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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 16d

Part two of my series on the Constitution's invisible word: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfKz...
#constitution #invisibleword #usahistory

Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 22d

Oh lefty people please stop freaking out about Machado. What do you expect from a prize named after a guy who invented dynamite? #machado #nobel

The Constitution's Invisible Word, Part One

Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 25d

There's an invisible word in the Constitution of 1787. Can you guess what it is? www.youtube.com/watch?v=H289...
#constitution #USAhistory #unitedstates

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Humanity May Achieve the Singularity Within the Next 3 Months, Scientists Suggest

Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 28d

The eternal struggle . . . 18th and Mission Street, San Francisco, California #selfvsself #innerconflict

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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 28d

If I put one foot in a bucket of hot coals and the other in a bucket of dry ice, on average I'm a journalist looking for page views. #singularity

Some experts predict the singularity will occur by 2026. But how close are we really to artificial general intelligence?

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Why third parties always fail. - YouTube

Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · Sep 20

Molly says: so many books! what to read next! #caturday

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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · Sep 16

I finally finished my YouTube series titled "Why Third Parties Always Fail." Seven episodes (!). Like some of you, I'm starting to wonder if we'll even have a second party soon. Anyway, I'm done. Here ya go. #thirdparty www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Since the founding of the USA, no independent political party has turned the country from a two party to a stable three party political system. Why?

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Postscript: Was the Republican Party ever a third party?

Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · Sep 9

Was the Republican Party ever a third party? In this video I scratch at that itchy question. youtu.be/Kg0VEWZ6ai0?...
#republican #gop #lincoln #history

5. What should you do in a country where third parties always fail?

Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · Sep 6

The lurker lurketh. #caturday #cats

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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · Sep 1

Yes I am considering getting an Alien versus Predator versus cute kitten t-shirt. #cats #alien #predator

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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · Sep 1

Doctor: I live in a country where third parties always fail. What should I do? youtu.be/ID0aVGqEC-s?...
#thirdparty #thirdparties #socialism #politics

Walmart recalls frozen shrimp over potential radioactive contamination

Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · Aug 20

Sorry Walmart shoppers: no radioactive shrimp for you this Labor Day. #laborday #shrimp #walmart #radioactive
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The risk from the recalled shrimp is "quite low," said Donald Schaffner, a food safety expert at Rutgers University. Cesium-137 is a byproduct of nuclear reactions.

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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · Aug 18

You may mistake this for a gimmick photo from the 1880s. But I read it as a composite of the House minority leader, the Senate minority leader, and the chair of the Democratic National Committee.

4. A tale of two third parties. Why third parties in the USA always fail, part four.

Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · Aug 17

The story of two nineteenth-century USA third-parties: one made a difference for the better, the other for the worse. youtu.be/zW3nbVvnIY4?...
#populism #thirdparty

YouTube video by lasar's histories of everything