JD
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"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
(Meditations, Book 5.20)
(Meditations, Book 5.20)
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Your Daily Affirmation:
On this day when the Hellmouth has opened and unlimited fuckery is released into the world, I remain detached and cheerful, attentive only to those people close to me (and waffles) but willing to let everything that doesn't affect me directly fuck all the way off.
On this day when the Hellmouth has opened and unlimited fuckery is released into the world, I remain detached and cheerful, attentive only to those people close to me (and waffles) but willing to let everything that doesn't affect me directly fuck all the way off.
January 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Your Daily Affirmation:
On this day when the Hellmouth has opened and unlimited fuckery is released into the world, I remain detached and cheerful, attentive only to those people close to me (and waffles) but willing to let everything that doesn't affect me directly fuck all the way off.
On this day when the Hellmouth has opened and unlimited fuckery is released into the world, I remain detached and cheerful, attentive only to those people close to me (and waffles) but willing to let everything that doesn't affect me directly fuck all the way off.
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My GPU has 45 billion transistors in it.
Like, we have this magic rock that we carved 45,000,000,000 miniature switches on it to create images of worlds that do not exist on a screen.
We really, really not appreciate enough how insanely magical technology is.
Like, we have this magic rock that we carved 45,000,000,000 miniature switches on it to create images of worlds that do not exist on a screen.
We really, really not appreciate enough how insanely magical technology is.
January 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My GPU has 45 billion transistors in it.
Like, we have this magic rock that we carved 45,000,000,000 miniature switches on it to create images of worlds that do not exist on a screen.
We really, really not appreciate enough how insanely magical technology is.
Like, we have this magic rock that we carved 45,000,000,000 miniature switches on it to create images of worlds that do not exist on a screen.
We really, really not appreciate enough how insanely magical technology is.
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Guys, yesterday, I needed a cord I’ve been holding onto for 10 years.
IT WAS ALL WORTH IT.
IT WAS ALL WORTH IT.
January 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Guys, yesterday, I needed a cord I’ve been holding onto for 10 years.
IT WAS ALL WORTH IT.
IT WAS ALL WORTH IT.
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"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life."
-- T.S. Eliot, who died #OTD 1965
-- T.S. Eliot, who died #OTD 1965
January 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life."
-- T.S. Eliot, who died #OTD 1965
-- T.S. Eliot, who died #OTD 1965
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my favorite Terry Pratchett quote:
“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― 'Thief of Time'
“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― 'Thief of Time'
December 19, 2024 at 8:39 PM
my favorite Terry Pratchett quote:
“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― 'Thief of Time'
“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― 'Thief of Time'
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Fact. Dunning-Kruger effect.
December 11, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Fact. Dunning-Kruger effect.
It's only a flesh wound.
December 8, 2024 at 7:46 PM
It's only a flesh wound.
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🔥🔥SO IT BEGINS: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing CT, NY & Missouri have unilaterally DECLARED it will NO longer pay for anesthesia care IF a surgery or PROCEDURE goes beyond an arbitrary time limit REGARDLESS of how long the surgery. SHARE EVERYWHERE!
www.newswise.com/articles/ant...
www.newswise.com/articles/ant...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures | Newswise
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared they will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or p...
www.newswise.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:51 AM
🔥🔥SO IT BEGINS: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing CT, NY & Missouri have unilaterally DECLARED it will NO longer pay for anesthesia care IF a surgery or PROCEDURE goes beyond an arbitrary time limit REGARDLESS of how long the surgery. SHARE EVERYWHERE!
www.newswise.com/articles/ant...
www.newswise.com/articles/ant...
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Your Daily Affirmation:
Right now, in this moment, I'm okay.
In this moment, I'm fine.
And thus, deprived of nourishment from the past and the future, anxiety and regret wither away.
Right NOW, in this moment,
we are all just fine.
Right now, in this moment, I'm okay.
In this moment, I'm fine.
And thus, deprived of nourishment from the past and the future, anxiety and regret wither away.
Right NOW, in this moment,
we are all just fine.
December 3, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Your Daily Affirmation:
Right now, in this moment, I'm okay.
In this moment, I'm fine.
And thus, deprived of nourishment from the past and the future, anxiety and regret wither away.
Right NOW, in this moment,
we are all just fine.
Right now, in this moment, I'm okay.
In this moment, I'm fine.
And thus, deprived of nourishment from the past and the future, anxiety and regret wither away.
Right NOW, in this moment,
we are all just fine.
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Religion does NOT belong in our schools!
Agreed? ✋
Agreed? ✋
December 1, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Religion does NOT belong in our schools!
Agreed? ✋
Agreed? ✋
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Your Daily Affirmation:
I am not drawn into arguments. I do not recognize the straw men no matter how they wave their logical fallacies at me. I do not measure the false equivalencies, nor shout at the whatabouts. I slide through my day unimpeded, slick as salamander snot.
I am not drawn into arguments. I do not recognize the straw men no matter how they wave their logical fallacies at me. I do not measure the false equivalencies, nor shout at the whatabouts. I slide through my day unimpeded, slick as salamander snot.
December 1, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Your Daily Affirmation:
I am not drawn into arguments. I do not recognize the straw men no matter how they wave their logical fallacies at me. I do not measure the false equivalencies, nor shout at the whatabouts. I slide through my day unimpeded, slick as salamander snot.
I am not drawn into arguments. I do not recognize the straw men no matter how they wave their logical fallacies at me. I do not measure the false equivalencies, nor shout at the whatabouts. I slide through my day unimpeded, slick as salamander snot.
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Ben Stein is a conservative economist. He reshot this scene during Trump 1.0 on behalf of the National Retail Federation to point out how damaging tariffs are.
nrf.com/blog/anyone-...
nrf.com/blog/anyone-...
November 27, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Ben Stein is a conservative economist. He reshot this scene during Trump 1.0 on behalf of the National Retail Federation to point out how damaging tariffs are.
nrf.com/blog/anyone-...
nrf.com/blog/anyone-...
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