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The Hurkle is a happy beast. Web person, process improver, socialist, game designer, enthusiastic cook, and family enjoyer
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Saying this made so many conservatives angry at me! "The 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act enshrined the right of Americans to emergency services regardless of ability to pay. I simply want all health care to be the same way. And I want my tax dollars to be used to pay for that."

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IRS’s Direct File wasn't open source while it was being developed. But somebody just made it public!

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Encountered someone in real life using the conversation closer "If health care was a right, then the doctors are compelled to work for free, so this means you support slavery." So stupid. Such bad faith. Ughhhhh

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How the Democrats can attract more voters: develop a platform that helps working-class and lower folks get food, housing, medical care, and jobs. Stop rubber-stamping GOP/neolib bullshit. Address real issues like inequality instead of worrying about your stocks and wealth.

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"The Republican Party has revealed itself as an organization willing to destroy the foundational structures of American democracy rather than accept the possibility that their leader might be held accountable for breaking the law."

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"I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country; and the least appearance of an encroachment on those invaluable privileges is apt to make my blood boil exceedingly." ~Benjamin Franklin

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I drove a Pinto in high school. The fear of being rear-ended was always in my mind. I can't imagine driving the swastikar and feeling safe in any way at all.

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Amen

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The GOP in a nutshell

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"I’m only mad about losing my job to AI because I live in a society that says you don’t have a right to feed yourself and survive unless you exchange your labor for capital. Let the machines do the work, and with all this new value they are creating for us, let’s share it with everyone."

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Wondering how long it will be before the Trump administration deports the new Pope...

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Education is fundamental.

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The Republican Party: Redcoats under King Trump. We fought a war against this. And we won.

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I think about this @alexkrokus.bsky.social a lot

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“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked the three Fates and the one with the scissors got very agitated when I told her you were using your one precious life thread talking to that cursed thing

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This year's State of Devs 2025 survey is now open! Focusing on the developer, not the development. Go tell 'em how you're doing.

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If you've had one of those days when all you really need is a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes, here's a baby bear trying to catch snowflakes.

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