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Matthew Hogan

@matthewhogan13.bsky.social
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Pragmatic progressive | Social democrat | Atheist | Ethnically 🕎| Teamster | Batman comics | Tolkien bibliophile | Red Sox | Bayesian | holds nuance | swears (I say ‘fuck’ a lot) ¡Hablo español!

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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 22/09/2026
Every atheist should have this bookmarked to refer people to. Covers every reason why "the Argument from Evil is the only good argument for atheism" is itself a bad argument. secularoutpost.substack.com/p/is-the-so-... #atheism #theism #counterapologetics #philosophy #argumentfromevil #naturalism
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Is the So-Called “Problem of Evil” the Only Argument for Atheism?
Without naming names, I’ve observed a tendency among some, not all or even most, theistic apologists to describe the case for atheism in a rather dismissive way.
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 10/08/2026
On why being smart or an idiot is not IQ but #curiosity & why #GenZ liking #fancycoffee & #aloyoga wear proves their #poverty & #BudgetSavvy not their #irresponsibility teaching #economics #culture & #CriticalThinking & why #TomiLahren is a #spectacular #idiot www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43820
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AI Says Tomi Lahren Is an Idiot: A Critical Thinking Exercise • Richard Carrier Blogs
Everyone knows I think AI is garbage and should never be trusted to do the work for you. You always have to Do Your Own Research for real to ensure AI hasn’t conned you or left things out or misstated...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 08/08/2026
www.youtube.com/live/v1H81Hc... Live now!
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🔴 Pre-Christian Jews EXPECTED a Dying-And-Rising Messiah ft. Richard Carrier​
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 08/08/2026
Great show. Further questions, post comments into the queue at: www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43806
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New Journal Publication on Jewish Expectations of a Dying Messiah • Richard Carrier Blogs
I just published a major new article in a peer-reviewed journal, the Canadian-American Theological Review: “Did Any Pre-Christian Jews Expect a Dying-and-Rising Messiah?” It will be the lead article i...
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 05/08/2026
I have a new peer-reviewed publication out: Pre-Christian Jews Expected a Dying-and-Rising Messiah; and I'll be discussing it live and taking questions this Friday. Calendar it and join us! www.youtube.com/live/v1H81Hc... #jesus #judaism #dyingmessiah #bible #talmud #deadseascrolls
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🔴 Pre-Christian Jews EXPECTED a Dying-And-Rising Messiah ft. Richard Carrier​
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 31/07/2026
This month's recommendations are the best handbooks you can get on Greco-Roman #science and #technology of yore. I review what's in them and great about them. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43752 #bookrecommendations #AncientScience #AncientHistory
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Top Three Handbooks of Ancient Science & Technology • Richard Carrier Blogs
Today I review for you the top three handbooks in ancient science and technology. There are others, but they either suck or are amazing but out of print. These three are must-haves for any enthusiast....
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Trump pounded on Jerome Powell for over a year to lower rates, saying he wasn’t doing it in order to hurt Trump. Then Trump’s handpicked Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh also didn’t lower rates yesterday and admits inflation is high. You can’t write this stuff.
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 29/07/2026
I weigh in on the dispute btw @paulogia.bsky.social & Inspiring Philosophy (Michael Jones) over whethr the #bayesian argumnt for the #resurrection of #jesus is bollocks, now a one-stop shop on why no resurrection #apologetics can be taken seriously anymore. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43548
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Why Christians Are So Bad at This: Paulogia vs. Inspiring Philosophy on the Bayesian Argument for the Resurrection • Richard Carrier Blogs
Recently, Than Christopoulos produced a silly and absurdly wordy insistence that Bayes’ Theorem proves Jesus rose from the dead in Paulogia…It’s Time To Stop. I was recently interviewed about this on ...
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 26/07/2026
Modern Atheism & I discuss the latest #bayesian arg for the #resurrection of #jesus via #maximaldata (or #formalizedgullibility ) & the #historicalreportage model (or Taking #Apologetics Back 100 Years). This is just fun. I'll pub a formal & detailed blog on it soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgAX...
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Refuting Than's Bayesian case for the Resurrection - with Dr. Richard Carrier
YouTube video by Modern Atheism
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 24/07/2026
Take any of my ten correspondence #coursesonline in #history and #philosophy to learn or improve a skill and better your mind and knowledge! www.richardcarrier.info/archives/16919
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Take Any of Ten Online Courses in Any Future Month! • Richard Carrier Blogs
Including skills in philosophy & history, debunking & argument; free will; moral reasoning; atheism in ancient Greece & Rome.
