TheFreeWind
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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I have come to terms with the Thing I Hate not being made for me, and have moved on to two splendid pastimes: enjoying Other Things with my time, and being happy that other people enjoy Their Thing.
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I have come to terms with the Thing I Hate not being made for me, and have moved on to two splendid pastimes: enjoying Other Things with my time, and being happy that other people enjoy Their Thing.
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"But WHO GOT THE MONEY?" the capitalist screams. The idea that there was this much economic activity and none of it went to millionaires and billionaires, that state action, that socialism, can actually work, is an idea they must destroy.
A new study has found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's decision to build their own affordable community-owned fiber broadband network has driven $5.3 billion in economic benefits back to the community.
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
Chattanooga’s Municipal Fiber Network Has Delivered $5.3 Billion in Community Benefits, New Study Finds | Welcome to Community Networks
Since 2011, a new study finds that Chattanooga's city-owned fiber network has generated $5.3 billion in net community benefits for Hamilton County. Conducted by researchers at the University of Tennes...
communitynets.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"But WHO GOT THE MONEY?" the capitalist screams. The idea that there was this much economic activity and none of it went to millionaires and billionaires, that state action, that socialism, can actually work, is an idea they must destroy.
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I love "the human condition" as a response to "what is [insert media] about?" because it's such a nothing answer that it's technically true of literally EVERY piece of media, yet there are still some things where actually saying that has some very odd implications.
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I love "the human condition" as a response to "what is [insert media] about?" because it's such a nothing answer that it's technically true of literally EVERY piece of media, yet there are still some things where actually saying that has some very odd implications.
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It's not like this solves all the problems or whatever, but it's really nice to see. Just run on policies that aren't hateful and actually help working people! Don't suck off the fucking billionaires! Be cool! That's it! That's all the "lessons that need to be learned"!
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It's not like this solves all the problems or whatever, but it's really nice to see. Just run on policies that aren't hateful and actually help working people! Don't suck off the fucking billionaires! Be cool! That's it! That's all the "lessons that need to be learned"!
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the thing about Kojima is that he is undeniably an interesting and iconoclastic artist, and also all of his actual dialogue is just like "Sam, this is a Guaranteed Unit Nullifier, or G.U.N. It can be useful in situations where you need to shoot. Why don't you try it now?"
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote
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I think about this a lot.
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I think about this a lot.
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If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
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i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
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Remember, just block and move on
October 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Remember, just block and move on
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Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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Listening to insufferable summer people knowing that in a month I get to become an insufferable fall person
August 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Listening to insufferable summer people knowing that in a month I get to become an insufferable fall person
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really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
August 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
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you KNOW this picture killed in 1875. people were busting the fuck up at a dog with a pipe. dogs don’t smoke
November 13, 2024 at 1:11 PM
you KNOW this picture killed in 1875. people were busting the fuck up at a dog with a pipe. dogs don’t smoke
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For a while, it was believed that women and gay men are born with a natural sense for aesthetics. In reality, straight men, particularly American male Protestants, have simply barred themselves from taking an interest in aesthetics because they think this makes them noble.
July 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
For a while, it was believed that women and gay men are born with a natural sense for aesthetics. In reality, straight men, particularly American male Protestants, have simply barred themselves from taking an interest in aesthetics because they think this makes them noble.
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"The Chipotle where Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense" encapsulates so much American history
What'd you do over the weekend? Public Works began resurfacing the street in front of the Chipotle where Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense
July 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"The Chipotle where Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense" encapsulates so much American history