Daniel Marans (dmarans)

Hello Warp Cast! I'm a New York City-based communications consultant who spent nearly a decade traveling the country to cover politics and elections for HuffPost. I'm excited to be on this innovative new platform with old friends like @kaufman, @mazmhussain, and @leefang -- as well as new ones like @ted, and @dwr.

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I know it's been a while Farcasters, but the spirit has moved me to speak once again. Last weekend I saw the Georgian film "April." You could call it a film about abortion rights and what happens in countries that don't have them, but that would sell the movie short. It's about the human and natural life cycles, aging, body image, intimacy, morality and the conflict between individuals and society. The film has mystical themes and characters. And it is so powerfully and disturbingly shot and recorded. The camera pans but never goes back and forth between over-the-shoulder shots. The sound is enveloping.

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Full disclosure for New York City mayoral race posts from here on out: I have joined Whitney Tilson's mayoral campaign as press secretary. Nothing I say is on behalf of the campaign, but I just thought it worth disclosing since I don't want to be seen as hiding any conflict of interest. I doubt I will have much to say about the race here, given the local nature of it. But Tilson is a business-friendly moderate looking to make the city safer, more affordable, and more prosperous. https://www.whitneyformayor.com/policy

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Some thoughts off the top about Tucker's interview of Sam Bankman-Fried: 1) Tucker deliberately doesn't address SBF's business, in favor of other topics, which is fine, but it also allows SBF to reiterate talking points about them that don't really grapple with the steel-man argument against what he did. 2) SBF is lying about not taking Adderall. His defense lawyers actually asked the judge to delay trial until he could get it. 3) SBF provides an inside look at some of the genuine problems with our justice system, including the failure to provide inmates appropriate legal resources and ways to pursue meaningful pursuits, as well as the Feds' use of borderline extortive pressure tactics. 4) SBF is still an effective altruist. No rumination on how it might have helped him rationalize his alleged crimes. 5) Tucker, who tries to nudge SBF to care about things like family, comes off far more human of the two.

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