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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · 2d

How, in the seven minutes it took for the jewels to be stolen, with CCTV and security guards, nobody responded to the theft in real time?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15d

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 16d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · 20d

Umm … that’s Yellowstone, not Yosemite

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Sep 13

michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Sep 12

WTF? This makes more sense, because you don’t make any! 😂😂😂.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Sep 12

Utah Governor Spencer Cox: “Social media is a cancer right now. I would encourage you all to log off, be with your family, and touch grass.”

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Sep 11

I guess math isn’t your thing.

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jul 30

Sharing this now before the “it’s not that big of a wave” comments start. #tsunami

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Hadit Uptahere #NoKings @cbf.bsky.social · Jul 26

BREAKING: President Crazy Pants said something batshit insane, and the press shrugs its collective shoulders and ignores it for the epsteinth consecutive day.

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jul 15

It’s open and there is historical context for that 9-hole course. I’m not a golfer, but I understand. Great history you could read.

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jul 13

Great story! I was at the series in LA in ‘93 to close out the season. Needed to win last game to go the playoffs & we lost bad.

I vividly remember Lasorda taking the mic at second base post-game, exploding at the Giants’ fans: “Now you know how we felt!”

That moment makes so much more sense now.

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CaroleOntheGo🇨🇦 @caroleonthego4u.bsky.social · Jul 8

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J'Net @jannetteb.bsky.social · Jul 8

47% of people in the United States. are not working per Paul Krugman. So I looked it up. 18% are seniors over 65. 22% are children under 18. 13.9% are on Social Security disability totaling 53%. Unemployment is at 4% which economists consider full employment. Who is not working?

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jun 23

Yep, the Rockies STILL have a chance.

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jun 23

That has got to be the most extreme reversal in a polling graph ever seen. How come Trump isn’t wanting credit for that, too?

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · Jun 21

It's Berkeley Breathed's 68th birthday, and in this upside-down world in which Donald Trump is in the White House instead of the prison where he belongs, I'll celebrate by once again sharing this February 26, 1989 comic strip, the only Bloom County I ever snipped from a newspaper.

A surreal seven-panel strip depicting a conversation between Bill the Cat (during the period his brain has been replaced by Donald Trump’s), and Ronald-Ann Smith, a young, African-American girl whose best friend is her headless doll Reynalda.

Bill/Trump: “My God … this is such a quality country.”

Ronald-Ann: “Whaddya mean, Mr. Trump.”

Bill/Trump: “My Palm Beach cottage has 118 rooms … how many rooms does your cottage have?”

Ronald-Ann: “One. But we have nine beds! Reynelda here sleeps in a soup box.”

Bill/Trump: “I have a $100 million boat. Do you have a boat?”

Ronald-Ann: “When the plumbing breaks our sofa floats!”

Bill/Trump: “I have a dream … a dream that one day I might get six points on margin for the Eiffel Tower deal … What do you dream about?"

Ronald-Ann: “Dinner.”

Bill/Trump: “And imagine … in this great quality nation, folks like you haven’t strung folks like me up by their intestines.”

Reynelda: “ … yet.”

Ronald-Ann: “Hush."

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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · Jun 18

Exactly! Be An Ally

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jun 17

The Democratic Party leadership everytime the Republicans or Trump do something illegal:

youtu.be/GNBG5lgh6Nw

(As only the late great Robin Williams could say it.)

Robin Williams - Stop!....or I'll say stop again.

YouTube video by pennjazz

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jun 17

This!

Sarah Ironside 💙 @sarahironside.bsky.social · Jun 16

The US has one political party that tiptoes on eggshells attempting not to offend anyone while the other blatantly lies while calling everyone who doesn't believe their propaganda a slur. If the Democratic party doesn't grow a spine and start going low, we are doomed.

michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jun 16

This phone might eclipse the Atari 2600 E.T. video game cartridge unloading in a New Mexico landfill.

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jun 14

Unless you are Native American, EVERYONE in America came from immigrants who settled here.

Everyone.

michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jun 14

Exactly

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michaelmariant.bsky.social @michaelmariant.bsky.social · Jun 14

I would suggest that it wasn’t someone “impersonating” a cop but someone who is armed security so looks like a cop.

Well, yeah, that’s impersonating a cop.

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · Jun 14

Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings

A few hundred Americans of all ages standing in dappled sun with flags and signs

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jun 11

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