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jowanders.bsky.social
Overthinker extraordinaire No need to follow me back. I come here to shout into the void. It's therapeutic.
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He nails it.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1155 comments

I do not just disagree with populist parties; I find them offensive. My instinct is to argue that they are morally wrong. But if that is how we fight back, we’ll lose, writes @peterkellner.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

submitted 10 hours ago • 4 comments

Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding

submitted 10 hours ago • 32 comments

The Russian military is sending wounded troops on crutches back to the frontlines to fight, and redeploying soldiers with significant injuries to combat roles, as it struggles with growing manpower issues, according to videos and testimony obtained by CNN: bit.ly/3Xg5Fp1

submitted 10 hours ago • 101 comments

This is a poor headline from the BBC. The US aren't offering a "deal" - they want the minerals in return for support already given. It's straight up extortion.

submitted 1 day ago • 103 comments

Join us for the Economic Blackout on February 28!

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Economic Blackout Feb. 28. Buy nothing except from small businesses. Please share widely!

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

Every dollar matters. I'm joining the economic blackout on Feb 28.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The U.S. is suffering from a bad case of premature inauguration. Trump is sending emissaries around the world, attending events, making policy pronouncements like he was already the president. Never seen anything like it. And the response of the media and public is: yawn.

submitted 79 days ago • 45 comments

Check out these insights. I would imagine the results may hold true in other contexts (though the research focuses on Twitter/X). Understanding the forces that shape us frees us to choose how we are shaped #signalboost

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Vivek is literally an unelected federal bureaucrat.

submitted 82 days ago • 1890 comments

As someone who moves at least yearly, there is nothing more reassuring than walking into the local library. It's amazing how so many have become hubs of technology and community as well as a place to find a great book.

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Here is Trump’s nominee for FBI Director Kash Patel calling for “offensive operations” to jail Americans who they consider “the enemy.” “We will go out and find the conspirators... Yes, we are going to come after the people in the media."

submitted 83 days ago • 927 comments

In case anyone thought Russia's invasion was only about NATO ... The critical mineral resources of Ukraine are worth about $26 trillion USD, on top of them being a major grain supplier for Europe www.dentons.com/en/insights/...

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

For the next four years, we’ll have to rely on read-outs or statements from other countries to know what really happened in a meeting with that pathological liar.

submitted 84 days ago • 40 comments

Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

submitted 85 days ago • 539 comments

So that I don't have to eat Thanksgiving dinner for a week, I'm putting some turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and gravy in a freezer bag, calling it "Thanksgiving in a bag" and freezing it. Now I have 6 frozen dinners for later eating.

submitted 84 days ago • 197 comments

this has gotta be it www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

submitted 84 days ago • 429 comments

Pretty much 🤷🏻

submitted 85 days ago • 673 comments

I've been alive 35 years. For literally 20 of those years, we've had a president born in 1946 ... Is there something special about that year or do we just like our presidents older now?

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments