coinDragon
@coindragon.bsky.social
We can’t just tear down.
We also need to imagine the better path we take once it’s torn down
We also need to imagine the better path we take once it’s torn down
As the possibility of Trumpism’s defeat by a mix of modest organizing & societal inertia becomes at least imaginable—if, I think, as yet unlikely—perhaps it becomes crucial to also imagine realistic new politics to follow.
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We can’t just tear down.
We also need to imagine the better path we take once it’s torn down
We also need to imagine the better path we take once it’s torn down
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As the possibility of Trumpism’s defeat by a mix of modest organizing & societal inertia becomes at least imaginable—if, I think, as yet unlikely—perhaps it becomes crucial to also imagine realistic new politics to follow.
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As the possibility of Trumpism’s defeat by a mix of modest organizing & societal inertia becomes at least imaginable—if, I think, as yet unlikely—perhaps it becomes crucial to also imagine realistic new politics to follow.
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We need universal basic income. It will function as a cushion for people so that losing a job or not being able to find one doesn't mean zero income, and having basic income will also better enable finding or even creating a new job.
Also, AI is trained on all our work. We should all get our share.
Also, AI is trained on all our work. We should all get our share.
Warner: "We're already at 9% recent college graduate unemployment. I think that number will go to 25% very shortly."
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We need universal basic income. It will function as a cushion for people so that losing a job or not being able to find one doesn't mean zero income, and having basic income will also better enable finding or even creating a new job.
Also, AI is trained on all our work. We should all get our share.
Also, AI is trained on all our work. We should all get our share.
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My most woke opinion is that the whole point of society is to collectively help each other. My taxes should be going towards housing and feeding everyone. No one should be without food or shelter. Rich people should be contributing more towards this. It shouldn't even be controversial!
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
My most woke opinion is that the whole point of society is to collectively help each other. My taxes should be going towards housing and feeding everyone. No one should be without food or shelter. Rich people should be contributing more towards this. It shouldn't even be controversial!
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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After much contemplation
I have concluded that America enables large scale homelessness
to serve as a constant reminder to poor people that if they don’t keep working long hours for pittances,
they too will end up on the streets.
I have concluded that America enables large scale homelessness
to serve as a constant reminder to poor people that if they don’t keep working long hours for pittances,
they too will end up on the streets.
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
After much contemplation
I have concluded that America enables large scale homelessness
to serve as a constant reminder to poor people that if they don’t keep working long hours for pittances,
they too will end up on the streets.
I have concluded that America enables large scale homelessness
to serve as a constant reminder to poor people that if they don’t keep working long hours for pittances,
they too will end up on the streets.
Lmao they got the dropkick Murphys
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Lmao they got the dropkick Murphys
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If you have more than 10k followers mutuals should be able to hit a “you’re being weird” button and once it gets to 50 clicks in 24 hours it sends you a pop up like “your friends are concerned. Maybe log off”
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you have more than 10k followers mutuals should be able to hit a “you’re being weird” button and once it gets to 50 clicks in 24 hours it sends you a pop up like “your friends are concerned. Maybe log off”
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there is no freedom without peace
if one is missing the other is too
if one is missing the other is too
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
there is no freedom without peace
if one is missing the other is too
if one is missing the other is too
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In a 70% consumer-based economy such as ours, consumers are ultimately the true job creators. It's their spending on goods and services that creates the demand for new jobs. Any owner of a business that sells to the bottom 80% of the income spectrum should be pushing for UBI, not wage loss due to AI
Consumers are the true job creators in a consumer-based economy. UBI would create more consumers.
YouTube video by Scott Santens
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In a 70% consumer-based economy such as ours, consumers are ultimately the true job creators. It's their spending on goods and services that creates the demand for new jobs. Any owner of a business that sells to the bottom 80% of the income spectrum should be pushing for UBI, not wage loss due to AI
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Phone calls don’t work. Letters don’t work. Postcards don’t work. Speeches don’t work.
Even voting doesn’t work.
Boycotts work.
Strikes work.
Mass non-compliance works.
Mutual aid works.
Overwhelming ICE with numbers works.
REVOLUTION WORKS.
Even voting doesn’t work.
Boycotts work.
Strikes work.
Mass non-compliance works.
Mutual aid works.
Overwhelming ICE with numbers works.
REVOLUTION WORKS.
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Phone calls don’t work. Letters don’t work. Postcards don’t work. Speeches don’t work.
Even voting doesn’t work.
Boycotts work.
Strikes work.
Mass non-compliance works.
Mutual aid works.
Overwhelming ICE with numbers works.
REVOLUTION WORKS.
Even voting doesn’t work.
Boycotts work.
Strikes work.
Mass non-compliance works.
Mutual aid works.
Overwhelming ICE with numbers works.
REVOLUTION WORKS.
Our brains are vast, complicated, _story telling machines_
They tell us a story to confirm the facts we think are true, based on nuggets of experience stored in memory.
They tell us a story to confirm the facts we think are true, based on nuggets of experience stored in memory.
People blame the algo for not being seen, but did you know there’s an algo in your head as well? And it hides things from you sometimes?
Or rather, it selectively focuses on what you want to see, and makes you ignore the rest.
