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Sometimes I think I'm a drone indistinguishable from any other member of my class and demographics
But then I remember that I get rid of physical books after I read them. I am a radical free-thinker!
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Sara Straw 🌐
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Sara Straw 🌐
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Random lawyer. National tofu shortage is totally solved. @oneoneder.bsky.social
Katılım Nisan 2017
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@watchtower1683 @ChristianHeiens The Republican judges are going to reinstitute Jim Crow for you guys don't worry
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@ChristianHeiens ALLL of those in the South would require overturning the VRA.
Otherwise they ain’t gonna happen.
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Libs are having a field day with this one, so I’ll just repost it for them because I have no problem standing by everything I wrote here.
Redistricting wars are not fought in a matter of weeks or even months. They unfold over the course of years.
>Florida has done nothing so far
>S2 of the VRA has yet to be struck down
>The 2030 census is poised to wipe out several congressional seats in states like California and New York
In the long run, we are going to win, if for no other reason than the fact that there are more Dem-leaning targets than there are GOP-leaning targets.
The Right’s biggest problem is the GOP’s addiction to losing on principle. But that’s something that can be solved internally. The Left’s biggest problem is a combination of geography and declining populations in blue states. That’s something that cannot be solved internally.
Christian Heiens 🏛@ChristianHeiens
I'll take 4-6 GOP pickups in Texas, 1 GOP pickup in Missouri, and 2-3 GOP pickups in Ohio in exchange for losing 1 GOP seat in Maryland. The fact of the matter is we hold all the cards here. There is absolutely nothing Democrats can bring to bear that matches our ability to gerrymander Republican-controlled states next year. Why would we not do this?
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@anonfuzz @ChristianHeiens This is what the GOP being "absolutely ruthless" looks like you moron
Soaring gas prices, losing a war with Iran, bribes-for-pardons, and Democrats getting a clue.
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@ChristianHeiens Now is the time for the GOP to be absolutely ruthless and fight for the people who voted for them
I have little hope they will
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@Themahitofan @Doc_Pox He's extended Mark an enormous amount of trust, Mark wants infinite trust
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@Doc_Pox But he seems to fail to realise that trust is a two way street, he thinks that he can do whatever he wants just because he “has” to do it but doesn’t seem to understand that most people don’t think that way and gets frustrated when people don’t just accept his cold logic.
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There is not a single character in fiction with this archetype better than Cecil.
Amanda Waller and Nick Fury are trash compared to him. How in the fuck could you reasonably trust Mark in Cecil’s position from the Guardian slaughter on?
PridefulSin ❕@ReignOfPride
Cecil top 2 worst characters in Invincible I am not even kidding
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@DavidXander_ @Zacbunchanumbrs @Doc_Pox Mark greeted the man who dragged him through humans with a hug
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@Zacbunchanumbrs @Doc_Pox Mark has not even forgivem his father lol. He's literally still struggling with it and that's why he's so hard on Oliver because he's till traumatized by it.. don't forget he only decided to help hia dad to save Oliver
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@Doc_Pox @icebreaker90234 Invincible world just has Cecil, dealing with the fact that their Superman analogue - the only Superman analogue - killed the only other superheroes reasonably capable of handling Superman-level threats.
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@Doc_Pox @icebreaker90234 No, he doesn't. Nick has never led an agency that is the sole line of defense against psycho aliens. Nick has always been a bit player, and there has always been real superheroes to take up the slack.
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@JestersRaven @Bobbertfrasier @Doc_Pox Cecil isn't an idiot. It would destroy their relationship and also be an unnecessary weakness added to the second weakest Viltrumite (only one on their side), which would be exploitable by third parties
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@Bobbertfrasier @Doc_Pox No it's not Cecil is likely to use it the moment he thinks Mark stepped out of line which would be anytime Mark did anything he didnt want
It would basically enslave Mark to do whatever Cecil wanted
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@unamas4ever @asymmetricinfo Right. Trump needs to get the heat off his admin's malevolence by torturing a dead service woman's family
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Consider that maybe her family wanted to keep her name from going public for fear of exactly the kind of lunacy we are now witnessing.
Jere_Memez@Jere_Memez
They didn't withhold Rebecca Lobach's name to "grieve", they kept it secret while they scrubbed her social media.
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@lefttwick Gen Z voting for Trump just makes Gen Z look really dumb and super-susceptible to algorithmic propaganda, so...
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@the_transit_guy @ad_mitchell I live outside any of those 5 cities and don't own a car. But critically (1) I work from home, (2) I don't have kids, and (3) I do forgo a lot of things I'd otherwise enjoy, like trips to true wilderness or to Costco.
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@ad_mitchell If you don't live outside of 5 cities in this country, you cannot live without a car due to how bad walkability and transit are, and therefore everyone owns a car.
To think that's an endorsement vs. a need is so silly.
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The 80-year project to make this country completely car-dependent is complete, and now that you're trapped, you need to spend an average of $737 a month for your own economic and social mobility.
