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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
This is what needs to change. We need the media to do its job and tell us what's actually happening. If the Liz Cheney criminal referral is nonsense, they need to say so. To act like it's a valid referral is *not* "just the facts. It's complicity with lies.
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Common Sense @cmmnsensedspnsr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Guess which ‘one’ hasn’t figured it out yet?! 👇 Just one guess. 🇺🇸
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
This is so brutal. And "legitimately assaulted" and "we'll decide whether or not it's credible" are Graham's own words. Disgusting.
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Corporate taxes feel good because you're sticking it to the capitalists. Except you're not. The economics is clear. Corporate taxes do hit shareholders, but also pass through to suppliers, customers and employees, essentially a flat tax. Progressive income and consumption taxes are much better.
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I love this. Don't succumb to the authoritarian, don't succumb to nihilism, and don't fight just for the sake of fighting. Life is worth living. Live it. Be your authentic self. If the authoritarians come after you, so be it. (paywalled, sorry) www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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A Mindset for the Trump Era
With authoritarianism rising everywhere, don’t forget about what the dissidents have to teach us.
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Oh my. I like ChatGPT's take: "From the context, it seems difficult to determine whether Trump's remark was meant to belittle Canada or if it stemmed from genuine confusion. ... Ultimately, whether intentional or not, such a statement undermines the seriousness of diplomatic communication."
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Does anyone know of an organization that identifies and supports high integrity candidates in Republican primaries? I feel that could be a cost-effective way to resist our slide into authoritarian populism.
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
It was a mistake to grant presidents emergency powers, because of abuse by unscrupulous presidents trumping up fake "emergencies" or "invasions". We should repeal/revoke them. In true emergencies, the president can do what is needed, and ask questions about legal authority later.
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
If you want people to obtain more health care services you can’t just mess around with financing, you need to address the barriers to supply. www.slowboring.com/p/end-the-me...
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Yes, this. A favorite NIMBY trick is to insist that all new housing be "affordable". This is dumb. It's like insisting that we make new cars that are cheaper than new cars. Remember: every new market-rate unit you build frees up an affordable unit that already exists!
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
"From this action, and the glee that it has elicited, one learns not that the health-care system is broken, but that many of us are." Exactly. Whatever you think of health care in the US, you need to recognize that murdering the CEO of UnitedHealthcare is horrible. Full stop.
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Per ChatGPT: "Yes, President-elect Donald Trump's claim ... is indeed perplexing. The U.S. presidential election system already relies on the Electoral College to determine the winner, not a direct popular vote. This structure has been in place since the nation's founding." Perplexing indeed!
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
If you want to understand what actually happened in 2008, and how it led to today's housing crisis, no one is better at this than @kevinerdmann.bsky.social (Kevin Erdmann). open.substack.com/pub/kevinerd...
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When we lost our minds: Pt.1 Overview
This is the first of a 4 part (so far) series.
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kenduda.bsky.social @kenduda.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
This is bad. Violence is never the answer. As an ethical matter, two wrongs do not make a right. As a practical matter, businesses will find the optimal approach no matter how many businesspeople you murder. You need to change the system, and murder does not help accomplish that.
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