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Stoic-in-training looking for eudaimonia, virtue, arete', and phronesis, while striving to live in accord with nature. Deep dive fact checker. Fan of 2425 years of democracy. Climate realist-actionist. Likes:Pointed questions, power electronics, and banjo.
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This is Kristi Noem admitting that Homeland Security is currently occupying Los Angeles, not to protect citizens, but for purely *political* reasons. Yes, she really is that stupid.

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Not sure what else it will take for everyone to wake up and stand up.

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To Kristi Noem we’re all annoying puppies.

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Our corporate-owned food system is decimating ecosystems & driving insects to extinction. But without insects we have no food system. We urgently take food out of the hands of multinationals, we change what we eat & how we produce it. Or we watch a planet starve.

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Thank goodness there is a battalion of marines there to protect people from him. 😂

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uuO...

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Seems legit. #parade washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/wa...

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The #parade gets off to a weird start:

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Absolutely right.

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Republicans still think pronouns are a bigger threat than keeping nuclear secrets in an unlocked toilet.

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Ecocide is the endgame of homo economicus. #fermiparadox

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Let’s talk about brains. #brains #psychology

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(🧵) THREAD: I am shocked at how many people here think Trump has the upper hand in his feud with Musk—and I am convinced that it is the urgency of the media narrative in this direction that has made so many take this counterfactual position. As a biographer of both men, I’ll outline the situation.

submitted 6 days ago • 94 comments

Since 1985, the House price-to-income ratio has risen from 3.6 to 5.3, making it more difficult to own a home *Housing supply is constrained by increased investor buying *The majority of new houses are now built by large corporations, rather than local contractors *Union membership has declined

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I think the authoritarian mindset ultimately requires abandonment of the Honor System(lying, cheating, etc) to satisfy competitive arousal. hbr.org/2008/05/when...

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Intriguing Polar Vortex on Titan, Saturn’s Moon Captured using calibrated red, green, and blue filtered images from Cassini. The polar vortex is brightened and sharpened relative to Titan’s sunlit sides. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill)

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"Cars didn't exist in Bible times so they didn't know what to call it. You see this firebird roaring by to pick up Elijah and your mind just shatters. A chariot of fire was the closest parallel in their time," she said. "It was wicked cool." babylonbee.com/news/scholar...

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"We were born of stars, and in death, we will return to them. Let's not strive to be black holes in the meantime. Let's illuminate the world instead of darkening it, instead of tearing it to pieces. Let's prove we are worthy of being stardust." Courtney M. Privett

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youtu.be/0WqJkx6vCjE?... Robby Roadsteamer at the Hands OFF Boston Protest 💙😆✊ #TheResistance #Resist 4/5/25

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For 40 years, Americans have lived shorter lives than people in other rich countries. For 10 years, that's been rapidly getting worse. New research: in 2022-2023, there were 1.5 million "missing Americans," who died--but wouldn't have, if America didn't have such uniquely high death rates.

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GOP run on promises to reduce violent crime The truth? Violent crime INCREASED an average of .7% under GOP presidents and DECREASED an average of 3.4% under Democratic presidents. Who is better on crime? (Spread the word)

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The budget deficit for each president is shown in the graph below. The Democratic presidents each reduced the budget deficit as a % of GDP and GOP presidents each increased the deficit Which party is better for the economy?

submitted 17 days ago • 11 comments