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Real life Angus from “Ferdinand”
Day 1248 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and somehow managed to get a stylist post 2 days running
This lovely cow looks to have had a nice pamper day, great fringe going on and the mud pack was for its feet! 🤗🐮🐮❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
This lovely cow looks to have had a nice pamper day, great fringe going on and the mud pack was for its feet! 🤗🐮🐮❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Real life Angus from “Ferdinand”
“Capitalism kills”
Not with…
#M4A
#ProgressiveTax
#Regulations
#Unions
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
Not with…
#M4A
#ProgressiveTax
#Regulations
#Unions
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Capitalism kills”
Not with…
#M4A
#ProgressiveTax
#Regulations
#Unions
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
Not with…
#M4A
#ProgressiveTax
#Regulations
#Unions
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
Universal (Single Payer) Health insurance
is needed now.
#M4A
#MedicareForAll
#PublicGood
#SafetyNet
#NordicModel
#Econsky
is needed now.
#M4A
#MedicareForAll
#PublicGood
#SafetyNet
#NordicModel
#Econsky
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Universal (Single Payer) Health insurance
is needed now.
#M4A
#MedicareForAll
#PublicGood
#SafetyNet
#NordicModel
#Econsky
is needed now.
#M4A
#MedicareForAll
#PublicGood
#SafetyNet
#NordicModel
#Econsky
U.S. Food Spending Middle 20% ‘84-‘23 (max range available)
Food at Home
Food Away from Home
Income After Taxes
1984 1,927 (11.3%), 1,222 (7.2%), 17,068
2019 4,422 (8.3%), 3,084 (5.8%), 53,123
2023 5,756 (8.6%), 3,234 (4.9%), 66,606
This is better, not worse.
(Missing 2024-2025 #s)
#Econsky
Food at Home
Food Away from Home
Income After Taxes
1984 1,927 (11.3%), 1,222 (7.2%), 17,068
2019 4,422 (8.3%), 3,084 (5.8%), 53,123
2023 5,756 (8.6%), 3,234 (4.9%), 66,606
This is better, not worse.
(Missing 2024-2025 #s)
#Econsky
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Many “facts” are true but exaggerated. If mean food was 23.02% of mean disposable income in 1947, 11.21% ‘23 but 9.47% ‘20, it is up. But food at home is much less so; there is more food away from home. & types of food spending is also not equal over time. The last 50 years is lowest ever.
#Econsky
#Econsky
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Many “facts” are true but exaggerated. If mean food was 23.02% of mean disposable income in 1947, 11.21% ‘23 but 9.47% ‘20, it is up. But food at home is much less so; there is more food away from home. & types of food spending is also not equal over time. The last 50 years is lowest ever.
#Econsky
#Econsky
The goal isn’t a “more equal society.”
It is at minimum being paid enough to pay all needs & at maximum being paid the actual full value of your labor.
As it has always been, people are paid the lowest possible that an employer can manipulate someone to take.
#Inequality
#LivingWage
#Econsky
It is at minimum being paid enough to pay all needs & at maximum being paid the actual full value of your labor.
As it has always been, people are paid the lowest possible that an employer can manipulate someone to take.
#Inequality
#LivingWage
#Econsky
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The goal isn’t a “more equal society.”
It is at minimum being paid enough to pay all needs & at maximum being paid the actual full value of your labor.
As it has always been, people are paid the lowest possible that an employer can manipulate someone to take.
#Inequality
#LivingWage
#Econsky
It is at minimum being paid enough to pay all needs & at maximum being paid the actual full value of your labor.
As it has always been, people are paid the lowest possible that an employer can manipulate someone to take.
#Inequality
#LivingWage
#Econsky
When did political polarization worsen?
Part 2
Party over policy.
Ideologic values over specific policy.
www.pewresearch.org/politics/201...
Part 2
Party over policy.
Ideologic values over specific policy.
www.pewresearch.org/politics/201...
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
When did political polarization worsen?
Part 2
Party over policy.
Ideologic values over specific policy.
www.pewresearch.org/politics/201...
Part 2
Party over policy.
Ideologic values over specific policy.
www.pewresearch.org/politics/201...
When did political polarization worsen?
This shows it improved to the least in recent history around The Great Depression, ~1929, slowly worsened to ~1990 & polarization has been pulled sharply by extremism after; the last ~35 years (though this is truncated.)
legacy.voteview.com/political_po...
