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theiconoclast
@theiconoclast.bsky.social
tech entrepreneur, democratic socialist, atheist, pet lover, straight guy with deep interest in biology and neuroscience and appreciation of the value of diversity and cooperation.
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wonder if the MAGA crowd's interest in genetics extends to the recognition of cultural transmission and how normalizing behaviors like this is a parallel to passing on genetic mutations. Factor in prestige and payoff bias and you pretty much guarantee seeing the frequency of the trait increase.
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So now we move on to the missing 18 and a half minutes part...
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Let's add; obliterate corporate money in politics & levy confiscatory taxes on the wealthy. Elevate employee & consumer interests to the same level as shareholders &index minimum wage to the cost of living. Subject monopolies to break-up or nationalization. Restore separation of church and state
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Anecdotally, as I get older I find that simple behavioral patterns become more and more desirable. I used to be a butterfly. Now I am becoming an ant.
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Fucking disgrace.
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It puzzles me that are legislative systems have been so aggressive in looking after the well-being of teenagers engagement with social media while turning a completely blind eye to the damage done by Fox News across the entire population
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tisch is Mamdani's bullet proof vest.
Public safety is the first and preferred line of attack by a conservative oligarchy. By retaining her, he insulates his administration against attacks on his administration of public safety affairs.
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by theiconoclast
Simple Truth:
Insurance and financing's purpose is to mask imbalances in wealth distribution.

Sustaining them amplifies wealth concentration because capital earns returns faster than wages grow, while those without capital pay premiums and interest that sustain the system.
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Simple Truth:
Insurance and financing's purpose is to mask imbalances in wealth distribution.

Sustaining them amplifies wealth concentration because capital earns returns faster than wages grow, while those without capital pay premiums and interest that sustain the system.
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
How many thousands of passenger flights were canceled today in order to reduce Air traffic control volume?
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We mere mortals are so vulnerable to subterfuge. Programs such as home equity loans, student loans, even the promotion of women's right to work as a way to normalize the two earner household are nothing more than modern forms of indentured servitude designed to obscure that withholding of fair wages
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Why would you assign these behavioral characteristics to a designated gender?
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
To all the folks who worry about teen's consumption of social media; don't you think adult consumption of Fox News is a far greater concern?
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The guy with the $1T comp package doesn't understand the most fundamental aspect of human evolution:

The ability to cooperate at scale is without question the unique human capacity that most clearly distinguishes us from the rest of the animal world.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Compare the actions of the leader of the Free world to the second grader
youtu.be/q6HfcNxAeVo?...
8-Year-Old Saves Classmate's Life With Heimlich
YouTube video by Inside Edition
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
First, I hope the Novo guy is okay.
Second, this was a basic everyday test of leadership, Fourth graders exhibit more presence of mind and initiative than what we see here.

This level of failure is heart stopping.
This is supposed to be the leader of the free world.
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I wish this were true.....
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM