Thoughts On Realistic Hope
@optimysticrealist.bsky.social
Observations on American democracy & how we fight to keep it, then improve it.
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Something to consider; how have we primed future generations for exactly the authoritarianism they're now being offered.
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The Anxious Generation with Jonathan Haidt | What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast
YouTube video by What Now? with Trevor Noah
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May 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Something to consider; how have we primed future generations for exactly the authoritarianism they're now being offered.
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youtu.be/Ey4XhHqnkuQ?...
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Sunlight is the best disinfectant!
A VERY important request from C-SPAN to SCOTUS re: birthright citizenship.
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May 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Sunlight is the best disinfectant!
I fought hard against nuclear energy in the 90s when what we had to show for its development were badly designed facilities & horrible waste management. With all improvements made (see France, in particular) it's become a truly viable, environmentally friendly, option.
stateline.org/2025/04/30/t...
stateline.org/2025/04/30/t...
‘The West will lead’: Utah, Idaho, Wyoming team up on nuclear energy development • Stateline
Utah state leaders are taking the next steps in their efforts to make Utah a major nuclear energy development hub and a “national leader” in developing next-generation energy technology.
stateline.org
May 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I fought hard against nuclear energy in the 90s when what we had to show for its development were badly designed facilities & horrible waste management. With all improvements made (see France, in particular) it's become a truly viable, environmentally friendly, option.
stateline.org/2025/04/30/t...
stateline.org/2025/04/30/t...
Time for a good ol' sit in!
The parade route will be known. We need to occupy it first and force them to drag us away one by one for the cameras.
May 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Time for a good ol' sit in!
What they said.
Maybe you should blame the corporations that went balls to the wall on a single source supply chain with our enemy.
Need that forklift? Buy one made in the USA.
www.manufacturing.net/operations/a...
Wheelchair? No problem.
www.spinlife.com/special-prom...
Now what?
Need that forklift? Buy one made in the USA.
www.manufacturing.net/operations/a...
Wheelchair? No problem.
www.spinlife.com/special-prom...
Now what?
May 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What they said.
Because neuroscience is amazing and we all need more than politics in our feeds:
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/mak...
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/mak...
Making Sense of Interoception
How we perceive what’s happening inside our bodies and what that means for our health
magazine.hms.harvard.edu
May 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Because neuroscience is amazing and we all need more than politics in our feeds:
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/mak...
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/mak...
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Just a handy tool I thought I'd share for folks frustrated by paywalls. It's in German, but you can translate the page if you need to. I think it's pretty self-explanatory even without translation.
Just paste the url and pick the provider that works/you like.
byebyepaywall.com
Just paste the url and pick the provider that works/you like.
byebyepaywall.com
Bye Bye Paywall - Paywalls umgehen!
Paywalls von Magazinen einfach umgehen.
byebyepaywall.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Just a handy tool I thought I'd share for folks frustrated by paywalls. It's in German, but you can translate the page if you need to. I think it's pretty self-explanatory even without translation.
Just paste the url and pick the provider that works/you like.
byebyepaywall.com
Just paste the url and pick the provider that works/you like.
byebyepaywall.com
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
I would also be interested in that answer, as I think many of us would be.
I would also be interested in that answer, as I think many of us would be.
Pete, honest and respectful question: How would you address the crippling single-source supply chain risk and trade imbalance we have with our avowed enemy that steals our IP, and manipulates their currency and ours to prevent the natural control mechanism of running a trade imbalance for decades?
This isn't hypothetical.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
May 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
I would also be interested in that answer, as I think many of us would be.
I would also be interested in that answer, as I think many of us would be.
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You can thank Ronnie Raygun and his asshole buddies for killing that exact principle.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairnes...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairnes...
May 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
You can thank Ronnie Raygun and his asshole buddies for killing that exact principle.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairnes...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairnes...
This. Applied to anything this strategy is used on.
STOP FUCKING BUYING EGGS! Are you really so stupid that you don't know how to adapt to changing economic conditions? You can't live without eggs for your fucking breakfast? You don't understand basic economics?
You people know who you are. You're all fucking idiots.
There. I said it. Go away now.
You people know who you are. You're all fucking idiots.
There. I said it. Go away now.
May 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This. Applied to anything this strategy is used on.
May 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
May 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Excellent way of making good trouble!
This is the energy we need. Keep the pressure on!
May 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Excellent way of making good trouble!
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"That’s what this was. A deal made not by power, but by pressure. Not by strength, but by survival."
"That’s Ukrainium. Measured in courage. In resistance. In dignity"
open.substack.com/pub/viktorkr...
