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January 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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70% of Americans who receive food stamps and Medicaid work full time, with Walmart one of the worst offenders as the country’s single largest employer.

Taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to subsidize corporations who get away with paying poverty wages, especially not while raking in record profits.
Walmart Is Still Putting Ebenezer Scrooge to Shame
Infamous for its starvation wages, Walmart just posted staggering first-quarter profits. The surge is a result of its strategic shift toward catering to affluent shoppers while its full-time workers c...
jacobin.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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Morning. ☕️
December 17, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

Arthur C. Clarke
December 17, 2024 at 11:55 AM
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My current favourite bit of Flat Earth lore is that you're "not allowed to explore Antarctica" which arose from clearly incompetent flat earthers being shut down by tour operators who didn't want to be liable for their inevitable, foreseeable deaths.
December 17, 2024 at 11:54 PM
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December 14, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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December 14, 2024 at 5:20 AM
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Trying to figure out the logistics of opening up a bookstore/cafe/flower shop/ceramics studio/crêperie/kitten rescue/food truck/wine bar/yarn depot/ boardgame outlet/bakery/thrift store/ puppy daycare. Who wants a piece of this sure thing?
December 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️
December 14, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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My gift to you... The best thematically cursed Christmas playlist.
open.spotify.com/playlist/3Ox...
December 3, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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submitted a request for more bed space to the dog, she claims to not know how to read
December 4, 2024 at 3:53 AM
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I want to draw
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December 4, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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do you also sometimes dream of being semi-rich just so that you can donate to, commission or shop from every artist you see online
December 1, 2024 at 7:23 PM