shonlueiss.bsky.social
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The number of āpatriotsā who forget weāre American would be funny if it wasnāt low-key horrifying. šµš·
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Same folks who donāt do umbrellas, but then have full snowsuits at the ready.
The scrappy, grunge part of Stumptown just isnāt the same anymore š
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Letās be real. A lot of these folks know theyāre not supposed to like this, but canāt absorb the show enough to say why. All it comes out as is general distaste for Blackness.
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I think Kendrick clearly demonstrated that he can and will do whatever the he wants āand itāll be fly as fuck as result.
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This all day. Youāre missing absolutely nothing.
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Oregon, right? Itās outside of Springfield, which supposedly draws from Groeningās roots in the PNW.
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Holding him up by the ankles š
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Hope is fair weather
and known to wait idly by.
Audacity is my bedfellow
because it dares to make change itself.
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Trump is doing a good job of signaling that dissent in the media will be expensive. Iām not surprised to see big publications falling in line, but that doesnāt make it any less disturbing.
This is what happens when critical institutions are for-profit.
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If housing was affordable I might understand, even forgive. But we have more unhoused than ever before. These homes donāt last, either.
It seems to me we made a bargain with a devil, trading a true slice of paradise for an empty husk.
Itās not all gone, yet. So I savor it. Speak for it.
I hope.
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I know cancer rates in folks under 45 has been on the rise for a minute, and continued poor diet and climate change is likely to make things worse.
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Heart disease, lung disease, and cancer arenāt particularly forgiving. I think you might be underestimating here.
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So in the event too many Americans are leaving the workforce due to illness and premature death, you think enough of the sick and disabled will be around to fill the gap?
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Again, true, but youāre arguing about logic when Iām talking numbers.
They donāt need to care to be forced to act. They need workers and illness takes them away. Itās just a matter of time until numbers force their hand.
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ā¦ to ruin the health of the next batch of workers.
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Heart disease, lung disease, and cancer rates are why it wonāt go back.
Consider that diet, lifestyle, and climate change are all radically different todayāand they all contribute to health outcomes.
High birthrates wonāt solve much when it takes decades to enter the workforce and much less timeā¦
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Perhaps, but itās hard to ignore empty workplaces. If too many workers drop out due to illness, or simply die, they wonāt exactly have a choice. Particularly given the worst health outcomes tend to be in Red states.
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Is that why? Weāve had many presidents comfortable with trading human lives for profit. Weāve also had isolationists and xenophobes who put Americans in concentration camps, too.
Trump is different, but by how much is debatable. If anything, Iād argue heās simply the most bought.
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Agreed, heāll only act in his own self-interest. But politics is a long-term game and Trump isnāt likely to live to see 2035. Those who take the party after will need to address our growing issues with cancer, heart disease, and lung disease. If not because of empathy, then because they need labor.
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One thing I notice is how often Democrats and Republicans end up in similar places by different paths.
Sooner than later healthcare must be addressed, if not for the good of the people, than for maintaining the workforce. My question is what will Trump and his ilk do about it.
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Say what you will, Trumpās approach is unlike anything weāve seen and him stacking the field may well see much of this stick. I wouldnāt want to see this kind of corruption period, but if we must, I wish it was actually uprooting corporate greed and long-standing issues. (1/2)
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Truth. He accomplished quite a lot, especially given the economic climate then, but I wish heād moved faster and more decisively on health insurance.
Imagine Trumpās surge of executive orders, but itās all improving healthcare, education, etc.
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The whole scheme is based on getting more people paying in, so it drives down the cost per individual. Itās as if someone heard of universal healthcare, but not how it worked, and just took a swing.
Of course, we know ACA as it exists is a compromise more than the intended product.
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Wow, the decades suit you! May we all age so gracefully.
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Truly progressive and wholly unbothered to be called Leftist or Socialist.
I agree.
Focusing on how much good the government can do for its people and starting locally to show proof will go a long way.