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Parliamentary America The Least Radical Means of Radically Repairing Our Broken Democracy

Maxwell Stearns lays out the amendments necessary for this to happen in www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/....

01.03.2026 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here too!

01.03.2026 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

28.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 18096    πŸ” 7734    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 113

If you get stock options, the difference between grant price and executed price is treated as wages. It will appear on W2 as well.

You need a lot of shares and a big jump in price, and a bit of bad luck to not execute earlier.

28.02.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Be careful of internet scams that will provide you a certified copy of your records.

I recently needed a new copy, and the first website wanted more than $200. Do not use these services!

Go straight to the state archives. There should be a small fee and mail services. Mine cost less than $25.

27.02.2026 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic CEO refuses Pentagon demands to remove safeguards on military AI Dario Amodei penned a public letter explaining the danger of the Defense Department's request to remove certain constraints from Claude, and refusing them outright.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei penned a public letter explaining the danger of the Defense Department's request to remove certain constraints from Claude, and refusing them outright.

27.02.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

tl;dr
No mass domestic surveillance.
No fully autonomous weapons.

Good stance for Anthropic.

27.02.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Strongly recommend this excellent piece. It actually understates the US failure: Brazil and S. Korea aren’t outliers. Quite the opposite. Since 2010, 31 democracies have convicted or banned leaders from office. Accountability is the democratic norm. America is the sole outlier.

27.02.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 659    πŸ” 272    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

Shame on you. No, it's not a surprise.

But that's because being a former heroine addict is not RFK JR's defining trait, nor is it anyone else's.

His well-known anti-science, anti-vaccine idiocy, and brain worms are the main issues.

27.02.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And they've boxed Mark Cuban and his friends out from saying no more Lina Kahns like he did during the Harris campaign. The masses will be hungry for antitrust enforcement, nay I say, antitrust vengeance.

27.02.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 280    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not going to say I am a one-issue voter, because I am not.

But, whichever Democrat or Democrats run on a promise to break up corporate media without mercy.... those are the candidates who get my immediate support. And yeah, if they want to make it part of overall aggressive trust busting, ok!

26.02.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1120    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 13
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

26.02.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 38744    πŸ” 16454    πŸ’¬ 1828    πŸ“Œ 1082
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Florida may change ID accepted at polling places, making it harder for students and seniors to vote Part of a proposed Florida elections law would change the kind of identification state voters can present at polls. Student and retirement center IDs would no longer be allowed. Concealed weapons p…

Under the new proposal, concealed weapons permits would be a valid form of voter ID. Student IDs would not. It couldn't be more obvious that they're trying to suppress the vote.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/25/f...

25.02.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Fair, but that doesn't excuse really poor phrasing and pitching what you really want.

25.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But that slogan is too easily spun into "you support lawlessness." You favor gangs.

Demilitarize police

Reinvent policing

Almost anything is better than using the framing that failed.

25.02.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

If the Dems had better messaging and media control, the energy for that should have morphed into "reimagine policing."

Almost anything would have been better than letting that slogan take hold and be weaponized against the true goals.

25.02.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

What? If obtaining vital records is funded by a different revenue bucket, then it can be a free transaction.

And tax corporations for this service as part of their new minimum tax requirements.

25.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hockey white chud, not basketball.

25.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Steve Nash bc ya'know, Canadian.

25.02.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"We're going to do to ICE what they did to USAID" isn't a bad slogan

25.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 293    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

uuhhhhhhh not good

*FOUR US SPEEDBOAT PASSENGERS SHOT DEAD BY CUBAN COAST GUARD:AFP

25.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1559    πŸ” 374    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 226

VOTERS

24.02.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Jersey Shifts World Cup Strategy: $5M Grant Program Replaces Liberty State Park Fan Fest New Jersey Shifts World Cup Strategy: $5M Grant Program Replaces Liberty State Park Fan Fest the staff of the Ridgewood blog

theridgewoodblog.net/new-jersey-s...

24.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I read Meadowlands canceled theirs over clashes with FIFA on who would pay for the "free" zones.

24.02.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former ICE agent: My first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a warrant. I watched ICE cut classes that teach our legal system, firearms training, use of force, lawful arrests, and the limits of officers' authority

23.02.2026 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4505    πŸ” 2196    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 245

I would add Fall from Heaven, and Fall Farther from Civilization IV.

These mods reworked the whole game into vampires, werewolves and a completely new world based on a long standing D&D campaign of the main author.

21.02.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A son of sharecroppers, a Freedom Rider, a moral force in Congress, John Lewis taught us that democracy is not a state, it is an act. When we see injustice, we do not look away. We get in good trouble. And we build bridges despite adversity. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Congressman.

21.02.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 11491    πŸ” 2872    πŸ’¬ 224    πŸ“Œ 169

Boycott the World Cup!

21.02.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Metadata Exposes Authors of ICE’s β€˜Mega’ Detention Center Plans Comments and other data left on a PDF detailing Homeland Security’s proposal to build β€œmega” detention and processing centers reveal the personnel involved in its creation.

just your average dude going to his normal job spending the day BUILDING CONCENTRATION CAMPS. Fuck Jonathan Florentino may he never have a peaceful the rest of his life. Put his name on the Nurmeberg II, Electric Boogaloo files.

www.wired.com/story/metada...

21.02.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The only good Nate is in Ted Lasso.

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