Terry Dyke

I liked Heather Cox Richardson calling Trump the first Confederate president. Echoes James Kunstler when he referred to Gingrich's 1994 "conservative revolution" as "completing the merger between the Republican Party and Old Dixie." So, the GOP's chronic gridlock? Call it "Dixie's revenge."

US political parties RIP.
You can't eat philosophy. Abstractions are distractions. This is always about the money -- those who have too much vs. those who don't. Those who don't should band together in the material world and ignore each other's pet abstractions, right?

Happy D-Day!

Don Donald and the Duke of Doge Divorce Drama.

Oh, delicious disarray of damned deserving dullards...

Oh, screw it -- popcorn for everbody! 🍿🍿🍿

You do know that urbanism is about reducing cars, right?

If you're not
changing it or leaving it,
you're accepting it.

#oligarchy
#shitshow

Carrément !

Program here in Aix for American scientists who feel their research is being stifled.
#science #repression

www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

Program here in Aix for American scientists who feel their research is being stifled.

www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

Good to know...

Fun fact: AIs passed the bar exam last year.

Exactly. Always thought that climate change will never be really addressed as long as capitalism is in power: as long as burning fossil fuel brings profit, the amount of CO2 emissions will continue to rise every year.

« Les Américains sont face à leur moment de choix. Comme à d'autres époques dans d'autres pays, chaque jour qu'on ne part pas, on a choisi de rester. La grande question est alors : qu'est-ce qu'on fait pour assurer que le choix n'était pas mauvais ? »
-- Un type sur Internet

#Oligarchie #LeCoup

"The Americans are facing their moment of choice. Just like in other times in other countries, every day you don't leave, you've chosen to stay. The big question then is What will you do to make sure your choice wasn't a bad one?"
-- Some dude on the internet

#Oligarchy #Feudalism

"Renewable energy" is a brand pushed by profit-seeking companies. They sell it as an alternative to fossil fuels.
They always show their progress as a _percentage_ of power generated.
They have to, since the _amount_ of power generated by fossil fuels keeps growing.
#energy #climate #capitalism

Means that the US creates all of its money out of thin air. In no real way do they "borrow." Spooky, but it's worked well since 1971 when Nixon ditched the gold standard. Check "The Deficit Myth" by Stephanie Kelton.
#MMT #MintTheCoin

"National debt" is basically a fairy tale meant to scare those who don't understand how US money works. It's an excuse to cut social programs to "pay for" wealth-class tax cuts. Not necessary, they're just mean.
#fiatcurrency #MMT #mintthecoin

Drei ecke land?

I signed up for a new pharmaceutical study.
They're testing a new placebo.

#badumpbump

Relax, Bloomberg -- it's you capitalist guys that brought things to this point, all in the name of profit, and you will safely be raking in even more until the planet reaches a point where there won't be anything to spend your money on.

Hey, here's one: you and I are millionaires, on average.

Total US household wealth (2022):
$156.2 trillion.

Divide that by
131.33 million US households, and it equals:

$1,189,370 per household.

Every single household in the US, its fair share is over a million dollars.

#PoliticalEconony

Trillion-dollar coin - Wikipedia

Trillion dollar coin -- a way to counter threats by congressional Republicans refusing to raise the debt limit. Paul Krugman said, "Minting the coin would be economically harmless – and would head off government by blackmail."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillio...
#DeficitMyth #MMT #MintTheCoin

400 million guns in the place and none of 'em put to good use.

J'ai hâte de voir comment ce fiasco va se terminer. Quelle blague, ce cloun ! Il faut en fait le mettre lui-même à parquet à la CPI.

Donald Trump signe un décret prévoyant des sanctions contre la Cour pénale internationale Le texte interdit l’entrée aux Etats-Unis aux dirigeants, employés et agents de la CPI et à leurs proches, et prévoit de geler tous les avoirs détenus dans le pays par ces mêmes personnes.

Donald Trump signe un décret prévoyant des sanctions contre la Cour pénale internationale

"National debt" is a fairy tale meant to scare those who don't understand how US money works. It's an excuse to cut social programs to pay for wealth-class tax cuts. Fact is, the US could have zero tax on the rich and still have strong social programs. Look it up.
#fiatcurrency #MMT #mintthecoin

"National debt" is a fairy tale meant to scare those who don't understand how US money works. It's an excuse to cut social programs to "pay for" wealth class tax cuts. Fact is, the US could have zero tax on the rich and still have strong social programs. Look it up.
#fiatcurrency #politicaleconomy

So let's see if we've got this straight. He's the richest man on Earth, he can literally do whatever he wants, and nobody has the power to stop him. Any ideas?

what Musk is doing is as close to the government being taken over by a hostile foreign power in our lifetimes, the coverage should reflect that

J'ai déménagé en France il y a presque deux ans. My advice to any American who can afford it is to leave the US asap. The "hunker down for four years" strategy is wishful thinking. This is Germany 1935. These guys are serious. If you stay, treat it a choice to be part of the resistance.

Good question. My advice to any American able to leave is to get out of the US while you can. Staying is a choice, and choices have consequences. These guys are serious. Think Germany 1935.