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I'm here mostly for spite, but while I'm here I'll also take a good helping of video games, cats, & tea.
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if you remove gig economy jobs the unemployment rate is like 25% did you know that guys? www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong.
Here’s why unemployment is higher, wages are lower and growth less robust than government statistics suggest.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
if you remove gig economy jobs the unemployment rate is like 25% did you know that guys? www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Yes, I’ve heard from immigration attorney that this is a regular practice on ICE flights to Africa. They will pick 1-10 migrants at random for the WRAP device (basically a straitjacket, sometimes with a hood or spitguard added) as a way to threaten others. “Behave or this will happen to you, too.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Yes, I’ve heard from immigration attorney that this is a regular practice on ICE flights to Africa. They will pick 1-10 migrants at random for the WRAP device (basically a straitjacket, sometimes with a hood or spitguard added) as a way to threaten others. “Behave or this will happen to you, too.”
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The separation ordinances & consent decrees that may exist only help put more technicalities/delays on the line (which is important).
They won't interfere on federal operations.
They probably have loopholes around being able to collaborate even if there's XYZ in place.
It IS that deep.
Deeper.
They won't interfere on federal operations.
They probably have loopholes around being able to collaborate even if there's XYZ in place.
It IS that deep.
Deeper.
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The separation ordinances & consent decrees that may exist only help put more technicalities/delays on the line (which is important).
They won't interfere on federal operations.
They probably have loopholes around being able to collaborate even if there's XYZ in place.
It IS that deep.
Deeper.
They won't interfere on federal operations.
They probably have loopholes around being able to collaborate even if there's XYZ in place.
It IS that deep.
Deeper.
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They do not have to do a lot of the things people swear are precisely what they're there for.
They will always protect property over people—& no, it doesn't extend neatly if the people's property is involved. They are a State (as in the abstract, not 1 of the 50) apparatus.
Stop clinging to them.
They will always protect property over people—& no, it doesn't extend neatly if the people's property is involved. They are a State (as in the abstract, not 1 of the 50) apparatus.
Stop clinging to them.
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
They do not have to do a lot of the things people swear are precisely what they're there for.
They will always protect property over people—& no, it doesn't extend neatly if the people's property is involved. They are a State (as in the abstract, not 1 of the 50) apparatus.
Stop clinging to them.
They will always protect property over people—& no, it doesn't extend neatly if the people's property is involved. They are a State (as in the abstract, not 1 of the 50) apparatus.
Stop clinging to them.
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Making it impossible for an author to sell their next book doesn’t just kill that book. It makes it far less likely the author will continue writing at all. They have to make a living somehow and they were already earning pennies an hour for their bonkers fragile and emotionally demanding work.
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Making it impossible for an author to sell their next book doesn’t just kill that book. It makes it far less likely the author will continue writing at all. They have to make a living somehow and they were already earning pennies an hour for their bonkers fragile and emotionally demanding work.
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Related: I feel like a lot of the piracy vs buying discourse (🤢 that this is even a thing) gets framed as stealing money from individual authors vs. stealing from faceless corporate publishers when for most authors it’s about whether or not they’ll get to publish another book.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Related: I feel like a lot of the piracy vs buying discourse (🤢 that this is even a thing) gets framed as stealing money from individual authors vs. stealing from faceless corporate publishers when for most authors it’s about whether or not they’ll get to publish another book.