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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 15h

And sometimes it’s not even like a “constitutional monarchy” situation. Scholars are hard at work trying to find terminology for such a thing.

Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 1d

And I haven’t signed up to receive texts, and I’ve been contacted by this campaign and unsubscribed from it before. So it’s spam.

It’s not my number, and I don’t care about their safety.

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I’ve done that before. Yet here it is.

Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 2d

As usual, for more details, follow the nc rabbit hole: https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/why-are-so-many-outer-banks-houses-collapsing

Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 2d

Yea but I didn’t. So it is.

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 2d

Yo I’m getting spammed from your campaign again

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 3d

Who is Treinen, and what does that have to do with this article?

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 3d

What does MAGA have to do with this story?

Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 3d

::pulls up economist glasses::
People sell EBT, and that’s a good thing because it leads to more efficient outcomes!

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 4d

The green M&M adds so much!

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 4d

Ok, so the idea is that we want to take carbon and put it in places that are free of oxygen, such that they won't decompose. Don't we already have those in landfills?

On a smaller scale, couldn't we just put yard waste in with trash, thus sequestering its carbon?

Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 4d

Ok, no one said that. I like talking to people who can read.

Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 4d

“Dems are too allergic to action to do X”
“No they’re not, they’re doing <stuff entirely unrelated to X>!”

Do you think they’re going to do the thing the OP mentioned? If not, why not?

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 4d

The conversation as I summarize it:
"Democrats in State governments should take X course of action"
Reply: "Democrats won't do X because they're allergic to action"
You: "Democrats can't do X because the (federal) government is shut down"

I don't see what your reply has to do with either posts.

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 4d

The OP is talking about state governments, which are very much not shut down though, right?

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 5d

It’s been a struggle NOT sending an article to my friend who went to CMU as a taunt. Partially because I’ve grown, but mostly because I’ll know she’ll be like, “blah blah blah CMU is a bottomless pit of despair. Worst 4 years of my life.” Etc.

CMU not to be confused with the (U) Pitt of despair.

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 5d

He really liked when all those guys died in the barricades.

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 6d

We live next to a neighborhood that’s rented townhomes, and those kids come over here to trick or treat (we give the good stuff). And you know what? It makes it fantastic. My son gets to see tons of cool costumes while he’s out, and the whole thing is safer because there’s always someone around.

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 6d

I would disagree with this characterization. Like, it’s true they’re for all that, but also true for every day words and like, most nouns?

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 7d

Oh look, we’ve invented a thing that only perceives reality like shadows on a wall! What a dummy!

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 7d

Genuinely, yes! Learning this made me hate that we don’t do this. It’s essentially an education marker (we want doctors to sound “smart”) and I think having that be less accessible leads directly to a lot more medical misinformation and mistrust.

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 7d

"Strengthens brand fandom and multiplies shares organically!"

Yea. Sounds good. Totally. Hey, what's "organic" mean again?

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 7d

Jokes on them, without TV tropes I also wasn't going to engage with the actual ideas.

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 7d

Tag yourself, I'm a person held prisoner in a sewer.

A sewer tunnel. On the right side is a metal gate with people on the other side of it.

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Jon Russell @watchreader.bsky.social · 7d

On a demographic note, you would think that with Charlotte and Wake/Durham growing so much it would tilt the state, but it's compensated by the black northeast shrinking and white rural areas also growing.