Ralp
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Ralp
@ralp.bsky.social
If I were a right winger I would probably have a deeply diseased preoccupation with trans people too. If folks can just pick their gender, what does that say about patriarchy? What does that say about prescriptive gender roles? What about heteronormativity, what about reproductive rights?
September 27, 2023 at 7:31 PM
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When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is: Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem-- which did we fail?
September 13, 2023 at 6:37 PM
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Capitalists like to pretend they're noble job creators.

But they know the truth. Musk knows Tesla workers get hurt in factories. Bezos knows workers pee in bottles. UPs execs know driver have died without AC.

Their system depends on worker exploitation.

www.jphilll.com/p/when-the-r...
When The Rich Tell You Who They Are, Believe Them
The capitalist who just told the world that capitalism requires hurting workers
www.jphilll.com
September 13, 2023 at 7:42 PM
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Today's newsletter has a simple message: Elon Musk is a dangerous nation-state-level actor using his massive wealth and power to influence elections, wars, and markets. We must nationalize SpaceX and Starlink and put a stop to billionaire despots.

tinyurl.com/wyat91323
Elon Musk Is Dangerous To Society
I have rewritten the lede of this newsletter eleven times, trying to find the words to encapsulate an unavoidable truth: Elon Musk is dangerous to society. As a result of our market-driven government ...
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September 13, 2023 at 5:50 PM
I'll never forget where I was when I heard about 9/11 for the one hundred thousandth time
September 11, 2023 at 10:36 PM
to me he'll always be mensch mcconnell. rip in advance to a real one
August 31, 2023 at 12:12 PM
they're going to recover an optolythic data rod from the Prigozhin crash
August 23, 2023 at 10:06 PM