Paul Wermer

If we look at 20th-century China and Germany as examples, it actually takes a few decades to recover from the type of self-harm that the US is currently inflicting on itself.

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’ Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost

"That’s why it can’t just be up to individuals to make environmentally (and health) conscious choices, experts say. Instead, large food corporations need to be held responsible for the burden they place on society..."

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More ballerina urbanism, please!
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

There was a point in time when we had Immigration & Customs Enforcement conducting law enforcement activity. Unfortunately they devolved to the #ICEtapo under the current #RacistRegime

If the Trump regime was only screwing allies across the world to benefit the people of the United States, that would be selfish, short-sighted, and self-defeating, but at least they could argue they ran on “America First.”

But they’re screwing US citizens too. Badly.

Except themselves of course.

Bill Burr calls critics of Riyadh comedy festival ‘sanctimonious’ and ‘phony’ Comedian defends appearance at controversial comedy festival, saying: ‘It felt right afterward. I vibed with them’

"And I will tell you, the Cheesecake Factory in Riyadh, it’s incredible. It’s right next to Pizza Hut and KFC, and if you want a pair of Timberlands, it’s across the street next to the Marriott, catty-corner to the fucking Hilton.”

Unfortunately, not a joke line.
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Massive Mission District affordable housing plan slashed, dropping from 465 to 100 units The Potrero Yard Modernization Project cannot secure the funding for an ambitious bus yard and housing plan seven years in the works.

"Just can't find the money"

Our mayor is a billionaire. We have the third most billionaires living here of any city in the world. We can't accept these excuses.

Nicely done

But the folks who buy mansions will be able to buy bigger mansions with all tax cuts available because of all the money the #GOP saves by cutting this sort of funding.

Homeless Population by State 2025 Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.

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California braces for ‘devastating’ expected cuts to federal homeless housing funds Thousands of Californians could return to homelessness as the feds reportedly plan to disinvest from permanent housing.

And this is NOT UNIQUE to California- these cuts will hurt every state,be they red, purple or blue.

And they will hurt in many ways - because homeless people cost cities & state more than the same people in state/city funded permanent housing.

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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Local return-to-office policies are helping to fuel the resurgence, said luxury real estate agent Alexander Fromm Lurie, who is the brother of San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie. The city’s existing “mansion shortage,” coupled with “a massive influx of buyers who want to be back in the city,” is making it difficult for even his wealthiest clients to find quality housing, according to Lurie.

If it seems like our mayor only cares about fellow rich people, it might have something to do with his brother being a luxury real estate agent who thinks SF has a "mansion shortage"

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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

Markets and solutions: Markets exist to make profits, not to solve problems

Didn't the #GreatFriedman and his economist acolytes tell us that if a company made a profit, it proved they were doing the right thing?

Climate Destruction is profitable.

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Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

Why does "It became necessary to destroy the town to save it." come to mind?

Is driving youth to suicide ad self harm really "saving" them? Is that why they lie about the research - to "save" them?

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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

Kristi Noem calls Chicago a ‘war zone’ after federal agents shoot woman Homeland security secretary takes aim at city’s mayor who has called deployment of national guard ‘unhinged’

"“It’s wrong, there should be consequences for that and for leaders that stand up and knowingly lie about the situation on the ground,” Noem said."

So Noem knows she should face consequences for her lies and abuses as she perpetrates this violence on Chicago.

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Someday. Soon.

The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens.

Few understand this.

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

Attn Black people, stop scrolling.

This is not a drill: Chicago

History repeats.

All uses of it? (Common usage vs the use for an argument founded on an unproven premise)

Don't forget the 18' wide lots.

I think it's more than that - it's that they all are lying to the public, knowing that the media will not call them out in the headlines (who reads past the first 3 paragraphs?)

And confident that they can do what they want, which is to gut government, while lying. Cf DJT & Project 2025 comments

Yes and ?