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diogenesgrief.bsky.social
Heathen Metalhead, Bibliophile, disillusioned Iraq Vet, Third-Wave Feminist, Humanist, Environmentalist, and a once optimistic Berniecrat who's quickly slipping into misanthropy and nihilism.
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Grief needn’t be a terminus. It can become a portal to something better.

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Yay, Canada!!!!! 🇨🇦 open.spotify.com/track/6GaG4U...

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I’ve spent the last 8 years working on a book about forever chemicals, or #PFAS, and the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to cover up their dangers. What I discovered along the way is deeply disturbing, and yet the journey has left me hopeful. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554198...

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ProPublica is an excellent news organization, and not owned by corporations, billionaires or politicians. Share, give, support however you can, please.

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Well, the last month has certainly been... something. Our politics reporters, @akelalacy.bsky.social and @jesswash.bsky.social discussed it all on the latest episode of The Intercept Briefing.

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"For the sake of public health and the future of democracy, we must generate a sustained politicization of public health that insists on building systems for care regardless of party, class, or crisis." Couldn't agree more. Health care is a human right. jacobin.com/2025/02/publ...

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If Donald Trump’s first Presidency was characterized by widespread revolt, his second term has so far been defined by the lack of dissidence. What happened to the resistance?

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"As reporters, we have covered this powerful dynasty for two decades and have never been afforded a more revealing window into it, or a more intimate portrait of Rupert." @jimrutenberg.bsky.social and Jonathan Mahler for @nytimes.com:

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The dozens of individuals who work under, or advise, Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are a real-life illustration of Musk’s web-like reach in the tech industry. But who are the individuals in Musk’s inner circle and how did they get there? Find out here: tcrn.ch/4gKMJWA

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Those who are pushing us to gamble the most—DraftKings, Barstool Sports, r/WallStreetBets, crypto influencers, Nate Silver, Polymarket—share one thing in common: they all profit when we bet, and thus, when we lose, again and again. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-wor...

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One of my favorite bands 🤘🖤🎸🤘

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Another harbinger for humanity. open.spotify.com/track/0U3d1z...

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Cracking this open on Presidents’ Day. An ode to those glorious leaders of freedom, equality, and democracy for all (snarky laugh).

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Watching now. Poignant as always.

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As more tech CEOs seem willing to put their companies’ culture and technology at the behest of the US government, it’s good to remember which platforms have access to what data.

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“Punk combines the engaging agitprop and global networks of 21st-century cultural movements with the longevity of pre-internet political formations.” Dreamy 🤘🖤🤘

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As the Dems sit on their hands and monitor their stock portfolios.

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Happy holiday made up by greeting card companies to sell more ephemeral garbage destined for landfills. 🖤 open.spotify.com/track/67LzLw...

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“An average of 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States — more than 12 million women and men over the course of a single year.” www.thehotline.org/stakeholders... #domesticviolence

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A bit late since we're already hip-deep in it, but enjoy! 🤘 open.spotify.com/track/1lFleo...

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“Suddenly, and not accidentally, people who work for the American federal government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation,” writes @anneapplebaum.bsky.social.

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Only a 2.1% chance thus far, but I'm rooting for it! The mailed fist of whatever god you wish to fantasize about. www.npr.org/2025/02/12/g...

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