tomtancredi.bsky.social
Anti-establishment. I favor the marginalized, so long as those interests align with my own. And also so long as it's relatively easy/safe to side with that group. Me. I'm really just in it for me.
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Pausing an organization to do an audit is the corporate equivalent to taking your car for an oil change. They probably need to review the current projects and the roadmap.
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Well said. Trump took over the populist movement from Democrats after Dems squashed all opposition in their own party (sidelining Bernie, railroading primaries). Then went on to demonize people like me for voting for a similar under another Party
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Genuine question: why? Like, if they're here illegally then why are they here? Was there a meeting of liberals that decided all immigration is good, and I missed it? If it's legal immigration I get the support - those folks have gone through a naturalization process.
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In California? Run by a Democrat Mayor, with a Democrat legislative and judicial majorities, with a Democrat Govenor, with a Democrat Senators? I am *sure* those pesky conservatives really put the pressure to cut essential resources on (checks notes) the richest neighborhoods in the world.
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We can hire DEI folks to be put in charge, but they also have to be accountable. It can't work any other way. You can't be responsible and not be accountable. Bass has some reparations to do...
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Well, it's a balancing act. Some people think being queer is weird. It's literally in the name "queer." So we have to accommodate those beliefs as well as others. Ultimately, society is going to have to find a compromise that no one will like
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Why did the mayor of LA cut $20M funding from the fire department? Why did insurance firms cut coverage months prior to the fire?
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Is the complaint that Republicans aren't grifting on a castrophy with bogus GoFundMe websites? Missed opportunity, I guess. Maybe the spectacle of a major city burning gives people pause on their greed.
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Rewarding companies for social engineering is literally a fascist process, regardless of the good intentions. That's assuming the best and it's not due to external pressures and incentives
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Yeah, achievements were accomplished through a lot of bad stuff. Most come through competition and war, which are engines for repression and disregard of human life. We are lucky to live in the brief point of experimentation with liberal democracies, but it's not normal. Russia is normal.
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Such a pleasure seeing USA compete in the Olympics. You never get to see everything but it's cool to see less-seen events like fencing and hammer throwing
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It matters a lot. This was a land based empire of dozens of cultures and languages. A centralized and brutal government was needed to unite them it was effective until it wasn't - part of that was literacy. Central Asia was always a mess to govern except now there's aging nukes
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Very good engineer and math curriculum under the Soviet system. They caught up dramatically
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I don't understand why anyone who believes in helping their fellows thinks this is a good thing. J6 folks aren't and never were the enemy in my opinion. I think they got set up and the media ruled against them.
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This issue puzzled me. I've voted green and Dem all my life. But the prosection of these folks turned me to trump. It just seems so lopsided - protesters and rioters firebombed state capitols with no charges and in some cases were actually paid for their inconvenience. Then this. I don't understand
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I hope he pardons most of them. Some of the people weren't even at the capitol that day. That's a crazy miscarriage of justice.
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For real? Send me a link!
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I am trying to do a portion of the Appalachian trail. Which one you doing?
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I wanted to take my daughter to a game! It's just that Chicago's team play like the 90s Pistons. My daughter can barely handle Medieval Times!
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Im trimming!
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AC has a glimpse of what 2025 is going to be like - him and his ilk constantly being dunked on as corporate proxies. I'd be over it too. No one likes it when you spike the ball. No that's not true - half the stadium does, but I don't!
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Go! Or stage it like CNN. Actually, just do that - it's cold in Syria right now and the flights are all connecting. Screw it, let's just do Barcelona. Even in the winter it's fun
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His eyes are open? How long ago was this photo taken, Joe? You're lying on your dating app pics again bro.
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Just as an FYI, the West has no trouble rehabilitating the image of those it likes or are in power. America is supporting Al-Qaeda (I dunno how to spell it) in Syria ffs. AfD will be normalized if they seize power and their policies will be watered down and mainstreamed.
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The problem is that AfD is anti-establishment in an era where the establishment is rather bad at hiding it's corruption. A new generation of billionaires are challenging the old generation of billionaires, and the best way to do that is support populist or nationalist parties. AfD fits the bill
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Happy New year!
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For real. We need a Barstool report asap.