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Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 15h

You might like the book "A Well Trained Wife" by Tia Levings.

Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 16h

The least socialized third of teen and barely adult boys sound exactly like this administration.

Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 17h

Crone power!

Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 17h

Is that fake face deepfake Lauren Bis on Newsmax!? They want to make it look like more than a two highly paid off women are into their nasty lies. Nothing only [...] like is cool.

Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 17h

Yep, block chronic liars. This US budget deletes core protections under the affordable care act...that's unacceptable and would result in 50,000+ deaths...and that's not counting the endless cost of people delaying/avoiding healthcare for conditions that western medicine can handle.

Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 17h

They're low on funds for their gadget-gambling problem, so they're trying to brainwash us to think AI has broad implications so they can addict kids and literally anyone at any cost...for profit and nonconsensual power.

Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 17h

Remember how electric cars had US money dumped into them and then were painted with fantasy lies about underground tunnels, actually autonomous vehicles, space flight etc...then they ended up being overpriced property-damaging flops owned by a lover of mustache man? See next: AI grift bubble.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 4d

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 4d

Appreciating the literalness of "whistle blower" going on. It feels like the tiny bit of glee and awe of walking barefoot outside or singing in a choir or something.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

thinkbigpicture.substack.com

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Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 4d

Makes me think of a partially deflated hot air balloon.

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Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 4d

Cheering you on either way, whatever you need! But hoping you hang in there!

Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 4d

It literally says any kinds have some sort of issue in some cases.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 4d

Right? It’s like the old Kevin Drum piece’s weird, afterlife coda.

America's Real Criminal Element Is Lead

The hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and the maybe even the ADHD epidemic.

www.motherjones.com

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Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 4d

Speaking of, I think leaded gasoline partially lead us here. We've mad hatter'd ourselves. We can cope...Also, we can prevent this... Too many kids (and gymbro) are still exposed to lead. (Also, while we're at it, maybe also the childhood "inappropriate amount of screen time" wave of dysfunction.)

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Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 4d

Life is a comedy.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 5d

ALSO, if you choose your collaborators well, you won't have to read every single paper. You can delegate sections or topics according to the team's respective expertise and the work goes that much faster.

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 5d

People who say "you can't possibly read everything you cite" are saying a lot about themselves, IMO.

It doesn't have to be a heavy lift. I spend about half an hour a day processing new-to-me papers by organizing them in my reference managers & adding topical tags so I can create bibliographies.

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Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 5d

Thank goodness. It's so convincing. Horror sausages seems exactly on brand.

Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 5d

If anyone feels tempted to blame some neighbor, from a foreign land or domestic, for your own financial struggles... Some of these 400 richest people and their bootlickers got some dude to remove the people who audit their taxes... They want us wrestling over crumbs for their "Hunger Games."

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 6d

I don't think it has to be every person. Whatever to wake up the rest of the upper-middle class (and up) into action. Authoritarian meddling WILL likely reach their daily life in an unpredictable/devastating way. Not only them, but generations. They already have resources; they need a human story.

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Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 8d

Every accusation is a confession.

Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 10d

Was this before or after air traffic controller distress and taking the chain saw to NOAA and the NWS...

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Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 10d

Yes, monopolies are not lawful. There was a funding program that helped local producers provide for nearby schools (but alas, was deleted by this admin).

Cirrus @sarahdptearth.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks y'all. Fantastic story, no notes.

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