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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Is there a clearer case of scientific denial than preaching a 6,000-year-old Earth with a 300-million-year-old one literally looming over the sanctuary? Pics of the old rocks because they're awesome.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

And at the same time, an Evangelical community convinced God created the Earth six millennia ago — a belief reinforced every Sunday as they sit in church overlooking Garden of the Gods.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The Florissant Fossil Beds contain fossilized redwoods from 34 million years ago, when the area was a temperate forest. Utterly astounding.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Visited the Starsmore Discovery Center yesterday for a hike with the fam. Great spot, with great info about the geological history of the area. The Fountain Formation is roughly 300 million years old.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The funny thing about Colorado Springs is the juxtaposition between some of the most amazing geology in the world and a sizable population of people who think the earth is 6,000 years old.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

open.substack.com/pub/wattmind... The Trump administration seems fundamentally incapable of understanding second order effects, let alone planning for such effects. This too, will ripple throughout global politics for years to come.

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An Update

Bummed out, then not.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

open.substack.com/pub/wattmind... On the state of the world...and a few moments of joy.

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An Update

Bummed out, then not.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The irony of using an algorithm to tell you to stop trusting algorithms isn’t lost on me. But we have to start somewhere. If you feel like you’re drowning, it’s not an accident. It’s a synthesis of biology & tech. Here is why we need to stop playing on Easy Mode wattmind.substack.com/p/democracy-...

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Democracy on Hard Mode

Choosing Friction in a Frictionless World

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Next level ass kissing. Give this man a prize for being the number 1 spineless coward.

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Dangerous incompetence. These guys need to be removed from office. Florida tourism is going to drop even more.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Someone hasn't read American Nations. Or, just has a basic understanding of American history. It's just naked racism and the fact that it has any sway in this country is a travesty.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2025

She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.

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After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras

A 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

We’re being governed by monsters. Just absolute monsters.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

If even one poor kid gets a free school meal, all the millionaires in NY will flock to the paradise known as Mississippi. These are just the facts!

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Bro took a day off? Alert the presses of wait, they did. Breaking news apparently.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Just a bunch of assholes that peaked in High School trying to be clever, and unfortunately with levels of power they should never have.

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

kristi noem as porta potties: thread

Green Porta Potties to match her wardrobe.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

That's just an amazing question to formulate in your mind. Definitely completely normal and not at all unhinged.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

A surprise to no one, but nice to hear it from the K head. Maybe it'll break through to some of the cultists.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Lots of discourse on "what's the deal with men?" Here's another perspective - progressives need to give men a righteous cause to fight for. wattmind.substack.com/p/the-honor-...

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The Honor Wars

The Ancient Drive Reshaping American Politics

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I mean, if you frame your question very broadly it's easy to have lopsided results. But the questions that follow from that reveal divergent viewpoints. And so the first question was basically worthless when trying to understand public sentiment.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Great article. Dovetails off my article on Thumos from last week. But you are auch better writer than I. 😀 open.substack.com/pub/wattmind...

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The Honor Wars

The Ancient Drive Reshaping American Politics

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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism." - Hannah Arendt

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

They've all of a sudden become Buddhist monks talking about the shallowness of material goods, and now they're cosplaying as existentialists. All genuine. Definitely.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

He goes on Chris Hayes show frequently and also has solid takes there 👍🏼

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Yes they do, and as I wrote in the article linked, they need structures to express positive Thumos and the left is struggling with understanding this.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I do agree it's a perception problem moreso than an actual hatred problem. But perception does matter. And I think the left can do better at providing constructive pathways for young men struggling. We can do better than the nihilism they see from the right. open.substack.com/pub/wattmind...

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The Honor Wars

The Ancient Drive Reshaping American Politics

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

This is true, but the left really needs to work on pathways for young men to show honor and recognition. The right has this figured out even though it is now completely hollow. We need a positive alternative that speaks to the desire for recognition. open.substack.com/pub/wattmind...

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The Honor Wars

The Ancient Drive Reshaping American Politics

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Why young men are drawn to the right, and how the left can fight back. open.substack.com/pub/wattmind...

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The Honor Wars

The Ancient Drive Reshaping American Politics

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Has OKCs constant fouling with no calls broken Minnesota? The completely unbiased refs weigh in...

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Blatant authoritarianism. There's no other interpretation here.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

BIDEN'S CANCER DIAGNOSIS: shock, plus the trivia: Tapper, Politico, others exploiting his health can go to hell TRUMP THREATENS SUPREME COURT and justices HE appointed, re-posts call for 'Military Tribunal' for Obama GET THE ALL-NEW COUNTDOWN PODCAST: tinyurl.com/mut9xyxx

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Sunshine Jarboly @sunshinejarboly.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

haha, if i’m supposed to be at work right now then how come i’m receiving last rites from a priest in this denny’s parking lot because i ate some clams that i found at a bus stop?

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

What exactly does he think "working" means?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2025

what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Trump is now going after Energy Star. This program and others like it are extremely valuable to everyone and should not be cut. Here's why. wattmind.substack.com/p/more-than-...

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More Than Savings: The True Value of Energy Efficiency

It's a true win-win for everyone.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Here I thought @brentterhune.bsky.social was a comedian, turns out Graham is turning to him for advice! bsky.app/profile/bren...

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Yea it's not too complicated. They are useful and they have negative externalities.

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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

How could we have known!?! It's all a mystery, no clues at all!

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

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