John Surico@JohnSurico
Quite literally "only in New York," like my god.
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@dg_chicago @KnightUvTime Where's the rational engagement dude? You're not even bothering to try to rebut the point.
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@SirSardonic @ANon46561976893 @tracewoodgrains What is the source of Tate being rich, famous, and considered charismatic? Tate is rich and famous because he made abusing women, and championing abusing women, his business.
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@ANon46561976893 @tracewoodgrains He's a powerful person, by virtue of his being rich, famous, and charismatic. I don't see how his sex enters into it at all.
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@MikeDrewWhat They needed to figure out a reason that it was Not Okay that Harris didn't invite the VP elect
This is best they could come up with. You're assuming there is an actual grievance and that is 100% incorrect.
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This seems like one that should just stay as an actual private logistical matter, not be blown up into a whole Thing.
You have to let some stuff go
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@Possiblyinabit @JoshDaws @charlesmurray You should emulate the disciplined libs, abandon right-wing chaos and degeneracy then.
Self-indulgence is all the right has.
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This video is devastating. But it also provides a key insight into why so many Californians continue voting for the left: they often live very traditional lives, surrounded by thick, rooted communities that shield them from the effects of the policies they vote for.
Katherine Boyle@KTmBoyle
I don’t think I’ve watched a video of these fires that has captured the meaning of home so completely. Pray for these people. 💙
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@InlandCaGuy I think the fact that most leftists are too young to remember Obama's campaign is load-bearing here
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So if the left thinks Obama was the most left of the three and the lib centrists think Obama was the most centrist of the three, shouldn't we just compromise on...re-running Obama's campaign? Problem solved.
Sam Haselby@samhaselby
Harris ran to the right of Hillary who ran to the right of Obama, so, yes let's be sure to keep trying this.
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@Caeso_K @LordInquisitor_ @technologypoet @EytanWallace @RicardoLara4CA How about this: we create two insurance plans. One is an "everywhere is high risk" and offers same policy at same price to everyone. And the other one charges people based on estimated risk of loss.
I would buy the second policy.
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@LordInquisitor_ @technologypoet @EytanWallace @RicardoLara4CA The concept of "high risk" areas is over. Everywhere is high risk.
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BREAKING: California Insurance Commissioner @RicardoLara4CA has issued a mandatory one-year moratorium that will prohibit insurance companies from enacting non-renewals and cancellations of coverage for home owners within the perimeters or adjoining ZIP Codes of the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles County regardless of whether they suffered a loss. The moratorium will expire on Jan. 7, 2026.
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@bdquinn If you were "bringing in" Canada at all it'd be via violent conquest so
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You'd have to bring it in as like at least 5 or 6 different states.
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Isn't it kind of ridiculous to suggest Canada would be added as a single state, if we're going to do this theoretical exercise?
Canada has heavily devolved powers to the provinces to address the fact that different parts of Canada want very different things.
POLITICO@politico
Annexing Canada would change American politics. Trump keeps trolling Canada about becoming the 51st state, so we took him literally (not seriously) and this is how it could play out 👉 politi.co/4h8XT7R
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@George_3d6 @patio11 Crypto shows an interest in get-rich-quick schemes and making-Uncle-Sam-bagholder schemes
It's not an opportunity for "grown ups" but for thieves and greedy marks.
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@patio11 There is interest in an "adults only" banking system though (as shown by crypto). Which doesn't hedge against said risk.
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“We” could change this but “we” have not prioritized changing it, for a variety of reasons. The “we” is more complicated than people often model “us” to be, and has crosscutting preferences implicated here, such that velocity increase is not good in all circumstances.
Steven Heidel@stevenheidel
in the richest, most technologically advanced country in the world, why do bank transfers still take multiple days?
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@Smith4Gm @ModeledBehavior Instead of trying to force foreign countries to be more welcoming to Nazis, perhaps we should end child marriage in our own country first.
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@ModeledBehavior Interesting point. I've felt like some of Trump's leverage with allies should force the issue of creating real freedom of expression protections in the countries that are closest to us. It would be interesting to see how that's received.
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If we didn't already have the first amendment, there's no way it could pass today.
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@Aphasialista @JoePostingg The person who has lived in the same house for 75 years should move into assisted living instead of in a fire zone, that's the easiest policy question possible.
are they going to even be alive by the time a house (not their house) is rebuilt.
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@JoePostingg Asking a native Southern Californian who’s been living in the same house for 75 years is a big step and is not good public policy unless you’re a gentrifying, Millennial DINK who lacks perspective.
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FYI if your insurance company refuses to renew your disaster insurance you should move immediately.
People's City Council - Los Angeles@PplsCityCouncil
Watch this interview: “My parents have been in this house for 75 years and they've had the same insurance AND THESE INSURANCE PEOPLE DECIDED TO CANCEL THEIR FIRE. We're going through this and it just happened and they don't have fire insurance!”
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