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Ah, but that's just it: the oligarchs don't want more innovation. They want the current wealth & power structure to be frozen in place for as long as possible, and they think that removing a building's structural support is the best way to preserve your spot on the top floor.
Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.
May 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ah, but that's just it: the oligarchs don't want more innovation. They want the current wealth & power structure to be frozen in place for as long as possible, and they think that removing a building's structural support is the best way to preserve your spot on the top floor.
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This from @jdcivicscience.bsky.social nails why small town, red America is not turning on Trump.
April 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This from @jdcivicscience.bsky.social nails why small town, red America is not turning on Trump.
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Weird* how all those people who said we NEEDED an armed society to prevent tyranny even though our kids were dying barricaded behind desks are now all in favor of tyranny.
*extremely predictable
*extremely predictable
April 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Weird* how all those people who said we NEEDED an armed society to prevent tyranny even though our kids were dying barricaded behind desks are now all in favor of tyranny.
*extremely predictable
*extremely predictable
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We must demand better. Not Gavin Newsom, who snatches the belongings of unhoused folks and plays paddy cake with Steve Fucking Bannon. Not Rahm Emanuel, who covered up a murder, closed 50 schools, and shuttered half of Chicago's publicly funded mental health clinics. We need new and better politics.
March 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
We must demand better. Not Gavin Newsom, who snatches the belongings of unhoused folks and plays paddy cake with Steve Fucking Bannon. Not Rahm Emanuel, who covered up a murder, closed 50 schools, and shuttered half of Chicago's publicly funded mental health clinics. We need new and better politics.
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Shouldn’t Elon have to actually produce the autonomous driving he’s promised for a decade before tackling the US government?
February 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Shouldn’t Elon have to actually produce the autonomous driving he’s promised for a decade before tackling the US government?
This is the way.
Let a friend go today. Saw a couple posts about backing up these Nazis in red hats, so I told him “you side with Nazis, we’re not cool”
Not fucking around this time.
My tolerance is zero for people trying to destroy this country.
Not fucking around this time.
My tolerance is zero for people trying to destroy this country.
February 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is the way.
It's called the wilderness for a reason. Americans should be free to take bison selfies. Better yet, go pet a moose calf.
Parks are meant to be deadly. Folks should bring their own medical teams with them or stay home.
"“I honestly can’t imagine how the parks will operate without my position,” Alex Wild, a ranger who lost his job at Yosemite, wrote ... “I mean, they just can’t. I am the only EMT at my park and the first responder for any emergency. This is flat-out reckless.”"
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February 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It's called the wilderness for a reason. Americans should be free to take bison selfies. Better yet, go pet a moose calf.
Democrats basically just want everyone to get along. To fit in and be liked. Republicans want to crush you under their boot and steal all your work and money.
I never understood why Democrats insisted on extolling the "BIPARTISAN Infrastructure Law" as if bipartisanship was the selling point, allowing Republicans to take credit for transformational projects they hadn't voted for.
It should have been touted as the "Biden Infrastructure Package".
It should have been touted as the "Biden Infrastructure Package".
February 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Democrats basically just want everyone to get along. To fit in and be liked. Republicans want to crush you under their boot and steal all your work and money.
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So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.
February 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.
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PSA: The reason Medicaid & food stamps are on the chopping block to pave the way for more GOP tax cuts for the rich is because poor people don’t have better lobbyists.
February 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
PSA: The reason Medicaid & food stamps are on the chopping block to pave the way for more GOP tax cuts for the rich is because poor people don’t have better lobbyists.
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We have to accept that our beloved is dead in order to ask ourselves how to move forward.
February 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We have to accept that our beloved is dead in order to ask ourselves how to move forward.
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Democrats are the opposition through a profound constitutional crisis, the first time since the Civil War that the continued existence of the United States as a republic is genuinely threatened, with 100 subordinate crises happening simultaneously, and they’re like “What’s our message, though?”
February 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Democrats are the opposition through a profound constitutional crisis, the first time since the Civil War that the continued existence of the United States as a republic is genuinely threatened, with 100 subordinate crises happening simultaneously, and they’re like “What’s our message, though?”
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📌LISTEN TO ME: When United States congresspeople are denied entry to a United States government building, it is coup.
February 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
📌LISTEN TO ME: When United States congresspeople are denied entry to a United States government building, it is coup.
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Stop saying DEI.
Stop fighting these people on the rhetorical battleground of their choosing.
Stop letting ghouls like Rufo set the terms of all discussions and reality itself.
Stop walking right into the hands of think-tanks and institutes that have set this up for the benefit of the wealthy.
Stop fighting these people on the rhetorical battleground of their choosing.
Stop letting ghouls like Rufo set the terms of all discussions and reality itself.
Stop walking right into the hands of think-tanks and institutes that have set this up for the benefit of the wealthy.
