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Musk reimagines the U.S. gov't they way he mismanages a software firm. His approach echoes the “move fast and break things” Silicon Valley culture. His Agents of DOGE are too cocksure to care that ripping it down to the studs could harm innocents. They're expendable. digbysblog.net/2025/02/07/t...

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Just say no to the gilding of the Gilded Age, and remember the postwar boom paulkrugman.substack.com/p/americas-f...

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Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won? It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.

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“Our newest and gravest challenge may not feel as acute as the 1980s Cold War threat of mutual assured destruction. There are no missiles with nuclear warheads crisscrossing the oceans. But it is every bit as real, posing a threat to civilization and our planet.”

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I blame a combined right-wing attack on education, media ecosystem driven by (more profitable) sensationalism over information, and how highly commercialized platforms put that on steroids to juice engagement and ad profits.

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Worth a few minutes to watch. His points are well made.

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Imagine if Ayn Rand and Joseph Goebbells had a baby.

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Attention!

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Sonmi-451 “Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others, past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future." From Cloud Atlas - both a great book and film.

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He was incredibly accurate 30 years ago, and he still is.

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Need a gift for someone you don't like? Or do you hate-follow me but you don't know why? What better gift for them - or you - than many hours of me reading the new edition of "The Death of Expertise"? Available now for download. www.amazon.com/Death-Expert...

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Nothing to see here folks. Move along. Imagine the wizard of oz without the pullback of the curtain and the revelation of the great OZ. We need Toto more than ever. Oh wait, we had an agency to do that?🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

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Wake up.

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I am a direct descendant of Roger Williams. I am glad there is some press about him. His effort to not allow America to become a theocracy is more relevant now than ever.

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Read and Share This article is spot on!

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“If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do... HOW WOULD I BE? WHAT WOULD I DO?” ― R. Buckminister Fuller

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Journalism is a crucial pillar of democracy and more important than ever to oppose the onslaught of propaganda.

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Stay safe this holiday season. Inoculate your friends and family from misinformation and biases. Thinking may be hard, but we can always help those less intellectually fortunate. Give the gift of critical thinking.

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Merry Christmas!

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Felix Navi-blah!

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"... the costs Walmart imposes in the form of not only lower earnings but also higher unemployment in the wider community outweigh the savings it provides for shoppers [making] the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Amory Lovins has championed innovative approaches to energy systems for four decades, advising all manner of organisations, and publishing over 30 books. He is a true thought leader in the global energy transition. calumchace.com/podcast-feed/

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On Christmas Eve I leave this here. There is optimism to be had even in the darkest of times. I forget sometimes that the best of our actions in our long history came after periods of darkness and turmoil. May the coming year bring our better natures to the world again as our consciousness evolves.

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Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978? 100%? 500%? Try 1,085% Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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Beautiful planet we have here. It would be a shame if… I wish the oligarchs would pause for just a minute to consider fixing the earth before buying another yacht, or spaceship, or media platform.

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