If MTG actually follows through before she leaves I’ll um….oh hell I feel conflicted but giver her a statue or something because that would be a heroic act.

I still don’t believe and would never vote for her.

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Absolute corruption.

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"Well, yes, Mamdani and I have our differences. He's a socialist, they say he's a socialist, and I guess he says so too. A democratic socialist, but a socialist. Meanwhile, I'm busy seizing the means of production, forcing a cultural revolution, cracking down on the intelligentsia ...."

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

SCOTUS shouldn’t be either. Fix that and you may fix the other.

The Presidency was never intended to be a safe haven for criminals.

“ICE is just targeting brown people who have an accent, snatching people out of their cars”

Racial profiling is all they do

Is it okay to hate you right now for…reasons? 😬

That would make you part of the club for the overwhelming number of us here in BlueSky.

I worked with an Aussie once who tried to explain cricket to me.

We weren’t friends after that 😝

Also I am a huge fan of that version. Of BG

On my cynical days I tend to believe it is.

If I were young I’d certainly figure out how to thrive in the brave new world.

As an old man mostly I just try and say “Hey, you should probably study that more and make sure you understand the long term side effects before releasing it into the wild.”

She is being pushed out. She broke cult rules. The reason she gets to be around long enough to get the payout is they don’t want the optics problem she would cause if it was instant.

would really love it if our elected officials had to publicly define socialism and then explain why they voted against it

Trump’s so-called "peace plan" is a blueprint for Russian victory. Forcing Ukraine to surrender any territory under threat is not diplomacy—it’s appeasement that guarantees future conflict. We must not reward Putin’s aggression with Ukrainian land.

I should have read less William Gibson and Neal Stephenson prior to AI. Maybe I’d be less worried.

I wrote a thing on this topic: braincrafted.org
Maybe you'll find it of interest.

Oh thank you I will read it. Sounds like it’s up my alley. I’m not really a Luddite about it. I’m a skeptic about our will or ability to establish and maintain thoughtful and well designed guardrails. We are treating the education system as a testing incubator and rushing it is my worry. 👍🏼👍🏼

That pic feels like a tattoo that you think will be forever meaningful at 18 but at 60 is just a wrinkly misspelled blur smear.

The greatest trick the devil ever played was getting elected President…twice

But Freedom! (Maybe we should consider the application of that word and how to apply it more thoughtfully than just hedonistic anarchy)

Turning America into a giant casino is probably not a good idea when the man running it bankrupted multiple casinos.

It is for two kinds of people.

Those who own the house and make the money off suckers

Those who can’t do math

Americans need for an instant rush of dopamine and the illusion that they are just a bet away from being one of the rich people has effectively lobotomized our country.

Sports gambling is not just corrupting our trust in sports, but America.

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