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No matter how bad you imagine smallpox was, it was worse than that.
Ben Franklin on inoculation, after his son died from smallpox.
“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
“In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.
May 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
No matter how bad you imagine smallpox was, it was worse than that.
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Hey, your "nothing's going to happen" reply has been seen and *deeply* deeply appreciated.
If you'd like to go sit in the corner with your depressing doomerism while the rest of us try to make something happen, that'd be terrific.
No, no, a little farther away. Keep going.
If you'd like to go sit in the corner with your depressing doomerism while the rest of us try to make something happen, that'd be terrific.
No, no, a little farther away. Keep going.
March 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hey, your "nothing's going to happen" reply has been seen and *deeply* deeply appreciated.
If you'd like to go sit in the corner with your depressing doomerism while the rest of us try to make something happen, that'd be terrific.
No, no, a little farther away. Keep going.
If you'd like to go sit in the corner with your depressing doomerism while the rest of us try to make something happen, that'd be terrific.
No, no, a little farther away. Keep going.
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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
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In an admission of intellectual weakness, the Washington Post’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, announced that the paper will no longer publish perspectives critical of the economic status quo.
If his ideas are defensible, why is he so squeamish about debate?
If his ideas are defensible, why is he so squeamish about debate?
Jeff Bezos Is Scared to Have an Open Debate on Economics
By banning perspectives critical of the status quo, Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is turning a major news outlet into a mouthpiece for market fundamentalists. If the ideas he champions are so defen...
jacobin.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In an admission of intellectual weakness, the Washington Post’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, announced that the paper will no longer publish perspectives critical of the economic status quo.
If his ideas are defensible, why is he so squeamish about debate?
If his ideas are defensible, why is he so squeamish about debate?
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I wonder how a NYT editor would describe someone giving them the finger?
In an Aggressive Move, an Area Man Sent a Message That Some Critics View as an Invitation to Self Copulation
In an Aggressive Move, an Area Man Sent a Message That Some Critics View as an Invitation to Self Copulation
February 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I wonder how a NYT editor would describe someone giving them the finger?
In an Aggressive Move, an Area Man Sent a Message That Some Critics View as an Invitation to Self Copulation
In an Aggressive Move, an Area Man Sent a Message That Some Critics View as an Invitation to Self Copulation
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Finally, after nearly 50 years behind bars, American Indian activist Leonard Peltier was released from prison Tuesday.
Peltier was wrongly convicted in the 1970s for the killing of two FBI agents.
Read more about his wrongful conviction: jacobin.com/2023/03/leon...
Peltier was wrongly convicted in the 1970s for the killing of two FBI agents.
Read more about his wrongful conviction: jacobin.com/2023/03/leon...
February 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Finally, after nearly 50 years behind bars, American Indian activist Leonard Peltier was released from prison Tuesday.
Peltier was wrongly convicted in the 1970s for the killing of two FBI agents.
Read more about his wrongful conviction: jacobin.com/2023/03/leon...
Peltier was wrongly convicted in the 1970s for the killing of two FBI agents.
Read more about his wrongful conviction: jacobin.com/2023/03/leon...
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I mean, Jesus Christ, can you people even *hear* yourself?
I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.
I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.
February 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I mean, Jesus Christ, can you people even *hear* yourself?
I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.
I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.
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"No white people during Kendrick's halftime show? So much for diversity"
Oh you didn't hear? DEI got canceled. He clearly hired the best people for the job 😌
Oh you didn't hear? DEI got canceled. He clearly hired the best people for the job 😌
February 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"No white people during Kendrick's halftime show? So much for diversity"
Oh you didn't hear? DEI got canceled. He clearly hired the best people for the job 😌
Oh you didn't hear? DEI got canceled. He clearly hired the best people for the job 😌
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they can take over the entire country but they can never actually be cool and it will eat at them forever
February 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
they can take over the entire country but they can never actually be cool and it will eat at them forever
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One of the key points of non-violent direct action is to force the authorities to stop you -- to force their hand, to make them arrest you, and yes, perhaps even make them lash out in violence -- and to broadcast those images to an otherwise apathetic public.
Be confrontational, not compliant.
Be confrontational, not compliant.
February 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One of the key points of non-violent direct action is to force the authorities to stop you -- to force their hand, to make them arrest you, and yes, perhaps even make them lash out in violence -- and to broadcast those images to an otherwise apathetic public.
Be confrontational, not compliant.
Be confrontational, not compliant.
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There is a simple solution to the CBS/Trump lawsuit.
The Harris campaign should sue Fox and insist Fox release the unedited versions of all their many edited interviews with Trump.
The Harris campaign should sue Fox and insist Fox release the unedited versions of all their many edited interviews with Trump.
February 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
There is a simple solution to the CBS/Trump lawsuit.
The Harris campaign should sue Fox and insist Fox release the unedited versions of all their many edited interviews with Trump.
The Harris campaign should sue Fox and insist Fox release the unedited versions of all their many edited interviews with Trump.
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"Musk isn't going to obey the law, so who cares."
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
February 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Musk isn't going to obey the law, so who cares."
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
"The Supreme Court will just throw out the case, so who cares."
"Republicans aren't going to let us have elections, so who cares."
I'm blocking these people on sight now.
Doomerist defeatism isn't helping anyone here. Log off and touch grass.
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“I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire.”
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
"The decline of America’s creditworthiness has been a stop-start process every time the debt limit approaches. But now, DOGE will get it done for good because the teenagers tracking the US government’s credit card balance have killed countless Neuralink monkeys."
Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire.”
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
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On immigration policy, Donald Trump isn’t as radically different from Barack Obama and Joe Biden as his inflammatory rhetoric suggests.
Each has built upon his predecessor’s efforts to make border militarization and mass deportations the norm.
jacobin.com/2025/02/demo...
Each has built upon his predecessor’s efforts to make border militarization and mass deportations the norm.
jacobin.com/2025/02/demo...
February 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
On immigration policy, Donald Trump isn’t as radically different from Barack Obama and Joe Biden as his inflammatory rhetoric suggests.
Each has built upon his predecessor’s efforts to make border militarization and mass deportations the norm.
jacobin.com/2025/02/demo...
Each has built upon his predecessor’s efforts to make border militarization and mass deportations the norm.
jacobin.com/2025/02/demo...
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Catching up on his socials
February 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Catching up on his socials
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The only immigrant trying to destroy the country.
February 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The only immigrant trying to destroy the country.
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Academics:
A colleague has shamed me for my “messy bookshelves” but I think they’re normal.
Who’s right?
A colleague has shamed me for my “messy bookshelves” but I think they’re normal.
Who’s right?
February 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Academics:
A colleague has shamed me for my “messy bookshelves” but I think they’re normal.
Who’s right?
A colleague has shamed me for my “messy bookshelves” but I think they’re normal.
Who’s right?
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Genuine question: is there any authorization, anything at all, for a so-called Department of Government Efficiency? an executive order? Anything?
Is anyone working for that “department” a government employee? Or is it just a straight up private sector takeover?
Is anyone working for that “department” a government employee? Or is it just a straight up private sector takeover?
February 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Genuine question: is there any authorization, anything at all, for a so-called Department of Government Efficiency? an executive order? Anything?
Is anyone working for that “department” a government employee? Or is it just a straight up private sector takeover?
Is anyone working for that “department” a government employee? Or is it just a straight up private sector takeover?