one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre. 🤣
UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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Here are some nice mushrooms
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So I’m assuming the name of Gavin Newsom’s podcast is “I Don’t Want To Be President”
Holy cow, 300,000 followers on Bluesky! This is amazing. Thank you for following me. I love each and every one of you. To celebrate 300K, I have donated to THREE organizations: , , and Al Otro Lado, all on the front lines of rights here in the US. Proud to be here with you. Onward!
My yoga teacher just recognized the light and love in my soul and then validated my parking
Can’t say I aint got heart,,, cuz I got KEVIN HART,!!
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They want to turn our social security fund into their exit liquidity. Instead of saving for the future they want us to gamble for it.
Guys who quote the S&P 500 instead of the Dow
Narwhals are difficult to study, partly because they live so far north in the remote Arctic. In today’s episode,  a  mysterious creature with a tooth longer than your body. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...
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You watch movies all the way through because you’re a coddled baby who needs the meaning of a story spoon fed to you. If you were comfortable with ambiguity you’d stop watching ten minutes before the end
No BAD BLOOD here on with SPACE RANGER. 👽🤠 That Space Ranger guy is pretty cool,,, yeah booyyyeee,!! My not so secret identity on show has been revealed,!! Catch the Masked Singer Wednesdays on FOX at 8/7c.
film still #60 My friend Jerry Stahl in character.
I hope everyone likes their egg prices high because the US has declared war on solving problems. www.rfdtv.com/ag-sec-brook...
I mean, if they've mortgaged themselves by borrowing against their paper wealth, and that paper wealth drops precipitously via boycotts such that they are underwater on their loans, then you can definitely hurt them. There's a reason why a certain fashy billionaire is panicking right about now.
Another thought about boycott is that a billionaire makes so much money off of the money they already have, that it's very hard to impact that. Sure, a boycott can cost them money, which they make back doing absolutely nothing.
Honestly this might be *the* question of our time. (great thread, btw)
The real question "Can we be bothered?"
One of the best and highest uses of a government is to provide goods that are uneconomical to be produced locally but have massive surplus if produced at all. Particularly notable examples include: * disease and weather forecasting * basic science, esp in energy/health * natural disaster insurance