January 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Stop saying DEI.
Stop fighting these people on the rhetorical battleground of their choosing.
Stop letting ghouls like Rufo set the terms of all discussions and reality itself.
Stop walking right into the hands of think-tanks and institutes that have set this up for the benefit of the wealthy.
Stop fighting these people on the rhetorical battleground of their choosing.
Stop letting ghouls like Rufo set the terms of all discussions and reality itself.
Stop walking right into the hands of think-tanks and institutes that have set this up for the benefit of the wealthy.
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People keep saying Trump’s supporters will turn on him when the economy craters or diseases spread. But that misses the point.
Part of the reason they’re killing these agencies is to hide all that. And the true believers will just bite on whatever conspiracy theory blames it on their enemies.
Part of the reason they’re killing these agencies is to hide all that. And the true believers will just bite on whatever conspiracy theory blames it on their enemies.
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
People keep saying Trump’s supporters will turn on him when the economy craters or diseases spread. But that misses the point.
Part of the reason they’re killing these agencies is to hide all that. And the true believers will just bite on whatever conspiracy theory blames it on their enemies.
Part of the reason they’re killing these agencies is to hide all that. And the true believers will just bite on whatever conspiracy theory blames it on their enemies.
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This is heartening to see! The resistance is beginning.
I know we are tired. I know we are fearful. But we will make ourselves heard and reclaim this country from the grip of MAGA fascism.
I’ve seen the inside of barbed wire prison camps in America. We came back from that and shall overcome this.
I know we are tired. I know we are fearful. But we will make ourselves heard and reclaim this country from the grip of MAGA fascism.
I’ve seen the inside of barbed wire prison camps in America. We came back from that and shall overcome this.
The People’s March is moving through the streets of Washington: “We won’t go back!”
A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵
A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵
January 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is heartening to see! The resistance is beginning.
I know we are tired. I know we are fearful. But we will make ourselves heard and reclaim this country from the grip of MAGA fascism.
I’ve seen the inside of barbed wire prison camps in America. We came back from that and shall overcome this.
I know we are tired. I know we are fearful. But we will make ourselves heard and reclaim this country from the grip of MAGA fascism.
I’ve seen the inside of barbed wire prison camps in America. We came back from that and shall overcome this.
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FDR set a minimum wage because capitalists would never…
January 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
FDR set a minimum wage because capitalists would never…
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They say it might cost 100 billion to rebuild LA. But money won’t be enough. They’re gonna need something else: Mexicans.
Can not do it without them. And yeah, most will be undocumented.
That’s who rebuilt NOLA after Katrina. They get it done. Heroes. Cement crews, framers…fuck, roofers! The best.
Can not do it without them. And yeah, most will be undocumented.
That’s who rebuilt NOLA after Katrina. They get it done. Heroes. Cement crews, framers…fuck, roofers! The best.
January 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
They say it might cost 100 billion to rebuild LA. But money won’t be enough. They’re gonna need something else: Mexicans.
Can not do it without them. And yeah, most will be undocumented.
That’s who rebuilt NOLA after Katrina. They get it done. Heroes. Cement crews, framers…fuck, roofers! The best.
Can not do it without them. And yeah, most will be undocumented.
That’s who rebuilt NOLA after Katrina. They get it done. Heroes. Cement crews, framers…fuck, roofers! The best.
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Reminder - it's easy to judge a situation from afar. You have to bring the safety home. How much do you know about your fire department? Do you know its average response time? Its capacity for responding to a natural disaster? Does your local gov have a plan for that kind of response? Is it public?
January 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Reminder - it's easy to judge a situation from afar. You have to bring the safety home. How much do you know about your fire department? Do you know its average response time? Its capacity for responding to a natural disaster? Does your local gov have a plan for that kind of response? Is it public?
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That is a great idea!
I don't know if they have this sort of thing where you live but in the UK we have these volunteer run repair salons that pop up pretty regularly in a lot of towns.
They are a great idea.
They are a great idea.
January 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
That is a great idea!
This is a BIG DEAL. "Outside of the collapse of US manufacturing, few economic forces have done as much damage to the American landscape in the past 50 years." Enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act would reshape the hollowed out economy.
For decades, big retailers have been allowed to dominate simply by virtue of their size & leverage over suppliers. The FTC's revival of the Robinson-Patman Act stands to change that, with huge upsides for local economies & consumers, @ronmknox.bsky.social writes. And it's got support on the new FTC.
Can Fairness Fix the US Economy?
With its latest lawsuit, the Federal Trade Commission aims to find out.
www.thenation.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is a BIG DEAL. "Outside of the collapse of US manufacturing, few economic forces have done as much damage to the American landscape in the past 50 years." Enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act would reshape the hollowed out economy.
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"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
December 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM
"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.