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Brooklyn. Leftist. Stoner. Musician/creative. Humanity is worth saving. Medium: https://medium.com/@refreshingtime MAGAs, alt righters, bigots and grifters are all blocked on sight

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · Jul 12

friedrich engels on “social murder” in his book condition of the working class (1845)

When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another such that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call his deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as much a death by violence as that by the sword or bullet; when it deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions in which they cannot live— forces them, through the strong arm of the law, to remain in such conditions until that death ensues which is the inevitable consequence— knows that these thousands of victims must perish, and yet permits these conditions to remain, its deed is murder just as surely as the deed of the single individual; disguised, malicious murder, murder against which (cont.)

none can defend himself, which does not seem what it is, because no man sees the murderer, because the death of the victim seems a natural one, since the offence is more one of omission than of commission. But murder it remains. I have now to prove that society in England daily and hourly commits what the working-men’s organs, with perfect correctness, characterise as social murder, that it has placed the workers under conditions in which they can neither retain health nor live long; that it undermines the vital force of these workers gradually, little by little, and so hurries them to the grave before their time. I have further to prove that society knows how injurious such conditions are to the health and the life of the workers, and yet does nothing to improve these conditions. That it knows the consequences of its deeds; that its act is, therefore, not mere manslaughter, but murder, I shall have proved, when I cite official documents, reports of Parliament and of the Government, in substantiation of my charge.

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 1h

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 2h

hey. you are actually insane. please get help

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 2h

please go outside

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · Jun 21

godzilling me softly with his kong

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5h

Indonesia is denying Israeli athletes entrance visas, which will prevent them from keeping in the world gymnastics championships.

This is what real solidarity against genocide looks like.

apnews.com/article/indo...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming gymnastics world championships in Jakarta, a government official said Thursday.

The decision to deny visas to the Israeli athletes comes after their planned participation had sparked intense opposition in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, which has long been a staunch supporter of Palestinians.

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 5h

i hope she countersues him for everything. i want donald trump to be in giuliani's situation but worse. he should be in debt to nyc for the rest of his short life and then they should take everything after that

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 5h

stone cold voice oh hell yeah

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 5h

a federal indictment over a mortgage rider. shellac prayer to god.mp4

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 5h

i am saying nothing novel or innovative here but i really really really really really hate the fucking president

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 5h

Here's the feds' "evidence" that state AG Letitia James committed bank fraud: She allegedly got a 3% mortgage rate on a Virginia house that she said she'd use as a second home, but she rented it out instead – so she should have paid a 3.185% rate, a difference of about $19,000.

Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia

State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.

www.cityandstateny.com

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 5h

two steps. we love it

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 5h

ok ill bite. whats pickles

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 5h

i crave cucumbers. anyone got a good recipe with cucumbers

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING

New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued her first statement in the aftermath of being indicted by President Trump’s DOJ.

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 7h

this is just crazy and i dont even think im halfway in. required viewing so far

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 7h

me, with a joe biden expression: I Did That

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

stop lying about strangers to fit your fantastical worldview, which you can provide no evidence for whatsoever

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

even after you are given hard data, carefully researched by professionals who know better than you, you deliberately ignore it and pretend you know better. you are the problem here

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

and now, you are going to sit here and dismiss it outright for being “random” when that is something you would have learned is incorrect seconds into reading it. you have compared others to MAGA already, yet you cant be bothered to think about this issue remotely critically

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

let me explain something to you, very slowly: i know you didnt read the study, or look into any of this data, before you came into this reply chain running your mouth at strangers, making claims about them that you would never make in real life, all based on a topic you are woefully misinformed on

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

they did take representative samples. again, you clearly have not read the study i am showing you, yet you type out more lies and presumptions. you are not interested in the data or information

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

then show me where in the study that calculation and methodology is incorrect

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

you again lie in presuming you understand statistical analysis better than the pew research group. all so you can belittle strangers

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

it was not a random sample. you did not read any of this

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

that is another lie. you have told people they are responsible for the genocide taking place and the fascist in office, and now you doubt data that shows that is a lie, despite it being more evidence than you have made your case with, which is: none

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

it is also not incumbent on others to block you for showing up in their mentions to tell lies about them. take responsibility for your own poor conduct