Skeptic
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Skeptic, humanist, trans-ally. Imperfect, but improving.
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One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle… Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
September 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle… Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
On the + side, these people are self-selecting out of the gene pool / removing their children from it. That means less competition in the marketplace for jobs.
It's still a tragedy. These kids have no choice. Maybe if parents were caretakers and providers instead of owners, things might be different
It's still a tragedy. These kids have no choice. Maybe if parents were caretakers and providers instead of owners, things might be different
Saw this dumbass book at a surplus store, which at least probably means that nobody bought them at normal stores.
Enjoy your measles kid.
Enjoy your measles kid.
September 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
On the + side, these people are self-selecting out of the gene pool / removing their children from it. That means less competition in the marketplace for jobs.
It's still a tragedy. These kids have no choice. Maybe if parents were caretakers and providers instead of owners, things might be different
It's still a tragedy. These kids have no choice. Maybe if parents were caretakers and providers instead of owners, things might be different
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It's just a sports ban.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
September 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It's just a sports ban.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
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Second Amendment for me but not for thee.
September 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Second Amendment for me but not for thee.
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Plastic People 😂😂😂
September 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Plastic People 😂😂😂
Rogan has always been an idiot.
Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.
Climate Scientist Cited By Joe Rogan Slams Podcaster For Spreading 'Dumb' Misinformation
Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.
www.forbes.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Rogan has always been an idiot.
The Epstein Files are released.
September 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Epstein Files are released.
Carl Sagan noticed that small children are inquisitive, but teens weren't. If capitalists could beat curiosity and imagination out of kids faster, education would be less than 12 years.
Or get rid of childlabor laws and solve the childcare at work problem with corporate-sponsored families.
Or get rid of childlabor laws and solve the childcare at work problem with corporate-sponsored families.
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Carl Sagan noticed that small children are inquisitive, but teens weren't. If capitalists could beat curiosity and imagination out of kids faster, education would be less than 12 years.
Or get rid of childlabor laws and solve the childcare at work problem with corporate-sponsored families.
Or get rid of childlabor laws and solve the childcare at work problem with corporate-sponsored families.
This falls into the #NotSurprised category.
A Baptist chaplain at a privately-run ICE lockup in Pennsylvania is facing accusations of sexually abusing a detainee over the course of more than a year, beginning shortly after he gained her trust by gifting her a Bible.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Prison chaplain at ICE facility in Pennsylvania accused of sexually abusing detainee
Exclusive: “The system absolutely failed our client,” attorney Trina Realmuto told The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This falls into the #NotSurprised category.
Too many of the first three creates a blackhole.
Too many of the last one creates an asshole.
Too many of the last one creates an asshole.
September 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Too many of the first three creates a blackhole.
Too many of the last one creates an asshole.
Too many of the last one creates an asshole.
Maybe - crazy idea coming - people could not be dicks and stop shitting on everyone. We claim to hate bullies and then cheer them on.
I'm going to get nailed to a tree for saying, "Why can't we all try being nice to one another for a change?"
I'm going to get nailed to a tree for saying, "Why can't we all try being nice to one another for a change?"
August 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Maybe - crazy idea coming - people could not be dicks and stop shitting on everyone. We claim to hate bullies and then cheer them on.
I'm going to get nailed to a tree for saying, "Why can't we all try being nice to one another for a change?"
I'm going to get nailed to a tree for saying, "Why can't we all try being nice to one another for a change?"
YouTuber: Slavery good. Vaccines bad.
MAGAts: I knew it. I did my own research.
MAGAts: I knew it. I did my own research.
August 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
YouTuber: Slavery good. Vaccines bad.
MAGAts: I knew it. I did my own research.
MAGAts: I knew it. I did my own research.
Just two days until the big reveal.🤯
Unless he waits until Sep 30 to build the suspense. 🥺
Unless he waits until Sep 30 to build the suspense. 🥺
Brainworm bobby says he will reveal the causes of autism in September. He will also give out the recipe for his roadkill cancer cure and explain why facts are dangerous to mental health.
