Bennett Samson
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Bennett Samson
@BennettSamson2
Unabashed liberal, nonprofit careerist, reader, brokendown former runner, sailor, cook, dad, gearhead, Dartmouth & Columbia grad
Katılım Mart 2019
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🚨 MINI MANSIONS ARE ONLY $595K IN TEXAS — AND PEOPLE ARE LOSING IT
A realtor just walked through a $595,000 “mini mansion” in San Antonio and people can't believe it.
Here’s what that price gets you:
• 0.75 acres with NO HOA
• 3-car garage + massive driveway space
• 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths + bonus half bath in the garage
• High ceilings + huge windows bringing in natural light
• Open layout with a full kitchen island
• Loft + second living area upstairs
• Extra outdoor slab for parties, BBQs, whatever you want
And the part that’s blowing people’s minds…
This is $595K.
In other states that might get you:
• A small condo
• No yard
• HOA fees on top
Same price.
Completely different lifestyle.
What would $595K get you where you live right now?
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@TrumpWarRoom @SecScottBessent Sure but reduce your withholding and you might also get a big surprise this time next year
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🚨 @SecScottBessent with a direct message to American taxpayers:
"I want to encourage everyone out there watching today to change their withholding ... you will get an automatic real wage increase on a weekly or a monthly basis."
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@kruptminz @TheLucyShow1 Thank you for not only the information but your understanding that not everyone has your degree of expertise.
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Hello, Subaru Mechanic here! I’ll explain as simply as I can, please don’t take this a condescending.
all Subarus have an All Wheel Drive drivetrain. The drivetrain is everything after the engine that is used to turn the wheels. An All Wheel Drive system allows all four wheels to spin under mechanical assistance. Rear wheel drive means only the rear wheels turn under mechanical assistance, front wheel drive means only front wheels move under mechanical assistance. This video depicts only the rear wheels spinning which means that the gears meant to turn all of the wheels are not being allowed to do their job, which will destroy those gears, and other parts of the transfer case like clutches. While this action is considered catastrophic, it is not totalled. Now here’s the bad part about Subaru… the transfer case is part (internallly) of the transmission. Most other brands are external and can be replaced by themselves. Due to the design of the motor, an internal case was needed. So the whole transmission will need to be replaced. All in all… about a $7,500 oooppsie.
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@frozenaesthetic It’s not just Italian. Gauche (to which we in the English speaking world consider a pejorative) means left in French and of course in the USA many (though not this leftist lefty) consider the political left to be, well, sinister
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Left handed people existing breaks a rule in evolution that nobody can explain
Only about 10% of the population is left handed and that number has stayed the same for 10,000 years
It never goes up and never goes down
Evolution isn't meant to work like that, traits spread because they are useful or die off because they aren't
Left handedness doesn't do either and stays the same percentage across every culture, country and population
They process fear differently and react faster to danger than right handed people
They are different neurologically and slightly overrepresented in certain criminal populations and significantly overrepresented among US presidents
The trait seems to produce extremes
Ancient cultures were afraid of them, the word "sinister" originates from the Latin word "sinistra" which means "left" or "on the left side"
10%
There's always 10%
Never more
It was decided that was the exact number needed in the population
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@Tesla_Analyst @frozenaesthetic There actually have been several. There was a ‘lefties only’ golf club site, and a’left handlers shop’ with a broad range of goods for us. My lefty scissors, vegetables peeler, and calligraphy pens from there are still in use after decades. I’ve no idea if they’re still around
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Thank goodness real filmmaking doesn’t work on the same business model as these so-called content creators or every movie would be six hours long.
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They lifted the cup… and THIS happened to their wedding cake 😳
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@Nguyen_anime3 Things that never happened for $100, Alex
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@LeahRemini @EisenNears You should be proud! Congratulations
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I graduated!!!
I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a concentration in Psychology, summa cum laude!
