meggyn watkins
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meggyn watkins
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· Oct 1
I'm here to chew bubblegum and repost people who are funnier/smarter than me, and I'm all out of bubblegum
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the thing is there really is a epochal tech revolution happening, it’s called renewables and green industry
Really refuse to let the worst people have ownership of techno-optimism
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
the thing is there really is a epochal tech revolution happening, it’s called renewables and green industry
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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6months later the baby with severe developmental issues is still hospitalized and family is resorting to gofundme to cover the related expenses. The Georgia legislature responsible for the abortion laws that enabled this tragedy is no where in sight to support this family and be pro life.
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
6months later the baby with severe developmental issues is still hospitalized and family is resorting to gofundme to cover the related expenses. The Georgia legislature responsible for the abortion laws that enabled this tragedy is no where in sight to support this family and be pro life.
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I’m taking ing a mental health day, I gotta deal with my demons.
The demons:
The demons:
November 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I’m taking ing a mental health day, I gotta deal with my demons.
The demons:
The demons:
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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Conventional wisdom says that incels need to be coaxed and convinced not to participate in their toxic subculture and that, ultimately, they're responsible for being toxic mopey losers.
CW says the opposite about pro-ana - we must go to any lengths to wipe it out, for the participants' own good.
CW says the opposite about pro-ana - we must go to any lengths to wipe it out, for the participants' own good.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Conventional wisdom says that incels need to be coaxed and convinced not to participate in their toxic subculture and that, ultimately, they're responsible for being toxic mopey losers.
CW says the opposite about pro-ana - we must go to any lengths to wipe it out, for the participants' own good.
CW says the opposite about pro-ana - we must go to any lengths to wipe it out, for the participants' own good.
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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at GU Politics: "the struggle is not whether AI is good or bad. It's who controls it and who benefits from it."
#bernieatgu #aisystem #ai #berniesanders #geoffreyhinton #computerscience #gupolitics #gupoliticsforum #georgetown
#bernieatgu #aisystem #ai #berniesanders #geoffreyhinton #computerscience #gupolitics #gupoliticsforum #georgetown
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at GU Politics: "the struggle is not whether AI is good or bad. It's who controls it and who benefits from it."
#bernieatgu #aisystem #ai #berniesanders #geoffreyhinton #computerscience #gupolitics #gupoliticsforum #georgetown
#bernieatgu #aisystem #ai #berniesanders #geoffreyhinton #computerscience #gupolitics #gupoliticsforum #georgetown
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Suicidal for centrists to be begging for moderation when now would be a great time to pass some big, ambitious policies and remind people why Democrats are better than Republicans.
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We literally do disagree about this, though. Some politicians want to take food from children and some politicians don't. Pretending this "isn't political" just allows the child-starving ghouls to get away with it.
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We literally do disagree about this, though. Some politicians want to take food from children and some politicians don't. Pretending this "isn't political" just allows the child-starving ghouls to get away with it.
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
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"If something evil is popular, is it still evil?" is basically the defining social question of our time.
October 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"If something evil is popular, is it still evil?" is basically the defining social question of our time.
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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Same mistakes everywhere.
Erkenntnis: man soll Faschos nicht nach dem Maul reden, sondern sie bekämpfen.
"German mainstream parties are allowing the far right to set the agenda. They unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas & disseminating them more widely."
"German mainstream parties are allowing the far right to set the agenda. They unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas & disseminating them more widely."
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Same mistakes everywhere.
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No Kings is a good slogan but if we're being pedantic then it seems important that Trump is claiming much more expansive powers than any English king ever had.
October 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
No Kings is a good slogan but if we're being pedantic then it seems important that Trump is claiming much more expansive powers than any English king ever had.
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by now you should notice that the side of evil in this country requires an electorate that is alone and afraid. if nothing else (and protests are *rarely* nothing else -- again, especially if you make them fun and social), visible evidence of solidarity with your neighbors is anti-authoritarian.
October 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
by now you should notice that the side of evil in this country requires an electorate that is alone and afraid. if nothing else (and protests are *rarely* nothing else -- again, especially if you make them fun and social), visible evidence of solidarity with your neighbors is anti-authoritarian.
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A lot of time and effort has gone into survey research around what is the best protest sign slogan, message, wording etc and to be frank the research is pretty clear the most effective things you can do at a protest are express joy and express camaraderie, don't overthink it
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A lot of time and effort has gone into survey research around what is the best protest sign slogan, message, wording etc and to be frank the research is pretty clear the most effective things you can do at a protest are express joy and express camaraderie, don't overthink it
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seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back
October 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back
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$11 billion to raise and widen a highway, through a wetland, during a climate crisis.
Imagine spending $11 billion on workforce housing in Marin/Sonoma/Napa/San Francisco so the people driving across 37 every day to get to work ... could just live where they work.
California is a climate pariah.
Imagine spending $11 billion on workforce housing in Marin/Sonoma/Napa/San Francisco so the people driving across 37 every day to get to work ... could just live where they work.
California is a climate pariah.
The entire proposed Highway 37 Solano-Marin super bridge is estimated to cost $11 billion, all to replace an existing road between a couple of suburbs. And it's proposed at 114 feet wide.
For comparison, the Golden Gate Bridge is 90 feet wide.
For comparison, the Golden Gate Bridge is 90 feet wide.
Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.
Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
October 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
$11 billion to raise and widen a highway, through a wetland, during a climate crisis.
Imagine spending $11 billion on workforce housing in Marin/Sonoma/Napa/San Francisco so the people driving across 37 every day to get to work ... could just live where they work.
California is a climate pariah.
Imagine spending $11 billion on workforce housing in Marin/Sonoma/Napa/San Francisco so the people driving across 37 every day to get to work ... could just live where they work.
California is a climate pariah.
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Does The Bible not teach us "He who has not any medical insurance shan't receive ER care"?
October 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Does The Bible not teach us "He who has not any medical insurance shan't receive ER care"?
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Anyway, it's better quality education to have classmates from all over the world. I learned a lot from the international students I met as I pursued my higher education degrees. (I hope I returned the favor when I studied overseas.)
September 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Anyway, it's better quality education to have classmates from all over the world. I learned a lot from the international students I met as I pursued my higher education degrees. (I hope I returned the favor when I studied overseas.)
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
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I've written about this a half-dozen times since 2015, because it continues to be relevant that the alt-right originally weaponized irony and memes in order to 1) spread extremism without consequence and 2) cultivate all these semi-ironic violent extremist edgelords foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/15/c...
September 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I've written about this a half-dozen times since 2015, because it continues to be relevant that the alt-right originally weaponized irony and memes in order to 1) spread extremism without consequence and 2) cultivate all these semi-ironic violent extremist edgelords foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/15/c...
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A decades long heroin addict pushing dangerous conspiracy theories is SO much more important than a now dead messenger of hate.
September 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A decades long heroin addict pushing dangerous conspiracy theories is SO much more important than a now dead messenger of hate.
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They’re upending tradition because they don’t expect a Democratic President ever again
September 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
They’re upending tradition because they don’t expect a Democratic President ever again