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Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
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It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
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Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
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Dems love to fold when they have a winning hand. I know the establishment DC huddle Dems have failed us many times already this year. They're doing ONE thing right and listening to progressives, the play is working, and they're thinking of conceding? Absofuckinglutely not. Grow a spine. Save lives.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Dems love to fold when they have a winning hand. I know the establishment DC huddle Dems have failed us many times already this year. They're doing ONE thing right and listening to progressives, the play is working, and they're thinking of conceding? Absofuckinglutely not. Grow a spine. Save lives.
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Howard Dean got dumped in the primaries for screaming weird
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Howard Dean got dumped in the primaries for screaming weird
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We broke up the banks. We broke up the railroads.
We broke up the steel companies.
We can break up the media conglomerates. We can break up the tech conglomerates.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
We broke up the steel companies.
We can break up the media conglomerates. We can break up the tech conglomerates.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We broke up the banks. We broke up the railroads.
We broke up the steel companies.
We can break up the media conglomerates. We can break up the tech conglomerates.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
We broke up the steel companies.
We can break up the media conglomerates. We can break up the tech conglomerates.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
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I expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
June 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
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It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
wrd.cm
May 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.
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Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution?
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
May 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution?
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
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remembering fondly the historically correct behavior of purchasing a thing with money and never hearing from the seller of the thing again in my life
April 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
remembering fondly the historically correct behavior of purchasing a thing with money and never hearing from the seller of the thing again in my life
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Republicans in Congress could make all this stop any time they want. Remember that.
“A top Goldman Sachs executive summed up the frustration with Mr. Trump succinctly: Someone has to stop him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge
The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Republicans in Congress could make all this stop any time they want. Remember that.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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algorithmic complacency and the decline of human agency. youtu.be/QEJpZjg8GuA?...
(Thanks to @techconnectify.bsky.social for helping me understand everything from pinball machines to microwaves to .... the world.)
(Thanks to @techconnectify.bsky.social for helping me understand everything from pinball machines to microwaves to .... the world.)
Algorithms are breaking how we think
YouTube video by Technology Connections
youtu.be
February 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
algorithmic complacency and the decline of human agency. youtu.be/QEJpZjg8GuA?...
(Thanks to @techconnectify.bsky.social for helping me understand everything from pinball machines to microwaves to .... the world.)
(Thanks to @techconnectify.bsky.social for helping me understand everything from pinball machines to microwaves to .... the world.)
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What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
February 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
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One of these days we're gonna have to reckon with the fact that "money that I spend which does not directly benefit me is a waste" is a popular sentiment.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
February 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
One of these days we're gonna have to reckon with the fact that "money that I spend which does not directly benefit me is a waste" is a popular sentiment.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
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The constitution quite clearly gives Congress the power of the purse, a power the Executive branch is pretending it now has.
Or did you not pay attention at all in school?
Or did you not pay attention at all in school?
January 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The constitution quite clearly gives Congress the power of the purse, a power the Executive branch is pretending it now has.
Or did you not pay attention at all in school?
Or did you not pay attention at all in school?
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Boston Market recently changed their name to Boston MARKET, a move that increased their market capitalization by 500%
January 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Boston Market recently changed their name to Boston MARKET, a move that increased their market capitalization by 500%
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The same dudes who fetishize the supposed lost strength and competence of their forefathers want computers to write their emails for them.
January 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The same dudes who fetishize the supposed lost strength and competence of their forefathers want computers to write their emails for them.
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So THAT’S how it works!
While you were sleeping, South Korean President Looney Yoon was impeached and removed from office over his botched, short-lived martial law stunt.
December 15, 2024 at 8:11 AM
So THAT’S how it works!
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that'll be all my poasting for the day.
please vote. it may be the least effective form of progress but it's entirely in your imagination to assume filling in a box prevents people from doing other things, too.
please vote. it may be the least effective form of progress but it's entirely in your imagination to assume filling in a box prevents people from doing other things, too.
October 25, 2024 at 2:43 PM
that'll be all my poasting for the day.
please vote. it may be the least effective form of progress but it's entirely in your imagination to assume filling in a box prevents people from doing other things, too.
please vote. it may be the least effective form of progress but it's entirely in your imagination to assume filling in a box prevents people from doing other things, too.
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my own mother was very nearly expelled to Japan because of racial prejudice and hatred. Only the brave actions of a civil rights attorney saved her from being sent away. #NeverAgain /2
November 5, 2023 at 12:02 AM
my own mother was very nearly expelled to Japan because of racial prejudice and hatred. Only the brave actions of a civil rights attorney saved her from being sent away. #NeverAgain /2
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The GOP has introduced a bill to EXPEL Palestinians from the United States. I cannot read such things without remembering what happened to my own family after Pearl Harbor. After we and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were incarcerated in prison camps for years, without charge or trial... /1
November 5, 2023 at 12:01 AM
The GOP has introduced a bill to EXPEL Palestinians from the United States. I cannot read such things without remembering what happened to my own family after Pearl Harbor. After we and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were incarcerated in prison camps for years, without charge or trial... /1