What is this fresh hell...
Universal basic credit?
Followed by... Universal basic Debt
And then what... universal indentured service?
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Citizen, moving along...
What is this fresh hell...
Universal basic credit?
Followed by... Universal basic Debt
And then what... universal indentured service?
CBS NEWS headline: Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
CNN headline: Stranded and injured, he drank his own urine to survive in the wild. Here's how an American hiker made it home
The difference between the French and Americans in two headlines. π
Sorry @alecluhn.bsky.social
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
31.10.2025 08:19 β π 14841 π 6068 π¬ 641 π 1081ha ha ha.... ha... hrah... <sniff> wimper
[checks bank account history]
That's not funny.
[wipes tears]
sobbing
[wanting] oh, I see.
28.10.2025 01:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This will only result in the very best good things for humanity.
27.10.2025 18:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm guessing here, but I suspect it came about because Microsoft released a trailer this week for the reboot of the original Halo. My 15yr old told me about it, so 12yr old administration theory holds up well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMGJ...
27.10.2025 18:27 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Just re-upping this one for no congressional reasons.
27.10.2025 13:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is one of the most important threads Iβve seen in a long time. Itβs almost a syllabus for a class that should be required for graduation at any university. I canβt tell you how blind most CEO/CTOs are to how far removed from the infrastructure they designed/bought and ran just 15 years ago.
27.10.2025 11:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0[frontline narrator] his poll numbers were the worst theyβd ever been, and worse than any presidentβs since polling began.
27.10.2025 11:31 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Ellis Marsalis is on my list
27.10.2025 11:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm donating to my local food bank. They're very efficient with $0.98 of all donations go to providing food services.
24.10.2025 21:03 β π 35 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0Does congress have any oversight authority over privately funded military actions. More importantly, how long will the courts take to resolve this type of question if it comes about from accusations of criminal activity or violence?
24.10.2025 21:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Picture of Disney+ on a TV with rocky horror picture show featured across the top 2/3 of the screen
I cancelled our Disney+ subscription, but we have it for a while longer. I was pleasantly surprised to see this when I launched it tonight. Oh, hello Tim. π (forgot picture before π
23.10.2025 02:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exposure to sugar early in life: a natural experiment among >63,000 @uk_biobank participants: rationing of sugar was associated with less cardiovascular risk in adulthood www.bmj.com/content/391/...
23.10.2025 00:44 β π 192 π 52 π¬ 1 π 3Does Charity work in private banking at Deutsche Bank?
22.10.2025 14:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Why on earth do people think they will ever fund the government again? This is a serious question. What specific part of their stated political agenda includes keeping the existing government functions operating. OTOH, how much of Project 2025 blueprint was about eliminating gov't and oversight?
21.10.2025 22:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Anyone else suspect we demolished part of the WH, to build a ballroom, because the Demander in Chief is happiest in a tacky Florida ballroom listening to wedding DJ's while having people kiss his ass and offer him bribes in person? Grift themed nightclub.
21.10.2025 22:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Curious how many homes are cabins, second, third properties, rental properties.
21.10.2025 21:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0But not necessarily in that order
21.10.2025 14:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He means enough income to get high. Once. Although to be fair, his idea of the cost to get high may actually be a higher than the median US income.
21.10.2025 04:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exactly! A scheme my dad would love βI cut you chooseβ π
20.10.2025 16:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0There was an excellent districting scheme developed a few years ago that solves most gerrymandering problems. The minority party draws 2x the districts needed, and the majority party can combine any 2 adjacent districts to form the final map. There are some other rules but itβs pretty solid and fair
20.10.2025 16:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Great! Iβll drop it off for you after I pick up my ladder.
20.10.2025 14:01 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
19.10.2025 01:24 β π 8249 π 4607 π¬ 391 π 1115Literally all Iβm saying is that if you admit we are in a cesspool of disinformation/misinformation and propaganda, then you should be willing to admit that there are people who are being impacted by it and maybe the problems we have go beyond βpersonal responsibilityβ for info consumption
17.10.2025 00:36 β π 415 π 59 π¬ 4 π 6This effectively guarantees Iβll be at the next one as well.
20.10.2025 02:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Minneapolis startribune Sunday paper State/Reigion section covered the protests .
The state/region section covered the #NoKings protests, but the story missed the key point that the number of meaningful turnout events across not just major cities, but at the neighborhood level as well happened across the nation.
19.10.2025 17:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Front page of Minnesota startribune Sunday paper for Oct 19 2025 with top two stories about e-bike crash dangers and water quality restoration in a MN lake. There is a small story in the bottom right corner below-the-fold on the growing impact of the shutdown.
Todayβs front page is why I just canceled my subscription to the @startribune.bsky.social
I drove past a quarter mile of 3 deep protesters along both sides of a road in my own neighborhood to get to one of the biggest rallies in Minneapols in recent years. Here is the Sunday paper: