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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 5h

Globally. That's what I said. "In the aggregate." These issues DON'T NEED TO COMPETE with each other. They are both problems in different ways. Give it a rest.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 6h

Read the article. Much more attention needs to be given to this issue. This is an example of what they need their AI data centers for.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 6h

In the aggregate they use more water, but site by site, no.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 6h

This is a completely separate argument than the one about data centers. Factory farms are cruel, but data centers use more natural resources, including rare earth minerals and much more water than a factory farm. They also create heat zones. We can recognize both these issues. They needn't compete.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 8h

The impact of agriculture and factory farms on climate change has been widely discussed for years but when you get right down to it I would rather feed people than feed big data. And water is only one of the many natural resources AI data centers use in large quantities.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 16h

Source for that stat? Doesn't sound right to me.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 16h

I have lived most of my life in the US without air conditioning, and I live in the northeast where summers are hot and humid. I have survived.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 17h

I wouldn't be surprised if these were true, but without a credible source this info carries no weight.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 22h

But everyone is so focused on the outrageous comment that got the dumbasses to cheer, that they don't care about how he is lying to justify this unnecessary war or care that people believe him. That is his sleight of hand.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 22h

He was trying to convince the dumbasses in the audience that Iran is a threat to the US & therefore we should be happy to pay more for gas. Iran is not a threat to the US. It has no nukes and no weapons delivery system to get even their ballistic missiles as far as the UK. Iran is a threat to Israel

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Look at the expression on his face in this picture. It basically says, "I'm playing you, you ignorant fools & I'm going to get you to cheer by saying I don't care about liberals in a blue state (he doesn't care about anyone)." Then the media will pick up on it which will keep them busy for the day.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Iran hasn't got a nuclear weapon & they dontt have a weapons delivery system that can get even their ballistic missiles across the ocean. Can we please start with that? He is playing to the crowd because they believe his lie that Iran is a legit threat & plays them further with the California remark

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This one is the worst. He gives that smug, fake smile and lies like he's been doing it since he came out of the crib. He enjoys it.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes. There needs to be more of this kind of thing.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Iran can't nuke California. The best they can accomplish anywhere in the US is isolated terrorist attacks--asymmetrical guerilla warfare, and even that is hard for them. He LIES ALL THE TIME. Iran's target is and always has been Israel. Let Israel take care of itself for a change.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Maybe because it helps your own ratings--I don't know. But if you've read the book Regime Change you know how he operates. He is intuitive but his messaging is very calculated, and that's how he has gotten this far.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you look at a range map for their ballistic missiles, it doesn't even reach the UK. But you fall for his purposefully provocative & outrageous statements while missing the real point--that he is lying to people who don't know any better. This is his sleight of hand & you fall for it every time.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The FIRST thing you must let people know if you are responsible reporters is that Iran CAN'T "take out" ANY city in the US because (1) They don't have a nuclear weapon and (2) They dont have a weapons delivery system that can reach the US. Even their ballistic missiles can't reach the US.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Maybe science can find a way for him to carry a baby to term so that he can get a better idea of how "abstract" it is.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Aside from the fact that if penguins were in Greenland they are almost the only ones who would welcome Trump, and only if he were bringing lots of fish.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Even if Iran had a nuclear weapon, which currently it does not, it has no weapons delivery system that can reach the United States. Not even for ballistic missiles. These people, quite literally, bank on citizen ignorance.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Doesn't that kind of depend upon what the "bad things" are?

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yes, and there are lots of other photos of him at this event.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's a complicated arrangement, but the retirement health benefits which include meds are lifelong. I pay the regular premium for those minus a credit for the Part B premium, with Medicare as my primary insurance for inpatient and outpatient

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The a-hole is trying to legislate language now. Common names for common things evolve from public discourse, not from a tyrant's mandate. Next he'll be signing an executive order stating we have to capitalize random words, the way that he does, or discard commas.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Five hundred dollars per month for healthcare is well beyond what I can afford, although I am aware that many people pay much more. I'm lucky to have retired from a state job that provides very good secondary benefits, including prescriptions.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Right, it can be more. I don't have Part D or the Supplemental, so I'm paying around $2500. I get Rx and secondary insurance from my retirement plan, and I live without vision and dental for now. $2500 plus is the minimum, just for Part B.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I dunno--i just googled them and there seems to be quite a bit of variation in how they appear.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Black leg suddenly has a white sock 10 seconds in. Sorry--AI.

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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Premiums are around $2,500 per year now. Doesn't even cover one month.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Appealing to seniors while at the same time making it more difficult for them to vote by messing with mail-in ballots. Just because around 30% of the country are suckers, he thinks we're all suckers.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

He's been looking at the polls again. (1) Why is the word checks capitalized & in quotation marks? (2) What are all the "wonderful seniors" going to do with "almost $100"? Buy four steaks & a pound of coffee (or 300 paper plates). (3) Does he know that Medicare premiums are around $2,500 a year now?

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes, and if found out the judge would have to dismiss the case and the entire law firm would be in trouble, its reputation destroyed at the least, in the US anyway.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The larger issue aside, fraternities & sororities are anachronistic relics, & fraternities in particular have hosted countless acts of depravity & violence. Reform them or get rid of them entirely. Between horrific hazing & gang rape incidents there's no reason for them to exist, but for entitlement

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The key plot point is highly improbable, but it is entertaining and, yes, trashy.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Singing in a group improves mental health and well-being, is pleasurable, joyful, and life-affirming. It used to be common for people to do it in church, within their families, and at parties, but somehow, now, there is stigma associated with singing if you haven't got a good voice. People judge.

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catlynwrites.bsky.social @catlynwrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If Trump is so opposed to Communism, then why did he give the red carpet treatment and a state dinner to the leader of the largest and longest lasting 100% Communist country in the world? I should think that person would be an enemy, not an ally. Can someone ask him this, maybe in an opposing ad?

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