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When Bernie Sanders says Democrats abandoned the working class what he means is they stopped campaigning against wealth inequality

They traded liberal social values for conservative economic policies that increased wealth inequality

Wealth inequality only undermines every liberal social value
a man with glasses and a blue sweater says the system is broken
ALT: a man with glasses and a blue sweater says the system is broken
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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December 22, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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Every conservative columnist right now.
December 8, 2024 at 11:33 PM
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On paper the richest person on earth spent openly two years purchasing an election result & what are all the things he is trying to do with the powers of the office?

Pay himself more money

Especially the social security money everyone else in the country spent their whole lives working for
an elderly man says i love democracy
ALT: an elderly man says i love democracy
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:20 AM
As it is the first day of summer, December the 1th.
December 1, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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Them: "Socialized medicine is bad because it cripples the free market."

Me: "I'd love to switch to a less shitty pharmacy, but my insurance won't let me."
November 21, 2024 at 9:58 PM
For he who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just wanna scream it louder
And louder and louder
November 23, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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In honor of all the new arrivals, I'm sharing one of my favorite videos.

It shows 24 hours of Earth's rotation, with the camera locked to the sky instead of the ground. We're all hanging out on this spinning rock.

Brilliant work by Bartosz Wojczyński. 🧪

artuniverse.eu/gallery/1907...
November 15, 2024 at 4:21 AM
November 6, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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New preprint up! We sequenced hundreds of samples from across one of Earth's oldest living organisms - the Pando aspen clone - to understand how mutations accumulate and spread in long-lived clonal organisms. Our results were…surprising. 1/30
October 26, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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“I thought Native Americans were extinct,” a mail carrier told Diné genetic epidemiologist Krystal Tsosie when she explained the origin and meaning of her last name. A spotlight on #Indigenous science in this #IndigenousPeoplesDay edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
October 14, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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Of all the reasons to endorse Universal Basic Income, mental wellbeing is often overlooked. Imagine fewer people acting out of desperation and frustration. UBI has the power to alleviate stress and foster a more compassionate society. Turn down the suffering, turn up the empathy.
September 30, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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I was a Journalist/Editor. Made the big money move to Education (LOL) when my kids were little for better time spent with them.

I knew after Sandy Hook this would never change. If Americans can accept dead elementary school kids then they don't give a shit about teachers or teens.
September 6, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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This post from a teacher at Apalachee High School. 😭

America isn't just failing students. It is failing teachers, too.
September 6, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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Every few years there comes a 'Copyright is a crime' call, it's always wrapped in 'it's a benefit for all' from capitalists who merely want to steal the labour of others for their own profit.
My favourite personal anecdote about this was when I attended a talk at a -
futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.
futurism.com
September 4, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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Loads, but a rich corporation did it, so it doesn't count.
August 5, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Ducking billionaires.
Can't leave anything alone and won't pay tax.
Editor's choice: William Farrell et al. show how even a single Artemis landing on the Moon will substantially pollute the natural record of water stored in permanently shadowed craters, hundreds of kilometres away from the landing site. 🔭🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 5, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Another company that didn't follow Advertising Rule #1: run your slogan by a 12-year-old boy before deployment.
June 11, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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I couldn't bring myself to waste the clear sky.
April 21, 2024 at 3:27 AM