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Coding is not a crime

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@tomjennings @pluralistic @jef
'54 Chevy?

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Gaza water shortages: Israeli forces destroy all water wells in North Gaza - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALG-rlI4lM

People drinking from puddles.... :-/

Further evidence of genocidal intent, if any was needed anymore.


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@Miro_Collas @palestine
If there's a way for Zionists, Israelis, to demonstrate what a hateful people and nation they represent (not religion), they use it.
This must exist?

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Trump floated eliminating the federal income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports.

This would lead to huge price hikes, which would hurt everyone but the wealthy.

Think the cost of living is high now? Just wait and see what happens if Trump gets another term.

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A disguised national sales tax (VAT)?
Hey! NYC almost put in a fee charge for working class access to the congested value of lower Manhattan.

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Is Trumpism Fascism? | The Coffee Klatch, June 8, 2024 https://robertreich.substack.com/p/is-trumpism-fascism-the-coffee-klatch?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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@rbreich
Are you looking at the mountains of money that's being spent to counter progressives in support of wealth and corporate control?
Isn't that fascism? It's certainly the Dem party. Block third party efforts.

Sorry but we've got Trump bc we're told how great Obamadoncare, etc. is. What's putting mega-corps betw people and the care they need?
The 'lesser evil' isn't that lesser or less fascist.

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A tale of two consumers https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-consumers?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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Clarence Thomas hearing Trump's immunity case, when his wife Ginni was directly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, tells you everything you need to know about the Supreme Court's new code of "ethics."

It's a sham.

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@rbreich
This is an openly and proudly corrupt court. It's not just Thomas. Reminiscent of Scalia's chin swipe.

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Reminder: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

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@rbreich
We don't even have the great Black hope, 'change you can believe in' guy. Just his flunky chosen to prove that 'nothing will fundamentally change.'

What's after Biden?
The long game.

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How (and why) I post every day https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-and-why-i-post-so-much?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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@rbreich
I wish there were more people with stature such as yours.

Thanks.

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From the archives: The rules of barrel racing, the only female-dominated rodeo sport, are simple. It’s the execution that’s hard. https://www.texasobserver.org/on-a-dime/

#photography #sports #women #horses #culture #Texas @photography

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The description of quarter horses abilities reminded me of Jesse Owens, who raced against horses, and won, over 200 meters. But he wouldn't race against quarter horses.

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Wall Street has consolidated into 5 giant banks.

Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

Four giants control over 80% of meat processing.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

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@rbreich
And how does this relate to political contributions and funding?

And that's not even the whole of it. Vacations and symposiums for legal power people, etc.

Who is there with any power to challenge this?

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Four years ago, Trump continued his dereliction of duty in the face of national crisis, telling governors they were on their own in the fight against Covid. “Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment – try getting it yourselves,” he told them.

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@rbreich
As shipments were mysteriously lost.

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Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The Cory Doctorow Humble Bundle; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/03/humbly-bundled/

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Though I've already got most of these I did the order bc you and HB are more than books.

I did notice a slight error in the download. I did the bulk choice and found 17 books. Not the 18.

Party Discipline was missing. Downloaded individually.

I repeated the bulk DL as a test and only 15 files downloaded. Maybe a quirk with my setup but people should check.

I didn't see an easy way to inform Humble Bundle.

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Sheesh
Ok

fair that many/most may have no idea what I'm talking about.

@pluralistic Doctorow's Marty Hench is a forensic accountant. Finds the stolen money and helps bring the bad guyz to heel

Johnny Dollar was an insurance fraud investgator, Finds the stolen money and helps bring the bad guyz to heel

Marty's take is 25% of recovery
Johnny's was 10% of recovery + expenses.

(time changes things)

If you don't know it, check it out:

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_YoursTrulyJohnnyDollar_Singles

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Reading The Bezzle I was reminded of David Dayen's books on the regular big money ripoffs that happen in America and the personal real people that get hurt.

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