purrtrand-russell.bsky.social
Fully automated luxury queer space georgist into effective altruism, liberalism, and feminism. More of a nyan-binary than a catgirl. I accept every pronoun but "it" but mostly use "they" for myself. I try to post good news and actionable information
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beautiful
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thingofthings.substack.com/p/vegan-heal... this is a pretty good guide to vegan health
thingofthings.substack.com/p/on-ameliat... <- and here is a proposed diet intending to get most of the animal welfare benefits of veganism with less of the personal cost
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I am curious as to where you're finding people saying that the stock market going down is fine.
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super cute
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Several of the members are Irish-American, and the music can be described as Irish-American punk as it's heavily inspired by Irish music and intensely inspired by Irish-American culture. But location-wise, it's in Boston, a city itself heavily influenced by Irish-American culture
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BTW, good luck with OCD. It's a brutal illness, but it can be fought. I have harm OCD, so I understand what a battle it is. I struggled for years and I still have some issues, but my life is miles better with meds and therapy. It used to be very debilitating and now it's mostly a pain in the ass
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Part of the reason for this absurd fear-mongering about subways is that it's a way for right-wing men with anxiety issues to avoid admitting they have a mental health issue.
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I think that it's important to focus on the paths in which you are able to change something and ignore the ones that you are fucked in no matter what, because there's nothing to be done in those paths anyway. Even if a positive path feels unlikely sometimes, it's still the only use of your energy.
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I love your style
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so beautiful!
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That's absolutely gorgeous.
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Awwww! What a perfect little kitty! That book sounds interesting. Maybe I'll give it a read.
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I'm someone unfamiliar with South African politics. Can you explain the meaning? After I googled Eswatini, it showed up as a landlocked country inside South Africa. What does vacationing in Namibia imply?
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And to rebrand to both moderates and progressives, we can called it the Blue New Deal
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Read more about how climate change affects the timing of crop harvests, and what we can do to adapt in a warming world: ourworldindata.org/climate-chan...
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I'm so sorry. Losing a parent is incredibly difficult.
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The economic harms coming from the loss of immigrants, in particular, might be useful to highlight. If I was a skilled immigrant in America, I would start apply for work in other countries immediately. This is going to have an effect
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This is so strangely soothing. Thank you for sharing
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We don't need to outspend Musk to defeat him. We just need to outvote the people he's motivating. Join our phone banks and chip in some dough to help us do it.
Volunteer: wisdems.org/call
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Do I want to know where this is from?
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I'd be up for that
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And we were definitely middle class. I remember that at one point as a kid, I asked my mom her income, and then I looked up where we were percentile-wise, and we were exactly 50th percentile. I remember this (but not the number) because I thought it was neat
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Having insurance start paying for our pre-existing conditions made a massive difference in our finances. It's hard to even begin to explain what a difference was not having to pay everything out of pocket. 3
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We were middle class, but we had to be very frugal to afford medical care. Things got pretty tight when the recession hit. We always had a roof over our heads and food on the table. I wasn't deprived, but during the recession, mom had to go without important medical care, causing lifelong issues. 2
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The ACA made a huge difference to my family. My mom had a bad car accident before I was born, and I was born with multiple congenital disabilities. Because these were "pre-existing conditions" that we had before my mom got the job she stayed with until her retirement, medical costs were high 1
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What aspects of this site do you find unenjoyable? What aspects of twitter do you find enjoyable?
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The strategic insight here is that anything that increases power for tech workers will reduce the incentive to collaborate among tech companies. If tech companies have to go back to competing for technical talent, the companies that have pissed off tech workers will be at a disadvantage /3
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During Trump I, companies were competing hard for technical talent. Right now, AI has reduced tech jobs and tech bosses expect this trend to continue. /2
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Btw, if you're interested in the broader question of why different countries have different levels of development, I strongly recommend "How The World Became Rich" by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin. It provides a good overview of the various candidates for the answer and their level of support.