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Accomplices are better than allies I am just a drawing of a cat standing on its hind legs sort of leaning forward But if I were real and not a cat drawing, then once I had a paper route, did a few temp jobs, and sold CDs & cassette tapes in a retail shop
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We ran the simulation: - Universal basic income increased mental health - Unionization improved life satisfaction - Public housing reduced crime So naturally, we cut benefits, banned strikes, and sold the land to BlackRock.

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sorry i don't listen to members of political parties

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They're not mad because you're wrong. They're mad because you're right, and they know you're right, and they've over invested in pretending you're not.

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Read what without that sweet, sweet alt text? This looks like a graph to me

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I’m not reposting anything with RFK Jr’s face on it out of respect for xour eyes but “autism epidemic” is like saying “freckles epidemic” or “cleft chin epidemic” it’s not a disease it’s just a way some people are and the thing we need to fix is a hostile societal framework.

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RIP my mentions but it’s so fascinating how the “you Palestine movement people cost Harris the election” crowd never ever talks about how undecided voters don’t seem to have been especially impressed by a leadership that spent billions on genocide while the cost of housing went through the roof

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Its kind of becoming clear that American conservatives don't just hate liberalism (late 20th century market-friendly socially egalitarian values) they hate Liberalism (18th century philosophy embracing individual rights and democracy)

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“How can you joke at a time like this?” Because I need to laugh or I will die

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Zooey is doing WORK in Montana and teaching everyone several lessons: 1) You can stand on your values as a Democrat and not harm trans people. 2) Doing so can actually move hearts and minds in a traditionally conservative state. 3) There is value in having representation in our halls of power.

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Learning about rationalism was the funniest shit because oh my god they’ve made having OCD into a religion. You’re telling me that the computer God I invented in my thought experiment now requires me to worship it in the off chance it’s real and that if I don’t worship it, bad shit will happen?

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so you want the government small enough to drown in a bathtub but powerful enough to inspect every uterus, library, and thought

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@poorlycatdraw.bsky.social I am one

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“If you claim to love freedom but want to restrict certain groups, you don’t love freedom. You love privilege” —Governor Walz in Ohio

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god it would've been so cool if "triggered" hadn't been run into the ground so i can talk about shit like "being traumatized as a child" without feeling like some alt right shithead's caricature

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Everyday I think about the fact that iceland jailed the people responsible for their financial crisis

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