Try not to forget

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Try not to forget

Try not to forget

@DuckLoogie

Se unió Şubat 2011
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Mike McCarthy
Mike McCarthy@its_mccarthy·
The proposed American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act is bold. Kind of a one-shot Meidner Plan for AI. But it contains a fatal flaw in its plan to shift control of AI via an ownership transfer. As it says, "the federal government would have the power." This is a mistake.
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Relearning Economics
Relearning Economics@RelearningEcon·
They told you Obamacare was a government takeover of healthcare. A socialist scheme that would crush private insurance, destroy competition, and put bureaucrats between you and your doctor. Then the law passed, and private insurers remained at the center of the system. UnitedHealth, Aetna, Anthem, and other carriers continued to dominate the market while millions of Americans gained coverage they previously could not afford. Here is what the Affordable Care Act actually did. It accepted the reality that healthcare is not an ordinary market. People do not shop for emergency surgery the way they shop for televisions. When someone gets cancer, suffers a stroke, or develops a chronic illness, walking away is not a meaningful choice. The idea that healthcare can function through pure consumer discipline has always collided with the realities of illness, uncertainty, and unequal bargaining power. The exchanges were created because insurers had spent decades excluding people with preexisting conditions, rescinding coverage when patients became expensive, and pricing millions out of the market entirely. Subsidies were not gifts to insurance companies. They were mechanisms that allowed working families to purchase coverage in a system that was already dominated by private insurers. Without them, many Americans would simply be uninsured. Critics call this rent-seeking. Another interpretation is that healthcare markets contain structural failures that private competition alone has never solved. Every advanced economy intervenes in healthcare financing because the alternative is not some idealized free market. The alternative is rationing by income, medical bankruptcy, and millions of people delaying treatment because they cannot pay. If anything, Obamacare's biggest flaw was that it left private insurers too powerful. Rather than replacing the profit motive with a universal public system, it attempted to build coverage around existing corporations. The result was an expansion of access, but also continued high costs and continued private profits. The lesson is not that government failed because it intervened. The lesson is that healthcare was never a normal market to begin with. The question is not whether government should be involved. The question is whether healthcare should primarily serve patients or shareholders.
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Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown@SherrodBrown·
Inflation is up. Gas prices are up. Grocery costs are up. But Jon Husted says Ohioans should simply earn more and learn to budget. Ohioans deserve a leader who will work to bring down the cost of living and take on the rigged system.
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Boots Riley
Boots Riley@BootsRiley·
The problem w the world isnt lack of empathy. Its that the ruling class exploits the working class for consolidation of wealth & power The lack-of-empathy idea hides our primary conflict & hides that class struggle is the answer. Spielberg's aliens were capitalist propagandists.
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BadEmpanada 🇧🇦🇿🇦
Here's Zogslave Hasan Piker admitting that he works with the mainstream Democratic Party, giving them on advice on how to mislead the youth
hasanabi@hasanthehun

@_carlbeijer they were sincerely talking about the praxis of pushing another youtuber to a more critical position on platner in between endless debates about the efficacy of using the term zogslave. reminds me a lot of peak woke era radlib media diet advocacy

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utdreport
utdreport@utdreport·
Uruguay arrived in the United States for the World Cup and were greeted by sniffer dogs and full security checks. Look at Manuel Ugarte’s face 😂
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Daniel Gerke
Daniel Gerke@drgerke1·
It would be *much* more socially transformative to ban social media for over-65s
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Bluebird pooped an X
Bluebird pooped an X@bluebirdpoopies·
This is not residual algae. This is not sabotage. This is not sea monkeys. This is not going away. This is the result of incompetence and creating a heat sink in a shallow non chlorinated pool.
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Paweł Wargan
Paweł Wargan@pawelwargan·
@exhaultedexile Because of millennia of feudal rule and a century of humiliation at the hands of western empires.
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Arrow Video
Arrow Video@ArrowFilmsVideo·
A landmark in horror television, SALEM'S LOT (1979) never gets old ⚰️
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Try not to forget
Try not to forget@DuckLoogie·
@Xking332 Trump could withdraw support from Israel any ol' time he wants. He's not because of longstanding US support of Israel and Miriam Adelson.
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X@Xking332·
Trump is having a nightmare on his birthday. He offered Iran $12 billion to not attack Israel. Iran rejected it. Tehran says its finger is on the trigger and it's ready to strike its enemies any time. Then Trump demanded Netanyahu a ceasefire in Lebanon and a withdrawal of Israeli troops. Right now, Netanyahu rejected that too.
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Shehbaz Sharif
Shehbaz Sharif@CMShehbaz·
Following intensive talks, we are pleased to announce that the Peace Deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been REACHED. Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon. The official signing ceremony will be on Friday, 19 June in Switzerland. We would like to thank the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran for their commitment to finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict. We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to our brothers in this mediation effort, the great leadership of State of Qatar, for their support in reaching this agreement. I would also especially thank the visionary leadership of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Republic of Türkiye for their immense contributions in this regard. With the agreement now in place, mediators will facilitate a series of meetings this week. These pre-implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony. @realDonaldTrump @JDVance @SecRubio @SteveWitkoff @SEPeaceMissions @drpezeshkian @mb_ghalibaf @araghchi
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The Conservative Alternative
The Conservative Alternative@OldeWorldOrder·
PETE HEGSETH: "Marxists are our enemies. Not political opponents, but real enemies."
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Eskaver
Eskaver@toronai22·
At the start of the primary, I thought McMorrow was a Warren-type, but I was way off base. She’s like a caricature of a liberal politician: she’s not bold on any policy, a bit patronizing, and says a whole lot of nothing.
Mallory McMorrow@MalloryMcMorrow

.@ChrisMurphyCT and I share a belief that we need a better Democratic Party. We have to break norms and be willing to fight for people. We can’t just hold fast to the institution when the opposition is tearing that institution down. And we absolutely have to deliver.

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Try not to forget
Try not to forget@DuckLoogie·
@Seergiot3ck No sports league give a frog's fat ass about justice. they want money and they'll offer their back end to whoever provides it.
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Sergio 🇫🇷
Sergio 🇫🇷@Seergiot3ck·
🚨🇺🇸 | Un aficionado marroquí fue brutalmente sometido por policías estadounidenses durante la previa del partido entre Brasil y Marruecos. La FIFA no debió haberle dado el Mundial a un país que no respeta los derechos humanos. 🙄
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