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People have suggested that direct historical experience with autocrats help
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I’m fully in favor of reforming healthcare such that nobody has to deal with ruinous medical expenses. But the transition there will ruin whoever enacts it
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I’m fully in favor of reforming healthcare such that nobody has to deal with ruinous medical expenses. But the transition there will ruin whoever enacts it
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Imagine paying a large monthly fee to shop at a supermarket, then paying again for the actual groceries, then getting an extra charge months later because one ingredient in an item you bought came from a farmer associated with a different store.
This post is about healthcare.
This post is about healthcare.
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Imagine paying a large monthly fee to shop at a supermarket, then paying again for the actual groceries, then getting an extra charge months later because one ingredient in an item you bought came from a farmer associated with a different store.
This post is about healthcare.
This post is about healthcare.
Buddy Guy playing Older Sammie is, as the kids say, a flex
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Buddy Guy playing Older Sammie is, as the kids say, a flex
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You know, Jane Austen clearly found most people really annoying, which is why her books all ended with her annoyedly telling us “look some of these people got married, some died, some were miserable, some were happy, but most importantly THE END.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
You know, Jane Austen clearly found most people really annoying, which is why her books all ended with her annoyedly telling us “look some of these people got married, some died, some were miserable, some were happy, but most importantly THE END.”
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
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Every ad for AI is like “It is aspirational to be a grown man who needs coaching to put on pants”
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Every ad for AI is like “It is aspirational to be a grown man who needs coaching to put on pants”
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
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Just curious... have the people just realizing not to "blindly trust ChatGPT" been blindly trusting everything *else* the computer tells them this whole time?
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just curious... have the people just realizing not to "blindly trust ChatGPT" been blindly trusting everything *else* the computer tells them this whole time?
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When the new bike lane is protected:
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
When the new bike lane is protected:
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speed dating but it’s just a scholastic book fair for adults
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
speed dating but it’s just a scholastic book fair for adults
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The thing about modern life is that we have denormalised beating someone up for bad takes, and that's an actual disaster for humanity.
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The thing about modern life is that we have denormalised beating someone up for bad takes, and that's an actual disaster for humanity.
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Good morning guys and gals and nonbinary pals, today is a wonderful day to work on your creative projects. This is not optional, get some work done. This is a threat.
Unless you have to do family stuff because it's that time of year. In which case this is a threat to enjoy time with family.
Unless you have to do family stuff because it's that time of year. In which case this is a threat to enjoy time with family.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Good morning guys and gals and nonbinary pals, today is a wonderful day to work on your creative projects. This is not optional, get some work done. This is a threat.
Unless you have to do family stuff because it's that time of year. In which case this is a threat to enjoy time with family.
Unless you have to do family stuff because it's that time of year. In which case this is a threat to enjoy time with family.
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i’m sorry but if i have to eat the amount of shit i do on here for keeping up to date with my field (programming and data science) somehow making me responsible for sam altman, journalism doesn’t get to plead uwu small not true scotsman
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
i’m sorry but if i have to eat the amount of shit i do on here for keeping up to date with my field (programming and data science) somehow making me responsible for sam altman, journalism doesn’t get to plead uwu small not true scotsman
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The fact the biggest reduction in child poverty in my lifetime didn't result in overwhelming electoral support really is a damning indictment of the whole system we've got going on.
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The fact the biggest reduction in child poverty in my lifetime didn't result in overwhelming electoral support really is a damning indictment of the whole system we've got going on.
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That’s why the expanded child tax credit was so popular and there was mass public support for its renewa.. *looks at notes* oh no
I think every major policy initiative has to come with a specific Really Obvious Immediate Benefit for voters; if BBB had come with $1000 checks or nationwide free buses or some such, it would have been a huge success. You could fund universal preschool with a fraction of this year’s tax cuts.
Unlike the far right, liberals and progressives do not live inside an endlessly mutable reactionary phantasmagoria where the search for energizing narratives rules all. We have actual policy objectives. Those objectives are doomed to fail in the media dreamland we’re building
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That’s why the expanded child tax credit was so popular and there was mass public support for its renewa.. *looks at notes* oh no
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Melding the experiences of 2008 - 2024, it appears that the most effective political strategy would be to extend recessions into a long period of low-inflation malaise while looting the Treasury to periodically send out stimmy checks (ideally with your face on the envelope). Yeah.
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Melding the experiences of 2008 - 2024, it appears that the most effective political strategy would be to extend recessions into a long period of low-inflation malaise while looting the Treasury to periodically send out stimmy checks (ideally with your face on the envelope). Yeah.
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God this is so depressing given the political response to it
"the economic response to the pandemic really worked. Indeed, there is a good case that it was the most successful example of countercyclical policy in US history." jwmason.org/slackwire/at...
At Groundwork: Lessons from the September Jobs Report – J. W. Mason
jwmason.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
God this is so depressing given the political response to it
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I have fallen back into the old ways myself, but we are going to have to stop trusting images (and videos) as truth without a cryptographically-verifiable chain of custody.
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I have fallen back into the old ways myself, but we are going to have to stop trusting images (and videos) as truth without a cryptographically-verifiable chain of custody.
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the rest of your life is going to be at least partially defined by knowing how to avoid getting scammed. you share that with your parents and grandparents and great-grandparents and ancestors going back to wherever they came from.
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
the rest of your life is going to be at least partially defined by knowing how to avoid getting scammed. you share that with your parents and grandparents and great-grandparents and ancestors going back to wherever they came from.
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This is exactly why I made Bluesky feeds for every type of family member—to capture maximum holiday mess
remember to stream your family fights live tomorrow! share that holiday spirit with those of us without our own seasonal tension!
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is exactly why I made Bluesky feeds for every type of family member—to capture maximum holiday mess
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art