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Just a reminder to everyone, I wrote a book! If you have read it please give an honest review of the book on Amazon. If you have not please order it. The #Skeptical #Buddha the #Tao of #Science
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NGRY4L6/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_S4QADT8DCWYNX68KREGX
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Imagine if the Israeli government (and public) said, "this is Hamas's fault, and they're using civilians as human shields. But thousands of children are starving and even in self defense we just won't do that. We can fight more later."

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Just dreaming of a moral code where the awfulness of your enemy is not a justification for literally anything you might do to anyone.




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white precariat still to this day do not understand that the increases in those #socialSecurity benefits they get or that cheaper #health #insurance are #Obamacare.

if there is one thing Obama should be doing is going out to every Republican state that refused the Medicaid expansion and tell people exactly that and ask them how is their life better for it.

but no, it's easier to act like a fucking uncle Ruckus chastising so-called purists for seeing Biden throw away a re-election.

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I don’t know that it would work, every sign in Miami/Hialeah says OBAMACARE and you would think he was still campaigning with how much his logo is still around but they’d still call him a communist terrorist
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not in Upstate New York, from where all the MAGA asshats in the state's congressional delegation come from.
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South Sudan closes schools in preparation for 45C heatwave | South Sudan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/18/south-sudan-closes-schools-in-preparation-for-45c-heatwave

#ClimateCrisis

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Content warning: Fossil fuel corps fueling Israeli war machine

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Same here in Philly


Research shows cherry trees are blossoming earlier in D.C. and Japan due to climate change, and new data indicates that spring is getting warmer on average in the District of Columbia and nationwide.

https://t.co/aaTyxvEupW



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Thinking about starting a Super PAC called Stop Hatred and Re-elect Truth, or SHART for short.

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There was supposed to be bipartisan support before Israel interfered: #cdnpoli https://www.ipolitics.ca/news/liberals-in-talks-with-ndp-on-gaza-ceasefire-motion-sources
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Trump Spurned by 30 Companies as He Seeks Bond in $454 Million Judgment

Donald J. Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing that he faces “insurmountable difficulties” as he tries to raise cash for the civil fraud penalty he faces in New York

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-has-failed-get-appeal-bond-454-mln-civil-fraud-judgment-lawyers-say-2024-03-18/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/18/nyregion/trump-bond-civil-fraud-case.html


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"No one wants to lend me that much money" is the same problem poor people having for making bonds without assets to use as collateral. So boo hoo.

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“‘Blood bath’. Trump said it .. The hand wringing over context is irrelevant. Trump’s lurid lies and ugly conspiracies about immigrants and immigration are the types of dehumanizing and dangerous rhetoric that has led to multiple instances of real world violence.”

https://bitly.ws/3geY9

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@ianbassin : “Again I say:The fact that Mike Pence, Mark Milley, Mark Esper, John Kelly, and so many of the men and women who worked for Trump believe he is a threat to democracy ought to be the first and last pieces of context in Every. Single. Story.” ⁦
@JVLast

https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/mike-pence-will-not-endorse-trump?r=sdl1&utm_medium=email

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Still unclear on the concept of Assistive Feline™, as he greets me confidently from his perch on the music notebook I'm blogging about. #CatsOfMastodon #ComposerIssues

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GOP's No Labels group having trouble getting their Republican interests to run in November.

"Geoff Duncan says he won't run with No Labels in November"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/geoff-duncan-says-he-wont-run-with-no-labels-in-november/ar-BB1k6CCw

#GOP #NoLabels #Duncan

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“It’s entirely possible that the state of Wyoming will find itself locked out of the traditional cat-bird seat it’s been given voluntarily by the federal agencies because of these kinds of overreaches,” he said. “Maybe the federal agencies will finally wise up and recognize that they’re in an abusive relationship.” https://wyofile.com/feds-plan-for-southwest-wyoming-triggers-new-state-laws-of-questionable-constitutionality

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'We should abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas': Saudi oil CEO

The head of the world's largest energy company on Monday suggested that oil and natural gas will be around for a long time to come and consumption of both sources of energy are likely to grow for at least the next decade or two. #press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bakx-ceraweek-saudi-aramco-exxon-1.7147290?cmp=rss&utm_source=press.coop

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NEW: Biden is expected to hold his first phone call in a month with Netanyahu today, as their private tensions over the war in Gaza have started to become public. https://t.co/qLtttFZty1

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😂🤣😂🤣

"Only the best people"!!

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“In their raid of Al-Shifa Hospital in #Gaza City this morning, the IDF beat and arrested an Al Jazeera team based at the hospital.

