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C.D. Thomas

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C.D. Thomas @cdthomas.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Damn.

The word “enfeebled”

C.D. Thomas @cdthomas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

C.D. Thomas @cdthomas.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

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The category under which Bluesky showed me Mr Scalzi’s picture: Dog Pics.

C.D. Thomas @cdthomas.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

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C.D. Thomas @cdthomas.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

This explains the feeling of loss better: eladnehorai.substack.com/p/the-deeper...

For a brief moment in American history, basic income was guaranteed for most Americans, they got to choose when and where they worked, and they were protected from losing their healthcare and other necessities if they lost their jobs. And then it was gone. But the illusion had been broken, and a sort of existential dread haunted them.

And when did it end? Under Biden. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. While it was the Republicans who worked hard to end the benefits, there was no loud fight, there was no call for these benefits to become a fixture of Americans’ lives. Biden returned to being a centrist who appealed to Republicans, and we were back to business as usual.

But people didn’t forget. The genie could no longer be put back in the bottle