This shows it improved to the least in recent history around The Great Depression, ~1929, slowly worsened to ~1990 & polarization has been pulled sharply by extremism after; the last ~35 years (though this is truncated.)
legacy.voteview.com/political_po...
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
When did political polarization worsen?
This shows it improved to the least in recent history around The Great Depression, ~1929, slowly worsened to ~1990 & polarization has been pulled sharply by extremism after; the last ~35 years (though this is truncated.)
legacy.voteview.com/political_po...
This shows it improved to the least in recent history around The Great Depression, ~1929, slowly worsened to ~1990 & polarization has been pulled sharply by extremism after; the last ~35 years (though this is truncated.)
legacy.voteview.com/political_po...
Hearing opposing views
checks bias,
exposes blind spots,
tests beliefs,
improves decisions &
keeps democracy healthy
by ensuring no view goes unchallenged.
It makes us AND outcomes of our ideas better.
#NoBias
#FactsNotOpinions
checks bias,
exposes blind spots,
tests beliefs,
improves decisions &
keeps democracy healthy
by ensuring no view goes unchallenged.
It makes us AND outcomes of our ideas better.
#NoBias
#FactsNotOpinions
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Hearing opposing views
checks bias,
exposes blind spots,
tests beliefs,
improves decisions &
keeps democracy healthy
by ensuring no view goes unchallenged.
It makes us AND outcomes of our ideas better.
#NoBias
#FactsNotOpinions
checks bias,
exposes blind spots,
tests beliefs,
improves decisions &
keeps democracy healthy
by ensuring no view goes unchallenged.
It makes us AND outcomes of our ideas better.
#NoBias
#FactsNotOpinions
Communism abolishes market prices, but planners can’t match prices’ dispersed-knowledge function.
Without real prices, allocation fails, causing shortages, waste & stagnation.
Communism lacks a workable coordination mechanism.
1/
Without real prices, allocation fails, causing shortages, waste & stagnation.
Communism lacks a workable coordination mechanism.
1/
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Communism abolishes market prices, but planners can’t match prices’ dispersed-knowledge function.
Without real prices, allocation fails, causing shortages, waste & stagnation.
Communism lacks a workable coordination mechanism.
1/
Without real prices, allocation fails, causing shortages, waste & stagnation.
Communism lacks a workable coordination mechanism.
1/
Anger solutions:
Engage in low-arousal activities. (Yoga, breathing)
Check your causal attributions. (External to the person instead of “they are bad.”)
Gather new information: What don't I know?
Consider your actions.
#AGoodPlace
Engage in low-arousal activities. (Yoga, breathing)
Check your causal attributions. (External to the person instead of “they are bad.”)
Gather new information: What don't I know?
Consider your actions.
#AGoodPlace
Excellent.
False causal attributions make more anger & venting doesn’t work but worsens.
15 mins
youtu.be/A6hzHov7Kng?...
False causal attributions make more anger & venting doesn’t work but worsens.
15 mins
youtu.be/A6hzHov7Kng?...
Why Venting Doesn’t Help You Deal with Anger | Jennifer Parlamis | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Anger solutions:
Engage in low-arousal activities. (Yoga, breathing)
Check your causal attributions. (External to the person instead of “they are bad.”)
Gather new information: What don't I know?
Consider your actions.
#AGoodPlace
Engage in low-arousal activities. (Yoga, breathing)
Check your causal attributions. (External to the person instead of “they are bad.”)
Gather new information: What don't I know?
Consider your actions.
#AGoodPlace
Excellent.
False causal attributions make more anger & venting doesn’t work but worsens.
15 mins
youtu.be/A6hzHov7Kng?...
False causal attributions make more anger & venting doesn’t work but worsens.
15 mins
youtu.be/A6hzHov7Kng?...
Why Venting Doesn’t Help You Deal with Anger | Jennifer Parlamis | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Excellent.
False causal attributions make more anger & venting doesn’t work but worsens.
15 mins
youtu.be/A6hzHov7Kng?...
False causal attributions make more anger & venting doesn’t work but worsens.
15 mins
youtu.be/A6hzHov7Kng?...
None of us should be promoting more bias & more division.
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
None of us should be promoting more bias & more division.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
You’re making a strawman & simply promoting bias & division.
Spencer Cox wants to end demonizing groups & tribalism, advocating for a choice to move away from hatred & use open discourse to have leaders represent ALL the people WHILE denouncing acts on HIS SIDE.
Spencer Cox wants to end demonizing groups & tribalism, advocating for a choice to move away from hatred & use open discourse to have leaders represent ALL the people WHILE denouncing acts on HIS SIDE.
