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@dyaseen.bsky.social
Reply craftsman. 2 skill points in just about everything. Smart, but not a jerk about it. he/him #gobills
What about private citizen Trump?
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
What about private citizen Trump?
You're a smart guy, one of the best posters here (and formerly on twitter). I go to your page and read all of your posts every day. I know on some level you know all of this
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You're a smart guy, one of the best posters here (and formerly on twitter). I go to your page and read all of your posts every day. I know on some level you know all of this
7) there is something deeply amoral and sick about a society that tells its citizens that they have to work harder or starve and be homeless and then starve them and take their homes when they happen to get sick and can no longer work.
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
7) there is something deeply amoral and sick about a society that tells its citizens that they have to work harder or starve and be homeless and then starve them and take their homes when they happen to get sick and can no longer work.
6) making average citizens manage their own hc provision causes waste and inefficiency that profits purely parasitical entities;
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
6) making average citizens manage their own hc provision causes waste and inefficiency that profits purely parasitical entities;
5) as for incentivizing unhealthy behavior, we're accustomed to seeing the results of unmediated effects - in Japan, everyone smoked but they've got among the longest lifespans in the world;
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
5) as for incentivizing unhealthy behavior, we're accustomed to seeing the results of unmediated effects - in Japan, everyone smoked but they've got among the longest lifespans in the world;
3) public provision of hc results in longer, healthier lives in literally every other developed country; 4) could you, personally, look into the eyes of parents with a sick child and say 'give me your house and all of your money or the kid dies?';
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
3) public provision of hc results in longer, healthier lives in literally every other developed country; 4) could you, personally, look into the eyes of parents with a sick child and say 'give me your house and all of your money or the kid dies?';
Several cans of worms here: 1) Innovation doesn't require ungodly sums of money that mostly wind up in the hands of passive investors and superfluous administrators; 2) the productivity gains from timely, inexpensive care would more than pay for its cost;
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Several cans of worms here: 1) Innovation doesn't require ungodly sums of money that mostly wind up in the hands of passive investors and superfluous administrators; 2) the productivity gains from timely, inexpensive care would more than pay for its cost;
Successful snake oil is still snake oil
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Successful snake oil is still snake oil
2 is most expensive, 4 is the best value. 1 just kind of looks cheap and sloppy and 3 is trying to look expensive and failing
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
2 is most expensive, 4 is the best value. 1 just kind of looks cheap and sloppy and 3 is trying to look expensive and failing
Right click, open in new tab, go to tab and click. Original is pretty large
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Right click, open in new tab, go to tab and click. Original is pretty large
We should at least consider the possibility that some social spending can at least partially pay for itself. I've been in NYC over 30 years, and the number 1 reason people left is the cost of raising children. What if they had stayed?
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We should at least consider the possibility that some social spending can at least partially pay for itself. I've been in NYC over 30 years, and the number 1 reason people left is the cost of raising children. What if they had stayed?
I smoked for a long time, and it's true you condition yourself to avoid cravings and the conditioning is maybe worse than the addiction itself. Good luck!
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I smoked for a long time, and it's true you condition yourself to avoid cravings and the conditioning is maybe worse than the addiction itself. Good luck!
I'd say it's that he can't bear to witness any kind of infirmity bc it reminds him of his own vulnerability
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I'd say it's that he can't bear to witness any kind of infirmity bc it reminds him of his own vulnerability
Alfredo Edwardo Newman
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Alfredo Edwardo Newman
Thankfully, I have not. I was just saying that Sadiq Khan’s 9 years of quotidian mundanity has failed to reassure the British right that shariah law, etc. isn’t right around the corner
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Thankfully, I have not. I was just saying that Sadiq Khan’s 9 years of quotidian mundanity has failed to reassure the British right that shariah law, etc. isn’t right around the corner
Hasn’t happened in London
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hasn’t happened in London
If you combine his total with that of Cuomo, a lifelong Democrat, he massively outperformed. Gosh, this is hard
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you combine his total with that of Cuomo, a lifelong Democrat, he massively outperformed. Gosh, this is hard
The one in the far-west Czech Republic, um, isn't (GDR?)
November 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The one in the far-west Czech Republic, um, isn't (GDR?)
Has anyone ever got close to 100%? 30 would be a triumph
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Has anyone ever got close to 100%? 30 would be a triumph
Maybe she's on something
October 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Maybe she's on something
Vote for the cat guy then
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Vote for the cat guy then