August 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Just two days until the big reveal.🤯
Unless he waits until Sep 30 to build the suspense. 🥺
Unless he waits until Sep 30 to build the suspense. 🥺
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“Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
August 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
File under #ToLittleToLate
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) both expressed concern yesterday about RFK's recent shake-up at the CDC
Unfortunately, when they could have made a difference, they both voted to confirm the obviously loony RFK
Unfortunately, when they could have made a difference, they both voted to confirm the obviously loony RFK
GOP senators express unease over RFK Jr.’s CDC shake-up
Two influential GOP senators are expressing unease over Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s firing of Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
www.yahoo.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
File under #ToLittleToLate
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August 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
QAnon MAGAts: Now there's my type of pedo.
tRump's distractions have not worked ... Now can we get back to Epstein...?
August 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
QAnon MAGAts: Now there's my type of pedo.
I'm surprised they don't use them as zoning locations for the poor.
More than 20 years ago, N.C. legislators passed a law requiring that landslide hazards be mapped across 19 mountain counties.
But after only four of those counties were mapped, lawmakers gave in to developers who said it could harm property values.
(Published May 2025)
But after only four of those counties were mapped, lawmakers gave in to developers who said it could harm property values.
(Published May 2025)
Prescient Warnings About Helene Didn’t Reach People in Harm’s Way. Here Are 5 Lessons for the Next Hurricane.
After four months of reporting, ProPublica found that the warnings about Helene were eerily accurate. Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm c...
www.propublica.org
August 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I'm surprised they don't use them as zoning locations for the poor.
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As someone who supports independent creators on Kickstarter, many are struggling with skyrocketing costs, and some have lost more than they earned, but are still honoring their obligations.
Donald Trump turned a booming economy into a stagnant one in record time.
His war on affordability and small businesses are having real impacts — from his chaotic tariffs to his job and economy-killing immigration raids.
California will continue to fight back.
His war on affordability and small businesses are having real impacts — from his chaotic tariffs to his job and economy-killing immigration raids.
California will continue to fight back.
August 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
As someone who supports independent creators on Kickstarter, many are struggling with skyrocketing costs, and some have lost more than they earned, but are still honoring their obligations.
Just a reminder that christian conservatives called Reverend Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers, evil. Apparnetly, you aren't special and don't deserve kindness of dignity. Those are earned through capitalism.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/f...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/f...
Did 'Fox and Friends' Call Fred Rogers an 'Evil, Evil Man'?
The segment prompted numerous rebuttals condemning the "maliciousness of the attack" on the legacy of the children's TV host.
www.snopes.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just a reminder that christian conservatives called Reverend Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers, evil. Apparnetly, you aren't special and don't deserve kindness of dignity. Those are earned through capitalism.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/f...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/f...
Is there anything like this in the US?
In a small town in County Cork, Ireland, a monument stands in appreciation to the American Choctaw Indian Tribe.
Although impoverished, shortly after being forced to walk the Trail of Tears, the tribe somehow gathered $170 to send to Ireland for famine relief in 1847 [Historic Vids]
Although impoverished, shortly after being forced to walk the Trail of Tears, the tribe somehow gathered $170 to send to Ireland for famine relief in 1847 [Historic Vids]
August 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Is there anything like this in the US?
If rainbows are woke, then God, after wiping out all life except one family and two of every species, is the original woke.
August 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If rainbows are woke, then God, after wiping out all life except one family and two of every species, is the original woke.
Every day.
Every night, I say a little prayer before I fall asleep.
August 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Every day.
One would hope that MAGAts learn from this, but it is always the wrong lesson. Fear necessecitates manufacturing imaginary problems, finding it everywhere, blaming the uninvolved, and applying the wrong solutions. Below poverty wages and rising prices are the new norm, and blaming immigrants.
Another thing YOU can thank Trump and Republicans for
Our economy is going into a recession
fortune.com/2025/08/25/r...
Our economy is going into a recession
fortune.com/2025/08/25/r...
A third of the U.S. economy is already in a recession or at high risk, and another third is stagnating, Zandi warns
“Southern states are generally the strongest, but their growth is slowing.”
fortune.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One would hope that MAGAts learn from this, but it is always the wrong lesson. Fear necessecitates manufacturing imaginary problems, finding it everywhere, blaming the uninvolved, and applying the wrong solutions. Below poverty wages and rising prices are the new norm, and blaming immigrants.