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Paul E Shinkle

@paulshinkle.bsky.social

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Writer, Philosopher (Beauvoir, CS.Lewis, Karmapa, ethics, symbolic logic), cook, INFT-P Mediator. Blue-collar heart and paycheck. Big view philoso-writer

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Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 8d

"I hated being single after my last relationship broke down,” said Sarah, 43, a sales representative... “I miss having someone to cook for, to share things with. But now, my motto is: ‘My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if your presence is sweeter than my solitude.’”

Holds for men, too. /1

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1m

"Let them eat cake" v.2.0

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 14h

Crazy idea here: if we had good addiction therapy that addicts could afford and a jobs/home/life culture that supported happiness instead of addiction, we'd be taking about something happy.

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 14h

I fear cannibalism.

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 20h

I shall also require a puma sized cup of coffee as quickly as you can.

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 20h

I rejected the term "followers" used by social media bigwigs.

I propose "walk-besiders." Not interested in following you, even y'all cool people. Maybe "mates" (is that non-gender specific?) or even "you silly fuckers" (surely non-gender specific, even if you're celibate, that's how you got here).

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 22h

A little long.
Entirely worth it.👏👏👏👏👏

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 22h

I don't believe that the moral, economic, and societal benefits of #MedicareForAll or #MarginalTaxRate need the word "fuck" to win elections...or, if you really want to be radical*, to be a decent government.

*NB: the word "radical" also works without the word "fuck". Amazing, no?

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 22h

Is that a drinkable Gyro?! Brilliant 👏 👏 👏

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 22h

We have 12 billionaires in wisconsin. If we tax them one time only at 50%, two things would happen. First, they would all remain billionaires. Second, we could fund the Milwaukee Public Schools breakfast and lunch programs for 53,000 years. That is what a billionaire takes from society.

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 23h

Canada has always been our long-suffering older sibling. Or Sharon to our Ozzy (without us having even one of Ozzy's endearing qualities or talents).

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

#MarginalTaxRate

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

It's helpful to remember that the 1st political party the modern oligarchy destroyed was the Republican party. This is not the party of Dwight Eisenhower or John McCain. It's the party of "everything is an oil field that must be drained, sold, and its devastated landscape of humankind left to rot".

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

Without a blue sky editing function, here's me:
Post.
Review post.
See the previously obscured but now hideously obvious grammatical error.
5 Second analysis between "is it worth leaving up and bear the shame or just delete the feckin thing an go take a nap."

Number two prevails most often.

High striated cloud formation, soft blue sky, and the edge of a tree.

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

Predation, for which he has been adjudication and found guilty. Once a fiend crosses that boundary, they are devoid of ethical behavior.

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

I like Florence Welch's lyric "Cheerful Oblivion."

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

I taught ethics, opened the course with this: The state of Wisconsin has 12 billionaires. If we taxed those billionaires one time only at 50% two things would happen. 1. They all remain billionaires. 2. We could fund the school lunch programs for every Milwaukee Public School kid for *53,000* years.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 2d

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Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

Owe May Guard yesterday.

And the Oxford Comma, or, as I spelled it the first time...

...andxthecOxford commentm

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Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

And the Oxford Comma resolves all ambiguity.

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

That's a question to pose to your Tribal friends. I've visited friends on the rez in North-Central WI. Not a monolith, but a society of strong individuals literally weaving, dancing, gathering together.

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Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

I remember that part where Jesus and the Romans go out partying and fornicating and stashing cash in bags.

Yeah, me neither. Jesus, please save us all from Christians...

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

#Nuremberg

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

If Jesus loved them, He would have made them rich. [Written in Bitter Reality font].

Paul E Shinkle @paulshinkle.bsky.social · 1d

Gosh, I wish I lived in a civilized nation...

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