No.
Not as bad as Bannon but you’re not talking to good people.
If he wants more civility he should denounce the party of domestic terrorism that he represents.
I’m not listening to this interview. Just rethinking my monthly NPR donation.
You can not both sides autocracy and fascism Steve.
Not as bad as Bannon but you’re not talking to good people.
If he wants more civility he should denounce the party of domestic terrorism that he represents.
I’m not listening to this interview. Just rethinking my monthly NPR donation.
You can not both sides autocracy and fascism Steve.
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
You’re making a strawman & simply promoting bias & division.
Spencer Cox wants to end demonizing groups & tribalism, advocating for a choice to move away from hatred & use open discourse to have leaders represent ALL the people WHILE denouncing acts on HIS SIDE.
Spencer Cox wants to end demonizing groups & tribalism, advocating for a choice to move away from hatred & use open discourse to have leaders represent ALL the people WHILE denouncing acts on HIS SIDE.
Surely, Feeding America is flawed but it is a 4/4 star & 95/100% charity by www.charitynavigator.org
Criticize the 5% lacking ideal, but it is one of the top GOOD charities.
The hypercriticism here is abhorrent.
Criticize the 5% lacking ideal, but it is one of the top GOOD charities.
The hypercriticism here is abhorrent.
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Surely, Feeding America is flawed but it is a 4/4 star & 95/100% charity by www.charitynavigator.org
Criticize the 5% lacking ideal, but it is one of the top GOOD charities.
The hypercriticism here is abhorrent.
Criticize the 5% lacking ideal, but it is one of the top GOOD charities.
The hypercriticism here is abhorrent.
Poorest 10% equivalized spending 2024 per person per day (Norway was 165% U.S.)
Norway $42.48
Denmark $35.30
Iceland $33.85
Finland $31.50
Sweden $26.45
United States $25.81
#Inequality
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#ProgressiveTaxation
#NordicModel
#Econsky
Norway $42.48
Denmark $35.30
Iceland $33.85
Finland $31.50
Sweden $26.45
United States $25.81
#Inequality
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#ProgressiveTaxation
#NordicModel
#Econsky
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Poorest 10% equivalized spending 2024 per person per day (Norway was 165% U.S.)
Norway $42.48
Denmark $35.30
Iceland $33.85
Finland $31.50
Sweden $26.45
United States $25.81
#Inequality
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#ProgressiveTaxation
#NordicModel
#Econsky
Norway $42.48
Denmark $35.30
Iceland $33.85
Finland $31.50
Sweden $26.45
United States $25.81
#Inequality
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#ProgressiveTaxation
#NordicModel
#Econsky
How business is done in real life by Mr. Melon (Rodney Dangerfield)
#Econsky
youtube.com/shorts/CUpfe...
#Econsky
youtube.com/shorts/CUpfe...
Unveiling The Difference Between Contractors and College Professors, who knows construction jobs?
YouTube video by Construction Mentor Podcast
youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
How business is done in real life by Mr. Melon (Rodney Dangerfield)
#Econsky
youtube.com/shorts/CUpfe...
#Econsky
youtube.com/shorts/CUpfe...
Reposted
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
Reposted
In an NPR interview, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says he’d like to work with progressives in the “abundance” movement who talk of a more active and effective government.
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In an NPR interview, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says he’d like to work with progressives in the “abundance” movement who talk of a more active and effective government.
Reposted
Utah’s Spencer Cox on NPR:
“We keep thinking if we just win this election, we’ll never have to work with those people. And the Constitution says that we will always have to work with those people. That’s that’s how this gets done. We have to build coalitions.”
youtu.be/eQazNnpPAeM?...
“We keep thinking if we just win this election, we’ll never have to work with those people. And the Constitution says that we will always have to work with those people. That’s that’s how this gets done. We have to build coalitions.”
youtu.be/eQazNnpPAeM?...
Spencer Cox on political tension, civility and America’s divides
YouTube video by NPR
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Utah’s Spencer Cox on NPR:
“We keep thinking if we just win this election, we’ll never have to work with those people. And the Constitution says that we will always have to work with those people. That’s that’s how this gets done. We have to build coalitions.”
youtu.be/eQazNnpPAeM?...
“We keep thinking if we just win this election, we’ll never have to work with those people. And the Constitution says that we will always have to work with those people. That’s that’s how this gets done. We have to build coalitions.”
youtu.be/eQazNnpPAeM?...