100% accurate take here.
Corporations that can’t ‘afford’ to pay their employees a living wage do not have a viable business plan. End of Story.
Corporations that can’t ‘afford’ to pay their employees a living wage do not have a viable business plan. End of Story.
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
100% accurate take here.
Corporations that can’t ‘afford’ to pay their employees a living wage do not have a viable business plan. End of Story.
Corporations that can’t ‘afford’ to pay their employees a living wage do not have a viable business plan. End of Story.
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Whether it’s Barack Obama, appearing in a tan suit or Donald Trump appearing 1700 times in Jeffrey Epstein‘s emails, both presidents made some highly controversial appearances.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Whether it’s Barack Obama, appearing in a tan suit or Donald Trump appearing 1700 times in Jeffrey Epstein‘s emails, both presidents made some highly controversial appearances.
Imagine how bad things are at Intel for someone to go to OpenAI.
INTEL CTO SACHIN KATTI DEPARTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ROLE AT OPENAI – BBG; CEO LIP-BU TAN TO ASSUME ROLE; INTEL SAYS AI REMAINS TOP PRIORITY
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Imagine how bad things are at Intel for someone to go to OpenAI.
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
Big Tech profiting off of illicit drug sales sounds like a great opportunity for a lawsuit.
The Star bought cocaine and pills through Facebook ads.
Meta says it has "zero tolerance" for such posts and works to take them down
Meta says it has "zero tolerance" for such posts and works to take them down
Facebook ads make it easy for users to get their hands on illegal drugs by mail — and the consequences could be dangerous
Facing allegations of profiting from addiction, Meta says it’s cracking down on the drug posts.
www.thestar.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Big Tech profiting off of illicit drug sales sounds like a great opportunity for a lawsuit.
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Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Damn, I hate it when things that happen mean nothing :-(
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Give this man another trillion dollars.
This is insane. 🤦♂️
Why do tech giants like Elon Musk and Bill Gates keep on saying such dumb things about climate change?
They have access to the best possible experts, who could actually teach them something, if they would only ask and listen…
Why do tech giants like Elon Musk and Bill Gates keep on saying such dumb things about climate change?
They have access to the best possible experts, who could actually teach them something, if they would only ask and listen…
November 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Give this man another trillion dollars.
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Imagine shareholders willing to give a trillion dollars to a guy who says there are 20 million dead people getting Social Security, but is too incompetent to find any of them.
With Tesla stock at a price-to-earnings ratio of almost 300 it doesn't look like anyone is buying what Elon Musk is selling, other than Tesla shareholders finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/
Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) Stock Price, News, Quote & History - Yahoo Finance
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finance.yahoo.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Imagine shareholders willing to give a trillion dollars to a guy who says there are 20 million dead people getting Social Security, but is too incompetent to find any of them.
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1/7 🧵
The RBA says it's 'in a bind.' 🥊
This is a carefully crafted story of helplessness. It's a lie.
The cage is self-made, and they're about to make you pay for their intellectual failure. Here's the truth they don't want you to know.
#auspol #inflation #rba
The RBA says it's 'in a bind.' 🥊
This is a carefully crafted story of helplessness. It's a lie.
The cage is self-made, and they're about to make you pay for their intellectual failure. Here's the truth they don't want you to know.
#auspol #inflation #rba
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
1/7 🧵
The RBA says it's 'in a bind.' 🥊
This is a carefully crafted story of helplessness. It's a lie.
The cage is self-made, and they're about to make you pay for their intellectual failure. Here's the truth they don't want you to know.
#auspol #inflation #rba
The RBA says it's 'in a bind.' 🥊
This is a carefully crafted story of helplessness. It's a lie.
The cage is self-made, and they're about to make you pay for their intellectual failure. Here's the truth they don't want you to know.
#auspol #inflation #rba
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CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage
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Ben Shapiro was just ratioed by Nick Fuentes on X after Shapiro called out Tucker Carlson and Fuentes for their antisemitism.
The neo nazi right is fully taking over the republican party.
The neo nazi right is fully taking over the republican party.
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Ben Shapiro was just ratioed by Nick Fuentes on X after Shapiro called out Tucker Carlson and Fuentes for their antisemitism.
