eqtz
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@Slurvedelusion @rhymewithocean White southerners wanted to be abandoned so they could keep being extremely racist, its not like it randomly just happened
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@rhymewithocean maybe finish reconstruction the first time instead of abandoning us at the first hint of political convenience 😭
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no sorry we’re gonna have to do Reconstruction 2
alex bronzini-vender@alexbronzini
There was lots of dumb shit during Woke 1.0 but this was basically right
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@SavageRoll @RndmStreetMedic I agree, no one should live in the rural US. But lots of people love it for some reason
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@leastfixedpoint @RndmStreetMedic the lack of transportation is why some dont have the opportunity to drive an hour away. People shouldnt have to travel an hour for basic necessities
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Prior to med school, I lived in a town where there's a single low-quality grocery store, but an ample supply of convenience stores, dollar stores, and fast food. The next closest grocery store was the Walmart 1 town over.
That, by definition, is a food desert.
Dr. Jazz 💚🥚🍣@JazzDeeApple
@RndmStreetMedic Food desert is a myth Fast food is a choice
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@SavageRoll @RndmStreetMedic Well of course there's not public transportation in rural areas, most of them don't even want it. But that's not stopping them from using an hour to go to a different store
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@leastfixedpoint @RndmStreetMedic some of them dont have the option to. there is no public transportation in rural areas and sometimes the closest cheaper store is half an hour away,making your travel time an hour. food deserts always target the poor and disadvantaged
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@SavageRoll @RndmStreetMedic And these people choose to not shop at the cheaper store?
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@leastfixedpoint @RndmStreetMedic usually theyre more expensive because the items they have is a "convenience" compared to driving 30 minutes to the next store. it does depend on the different chains though too
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@SavageRoll @RndmStreetMedic Yes, and those are cheaper than Walmart?
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@leastfixedpoint @RndmStreetMedic Convenience stores are another word for gas stations.
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Newly released video footage from the splashdown of NASA’s Artemis ll in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, April 10, 2026, shows the moment that U.S. Navy Divers cracked the door open and entered the Orion to greet the Astronauts, welcoming them back to Earth after their journey around the Moon.
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I actually don't know this guy though. Or his fiancee for that matter
Murray Hill Guy@MurrayHillGuy1
We all know this guy. He’s got "He/Him" in his bio right next to a link for his failed SoundCloud, and spends 40 minutes explaining why "positionless basketball" is a metaphor for late-stage capitalism to a girl who just wanted to watch the Knicks. That’s the look of a woman realizing she’s dating a guy who wears a vintage sweatshirt from a thrift store and uses the word "visceral" to describe a layup. Every man dreams of finding the beautiful mid like this to match his unique quirks and listen to his weird takes on life
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what if we just like, made unemployment suck less instead of doing infinite protectionism for every job that has ever existed
has anybody thought of this before?
More Perfect Union@MorePerfectUS
NEW: If Waymo gets its way, 2 million workers will be out of work. When Waymo gets a firm hold on a city, wages go down. Some drivers now have to work 12 hours day, 7 days a week just to get by. This isn't inevitable — but Big Tech is spending millions to make you think it is.
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@cowabungatime You have to tip 0% to cancel out anyone still tipping full
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We do the same for people who own snowmobiles. I don’t own a snowmobile. But I think the state should stop people from stealing snowmobiles. I don’t really need snowmobile owners to pay a special tax for this so-called privilege. It’s fine, really. It’s just basic law and order that we all benefit from from. I don’t want to live in a society with snowmobile thieves. I want to live in a society in which snowmobile thieves are punished.
I don’t need to be the owner of a snowmobile for any of this to be true, to benefit from this arrangement.
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Land value tax defenders argue that land owners get a special benefit in the form of the protection of their private property that they should therefore pay for.
This is confused, or at least overstated, for two important reasons.
First is that you’re not actually allowed to steal any kind of private property. What makes housing unique is that it’s huge, conspicuous, typically immobile, and ownership is dutifully recorded.
All these things make investigating assaults on this particular form of private property dramatically easier than all others.
If you tell the police that somebody took your bicycle, then it’s like, I don’t know man, how can we even know where the bike is? If we think we know, then we’ve got to go track it down. How can we even really be sure that the bike is yours?
If a group of marauders tries to take over your land, then the police have a very straightforward task ahead of them.
Second, it’s not as though the benefits of stopping these marauders redound only to the homeowner. The neighbors also do not want marauders occupying the house that used to be owned by their neighbor, whether those neighbors are homeowners or renters. Nobody benefits from marauders taking over private property.
The fact that we stop this is not a special benefit we give to homeowners as a privileged class.
It’s just basic public order, which benefits everybody in the society.
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THE PLACEBO EFFECT IS NOT POWERFUL carcinisation.com/2024/11/13/a-c… x.com/arcticinstinct…
David Sun@arcticinstincts
Placebo effect is powerful- in a 2009 study, women who took testosterone behaved more fairly towards others in negotiations w less conflicts. However, women who believed they took testosterone (but actually just had placebo) behaved more aggressively & unfairly nature.com/articles/natur…
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Friendly reminder that 99% of men don't do this and just walk around peeing their pants randomly
Cassie Pritchard@hecubian_devil
Do you press on your taint to get the last dribble of pee out before you stand up or are you an animal
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a lot of people’s sociopolitical framework seems to amount to “i was a nerd in high school and pretty girls were mean to me therefore attractive women are a privileged oppressor class and sеx workers are the bourgeoise and everyone hates me because i am so much smarter than them”
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Abusing animals like this is such deeply sadistic behavior it merits significantly more punishment. This person should not be walking free in society. Anyone who takes such sick pleasure in hurting a living thing is a danger to living creatures - including humans.
tara houska ᔖᐳᐌᑴ@zhaabowekwe
Cody Roberts filmed himself chasing a 9-month old female wolf on a snowmobile, laughing at her terror & exhaustion, repeatedly hitting her. He duct-taped her mouth, brought her to a bar. For hours, people took photos as she bled to death. Then he shot her. 2 yrs probation.
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Shooting a girl a quick dm: cute, coy, friendly, the game is afoot.
Swapping to XChat and sending an encrypted dm request to a woman: Horrifying, grotesque, lurching pervert groping towards her.
Finding love on this site is dead.
XChat@chat
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