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Brooklyn. Leftist. Stoner. Musician/creative. Humanity is worth saving. Medium: https://medium.com/@refreshingtime MAGAs, alt righters, bigots and grifters are all blocked on sight

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · Jul 12

friedrich engels on “social murder” in his book condition of the working class (1845)

When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another such that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call his deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as much a death by violence as that by the sword or bullet; when it deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions in which they cannot live— forces them, through the strong arm of the law, to remain in such conditions until that death ensues which is the inevitable consequence— knows that these thousands of victims must perish, and yet permits these conditions to remain, its deed is murder just as surely as the deed of the single individual; disguised, malicious murder, murder against which (cont.)

none can defend himself, which does not seem what it is, because no man sees the murderer, because the death of the victim seems a natural one, since the offence is more one of omission than of commission. But murder it remains. I have now to prove that society in England daily and hourly commits what the working-men’s organs, with perfect correctness, characterise as social murder, that it has placed the workers under conditions in which they can neither retain health nor live long; that it undermines the vital force of these workers gradually, little by little, and so hurries them to the grave before their time. I have further to prove that society knows how injurious such conditions are to the health and the life of the workers, and yet does nothing to improve these conditions. That it knows the consequences of its deeds; that its act is, therefore, not mere manslaughter, but murder, I shall have proved, when I cite official documents, reports of Parliament and of the Government, in substantiation of my charge.

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 13m

they should bail everyone out after the crash with crypto bro money. haha this is quite possibly an actual plan they have

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 56m

russia won germany by sending in troops. japan was nuked so you are suggesting israel should have nuked gaza instead, which is not advisable for a large list of reasons

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 11h

in america, yes

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 11h

apparently like half of this site needs to read this

How methodological pitfalls have created widespread misunderstanding about long COVID

### Key messages High rates of long COVID or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) continue to be reported in academic journals and subsequently filtered to the public. For instance, the Centers for...

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 12h

THE JOKE HAS ONLY BEGUN

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 12h

good. yes. perfect

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 13h

“I know I make people feel uncomfortable! That’s my entire brand.”

Climate Defiance interrupting a Cuomo presser in the best possible way.

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 13h

and of course it's extremely difficult to quantify the scale of whatever is happening in the present. i definitely think marcotte's original point had none of this nuance and she's just carrying water though

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 13h

i think the answer with old conservatives vs new conservatives is in the middle of both arguments (not centrist). they were different in ways that are interesting given the historical context, but different is not better or worse. you can argue which were worse instead and it's hard to quantify imo

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Curb Your Malthusiasm 2.0 @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 13h

Bush-era young Republicans helped kill over 600,000 Iraqis

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15h

there are through lines, but if you can’t see meaningful distinctions between Bush-era conservative kids and the modern young anime Nazis I’m not sure you’re the savvy one

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meg bitchell @meganbitchell.bsky.social · 19h

Logging on here and immediately remembering friends from 2020 that I forgot about

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 16h

Joe Biden Has Died

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 16h

this hitler guy sounds like a real jerk

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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 17h

khan suffocated everyone on the bridge, then brought them in a room except for the captain who he threatened to suffocate if the rest dont join him, then got betrayed by goo goo lady. idk man i think you should have just killed all but one of them or something. bad plan

43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 17h

not that i buy that theyre all kids since a lot of them are grown conservative men. nevermind maybe a lot of them ARE kids

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