The neo nazi right is fully taking over the republican party.
The neo nazi right is fully taking over the republican party.
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“Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology.”
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology.”
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Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1... @tessiesanci.bsky.social @hilltimes.com
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November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1... @tessiesanci.bsky.social @hilltimes.com
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Media: After the question is asked, just reply in chorus: “You don’t k know anything about that.”
RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Media: After the question is asked, just reply in chorus: “You don’t k know anything about that.”
Yessss!
❗️🇨🇦Canada is considering significantly reducing the purchase of 88 🇺🇸American F-35A fighters, instead replacing them with 🇸🇪Swedish Gripen E/F fighters
November 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Yessss!
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Monty Python's Flying Circus (2nd November 1972). "You can keep your Marxist ways, for it's only just a phase".
November 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Monty Python's Flying Circus (2nd November 1972). "You can keep your Marxist ways, for it's only just a phase".
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Feeling like an economic pariah? ❤️ That's the personal cost of the "Empty Toolbox" lie—the myth we "can't afford" a better future. The truth? The limit is real resources, not money. My posts explain the lie & its human cost, leading to my MMT eBooks (Nov 4). Catch up: buff.ly/rWJt4UZ
#MMT #AusPol
#MMT #AusPol
The Empty Toolbox
The tools to build a better world have been hidden from you. Here's where to find them.
buff.ly
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Feeling like an economic pariah? ❤️ That's the personal cost of the "Empty Toolbox" lie—the myth we "can't afford" a better future. The truth? The limit is real resources, not money. My posts explain the lie & its human cost, leading to my MMT eBooks (Nov 4). Catch up: buff.ly/rWJt4UZ
#MMT #AusPol
#MMT #AusPol
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ATTENTION CANADIAN POLICYMAKERS, LET'S INVEST IN OUR KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, RESEARCH, AND UNIVERSITIES
A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
ATTENTION CANADIAN POLICYMAKERS, LET'S INVEST IN OUR KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, RESEARCH, AND UNIVERSITIES
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So much discourse about "online radicalization" revolves around tales of random people getting their noggins cooked online. That happens, sure, but that brain rot seems to have completely engulfed GOP elites to extents not quite seen in other sectors of society.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Heritage president backs Tucker Carlson after interview with Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes
Kevin Roberts denounced the “venomous coalition” that has criticized the former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So much discourse about "online radicalization" revolves around tales of random people getting their noggins cooked online. That happens, sure, but that brain rot seems to have completely engulfed GOP elites to extents not quite seen in other sectors of society.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Poilievre voted no to school meals, that's how much he cares about young people. 1.4 million Canadian Children live in poverty. For some kids a school meal, is a meal they can count on getting, every school day. Such a hypocrite.
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Poilievre voted no to school meals, that's how much he cares about young people. 1.4 million Canadian Children live in poverty. For some kids a school meal, is a meal they can count on getting, every school day. Such a hypocrite.
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
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If the federal Liberals use generative AI in anything having to do with serious governing, this automatically becomes the stupidest government of my lifetime
If the Carney government deploys generative AI -- a product that by design cannot be trusted to provide reliable information -- to answer Canadians' tax question, it should be required to forgive the taxes of anyone who follows any incorrect answers.
Tax agency looking at AI, training to help call centre staff provide accurate answers
OTTAWA - A senior official working at the Canada Revenue Agency says the agency is looking to artificial intelligence and better training to help call centre agents provide more accurate
www.thestar.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If the federal Liberals use generative AI in anything having to do with serious governing, this automatically becomes the stupidest government of my lifetime
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defend civil rights as a whole or shut the fuck up and vote Republican
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
defend civil rights as a whole or shut the fuck up and vote Republican
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More Albertans are visiting food banks every month, new data from Food Banks Canada says #yyc #yeg www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Food bank usage jumps in Alberta, new data shows
Food bank visits in Alberta are up 134.4 per cent since 2019, according to Food Banks Canada’s 2025 HungerCount.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
More Albertans are visiting food banks every month, new data from Food Banks Canada says #yyc #yeg www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...