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Small government
February 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Small government
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"The decision to love and serve the stranger, the refugee, and the foreigner with charity is a hallmark of the Christian faith, such that a government crackdown on this work seems to be a threat to Christian practice itself," Elizabeth Bruenig writes:
‘A Very Christian Concept’
The faith’s mandate is more arduous than J. D. Vance’s account seems to allow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"The decision to love and serve the stranger, the refugee, and the foreigner with charity is a hallmark of the Christian faith, such that a government crackdown on this work seems to be a threat to Christian practice itself," Elizabeth Bruenig writes:
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I think it already is.
But seriously. Don’t call them names. We want the door open for them when they realize the mistake they made.
We are for a better America. Not a vindictive America
But seriously. Don’t call them names. We want the door open for them when they realize the mistake they made.
We are for a better America. Not a vindictive America
Hey Mark do you think voters remorse will ever hit the magat crowd
I Doubt It
I Doubt It
January 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I think it already is.
But seriously. Don’t call them names. We want the door open for them when they realize the mistake they made.
We are for a better America. Not a vindictive America
But seriously. Don’t call them names. We want the door open for them when they realize the mistake they made.
We are for a better America. Not a vindictive America
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Trump’s motivations are simple to understand: It’s just so that he will have fewer constraints on his executive power. For the right, this is a longtime goal that precedes Trump’s arrival on the scene.
We’ve Now Learned the Three Principles of Trumpism, and They’re Ugly
Trump 1.0 was a Jackson Pollock—splat splat all over the place. Trump 2.0 is painting within very precise lines. It’s terrifying—but it should help plan how to fight.
newrepublic.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump’s motivations are simple to understand: It’s just so that he will have fewer constraints on his executive power. For the right, this is a longtime goal that precedes Trump’s arrival on the scene.
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My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
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Watching OpenAI's livestream about Operator:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSE7...
Seems like a smart version of Puppeteer, etc...
I'm an AI optimist and OpenAI has constraints, but the next company won't. How will sites cope or will they accept smarter bots?
#ai #artificialintelligence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSE7...
Seems like a smart version of Puppeteer, etc...
I'm an AI optimist and OpenAI has constraints, but the next company won't. How will sites cope or will they accept smarter bots?
#ai #artificialintelligence
Introduction to Operator & Agents
YouTube video by OpenAI
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Watching OpenAI's livestream about Operator:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSE7...
Seems like a smart version of Puppeteer, etc...
I'm an AI optimist and OpenAI has constraints, but the next company won't. How will sites cope or will they accept smarter bots?
#ai #artificialintelligence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSE7...
Seems like a smart version of Puppeteer, etc...
I'm an AI optimist and OpenAI has constraints, but the next company won't. How will sites cope or will they accept smarter bots?
#ai #artificialintelligence
Seems pretty clear….
Fourteenth Amendment
Section 1
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
(Last sentence in 1st comment)
Fourteenth Amendment
Section 1
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
(Last sentence in 1st comment)
January 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Seems pretty clear….
Fourteenth Amendment
Section 1
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
(Last sentence in 1st comment)
Fourteenth Amendment
Section 1
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
(Last sentence in 1st comment)
Happy New Year and may God have mercy on us, though we certainly don’t deserve it!
January 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Happy New Year and may God have mercy on us, though we certainly don’t deserve it!
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Caitlin Clark Supplements Rookie Salary By Taking Adjunct Professor Of Basketball Job
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December 31, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Caitlin Clark Supplements Rookie Salary By Taking Adjunct Professor Of Basketball Job
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December 29, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Eagle couple not in agreement in how the nest is structured (found on Reddit)
December 28, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Eagle couple not in agreement in how the nest is structured (found on Reddit)
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As 2024 draws to an end, Team Big Picture's Jay Kuo compiled strategies and tips, gleaned from experts and from his conversations with many readers, on ways to survive these next four Trump years, both individually and collectively as a democracy. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/surviving-...
Surviving the Next Four Years
A practical guide for coping with and getting through Trump 2.0
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 24, 2024 at 11:02 PM
As 2024 draws to an end, Team Big Picture's Jay Kuo compiled strategies and tips, gleaned from experts and from his conversations with many readers, on ways to survive these next four Trump years, both individually and collectively as a democracy. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/surviving-...
Christmas smoked turkey with coffee rub! Came out great in most places - might inject some sparkling apple cider or something next year.
December 26, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Christmas smoked turkey with coffee rub! Came out great in most places - might inject some sparkling apple cider or something next year.
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Things we're reading: Can democracy survive the disruptive power of AI? The Carnegie Endowment’s Raluca Csernatoni looks for answers. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Can Democracy Survive the Disruptive Power of AI?