This is the #news team that has been reporting on the repeated Flour Massacres by the IDF at the Kuwaiti Roundabout.” #Israel #humanrights #journalism #warcrimes #Palestine #FreePalestine #ceasefirenow #food #health

https://bsky.app/profile/bestofhasbara.bsky.social/post/3knxt32qej22x

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If the plan is to maintain Business as Usual for as long as possible, a big part of that is controlling the media.

Thus, the major networks constantly reassure us that there is no emergency. Nothing at all to worry about. Just go on with your little lives...

HEADLINE: As World Saw Hottest Year on Record, Corporate News Cut Coverage
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Last year featured not only what scientists worldwide confirmed was the hottest year in human history, but also a 25% drop in corporate broadcast networks' coverage of the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency.

Looking at the "Big Three" of the television world — ABC, CBS, and NBC — climate coverage dropped 23% for morning news programs and 36% for nightly shows.
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The main message is: Keep driving, keep flying, keep shopping, keep buying. We've got this, everything's fine!

FULL STORY -- https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-journalism

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

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it does make sense that the country with its head most firmly up its ‘received wisdom’ arse should want to cast less and less light up its rectum
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Hmmmm... I guess three things.
1. "Hottest on record" means while humans have had daily weather records. Overall though, it's been hotter, see chart below.
2. A strong basis for much panic is the assumption that the extinction of homo sapiens would be awful. Well, to us, obviously. But there have been lots of other species. Why are we so important?
3. MSM is in business to sell entertainment and angst. Climate change is not as much angst as it is now "old news".
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Whether it's Jared Kushner getting a sweetheart no-charge lease on a $500 million real estate development in Serbia or Joe Biden getting a free cone from an ice cream parlor near Capitol Hill, both men have taken advantage of the perks of presidential power.

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The fact that 90% of Russians voted for Vladimir Putin, who I do not support, shows that the Russian leader, who I reiterate that I do not support, is much more popular than Joe Biden ever will be.

by Glenn Greenwald

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How come when Biden gets 95% of the vote in the South Carolina Democratic primary that's considered normal but when Putin gets 90% of the vote in the Russian election that means something "fishy" is going on.

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National Meme Board of Alberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ is ignored


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Whether it’s Trump coming out with a hideous line of $399 sneakers or Biden wearing mysterious new shoes that are comfortable and stable, both sides have footwear issues.

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As a seasoned political commentator, I know to take Trump seriously but not literally. Or literally but not seriously. But never both at the same time.

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Pretty disgusting to put down 'Elon Musk' & 'Rupert Murdoch' for the RBG awards

Those two only want to see the world burn, nothing else

yikes

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it is a descration of RBG's life to name these jerks as award winners. There is hope is that this is a prank and when they show up for the 'award' they get a pie in the face and another in the crotch (Fawlty Towers.)

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Gaza Crisis💔, IL lies:

"After months of unimaginable trauma & indiscriminate bombing, the children of Gaza are now facing the horror of starvation & the threat of imminent famine. This entirely man-made catastrophe should be a source of shame for the INTL community... preventing access for humanitarian aid is a clear violation of #IHL.

Earlier, Israeli govt SPX Levy: “IL is facilitating the delivery of unlimited quantities of aid by air, land, & sea.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/18/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-palestine-al-shifa-live-updates
#IsraelHamasWar

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#Cycling #PSA
Local Councils: This is the Sheffield Stand, the best design for securing all kinds of bikes.

Local cyclists: Locking through the rear triangle, trapping the back wheel, and cabling in the front, is the best way to do it.

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Putin warns Russia-Nato conflict just one step from World War Three in first speech after sham election

Vladimir Putin warned that a direct conflict between Russia and Nato would be “one step away from the full-scale third world war” in a speech following his anticipated victory in the country’s sham election on Sunday, 17 March. #press

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/putin-russia-election-world-war-three-b2514278.html?utm_source=press.coop

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Putin and 'democracy'

Allowing elections where there is no prospect of defeat is far more effective for a dictator than suppressing elections.

It is basically saying: "look, elections will not help you".

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Teaching Learned Helplessness at a societal level. For a brutal but brilliant fictional examination of this approach to cultural conditioning (and fascinating economic fantasy) Seth Dickinson's "The Traitor, Baru Cormorant" is a very good read.
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And additionally he can point at elections in other countries and say that they all work like his do.

A not insignificant number of US voters appear to agree with him.


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Conference organiser: Would you like to chair one of our sessions? Please respond urgently. No response will be taken as acceptance.

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Reminds me of the worst conference I ever attended (CompuGraphics 91 in Sesimbra, Portugal)... IIRC, the conference "owner" just assigned chairs without asking...





If you want to know what Republicans want for the US, all you gotta do is look at what the US did to Japanese culture after WWII and South Korean culture after the Korean War. Japan got a fun new word for working yourself to death and Korea got a hit Netflix allegory on the brutality of Capitalism.

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Finally it is a matter of taste. So called 'culture'.