Or rather, it selectively focuses on what you want to see, and makes you ignore the rest.
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Our brains are vast, complicated, _story telling machines_
They tell us a story to confirm the facts we think are true, based on nuggets of experience stored in memory.
They tell us a story to confirm the facts we think are true, based on nuggets of experience stored in memory.
Everything is a concept
Nothing is real
Justice doesn’t exist
It’s just a story we tell ourselves.
Some people use it to do what they think is good.
Some people use it to what other people think is bad.
> It’s just people, struggling
And we should try to alleviate as much struggle as we can
Nothing is real
Justice doesn’t exist
It’s just a story we tell ourselves.
Some people use it to do what they think is good.
Some people use it to what other people think is bad.
> It’s just people, struggling
And we should try to alleviate as much struggle as we can
The greatest lesson of my middle adult life has been that there is no arc of justice
It’s just people, struggling
There is no moral teleological force working on our behalf
It’s just people, struggling
There is no moral teleological force working on our behalf
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Everything is a concept
Nothing is real
Justice doesn’t exist
It’s just a story we tell ourselves.
Some people use it to do what they think is good.
Some people use it to what other people think is bad.
> It’s just people, struggling
And we should try to alleviate as much struggle as we can
Nothing is real
Justice doesn’t exist
It’s just a story we tell ourselves.
Some people use it to do what they think is good.
Some people use it to what other people think is bad.
> It’s just people, struggling
And we should try to alleviate as much struggle as we can
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Choir, let me share a thought with you.
If justice for child rapists disrupts society, then society needed to be disrupted.
Oh, he's a job creator? Oh, the economy will suffer? Oh, the uncertainty? Oh, our whole political system?
If it's built on raping children, burn it all the fuck down.
Amen.
If justice for child rapists disrupts society, then society needed to be disrupted.
Oh, he's a job creator? Oh, the economy will suffer? Oh, the uncertainty? Oh, our whole political system?
If it's built on raping children, burn it all the fuck down.
Amen.
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Choir, let me share a thought with you.
If justice for child rapists disrupts society, then society needed to be disrupted.
Oh, he's a job creator? Oh, the economy will suffer? Oh, the uncertainty? Oh, our whole political system?
If it's built on raping children, burn it all the fuck down.
Amen.
If justice for child rapists disrupts society, then society needed to be disrupted.
Oh, he's a job creator? Oh, the economy will suffer? Oh, the uncertainty? Oh, our whole political system?
If it's built on raping children, burn it all the fuck down.
Amen.
It’s hard to comprehend a soul that doesn’t care for anything other than itself.
All “Others” will be less than the self, and thus “not”
and who cares about the “not”, right?
All “Others” will be less than the self, and thus “not”
and who cares about the “not”, right?
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It’s hard to comprehend a soul that doesn’t care for anything other than itself.
All “Others” will be less than the self, and thus “not”
and who cares about the “not”, right?
All “Others” will be less than the self, and thus “not”
and who cares about the “not”, right?
Cruelty is the point
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Cruelty is the point
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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So this is about as clear an admission as any that these companies are stealing the work of authors.
BTW, I'm on team "every author".
BTW, I'm on team "every author".
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
So this is about as clear an admission as any that these companies are stealing the work of authors.
BTW, I'm on team "every author".
BTW, I'm on team "every author".
And smoke a little weed with my friends
In reality
all I want is to read books,
take naps and drink tea.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #reality #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
all I want is to read books,
take naps and drink tea.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #reality #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
And smoke a little weed with my friends
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In reality
all I want is to read books,
take naps and drink tea.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #reality #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
all I want is to read books,
take naps and drink tea.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #reality #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In reality
all I want is to read books,
take naps and drink tea.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #reality #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
all I want is to read books,
take naps and drink tea.
#vss365 #poetryprompt #reality #dailyhaikuprompt #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #micropoem
Trains trains trains trains trains trains
There is no path to decarbonization without transit.
There is no path to abundant housing without transit.
There is no path to restoring democracy without transit.
There is no "affordability" without transit.
There is no clean energy transition without transit.
There is no path to abundant housing without transit.
There is no path to restoring democracy without transit.
There is no "affordability" without transit.
There is no clean energy transition without transit.
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Trains trains trains trains trains trains
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Just another reason to demand universal basic income. No one should have to live in a constant state of anxiety about their job, nor should anyone without a job suffer poverty as punishment.
I wrote about the stomach clenching reality of work now -- where rolling layoffs are the norm and no one feels secure in their job. Happy Monday! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/r...
It's a rolling layoff world
These silent layoffs are now just a part of doing business.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just another reason to demand universal basic income. No one should have to live in a constant state of anxiety about their job, nor should anyone without a job suffer poverty as punishment.
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UBI isn't just a progressive ideal; it's an evidence-based policy solution for economic stability & reducing poverty. Logic & pilot programs suggest it empowers individuals, stimulates local economies, & provides dignity. Time to move past outdated paradigms, existing must include dignity #UBI
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
UBI isn't just a progressive ideal; it's an evidence-based policy solution for economic stability & reducing poverty. Logic & pilot programs suggest it empowers individuals, stimulates local economies, & provides dignity. Time to move past outdated paradigms, existing must include dignity #UBI