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tiger-fred.bsky.social
Age 74. B.Sc. in Math. Retired from many careers. Interests: Alternative Economics, classical piano, vegetarian, environment, community development, astronomy, dissident, Left Winger, spiritual side of martial arts, minority rights.
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"It always seems impossible until it's done." -- Nelson Mandela

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“What is the secret of our approach? It lies in the fact that human capital can achieve far more than financial capital. Human capital implies not only knowledge but also-crucially important- political awarenes,. ethics, a sense of solidarity, truly human feelings, a spirit of 1/2

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"For most of the last century,economic growth was fuelled by what seemed to be a certain truth: the abundance of natural resources. We mined our way to growth. we burned our way to prosperity. We believed in consumption, without consequences. Those days are gone.... over 1/2

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I am vegetarian and I urge other people to consider it. I have a list of vegetarian quotes on my web site. Se: VegetarianQuotes tinyurl.com/m75hl25

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Iraq was what permanently radicalized me. It should have permanently radicalized everyone. I always had a healthy distrust of the Americans and of my own government, but that was when it really hit that "Okay, this power structure is my enemy, and it needs to be brought down."

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Casually bringing this back… #OCanada 🍁

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There is a huge rehabilitation on Gretzky 🏒 being attempted right now and not even AM conservative radio is having it 🤣. “He bought everyone on the team presents and visited them in the dressing room!” Yeah after selling out his own country, GTFO bud.

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I’ve never seen such consensus, it is all over my entire (Cdn) TL on my socials :

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Did you hear about the Italian chef? He pasta away. Get it? I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

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There’s something happening in this country.

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DOGE = Department of Gross Errors

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There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

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This article is from August 22, 1896, and we are still not doing enough to fight against climate change !

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Just like in Star Trek when the Federation avoids primitive societies, that's how they'd view us—they’d steer clear of us entirely!

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Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

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Premier Houston, of Nova Scotia, has presented a bill to allow the government to fire the Auditor General *without cause* given a 60% majority vote. His Conservatives hold a 78% majority of the votes. This is a true WTF moment! He is behaving like a little T-Rump. It's a very serious action! 😮

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Morning - Rise up & resist! Today, let's focus on what we can control. Remembering that our purpose fuels our resilience & resistance. They want us to be fearful; worrying about the future. Bc in fear, we're not living in the moment. We're unable to help now when we're spiraling. #tgif

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By the way, Today is the 60th anniversary ofthe assassination of Malcolm X. May God rest his soul. “I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.” -- Malcolm X

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gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.

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Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.

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