SamityCheck
@spatherdab.bsky.social
Former newspaper columnist and closet Luddite
This rings true because real wealth is a state of mind more than numbers on a balance sheet. “Wealth” comes from the same Old English word as “well” and “well off”—ideally, the point of having money is to help you feel well, secure, content, even generous and benevolent. Not envious and greedy.
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This rings true because real wealth is a state of mind more than numbers on a balance sheet. “Wealth” comes from the same Old English word as “well” and “well off”—ideally, the point of having money is to help you feel well, secure, content, even generous and benevolent. Not envious and greedy.
The whole frog thing is getting too hot. What if we show up at the next protest in suits and floral dresses, with giant crosses around our necks?
October 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The whole frog thing is getting too hot. What if we show up at the next protest in suits and floral dresses, with giant crosses around our necks?
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🚨 Overdose deaths in the U.S. dropped nearly 30% in 2024, saving 30,000+ lives.
This progress is thanks to public health efforts: wider access to naloxone, addiction treatment, and funding from opioid lawsuit settlements.
Public health works. It's worth fighting for. Let's keep saving lives.
This progress is thanks to public health efforts: wider access to naloxone, addiction treatment, and funding from opioid lawsuit settlements.
Public health works. It's worth fighting for. Let's keep saving lives.
Drug overdose deaths plummet to pre-pandemic levels during fentanyl crisis
Just over 80,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2024, a 27% decline from a year earlier.
eu.usatoday.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🚨 Overdose deaths in the U.S. dropped nearly 30% in 2024, saving 30,000+ lives.
This progress is thanks to public health efforts: wider access to naloxone, addiction treatment, and funding from opioid lawsuit settlements.
Public health works. It's worth fighting for. Let's keep saving lives.
This progress is thanks to public health efforts: wider access to naloxone, addiction treatment, and funding from opioid lawsuit settlements.
Public health works. It's worth fighting for. Let's keep saving lives.
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Thou shalt demand retailers tell you how much prices have gone up because of tariffs.
April 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thou shalt demand retailers tell you how much prices have gone up because of tariffs.
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Numbers in the billions and trillions are hard to comprehend.
🤓 So we made this to show:
1. How much Elon promised DOGE would save in 2024
2. His walkback in 2025
3. What he's now projecting
4. Savings itemized to a source (we're generous to call this substantiated)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
🤓 So we made this to show:
1. How much Elon promised DOGE would save in 2024
2. His walkback in 2025
3. What he's now projecting
4. Savings itemized to a source (we're generous to call this substantiated)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
April 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Numbers in the billions and trillions are hard to comprehend.
🤓 So we made this to show:
1. How much Elon promised DOGE would save in 2024
2. His walkback in 2025
3. What he's now projecting
4. Savings itemized to a source (we're generous to call this substantiated)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
🤓 So we made this to show:
1. How much Elon promised DOGE would save in 2024
2. His walkback in 2025
3. What he's now projecting
4. Savings itemized to a source (we're generous to call this substantiated)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
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Thanks to Elon and Tesla, Hummers barely even seem douchey anymore
April 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thanks to Elon and Tesla, Hummers barely even seem douchey anymore
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Ok - one more time for those in back, tariff wars are a bad.... anyone, anyone?.... thing.
April 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ok - one more time for those in back, tariff wars are a bad.... anyone, anyone?.... thing.
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It's funny how an unoccupied group of Antarctic islands got hit with more tariffs than Russia. I wonder why that is?????
April 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's funny how an unoccupied group of Antarctic islands got hit with more tariffs than Russia. I wonder why that is?????
We’re doomed
If the Wall Street’s like a casino, it’s now a Trump Casino.
April 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We’re doomed
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Latest in legal news - I’m all in for malicious compliance with the law for the win.
Basically the argument is that EPA doesn’t have authority to claw back energy grants because the Supreme Court ruling (Chevron case) said they don’t. But I’m not an attorney, so don’t take legal advice from me.
Basically the argument is that EPA doesn’t have authority to claw back energy grants because the Supreme Court ruling (Chevron case) said they don’t. But I’m not an attorney, so don’t take legal advice from me.
This is fantastic! We need a full court press using Loper Bright to force agencies to implement legislation! Malicious compliance! #Resist @ginabeedc.bsky.social
Chevron’s demise limits EPA’s authority to cancel grants, groups say
Green banking groups argue that EPA's attempt to cancel their federal funding runs counter to last year's Supreme Court decision to curtail agency power.
www.eenews.net
April 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Latest in legal news - I’m all in for malicious compliance with the law for the win.
Basically the argument is that EPA doesn’t have authority to claw back energy grants because the Supreme Court ruling (Chevron case) said they don’t. But I’m not an attorney, so don’t take legal advice from me.
Basically the argument is that EPA doesn’t have authority to claw back energy grants because the Supreme Court ruling (Chevron case) said they don’t. But I’m not an attorney, so don’t take legal advice from me.
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If an executive order can destroy it, an executive order can reverse it.
March 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If an executive order can destroy it, an executive order can reverse it.
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People should not be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their People.
March 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
People should not be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their People.
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The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
March 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy.
We must end that international embarrassment.
Yes. We need Medicare for All.
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If you call because your social security check didn't arrive you are a "fraudster".
Unbelievable. You paid into SSA your whole life. That money is yours.
In 2025 SSA benefits represented ~31% of income of people over 65. Seniors NEED this.
#factcheckfriday #eattherich
www.ssa.gov/news/press/f...
Unbelievable. You paid into SSA your whole life. That money is yours.
In 2025 SSA benefits represented ~31% of income of people over 65. Seniors NEED this.
#factcheckfriday #eattherich
www.ssa.gov/news/press/f...
March 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
If you call because your social security check didn't arrive you are a "fraudster".
Unbelievable. You paid into SSA your whole life. That money is yours.
In 2025 SSA benefits represented ~31% of income of people over 65. Seniors NEED this.
#factcheckfriday #eattherich
www.ssa.gov/news/press/f...
Unbelievable. You paid into SSA your whole life. That money is yours.
In 2025 SSA benefits represented ~31% of income of people over 65. Seniors NEED this.
#factcheckfriday #eattherich
www.ssa.gov/news/press/f...
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If you haven't in the last few weeks, click that Follow All button so you can catch up with some of the newer accounts that have been added recently.
March 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If you haven't in the last few weeks, click that Follow All button so you can catch up with some of the newer accounts that have been added recently.
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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Your representatives should represent you.
If they don't...
Primary them.
If they don't...
Primary them.
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Your representatives should represent you.
If they don't...
Primary them.
If they don't...
Primary them.
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A judge can use civil contempt to indefinitely detain someone until they comply with a court order (e.g., return migrants from El Salvador). Since civil contempt is not a crime, it is not subject to presidential pardon.
March 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A judge can use civil contempt to indefinitely detain someone until they comply with a court order (e.g., return migrants from El Salvador). Since civil contempt is not a crime, it is not subject to presidential pardon.
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Today, we have more income and wealth inequality than ever before.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
March 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Today, we have more income and wealth inequality than ever before.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
But the greed of the oligarchs never stops.
Now, in order to get huge tax breaks, they want to cut back on Social Security, Medicaid and veterans programs.
Together we can stop them. We must stop them.
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Crypto is for money launderers, thieves, and fools.
March 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Crypto is for money launderers, thieves, and fools.