"That’s what this was. A deal made not by power, but by pressure. Not by strength, but by survival."
"That’s Ukrainium. Measured in courage. In resistance. In dignity"
open.substack.com/pub/viktorkr...
The Mineral We Will Never Put in a Deal
They signed for our minerals, but our rarest element isn’t in the ground
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May 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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"That’s what this was. A deal made not by power, but by pressure. Not by strength, but by survival."
"That’s Ukrainium. Measured in courage. In resistance. In dignity"
open.substack.com/pub/viktorkr...
"That’s what this was. A deal made not by power, but by pressure. Not by strength, but by survival."
"That’s Ukrainium. Measured in courage. In resistance. In dignity"
open.substack.com/pub/viktorkr...
This goes for activists, too.
Making sure reporters use burners and shred/burn all their notes after the story breaks.
Paper and pen are your friends. Don't ever put something you want to keep secret on a cell phone. Every deletion on a cell phone is a soft delete. Even though you think it's gone, Cellebrite will find it.
Paper and pen are your friends. Don't ever put something you want to keep secret on a cell phone. Every deletion on a cell phone is a soft delete. Even though you think it's gone, Cellebrite will find it.
May 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This goes for activists, too.
Don't let them take Wikipedia!
Time for Wikipedia to move to the Caymans or the Isle of Man, or even Canada. We know how to use VPNs if necessary. Can't have shit with MAGA around. Fucking evil, stupid, fragile cocksuckers.
Please donate to them if you can. They're gonna need a lot of money if it comes to a fight.
Please donate to them if you can. They're gonna need a lot of money if it comes to a fight.
Wikipedia Under Threat After Right-Wing Media Uproar www.truthdig.com/articles/wik...
May 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Don't let them take Wikipedia!
Actual reporting on supply chain activities.
Thanks @mercoglianos.bsky.social
Thanks @mercoglianos.bsky.social
Thanks @mercoglianos.bsky.social for keeping the straight dope coming, and for showing how to access the BTS figures. It's a sea of panicked "news" memes out here!
youtu.be/YXkWbhAQK5c
youtu.be/YXkWbhAQK5c
US Port Update - May 1, 2025 | Latest Supply Chain and Freight Indicators
YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?
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May 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Actual reporting on supply chain activities.
Thanks @mercoglianos.bsky.social
Thanks @mercoglianos.bsky.social
This.
People will have to step up during fundraising drives and show producers will have to accept less money for their shows if we want to keep it.
In the words of the immortal Pedro Cerrano: "Fuck you Jobu. I do it myself."
In the words of the immortal Pedro Cerrano: "Fuck you Jobu. I do it myself."
May 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This.
We're getting shown up by COLOMBIA! Colombia.
(Great for them, tho.)
(Great for them, tho.)
A literal Banana Republic has better leadership than we do.
How unbelievably sad.
How unbelievably sad.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro pressed on with his struggling plan to overhaul the country’s labor laws, sending Congress a referendum proposal including whether workdays should be limited to 8 hours and workers should receive double pay for holidays.
apnews.com/article/colo...
apnews.com/article/colo...
May 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We're getting shown up by COLOMBIA! Colombia.
(Great for them, tho.)
(Great for them, tho.)
Credit Unions are one of the best options if you're trying to get away from big banks. Don't let this administration ruin that.
www.donttaxmycreditunion.org
www.donttaxmycreditunion.org
Don't Tax My Credit Union - Don't Tax My Credit Union
A tax on credit unions is a tax on me. 43% of all Americansbelong to a credit union Credit unions are different than banks. As not-for-profit financial institutions, credit unions put people first. Th...
www.donttaxmycreditunion.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Credit Unions are one of the best options if you're trying to get away from big banks. Don't let this administration ruin that.
www.donttaxmycreditunion.org
www.donttaxmycreditunion.org
Summer Reading List:
May 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Summer Reading List:
Think it through instead of just reacting!
Am I supposed to feel bad because idiots ignore risk management 101 and don't diversify their supply chain?
Because I don't. Every one of these businesses deserves to fail.
Not to mention the fact that UPS has a massive interest in the status quo and will engage in propaganda to preserve it.
Because I don't. Every one of these businesses deserves to fail.
Not to mention the fact that UPS has a massive interest in the status quo and will engage in propaganda to preserve it.
Some business stories won’t get covered because there’s no ticker, no stock symbol.
But as $UPS reminds us ..
But as $UPS reminds us ..
April 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Think it through instead of just reacting!