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inherited wealth will ALWAYS create an aristocracy
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
inherited wealth will ALWAYS create an aristocracy
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you can't have a competitive meritocracy and property inheritance. they're inherently contradictory. there are decades of dipshit libertarian pseudo-intellectuals crying and pissing themselves about this fact on paper and getting rewarded for it but that doesn't change the truth
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
you can't have a competitive meritocracy and property inheritance. they're inherently contradictory. there are decades of dipshit libertarian pseudo-intellectuals crying and pissing themselves about this fact on paper and getting rewarded for it but that doesn't change the truth
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There's a reason I homeschool my AuDHD child even though I've gotten so much pressure & criticism over it. The public schools cannot accommodate her with their mostly limited to"more time on tests" resources and we can't afford $$$ schools that only -might- be able to support her diverse needs.
This is what frustrates me so much about these articles: Propagating the narrative that large numbers of kids are faking disabilities is just going to result in a world where disabled people are *even more* scrutinized when they ask for accommodations!
My kids go to a "rich" public school. My daughter is 7 and cannot read; she is a sweet, caring, intelligent child, but if you spend a moment with her it is clear that she has ADHD an order of magnitude more serious than what you think of when you hear "ADHD." Anybody questioning her IEP can fuck off
December 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
There's a reason I homeschool my AuDHD child even though I've gotten so much pressure & criticism over it. The public schools cannot accommodate her with their mostly limited to"more time on tests" resources and we can't afford $$$ schools that only -might- be able to support her diverse needs.
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I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ
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its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
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"is"?
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NEW: Mark Epstein says that the "Bubba" he joked about with his brother Jeffrey Epstein "is not, in any way, a reference to former President
Bill Clinton."
Bill Clinton."
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"is"?
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(living in a country where the most successful people are obscenely rich and shameless perverts and psychopaths) Time to teach my children to be honest and study hard in school
December 26, 2024 at 8:45 PM
(living in a country where the most successful people are obscenely rich and shameless perverts and psychopaths) Time to teach my children to be honest and study hard in school
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Oh for sure man.
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Oh for sure man.
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People talk often about how all of our institutions are crumbling, but I gotta say, the institution protecting powerful people from ever facing consequences for sex crimes, a load-bearing institution if there ever was one, seems to be holding up quite well.
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
People talk often about how all of our institutions are crumbling, but I gotta say, the institution protecting powerful people from ever facing consequences for sex crimes, a load-bearing institution if there ever was one, seems to be holding up quite well.
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this is what i do with most nerd shit i hate. it's an incredible strategy, highly recommend
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
this is what i do with most nerd shit i hate. it's an incredible strategy, highly recommend
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I do not think we need a strong child-molesting party
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I do not think we need a strong child-molesting party
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okay so the game I feel the most unexpected nostalgia for was this fairly mediocre FPS based on Command & Conquer. I would play the online mode on a dial up connection, and I have this visceral sense memory of playing it for hours on a lazy Saturday morning.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
okay so the game I feel the most unexpected nostalgia for was this fairly mediocre FPS based on Command & Conquer. I would play the online mode on a dial up connection, and I have this visceral sense memory of playing it for hours on a lazy Saturday morning.
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"
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As usual the "economic anxiety" argument is being deployed to whitewash the odious views of wildly privileged people who want to get into power and make thing even worse for the poor. If this kid is racist it's because he's racist, it's not because he's struggling.
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
As usual the "economic anxiety" argument is being deployed to whitewash the odious views of wildly privileged people who want to get into power and make thing even worse for the poor. If this kid is racist it's because he's racist, it's not because he's struggling.
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"Now that war comes to you, you feel very different. You deprecate its horrors, but did not feel them when you sent car-loads of soldiers and ammunition, and moulded shells and shot, to desolate the homes of hundreds and thousands of good people who only asked to live in peace"
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Now that war comes to you, you feel very different. You deprecate its horrors, but did not feel them when you sent car-loads of soldiers and ammunition, and moulded shells and shot, to desolate the homes of hundreds and thousands of good people who only asked to live in peace"
Did y'all hear that the mayor elect of New York opened the oldest portal? It was full of biblical figures. They were all Black, every single one.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Did y'all hear that the mayor elect of New York opened the oldest portal? It was full of biblical figures. They were all Black, every single one.
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what are you supposed to do when someone gets murdered in a house? burn it down? it's gotta go to someone else eventually
A quarter of Americans would be willing to live in a murder house today.yougov.com/society/arti...
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
what are you supposed to do when someone gets murdered in a house? burn it down? it's gotta go to someone else eventually
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Oops! All Chicago
November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Oops! All Chicago
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Constantly baffled by the reaction to Chicago weather. I’m in flip flops, but people who live here are in giant coats. Why??
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Constantly baffled by the reaction to Chicago weather. I’m in flip flops, but people who live here are in giant coats. Why??
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The main problem with Bluesky is that some of you aren't posting enough Chicago content. This is the premiere Chicago-centered social website, please act accordingly.
November 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The main problem with Bluesky is that some of you aren't posting enough Chicago content. This is the premiere Chicago-centered social website, please act accordingly.
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pope innocent III ordering the cathar genocide:
not accepting conversions, it's about sending a message
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
pope innocent III ordering the cathar genocide:
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🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Almost like there was a famous Chinese guy thousands of years ago who said that was the best form of winning.
“.. the winner in this round of trade talks is clear. China has conceded just enough to appear conciliatory. That has bought Beijing time to focus on .. Taiwan, high-tech advancement, and long-term dominance of the Indo-Pacific.”
@opinion.bloomberg.com
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November 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Almost like there was a famous Chinese guy thousands of years ago who said that was the best form of winning.