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But isn't the whole reason that people care about "the border" (rumor has it the US has two) is because racist demagogues hyperventilated about it for decades?

"just b security" 😡 'job security' phone spell checker! JOB.
Argh.

If only those people would just disappear, everything would go back to being good again.

The answer cannot be, "change the system". It has to be, "change the competition".

Because the system perfectly rewards the individuals that stand on top of it. They deserve it. They deserve it all.

Or you can direct your anger at others. You can get mad at liberals, nonconformists, foreigners, enemies.

The reason for your crappy job with crappy wages, crappy hours, crappy benefits, and crappy just b security is because the libs let foreigners in. Low wage competition drove down your wages.

YouTube video by The RSA RSA ANIMATE: Smile or Die

But being blind to fault doesn't change your circumstances due to fault.
So if you cannot criticize the systems at fault, you can either direct your anger at yourself, and this was what Barbara Ehrenreich describes in her Smile or Die video:
youtu.be/u5um8QWWRvo

The reason people care about the border is because they can't blame free market capitalism for their problems.
God, Flag, and Free Market Capitalism are the holy political trinity in America.
You can't find fault within these blessed systems of the United States.

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If you've ever watched Soul Eater, he's like the IRL version of Excalibur.
Honto ni dasai.

The Making of Musk: Understood | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen Understood takes you deep inside the seismic shifts reshaping our world right now. From online porn and crypto chaos to the rise of tech oligarchs, deepfake AI, and the broken promises of the internet...

Cbc did a 4 part podcast into why Elon is such an edgy twerp.
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
He'd probably hate it if you listened about his experiences playing old BBS games as "Elon the Stupendously Mighty".

Optimist Economy At Optimist Economy, we believe the U.S. economy can be better, and we talk about how to get there, one problem and solution at a time. A weekly podcast featuring economist Kathryn Anne Edwards, a.k.a...

@kedseconomist.com has the Optimist Economy:
youtube.com/@optimist_ec...
It's a bit of a cross between Thelma & Louise and John Kenneth Galbraith.

When did Scientific American start feeling like an oxymoron?

“Stop asking candidates if they “believe in” climate change and start asking if they understand it. It’s science, not Santa Claus.”

Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Yeah, but doing that wouldn't be funny.

Two Visions of Government Power: What the White House Gets Wrong—and What Roosevelt’s Research Offers An analysis of the White House’s economic populism, contrasting its policies with Roosevelt’s structural approach to affordability, power, and market reform.

Asking families to gamble with their life savings or take on decades of debt is cruelty, not a serious policy prescription.

Structural reform to lower costs permanently requires mass investment in affordable housing, zoning reform to increase supply, and rules to curb corporate rent extraction.

Graphic titled “Housing Affordability” split into two panels. On the left, under “White House,” an illustration of a large money bag with a dollar bill and the caption: “50-year mortgages and draining 401(k)s with the rest of the system intact.” On the right, under “Roosevelt’s Research,” dollar signs point toward a group of houses with the caption: “Direct public investment to build affordable housing and rules to curb speculative rent extraction.” At the bottom, text reads: “Americans don’t need more debt-heavy fixes. They need real relief through public investment that boosts supply, zoning reform, and corporate accountability.”

First up: housing ⬇️🏘️

Housing costs are one of the main drivers of the affordability crisis, but the president has said he wants “to drive housing prices up.”

It makes sense then why his only fixes are 50-year mortgages and raiding 401(k)s.

These “solutions” will only saddle families with debt.

See? I'm working on it.

Critic!
(How's that for pithy?)

Thanks, CNN!

But seriously, folks, the real story is that this administration first swore this was an attack from a Mexican cartel. They will say literally anything and aren't experiencing consequences dire enough to make them stop.

Yeah, you can label someone a 'bad faith, hollow, right wing, crime enabling, autocratic, ninny' without being gender specific.
The trick is squeezing all that into a nice little gif.

YouTube video by Hank Green Coal is Extremely Dumb

Required @hankgreen.bsky.social viewing:
youtu.be/IfvBx4D0Cms

And speaking of our elites:
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The opinion side was really bad under Fred Hiatt's reign as well, often showcasing opinions that were contradicted by the actual reporters.
In this case, the actual reporters are still doing their jobs:
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But the opinions? Yeeesh.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

What the absolute fuck?

Here's Exhibit B:
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Don't do this.

But this seems a bit of a trend.
Here's Exhibit A, the OG:
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I respected this fellow's coverage from back in the day when he was reporting on Bush II legal shenanigans for Harpers Magazine...

Speaking of those natural systems:
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"... If the world is doing quite well by 2050 and we've solved you know the UN development challenge goals and you know everyone has access to basic necessities and there's resources to invest in adaptive capacity a 2°C world is still bad but it's one that we can better navigate."

🙄 click the link with the timestamp, not the thumbnail.
"... and you know weak institutions and weak states and regional conflicts like you put rapid climate change on top of that world and you might have nations collapse or other really bad things happen, massive famines..."

YouTube video by Simon Clark We don’t know how much warming is coming. Here’s why.

As @hausfath.bsky.social put it:
youtu.be/FZY6-svU9z0?...

"Another is how well we, as a society, deal with all of our other problems which are exacerbated by warming, right? You know, if we're in a world of high inequality and abject poverty in many parts of the world..."

But in a world in which we retain GHG emissions, we're arguing about the duration of the trip, not the destination.
We're still heading to 3°C, whether it takes to 2050 or 2100, unless we turn the knob we control, the political economy around fossil fuels.
It's a matter of time.