jaiagreen.bsky.social
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What would the US do if Mexico joined a military alliance led by China?
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The point is that people should be able to choose to have the vaccine and that choice is being taken away.
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People with disabilities and chronic illnesses are still going to be eligible. They're just being stupid.
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I also got 100%. It just tests general knowledge and the heuristic that real news is usually mundane.
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Nothing about this makes any sense.
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Military action. Cybersabotage
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Even better, they don't have to say they made a mistake. They can say they were lied to.
Maybe not even changing their party. Just speaking out against Trump's policies.
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We don't ask to be included. We include ourselves like anyone else who wants to participate.
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"The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
We've been here for a while.
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Context: The University of Toronto has been trying to recruit them for several years and Timothy Snyder made his decision before the election.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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That's a myth. As long as you eat a variety of plant proteins during the day, you're fine.
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It's easy to get enough protein. It's hard to get the amounts that some people are pushing.
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Luckily, unless you're an Olympic-level weightlifter, you don't need anywhere near that much. Are you trying to do 1 g/lb?
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Is it even possible to eliminate a department by executive order?
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Heading to BJJ class Thursday evening and a Stand Up for Science march Friday morning. The big value of jiu jitsu right now is the strategic thinking it teaches you.
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At least they won in 2012 and 2020. But 2020 was much closer than it should have been. It should have looked like 1980!
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If you compared the parties' platforms in 2000, they were amazingly close. They've diverged somewhat since then, mainly through the Republicans moving right and the addition of some new social issues to the Dems' agenda.
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Because being Republicans-lite worked so well for the Dems in 2000 and 2004.
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What would make a bad situation worse? A military coup.
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Stephen Baxter's novel Evolution starts with exactly that. An early mammal seeing a light in the sky that gets brighter and brighter every night.
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What amendment are you talking about?
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You're thinking defense. This is about offense.
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Sounds like we got out of a war, not into one.
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Does anyone else think that the big reveal in this headline is the existence of such operations?
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War and disinformation are caused by the fact that the world is an anarchy. Climate change is caused by technological lock-in -- and the fact that the world is an anarchy.
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Most super rich people don't have huge amounts of money, though. They have stock worth huge amounts of money, which is not the same thing. I'm all for higher taxes on the wealthy, but we need to be clear on what the situation actually is.
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Especially in foreign policy. Yes, a leader might be a bad person. That doesn't mean the interests of their nation can be ignored if you want to actually accomplish anything.
We can have a moral foreign policy or a moralistic foreign policy. We can't have both.
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To be effective, a boycott must be conditional. What are the demands?
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I've been watching some videos about how blind people who have guide dogs work with them and intelligent disobedience is a skill the dogs are trained in. For example, they won't allow their human to walk into traffic, even if commanded.
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Selling requires a buyer. What do you suggest they do?
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What might actually work is a campaign where people buy non-Tesla EVs and send photos of themselves with their new cars to Tesla. Make it very clear to the board that Musk's behavior is toxic to the company.
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Buying one would be a statement. Owning one is not. A close friend bought one around 2017 for those times when a bike isn't enough, specifically because of the environmental benefits. And if you say he should sell it, would you shun the buyer?
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It's too soon for Jimmy Carter to be spinning in his grave, but here we are.
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Seriously! I tried it and ended up with a bunch of due dates in 2026.
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Convince just a few from the other side and they'll have a majority. Republicans have a very narrow majority right now.
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Had the same experience a week or two ago.
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World War III sounds like fun.