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Spirit Equality

@spiritequality.bsky.social

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I still read books. You should too. Here’s one to start: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/069220671X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?nodl=1&ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=069220671X&linkCode=as2&tag=enthwuta-20&linkId=HM5DJ4

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Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · Mar 23

I wish they had a Student Loan Debtor PAC. 13 million people giving five dollars a month pays for some powerful lobbying. That’s all these Capitol Hill clowns seem to listen to

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Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t know who these darts are aimed at but I’m glad it’s not me lol

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 5h

If Speaker Mike Johnson is going to continue to pretend he never knows anything about anything, the only question the media should be asking him is "Why are you even here?"

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Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 9h

Fetterman is a corporatist. When Dems retake the Senate, he will switch to support anything that slows them from enacting a progressive agenda. Watch.

Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 9h

I met a Last who says she is the aunt of the guy who created capcha. A Guatemalan migrant apparently. Here on a student visa.

Next wave of overseas entrepreneurs will probably skip uss and go to Canada

WIRED @wired.com · 9h

While puzzling captchas—from dogs in hats to sliding jockstraps—still exist, most bot-deterring challenges have vanished into the background. www.wired.com/story/bizarr...

The Curious Case of the Bizarre, Disappearing Captcha

While puzzling captchas—from dogs in hats to sliding jockstraps—still exist, most bot-deterring challenges have vanished into the background.

www.wired.com

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Paul Prins @paul.urbanmonastic.org · 3d

This _should_ be a direct link to that setting for those of you on the web: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

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Proton @proton.me · 3d

Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

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Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 17h

You have to name what you’re watching.

Howard the Duck, for example, is godawful.

Meteor Man?

The 1990 Captain America film?

Superman 4: Quest for Peace?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”

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Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 17h

$17 trillion in investors for his meme coins.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Trump again told the “$17 TRILLION” lie 🤥— @norahodonnell and Bari Weiss’ @60minutes did not push back on the claim at all.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

“60 Minutes paid me a lot of money”

In an edited-out part of the Trump interview Trump brags about extorting CBS for millions for… editing out a part of Kamala’s interview.

(He also makes it clear new CBS chief Bari Weiss is in his pocket) #RIPCBS

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Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 17h

I just skip the first part and go to sleep.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18h

Sometimes I read the news and it makes me so angry I just have to go to sleep

Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 17h

The manly parts, not the girly parts.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 18h

'the other parts"

"New Weapons Testing Won’t Include Nuclear Explosions, Energy Secretary Says; Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the testing ordered up in a surprise announcement by President Trump last week would focus on 'the other parts' of nuclear weaponry..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...

New Weapons Testing Won’t Include Nuclear Explosions, Energy Secretary Says

www.nytimes.com

Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 17h

The Democrats will get rid of the filibuster immediately?

So this guy slept through 2021-2024 huh?

Never heard of Manchin.

And Fetterman is angling to be the new Manchin

Hilarious.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, NOT JUST FOR THE SHUTDOWN, BUT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. WE WILL GET ALL OF OUR COMMON SENSE POLICIES APPROVED (VOTER ID, ANYONE?) AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! REMEMBER, THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO IT IMMEDIATELY, AS SOON AS THEY GET THE CHANCE."

TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER, NOT JUST FOR THE SHUTDOWN, BUT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. WE WILL GET ALL OF OUR COMMON SENSE POLICIES APPROVED (VOTER ID, ANYONE?) AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! REMEMBER, THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO IT IMMEDIATELY, AS SOON AS THEY GET THE CHANCE. OUR DOING IT WILL NOT GIVE THEM THE CHANCE. REPUBLICANS, BE TOUGH AND SMART! THE DEMS ARE CRAZED LUNATICS, THEY WILL NOT OPEN UP OUR COUNTRY NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IRREPARABLY HARMED!

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 18h

after months of focus on Biden’s autopen pardons:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

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Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 18h

In a world where you could lay all that out in a very articulate way and your opponent can just say “Judah wants boys to play in girls sports” and half the electorate will already be against you, all the political consultancy advice appears to be useless (on a national level, but local/state maybe)

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3d

Why should you 🫵🏿 care about SNAP? SNAP recipients saw:

- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital

SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!

Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence from the Food Stamps Program
Martha J. Bailey, Hilary W. Hoynes, Maya Rossin-Slater & Reed Walker
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Working Paper 26942
DOI 10.3386/w26942
Issue Date April 2020
We use novel, large-scale data on 43 million Americans from the 2000 Census and the 2001 to 2013 American Communities Survey linked to the Social Security Administration’s NUMIDENT to study how a policy-driven increase in economic resources for families affects children’s long-term outcomes. Using variation from the county-level roll-out of the Food Stamps program between 1961 and 1975, we find that children with access to greater economic resources before age five experience an increase of 6 percent of a standard deviation in their adult human capital, 3 percent of a standard deviation in their adult economic self-sufficiency, 8 percent of a standard deviation in the quality of their adult neighborhoods, 0.4 percentage-point increase in longevity, and a 0.5 percentage-point decrease in likelihood of being incarcerated. Based on these estimates, we conclude that Food Stamps’ transfer of resources to families is a highly cost-effective investment into young children, yielding a marginal value of public funds of approximately 56.

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. bank reserves have plunged to about $2.8 trillion, a four-year low, as of late October 2025.

Analysts fear a crisis could be near. m.economictimes.com/news/interna...

US bank reserves nosedive to $2.8 trillion, crash to 4-year low - analysts say crisis could be near

US bank reserves fall to 4-year low as liquidity fears surge. Fresh Fed data shows reserves have plunged to about $2.8 trillion, down from $3.3 trillion earlier this year — the lowest since 2021. Anal...

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a sign that banks are running low on easy-to-access cash, and the Fed is stepping in to stabilize short-term funding.

The Fed announced it will end balance-sheet reduction (QT) on December 1, 2025 — in response to tightening financial-system liquidity.
www.reuters.com/business/fin...

Banks tap Fed Standing Repo Facility in record numbers amid month-end pressures

Federal Reserve liquidity facilities caught fire on Friday as month-end pressures pushed a key lending tool to a record level of usage.

www.reuters.com

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Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 1d

What race are you assuming I am, Susie?

Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 1d

You gave me an example from 70 years ago and cant say what you’re doing right now.

Are you organizing a bus boycott? LOL

Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 1d

You’re aware that when a person asks you a direct question, you can actually answer it?

Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 1d

I think you’re making unfounded assumptions about who you’re talking to.

Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 1d

And if he’s a lawyer and that’s his job, that’s not the same thing as organizing to enact systemic change.

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Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 1d

I asked him what he was doing. He didn’t bother to respond. I went through the whole thread.

Spirit Equality @spiritequality.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like you’re doing a lot more than Jay. Not sure why you’re defending an armchair critic like him, but I’m off to phone bank