Power Broker’ Is Finally Getting a Digital Edition. What Took So Long?
Finally! That might actually help me back into this book, I can read so much more on ebooks, reading in bed with a partner is not convenient with a large book
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/books/ebook-robert-caro-the-power-broker.html
20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers (don't forget the alt text).
#20books20days #bookstodon #books #NYC #Moses #Powerbroker
12/20
I don't go to school, so I'm a bit sad I will not get to dress up as Robert Moses from The Power Broker by Robert Caro for World Book Day
#WorldBookDay #RobertMoses #PowerBroker
Photo By C.M. Stieglitz, World Telegram staff photographer - Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c36079, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1265880
got myself a little something to read
#PowerBroker #Caro
@notjustbikes I feel like all of mastodon ought to be reading #powerbroker and listening to the 99% book club. I will be in it with you this year.
Pretty delighted finally read the #powerbroker by Robert Caro. https://pca.st/episode/3b14c336-02e0-423f-b51e-153a315b6987 listening to the author lamenting human displacement and say words like “yuge” brings me pleasure.
@EnidKapelsen I picked up my copy today! My mother read the #PowerBroker a few years ago, then all the Johnson books. Since then, I tell her any time I see a Robert Caro reference somewhere.
This will be my first Caro read. Can’t wait.
@LSA232 @EnidKapelsen perfect! I’m nearly through the intro. Really interesting in the idea power so excited to read it. #PowerBroker
@DrSuzanne nice! Let’s use the hashtag #powerbroker to stay connected connected?
@LSA232 and I started but we did not make it through the introduction yet 😅
Yes it’s a beast!
No others have joined, but all good.
What do you think it should be?
#PowerBroker ?
The book #powerbroker is here, let’s see if we will join in the podcast rhythm of the fabulous 99% invisible podcast #99pi
Anyone here interested in #UrbanDesign, #CityPlanning and #CivicInfrastructure joining as well?
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/breaking-down-the-power-broker/
#Putin to discuss #Israel-#Hamas with #SaudiArabia & #UAE. Then host #Iran in #Moscow
#KSA, #UAE, & #Iran are all allies of #Russia. #NorthKorea & #China too
There's an #ICC #arrestWarrant against Putin for abductions of children from #Ukraine
Plight of #Gaza children brings him to "tears". #Ukrainian children, not so much ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111453366774875028
He desperately wants to be #powerBroker in #MiddleEast & has grievous envy of #US in this role ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111453188229355963
A real "global #powerBroker" is #China.
It has #unidirectionalSway over the #InsufferableTrio, #RINK (#Russia, #Iran, and #NorthKorea) — all #outcasts from civilized society in the post-#ColdWar multilateral order.
Iran, in particular, has been using its #AxisOfResistance to fight proxy battles, not just agains the #US and #West, but also against its #Arab #Brothers in the #ArabLeague.
It was China who secretly brokered a #rapprochement between Iran & Arab League ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111443215314525928
#Palestinians who let others fight #inTheirName must realize #Russia is merely USING them to cosplay as "global #powerBroker"
Russia is a rump state since dissolution of #SovietUnion. Far from power broker, it's a JUNIOR partner to #China
#Putin can't even travel freely— #InternationalCriminalCourt has arrest #warrant against him
He said "when you look at suffering & bloodied children (in #Gaza), you clench your fists & tears come to your eyes" ➡️ https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-putin-sees-political-economic-upside-israels-war-with-hamas-2023-11-17/
No tears in #Ukraine?
What's really animating #Putin in #Ukraine is #RevanchistDreams.
What's really animating Putin in #MiddleEast is #grievance over perceived #US #hegemony.
#Palestinians who let others fight #inTheirName don't realize #Russia is not their friend but merely USING them to cosplay as "global #powerBroker"
Putin's grievance over US #MediatorMonopoly has a long history, predating #Hamas attacks
➡️ https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticlePrintPage.aspx?id=3103582&language=ar#
➡️ https://www.palestinechronicle.com/russia-attacks-washingtons-stance-on-gaza-war-monopoly-on-mediation/
➡️ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/russia-says-attempts-to-monopolize-mediation-lead-to-aggravation-of-conflicts/3045459
➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111453042312843780
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