matthewrodier.bsky.social
Photojournalist primarily focused on the impact of conflict on civilians and political movements.
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You’re a real piece of shit.
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Brexit mostly angered EU members. The Trump administration just went after everyone. Also leaving the EU doesn’t necessarily trigger an economic policy reaction, tariffs do.
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You were right. They didn’t count the 275k fed workers they fired.
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I don’t deserve that because I think providing weapons to a military that uses them to murder children living in refugee camps in great numbers is a bad thing. She was the best candidate, by a wide margin, but acting like she is some paragon of virtue is delusional nonsense.
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The administration's visual aids claimed that its tariff on territory -- which at this point consists only of a military base that the U.S. jointly operates -- was in retaliation for its tariffs and trade restrictions against the U.S.
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Oof. That’s, uh, some commitment to your business.
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Neither do I.
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Bc the Atlantic is on here.
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I hadn’t seen this, so thank you.
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Clarence Thomas has exploited this feckless definition repeatedly. It’s not a bribe if someone buys you an RV and pays for your vacations and puts a family member of yours through school, for instance.
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The U.S. took joining NATO off the table before negotiations began.
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It’s cool that our industry often collectively allows right wing propagandists to dictate the terms we use to analyze behavior in society. See also: border crisis, so many other things.
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It’s so good. I’ve been listening to it since it came out but I wish I could discover it again.
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There’s also almost always a corresponding messiah complex at work, a cult of personality. The pitch is things are bad and they’re only going to get worse, but not only is dear leader not responsible for that as society has established an enemy (“the other”), but he’s the only one who can save us.
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I understand why it would seem that way but historically that’s generally not how it occurs. Dictatorships need complicity, a populous both willing to give up the rights of themselves or others and allow harm to be done to others. That’s easier to achieve if people are scared and angry.
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Dolly is a big fan of British crime dramas.
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People underestimate the role Hollywood plays in this lust for vengeance they see as righteous. The plot to Zero Dark Thirty is basically “torture works” when in reality they found Bin Laden by running a fake vaccination scheme to get to his courier that set public health in Pakistan back decades.