AI models enable malicious actors to manipulate information and disrupt electoral processes, threatening democracies. Tackling these challenges requires a comprehensive approach that combines technica...
carnegieendowment.org
December 25, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Things we're reading: Can democracy survive the disruptive power of AI? The Carnegie Endowment’s Raluca Csernatoni looks for answers. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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“When we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we’re in a crisis.”
Published August 10, 2023:
Published August 10, 2023:
Christianity Today Editor: Evangelicals Call Jesus “Liberal” and “Weak”
A former evangelical leader is sounding the alarm about the direction his religion is headed in.
newrepublic.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:17 PM
“When we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we’re in a crisis.”
Published August 10, 2023:
Published August 10, 2023:
Remember when politics was boring and you had no idea who the Secretary of Any Given Dept. was, but you were reasonably sure they knew something about what they were doing and weren't put there to run it into the ground? Yeah, good times...
December 19, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Remember when politics was boring and you had no idea who the Secretary of Any Given Dept. was, but you were reasonably sure they knew something about what they were doing and weren't put there to run it into the ground? Yeah, good times...
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President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that he is “looking at” the idea of privatizing the U.S. Postal Service. This comes as the service ended the last fiscal year with a $9.5 billion net loss.
We looked at the numbers to see why it's been living in the red.
mktplc.org/3VKJLK1
We looked at the numbers to see why it's been living in the red.
mktplc.org/3VKJLK1
Trump "looking at" privatizing the USPS. Why is it in the red? - Marketplace
The USPS ended the last fiscal year with a $9.5 billion net loss yet must deliver to every address in the country, six days per week.
mktplc.org
December 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that he is “looking at” the idea of privatizing the U.S. Postal Service. This comes as the service ended the last fiscal year with a $9.5 billion net loss.
We looked at the numbers to see why it's been living in the red.
mktplc.org/3VKJLK1
We looked at the numbers to see why it's been living in the red.
mktplc.org/3VKJLK1
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Here come the idiots
Here come the idiots
RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:12 PM
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Here come the idiots
Here come the idiots
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Realize that gov contracts for Medicare and Medicaid. And who do they work with ? Insurance companies.
First step to single payer is to help self insured employers be single payer for their employees and their families. That is currently a population of 50m let them be the beta test
First step to single payer is to help self insured employers be single payer for their employees and their families. That is currently a population of 50m let them be the beta test
Or how about if we charge companies taxes, take healthcare off of their plate entirely and have the government provide this service for everyone?
If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane.
We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵
We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵
December 11, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Realize that gov contracts for Medicare and Medicaid. And who do they work with ? Insurance companies.
First step to single payer is to help self insured employers be single payer for their employees and their families. That is currently a population of 50m let them be the beta test
First step to single payer is to help self insured employers be single payer for their employees and their families. That is currently a population of 50m let them be the beta test
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Dunno about you guys, but I’m not ready to claim a murderer with Mein Kampf on his Goodreads list as a folk hero just yet.
December 10, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Dunno about you guys, but I’m not ready to claim a murderer with Mein Kampf on his Goodreads list as a folk hero just yet.
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Foreign-born workers make up a quarter of the overall construction workforce. But with an ongoing housing shortage, some homebuilders worry that incoming President Donald Trump’s immigration policy might reduce their workforce, leaving them short-handed.
Trump's immigration policies make construction industry uneasy - Marketplace
About a quarter of construction workers are immigrants. They may be vulnerable at a time when more housing is needed across the country.
mktplc.org
December 10, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Foreign-born workers make up a quarter of the overall construction workforce. But with an ongoing housing shortage, some homebuilders worry that incoming President Donald Trump’s immigration policy might reduce their workforce, leaving them short-handed.
I haven't seen anybody comment on this, but it's pretty crazy that this guy (now seemingly caught) was identified because he couldn't help taking his mask down to smile at a girl.
December 9, 2024 at 8:34 PM
I haven't seen anybody comment on this, but it's pretty crazy that this guy (now seemingly caught) was identified because he couldn't help taking his mask down to smile at a girl.
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(1/5) Pay attention to current events like these. The capabilities of Chinese cyber operations are vast today & WILL have direct, visible, kinetic consequences for each of us personally. Starting to use encrypted texting / chat and calling apps is an important and practical step we can each take to
December 6, 2024 at 11:01 AM
(1/5) Pay attention to current events like these. The capabilities of Chinese cyber operations are vast today & WILL have direct, visible, kinetic consequences for each of us personally. Starting to use encrypted texting / chat and calling apps is an important and practical step we can each take to