Five years ago, I started this journey with an eighth-grade education, and even that was from a Scientology school, where critical thinking was discouraged and the quality of instruction was subpar, to say the least.
I did not get here alone.
Thank you to @NYUSPS and @DeanKamath.
Thank you to everyone who supported me, encouraged me, and believed in me, especially on the days I was not sure I could do this.
And there were plenty of those days.
To my therapist, who told me not to give up when I was told I likely would not be accepted into a prestigious program. To my tutor, without whom I likely would have given up at the harder points along the way.
To all those here who have sent me loving messages on social media. And to everyone else who has cheered me on in person through the ups and the downs of it, it means more than I can put into words.
It got me over this finish line of being a student again and graduating.
That goal once seemed impossible.
To those who have asked me, “Why this? Why now?”
I pursued higher education to reclaim a piece of myself.
When you come out of a high-control group like Scientology, or even a high-control family, there are parts of you that were never allowed to fully develop.
Those parts include your curiosity and your ability and right to question.
Education was discouraged because knowledge creates confidence in your ability to trust your own mind and navigate the world. That leads to true independence, and that would never be allowed.
I wanted that back.
But more than that, I needed to understand.
I needed to understand how my mother could have us join Scientology when I was just eight years old, and how my family and I could be part of something like this and stay in it for so long.
I needed to understand how these systems work, how they influence people, and how they take hold.
Without education, access to real information, and support, people can fall into systems that work against their best interests.
Some assume that because they are educated, even highly educated, they would never fall for something like this.
But it turns out that is not necessarily true.
What many of us are impacted by, but never quite understand, is how high-control groups operate.
Many still do not understand how misinformation spreads, and how tribalism and radicalization shape what we think, what we believe, and who and what we trust.
Without that awareness, none of us are immune.
Today, we are seeing how these forces can influence good people and distort reality. History has shown us that this is not new; it just comes in a different form now.
Social media connects us in ways we never imagined, but it also creates echo chambers that reinforce beliefs and justify behavior without question.
Real critical thinking is hard when we are fed so much by algorithms designed to appeal to us. In learning and achieving this milestone in my own life, it has helped me take a good, hard look at my own beliefs and ideologies.
This journey was about healing for me, but also about figuring out how to help others in whatever way I can in the future.
So what is in my future?
I am considering continuing my education and possibly pursuing a master’s degree, with the goal of contributing to advocacy and policies that protect people, not systems.
For now, I am taking this moment in.
I am proud of myself. And I am grateful.
Thank you for being on this journey with me.

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@Bellorris Well I don’t think I’ve ever seen evidence that he was ever a Christian
But that begs the question, are you suggesting he be impeached just because now you agree? More importantly do you think being a Christian is a requirement for the office? That’s nuts
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@miles_commodore They’re living as if there was an extra zero on their income. They are going to have a world of pain if they don’t learn to live within their means.
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@ceraliza Uses less energy, doesn’t get the kitchen as hot, works in a smaller space so the fan is more effective (at least than my oven)
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@LangmanVince Meanwhile DJT said they only picked Leo because he’s American, to cozy up to him. Get your story straight, MAGA
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@cturnbull1968 How long does it take an Iowan to get to the beach? The mountains? The desert?
Besides that the figure you cite are not the statewide averages, which are closer than you would have us believe
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Other than gas prices, Iowa and California are almost exactly the same.
kevin smith@kevin_smith45
Gas is 7.39 in California. It’s 3.19 in Iowa Same President, same world Different governors
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@RightSideR3bel Because he really is the man the rest of us have been telling you he is for the past decade
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I voted for Trump.
But this is absolutely disgusting. I’m actually lost on this.
Why would our president post this.
Alex Stone@StoneJAlex
This is blasphemy
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President Trump claims the viral image that was posted on Truth was not a depiction of him as Jesus Christ but was him being depicted as a doctor.
Reporter: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ?
Trump: I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with the Red Cross as a Red Cross worker there, which we support.
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