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Host of the ESG Show Author of Living in the Age of the Jerk Editor: Techopian.
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Trump’s idea to move Palestinians from Gaza is interesting. I am assuming he is going to suggest they all move to the US, where they will all be made most welcome.

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My problem with BlueSky is this: I find myself agreeing with around 90% of all posts. It all so civilised and adult and thoughtful and even occasionally supports nuance. My other problem is with the verb “to tweet.” Now that you X a post on the other platform can’t I call a post on here a tweet?

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

I guess these are what you might call DEM hires. (Definitely Elon Musk.) futurism.com/the-byte/tru...

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According to Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... high house prices explain falling birth rate. I usually disbelief what I read in the paper but there is some evidence of a correlation. But this would suggest it’s cyclical — spanning a century or more — but a cycle nonetheless.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

I wonder what might happen if all billionaires were taxed at the marginal rate of 100% on their net asset wealth exceeding a billion dollars.

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I’m interested: can a relationship between two narcissists work? I ask, because I hear one such relationships has already hit a rocky patch and they haven’t even moved into the marital home yet. PS: the home is called the White House.

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“If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.” Joseph Goebbels

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I broadly support what Keir Starmer is doing (with a few concerns, but thought ‘give him time’) but this is a truly bad move www.politico.eu/article/uk-e.... I would say ‘little Englanders’ thinking is one of the UK’s biggest problems and Erasmus is a partial solution.

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