nmbenjamin.bsky.social
middle-aged mom. With cats, a dog, some chickens, and an amazingly tolerant partner. Science nerd, ally to all (except intolerant jerks, they can get bent). Educator and insatiably curious. Neurodivergent. They/them, she/her, hey you. Opposed to tyranny.
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Me more than 3/4 of the way through … maybe the insight is for the very end and I just need to get there…
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But it would have at least slowed down the process enough to react in real time
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Great, our government departments are being organized like shell corporations… need to get expertise looking at this with governmental, forensic accounting, and corporate law knowledge. It sounds like a shell game. Think assistant to the regional manager compared to assistant regional manager…
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You lost 95% of trump voters at the word “capitulating”
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I want to see Zelenskyy beat the crap out of vance and /or musk
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I think the one I’ve had since November will probably last at least until the musk-a-turds are ejected from office
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Oh no, healthcare!
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I think your best bet would be @aoc.bsky.social - maybe invite her on a podcast
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That’s when you need a veloc-o-crapper….
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@repjasmine.bsky.social
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Use your platform to organize action.
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I’ve got some ideas and an internet connection, local government experience, and can spare one weekend day a month.
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America may unite Canada against America - we’re living #CanadianBacon right now. The right wing nationalists are more pro-Canada then pro-wtf is going on in the USA
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Maybe it’s time to flip the script - the capital is currently occupied by those that have committed treason.
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Random thought from a random human - maybe desegregate sports where there isn’t any real gender based disparity in performance and allow trans athletes to compete in those areas at all levels in the interim.
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This is one of those areas where I have difficulty with the ethics - generally opposed to the death penalty, so any execution seems barbaric, but also realize how abhorrent his actions were. It’s an interesting story to debate, but also a moral dilemma which I don’t claim to know the right answer
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Or, hear me out, we’re attacking the democrats because they aren’t taking action against the republicans, and instead are trying to follow the rules of decorum to fight fascism
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Amazing how accurately #MichaelMoore predicted the current events 30 years ago and it was satire then, but seems like the current admin is using it as a playbook
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Strangely did have living the plot of #CanadianBacon on my bingo card, but only because I gots the pattern recognition ‘tism
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The fictional aspect is that Dyson is fundamentally decent. However, in the current world, being fundamentally decent is at odds with working one’s way into the structures that wield power. The greed and indifference of the current dyad at the helm of the US currently makes reality worse