@djharvey81.bsky.social
Just a guy using Bluesky to follow interesting and informed people on a wide range of topics.
I am not Richard Nixon.
I am not Richard Nixon.
They want us poor, uneducated, and desperate. It makes us easier to control.
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
They want us poor, uneducated, and desperate. It makes us easier to control.
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It tried to write about that censorship, insofar as I could, here.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech
And how we get it back.
www.thenation.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It tried to write about that censorship, insofar as I could, here.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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That reminded me instantly of how Massachusetts taxed the rich, and it is working pretty damn well so far.
finance.yahoo.com/news/massach...
finance.yahoo.com/news/massach...
Massachusetts Collected $2 Billion More In Tax Revenue Than Expected. The Millionaires Tax Is Paying Off Big
Massachusetts pulled in $2 billion more in tax revenue than expected this fiscal year, and officials say the state’s new 4% surtax on high earners is the reason. A Big Win For Education And Transit Th...
finance.yahoo.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
That reminded me instantly of how Massachusetts taxed the rich, and it is working pretty damn well so far.
finance.yahoo.com/news/massach...
finance.yahoo.com/news/massach...
Too late. I'm eating all the fatty cheese.
December 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Too late. I'm eating all the fatty cheese.
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And before someone says "well YOU don't seem capable of respecting THEM"
Congratulations, thank you for reinventing the paradox of tolerance, I do not in fact respect people who hate when other people just live their lives.
Congratulations, thank you for reinventing the paradox of tolerance, I do not in fact respect people who hate when other people just live their lives.
December 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
And before someone says "well YOU don't seem capable of respecting THEM"
Congratulations, thank you for reinventing the paradox of tolerance, I do not in fact respect people who hate when other people just live their lives.
Congratulations, thank you for reinventing the paradox of tolerance, I do not in fact respect people who hate when other people just live their lives.
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The issue isn't "are we capable of talking to each other."
It's "are we capable of respecting each other."
It's "are we capable of respecting each other."
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The issue isn't "are we capable of talking to each other."
It's "are we capable of respecting each other."
It's "are we capable of respecting each other."
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Someone's religious faith may genuinely make them happy and fulfilled, and I love that for them.
Someone's atheism may genuinely make them happy and fulfilled, and I love that for them.
Bad shit happens when one of those people decide the other person is wrong and needs to be talked at.
Someone's atheism may genuinely make them happy and fulfilled, and I love that for them.
Bad shit happens when one of those people decide the other person is wrong and needs to be talked at.
December 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Someone's religious faith may genuinely make them happy and fulfilled, and I love that for them.
Someone's atheism may genuinely make them happy and fulfilled, and I love that for them.
Bad shit happens when one of those people decide the other person is wrong and needs to be talked at.
Someone's atheism may genuinely make them happy and fulfilled, and I love that for them.
Bad shit happens when one of those people decide the other person is wrong and needs to be talked at.
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Brooks should be driven out of public life. The fact that he knew there were photographs of himself with Epstein and he didn't disclose that while also telling people that they should move on is just straight up unethical.
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Brooks should be driven out of public life. The fact that he knew there were photographs of himself with Epstein and he didn't disclose that while also telling people that they should move on is just straight up unethical.