@shortymac09.bsky.social
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It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...
For John Green, Tuberculosis Is More Than A Disease | Atmos
The bestselling author says our inability to fix solvable crises is an indictment of our empathy and shared humanity.
atmos.earth
March 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...
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The year is 2026. You have been arrested and exiled to a Mr Beast Content Zone where the Geneva Conventions do not apply
March 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The year is 2026. You have been arrested and exiled to a Mr Beast Content Zone where the Geneva Conventions do not apply
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Got Hoopla working now and first time listening to audiobooks while working. Hope I can actually pay attention to both. I got Catwings! Been 35+ years since I read that and the opening chapter made me cry
March 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Got Hoopla working now and first time listening to audiobooks while working. Hope I can actually pay attention to both. I got Catwings! Been 35+ years since I read that and the opening chapter made me cry
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/4 Sorry, forgot one: the value system “what I really want is power, so I will do whatever the howling void of narcissism dudes want to get it.”
March 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
/4 Sorry, forgot one: the value system “what I really want is power, so I will do whatever the howling void of narcissism dudes want to get it.”
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/3 Then there’s the value system “what’s on TV?” Or “how am I going to make rent this month and if I miss another day of work because the baby’s sick I will get fired and we’ll be living in my car.”
These value systems don’t have worthwhile “debates” over “policy.”
These value systems don’t have worthwhile “debates” over “policy.”
March 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
/3 Then there’s the value system “what’s on TV?” Or “how am I going to make rent this month and if I miss another day of work because the baby’s sick I will get fired and we’ll be living in my car.”
These value systems don’t have worthwhile “debates” over “policy.”
These value systems don’t have worthwhile “debates” over “policy.”
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/2 Another value system is “we want to destroy government, destroy universities, destroy American leadership, destroy modern American society.”
Another value system is “I am a howling void of reactive narcissism and petulance with no values at all,” like Trump and Musk.
Another value system is “I am a howling void of reactive narcissism and petulance with no values at all,” like Trump and Musk.
March 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
/2 Another value system is “we want to destroy government, destroy universities, destroy American leadership, destroy modern American society.”
Another value system is “I am a howling void of reactive narcissism and petulance with no values at all,” like Trump and Musk.
Another value system is “I am a howling void of reactive narcissism and petulance with no values at all,” like Trump and Musk.
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We’re approaching this crisis from vastly different and fundamentally inconsistent value systems.
One value system is “how can you do these things that will destroy government, destroy universities as we know them, destroy American leadership, destroy modern American society?”
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One value system is “how can you do these things that will destroy government, destroy universities as we know them, destroy American leadership, destroy modern American society?”
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March 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We’re approaching this crisis from vastly different and fundamentally inconsistent value systems.
One value system is “how can you do these things that will destroy government, destroy universities as we know them, destroy American leadership, destroy modern American society?”
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One value system is “how can you do these things that will destroy government, destroy universities as we know them, destroy American leadership, destroy modern American society?”
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Teen Vogue: remains braver than almost any other news outlet at this time.
Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.
www.teenvogue.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Teen Vogue: remains braver than almost any other news outlet at this time.
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This is the story that Karoline Leavitt said probably wasn’t accurate when it was first reported by Reuters because she said they aren’t reliable.
March 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the story that Karoline Leavitt said probably wasn’t accurate when it was first reported by Reuters because she said they aren’t reliable.
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Tesla recalls entire fleet of Cybertrucks upon discovering design flaw that causes it to attract only smug douches
www.newsweek.com/tesla-recall...
www.newsweek.com/tesla-recall...
Tesla recalls over 46,000 Cybertrucks
Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker said it had to recall the cybertruck vehicles over an issue with a panel that can detach while driving.
www.newsweek.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Tesla recalls entire fleet of Cybertrucks upon discovering design flaw that causes it to attract only smug douches
www.newsweek.com/tesla-recall...
www.newsweek.com/tesla-recall...
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New It Could Happen Here
Protests and vandalism against Tesla spread around the world as Tesla’s stock value continues to plummet. @hungrybowtie.bsky.social breaks down what’s happening, and the response from Trump and Elon Musk.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
Protests and vandalism against Tesla spread around the world as Tesla’s stock value continues to plummet. @hungrybowtie.bsky.social breaks down what’s happening, and the response from Trump and Elon Musk.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
March 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
New It Could Happen Here
Protests and vandalism against Tesla spread around the world as Tesla’s stock value continues to plummet. @hungrybowtie.bsky.social breaks down what’s happening, and the response from Trump and Elon Musk.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
Protests and vandalism against Tesla spread around the world as Tesla’s stock value continues to plummet. @hungrybowtie.bsky.social breaks down what’s happening, and the response from Trump and Elon Musk.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
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Thinking about food systems.
The most calorie dense crop you can plant is potatoes. An acre of potatoes will produce - depending on who you ask, where it's growing, etc. - 6 million Calories in a year, on the low end.
A human needs 730k Calories a year.
The most calorie dense crop you can plant is potatoes. An acre of potatoes will produce - depending on who you ask, where it's growing, etc. - 6 million Calories in a year, on the low end.
