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Read this book months ago and to this day the horrifying phrase, 'reassuringly damp' will bubble up in my thoughts like the Hounds of Tindalos.

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Maybe AI isn't so bad.

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Just angrily called all my representatives. The cost of the refuge was practically a rounding error and it's an animal that the state of Florida features in its fucking advertisements! #environment

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This tracks with Trump's decline in his first term. Question is if he'll still have the 30% floor (mostly White, mostly men) of last time or if his disruptive actions will effect it. It does suggest that despite the normalization by the mainstream media, people are feeling the effects.

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Someone noted that BART offered charming sticker sheets and I got myself two of the four characters they currently offer. More American train systems need to do this, where is the Genshin Impact/Amtrack cross over?

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Successive administrations allied with apartheid South Africa during the Cold War to degrade or destroy anti-colonial movements. This saw an evolution of anti-democratic strategies and techniques combined with a synthesis of Jim Crow and colonial ideologies that we all suffer from now.

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Preventing the next crisis requires not only eliminating billionaires but outlawing the structures of capitalism that allow them to exist. Otherwise, we will be forever caught in a cycle of fighting one monster after another.

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What with all the terrible things going on I missed that Doctor Yellow had been retired. Hopefully, JR Central will save and display it at their Railway Park.

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Fallen trees provide an incredible refuge for all manner of life from fungus to termites which are necessary for a healthy ecosystem. So if you've got a yard and a downed tree, let it lie. #environment

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DeSantis and the Republican legislature obeyed their lobbyists and claimed climate change was a myth while also ignoring the insurance crisis. This means homeowners and renters will experience a catastrophic loss that cannot be recovered from because the land will be gone. #environment

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America's backing of authoritarians and its war on drugs has left Colombian institutions either corrupt or incapable of facing the accelerating climate crisis. This is especially notable in Afro-Colombian towns which face violent racism and land seizure even as the sea rises. #environment

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That Denbury and its contractor Republic Testing Laboratories physically blocked and prevented PHMSA staff (the people who keep pipelines from killing us all) from doing their job proves that there needs to be jail time for executives and corporate death penalties. #environment

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Silicon Valley has museums and countless books dedicated to the 'visionaries' of the computer industry. It deliberately omits the workers who built the machines that power our world and the sickness and slow death they encountered as detailed in the great long-form article. #environment

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Just ran off a white guy who was lingering around the local mercado screaming 'immigrants' and 'ICE is coming'. Think I'm going to start carrying a cricket bat in the truck.

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Remember kids, you're never too old to festoon your laptop with stickers and give it some personality (while also incinerating its resale value)

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If you're lucky enough to live or be visiting Japan you can attend a traveling memorial tour for the late, great Nujabes.

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Again, it was less than 72 hours from when Paul Bremer issued Coalition Provisional Authority Order 2 expanding De-Ba'athification to an IED blew up an Army HUMVEE.

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Caught Phoenix doing her best Chessie* impression. * If you got that reference it's nice to meet a fellow train enthusiast or I hope your arthritis feels better soon.

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Wanted to note that Crimethinc is a good resource for budding anarchists with a library, podcasts, and a store with some great books. They also sell these handy stickers, which are often included when you purchase books.

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[Takes deep breath, lifts microphone]

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Brain: ... Brain: ... Brain: You need to find a copy of "The Snow Goose" starring Richard Harris and Jenny Agutter. Me: Wait, what, it's been decades since I've... Brain: DO IT NOW.

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Planned on driving to the hardware store but found the truck was already being used.

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Walk through old graveyards and you'll find memorials to children who never saw their first birthday. Now measles is making a comeback thanks to a failure in education and enforcement in the face of conspiracies. There's tuberculosis in Kansas and North Carolina, and the flu is everywhere.

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The cowardice (or complicity) shown by the AMA and similar organizations reflects leadership inadequate for the challenges ahead and unacceptable for representing the members and the public they serve.

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Spotted on the rear on a minivan and I'm so confused.

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It's not often you can say you were passed on the highway by two dragons doing eighty miles an hour.

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Growing up in California the consensus that the condor was doomed and already consigned to the history books so watching the population return is amazing; people can fix things if given time, training, and resources. #environment

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The rampage of extractive industries across the global south to feed off-shore industries not only threatens our future, and damages the present, it even betrays the dead. The loss of these sites means some of our history will remain forever dark. #environment

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Buffet spends millions to portray himself as a good billionaire but his investments in rail and power are rife with labor violations and harmful pollution that Berkshire Hathaway, all of which escape regulatory scrutiny due to expensive lobbying efforts. #environment

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That the Washington Works plant is still permanently sickening and killing the people of Parkersburg more than a decade later shows how a badly compromised EPA is at enforcement, allowing companies to keep polluting and fighting lawsuits, as it is more profitable than clean-up. #environment

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Fun fact, the United States supported Saddam Hussein in draining the marshes in 1984-85 during the Iran–Iraq War to devastate the villages he believed were sympathetic to Iran as they were majority Shia. #environment

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Don't watch football so reading people's oblique posts referring to Superbowl ads makes me feel like I'm having a psychotic break.

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So what's the over/under on when Trump tries to start a war with Iran like he did assassinating Qasem Soleimani?

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It's been a miserable week so why not relax with an amazing metal about food and mom's cooking.

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