Jules
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All the good things are asleep in the human world.
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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If we’re going to have a South African as president why can’t it be Trevor Noah
February 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If we’re going to have a South African as president why can’t it be Trevor Noah
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An anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org
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February 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
An anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org
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We’re in a new Gilded Age - which sounds great, but the Robber Barons are back.
And this time, they’re more selfish than ever, as Prof Tobias Jung, St Andrews University, writes:
theconversation.com/andrew-carne...
And this time, they’re more selfish than ever, as Prof Tobias Jung, St Andrews University, writes:
theconversation.com/andrew-carne...
Andrew Carnegie and the 19th-century ‘robber barons’ have lessons for today’s oligarchs about the responsibilities of wealth
The 19th-century industrialists were called ‘robber barons’ – but they did more to improve society than many of today’s super-rich.
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We’re in a new Gilded Age - which sounds great, but the Robber Barons are back.
And this time, they’re more selfish than ever, as Prof Tobias Jung, St Andrews University, writes:
theconversation.com/andrew-carne...
And this time, they’re more selfish than ever, as Prof Tobias Jung, St Andrews University, writes:
theconversation.com/andrew-carne...
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Please be extra kind to the void today, there’s a lot of people out there screaming and the lines aren’t the void’s fault
January 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Please be extra kind to the void today, there’s a lot of people out there screaming and the lines aren’t the void’s fault
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Not the midlife crisis I anticipated, but putting hats on mushrooms is my new thing (and far more entertaining than a sports car). #fungi #fungifriends #mushroomswearinghats
January 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Not the midlife crisis I anticipated, but putting hats on mushrooms is my new thing (and far more entertaining than a sports car). #fungi #fungifriends #mushroomswearinghats
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TW/CW - sexual assault, abuse
Fuck Neil Gaiman.
Also, and I can't emphasise this enough, fuck Amanda Palmer too.
Fuck Neil Gaiman.
Also, and I can't emphasise this enough, fuck Amanda Palmer too.
I hate every single possible thing about this, and I'm heartbroken about all of it.
www.vulture.com/article/neil...
www.vulture.com/article/neil...
There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
www.vulture.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
TW/CW - sexual assault, abuse
Fuck Neil Gaiman.
Also, and I can't emphasise this enough, fuck Amanda Palmer too.
Fuck Neil Gaiman.
Also, and I can't emphasise this enough, fuck Amanda Palmer too.
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The latest data from NOAA sends a powerful message: November 2024 was the second-warmest month in 175 years of record-keeping, and there is a 99% chance that 2024 will be the hottest year ever recorded. This is a stark reminder of the growing impact of climate change on our planet.
December 15, 2024 at 10:02 PM
The latest data from NOAA sends a powerful message: November 2024 was the second-warmest month in 175 years of record-keeping, and there is a 99% chance that 2024 will be the hottest year ever recorded. This is a stark reminder of the growing impact of climate change on our planet.
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NC Republicans complete a veto override and effectively strip power from incoming governor Josh Stein and AG Jeff Jackson, both Democrats.
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
North Carolina GOP lawmakers enact a law eroding the incoming Democratic governor's powers
North Carolina House Republicans have enacted legislation that erodes some powers of several statewide offices newly-elected Democrats are slated to hold next month. Lawmakers overrode Democratic Gov....
www.wunc.org
December 12, 2024 at 12:09 AM
NC Republicans complete a veto override and effectively strip power from incoming governor Josh Stein and AG Jeff Jackson, both Democrats.
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
www.wunc.org/politics/202...