A human needs 730k Calories a year.
a minecraft character holding a sandwich with a face on it
Alt: A minecraft character staring at a spinning potato with a face on it.
media.tenor.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Thinking about food systems.
The most calorie dense crop you can plant is potatoes. An acre of potatoes will produce - depending on who you ask, where it's growing, etc. - 6 million Calories in a year, on the low end.
A human needs 730k Calories a year.
The most calorie dense crop you can plant is potatoes. An acre of potatoes will produce - depending on who you ask, where it's growing, etc. - 6 million Calories in a year, on the low end.
A human needs 730k Calories a year.
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It's been a long time since I read the Meditations, but as I recall it was mostly Marcus Aurelius writing *to himself* about how much he didn't want to be emperor and was inventing a new philosophy of self-hatred to cope. "Life is bearable if you never feel anything" just isn't healthy.
March 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It's been a long time since I read the Meditations, but as I recall it was mostly Marcus Aurelius writing *to himself* about how much he didn't want to be emperor and was inventing a new philosophy of self-hatred to cope. "Life is bearable if you never feel anything" just isn't healthy.
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Per Techbros: burn libraries down to make AI books the only game in town!
March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Per Techbros: burn libraries down to make AI books the only game in town!
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If I had a nickel for every white guy I met in college who was in love with stoicism because they skimmed an article on it and thought,
"Suddenly, my pathological fear of expressing or interrogating my emotions isn't a problem, but a philosophy that makes me better than you!"
I could pay rent.
"Suddenly, my pathological fear of expressing or interrogating my emotions isn't a problem, but a philosophy that makes me better than you!"
I could pay rent.
March 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If I had a nickel for every white guy I met in college who was in love with stoicism because they skimmed an article on it and thought,
"Suddenly, my pathological fear of expressing or interrogating my emotions isn't a problem, but a philosophy that makes me better than you!"
I could pay rent.
"Suddenly, my pathological fear of expressing or interrogating my emotions isn't a problem, but a philosophy that makes me better than you!"
I could pay rent.
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Genuinely, we owe that man so much.
I'm so, so glad I found Pratchett in my teens, or I might have been the same way.
March 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Genuinely, we owe that man so much.
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Related point:
The lack of a humanities education means that white techbro nerds ignore several thousand years of people calmly pointing out why Marcus Aurelius or Cato - particularly Cato, fuck Cato, all my homies hate Cato - are full of shit.
But nobody got to Zuckerberg in time.
The lack of a humanities education means that white techbro nerds ignore several thousand years of people calmly pointing out why Marcus Aurelius or Cato - particularly Cato, fuck Cato, all my homies hate Cato - are full of shit.
But nobody got to Zuckerberg in time.
well, i finally cracked and looked up wtf roko’s basilisk is and somehow, unbelievably, a lot of very wealthy men are about a thousand times more pathetic than i previously assessed.
March 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Related point:
The lack of a humanities education means that white techbro nerds ignore several thousand years of people calmly pointing out why Marcus Aurelius or Cato - particularly Cato, fuck Cato, all my homies hate Cato - are full of shit.
But nobody got to Zuckerberg in time.
The lack of a humanities education means that white techbro nerds ignore several thousand years of people calmly pointing out why Marcus Aurelius or Cato - particularly Cato, fuck Cato, all my homies hate Cato - are full of shit.
But nobody got to Zuckerberg in time.
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Elonia just confirmed this is all correct. He has set up a payout structure that incentivizes verified accounts to get in fights with each other for money.
November 26, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Elonia just confirmed this is all correct. He has set up a payout structure that incentivizes verified accounts to get in fights with each other for money.
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I guess I'll make a portfolio series and show my art off
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November 26, 2024 at 11:29 PM
I guess I'll make a portfolio series and show my art off
vm.tiktok.com/ZMh3TVYVV/
vm.tiktok.com/ZMh3TVYVV/
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EVERY. WORD. OF. THIS.
November 27, 2024 at 7:42 PM
EVERY. WORD. OF. THIS.
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The Independent (UK): "The conversations between Trump and foreign leaders have not been held on secure phone lines, there have been no State Department staff present to guide him on foreign policy matters, and there have been no official interpreters to clear up any possible misunderstandings."
Trump’s private phone calls with foreign leaders worry former diplomats
Ex-diplomat and Obama staffer says ‘we’re entering a dangerous territory of telephone games’
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 5:04 PM
The Independent (UK): "The conversations between Trump and foreign leaders have not been held on secure phone lines, there have been no State Department staff present to guide him on foreign policy matters, and there have been no official interpreters to clear up any possible misunderstandings."
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Tomorrow will be even better. 🌻✨🌙
November 26, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Tomorrow will be even better. 🌻✨🌙
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Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Stop gatekeeping… casual gamers are just as valid
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Stop gatekeeping… casual gamers are just as valid
November 26, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Stop gatekeeping… casual gamers are just as valid
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Liking casual games does not make you any less of a gamer
Stop gatekeeping… casual gamers are just as valid
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CZM Rewind: Wild Faith: A Conversation with Talia Lavin 📕
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social @swordsjew.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social @swordsjew.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
November 27, 2024 at 9:59 PM
CZM Rewind: Wild Faith: A Conversation with Talia Lavin 📕
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social @swordsjew.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social @swordsjew.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...