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 22/07/2026
Live in seven to ten minutes! www.youtube.com/live/Mg7zN8E...
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Can AI Help Us Understand Morality
YouTube video by ObjectiveEthics
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Fuck Hasan Piker, and the DSA. Bunch of dead beat, antisemitic, authoritarian, champagne socialists. They are a poison pill to democracy, and we should NOT accept them into any movement on the left. They are the left’s version of MAGAts, and they want to force everyone into communism. Fuck. Them.
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 21/07/2026
I'll be live tomorrow (the evening of the 22nd) discussing what role #AI could play in being our #morals #advisor (our #Moses as it were), helping or even surpassing us in ascertaining #ObjectiveTruth in #moralfacts and #MoralPhilosophy ... www.youtube.com/live/Mg7zN8E...
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Can AI Help Us Understand Morality
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a surprise, the ICE officer who killed a man in Maine has a history of violence and never should have been allowed to work with guns. I’M SHOCKED!
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In his infinite wisdom, Trump is saying ICE must KEEP GOING with these disastrous traffic stops of questionable legality. Even some Republicans are starting to panic, realizing their chances in November are rapidly evaporating.
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 15/07/2026
Today I tighten and improve an old chapter on #bible #prophecy as #miracles focusing on the #HistoricalMethods that could prove that, and why sound method never finds any. I then use the #FalseProphecy of #Ezekiel on #Tyre as an example. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43388
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Prophecy and History: Some Pointers • Richard Carrier Blogs
I am near to completing my forthcoming rewrite of Sense and Goodness without God (which I will be retiring soon, so if you want to collect the original edition before it goes out of print, better get ...
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 04/07/2026
Definitely watch this fun 2 minute teaser to a big interview drop coming tomorrow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB7P... For a new channel, the Funny Thing about Religion, by the director of Batman & Jesus, Jozef Richards 😀
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Catching up w/ Richard Carrier 10 years later | Season 2 Announcement The Funny Thing About Religion
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I, for one, am NOT proud to be an #American, and I haven’t been even the least bit patriotic since November 8th, 2016. Many of us saw the writing on the wall then, and now we’re living through the nightmare. The USA is a nation in decline, and has been warped into an oligarchy by an orange clown.
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 03/07/2026
Solid interview with Modern Atheism about what's wrong with the most common arguments "for" there having actually been an #EmptyTomb as evidence for #TheResurrection - as opposed to it just being the #Mythology it obviously is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jMJ...
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Refuting Arguments for the Empty Tomb - With Dr. Richard Carrier
YouTube video by Modern Atheism
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 29/06/2026
Overlooked books deserving more attention & engagement, by Craig-acolyte-now-counter-apologist John Loftus. Essential reading for #Arguments from #Evil & #Miracles & the #metaphilosophy of #PhilosophyofReligion itself. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/43286 #counterapologetics #philosophy #history
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Recommending Another Loftus Trilogy in the Philosophy of Religion • Richard Carrier Blogs
While my Three Recommendations in Godless Epistemology were of books I added to my Recommendations in Philosophy list, I wanted to post three more recommendations that veer too far to be suited to tha...
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I've said before that I hate how people take that Sartre quote "Never believe that antisemites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies" and make it about rightists. It is not about rightists. It is about antisemites, and that is a category that includes leftists.
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 26/06/2026
If you follow me here but not on Facebook, you may want to know I just posted some serious thoughts about #AI / #AGI and our future on Facebook, far too long to include here as text, but I am including it as a link and a screencap. tinyurl.com/nv6n293x
Bluesky does not allow alt text this long. To access the text version of this image, you will have to follow the Facebook link and access it on Facebook, which unfortunately only Facebook subscribers can do.
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
fun fact: mystically-inclined antisemites claimed that Jews were under the influence of Saturn, which is why they rest on Saturdays. anyway Saturn, the universe's largest Jew, has the same yarmulke as me
saturn hexagon
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Oof! This one is painfully relevant. #ADHD #OCD #BPD
the friendship

me if i don't text or talk first
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 23/06/2026
Another beautifully edited video by @wonderingsapiens.bsky.social this time analyzing *my* debate with #InspiringPhilosophy (on #philosophy & #God w. M. Jones) at the #ChristianNationalists conf: teaching #debate strategy, the decline of debate & how *not* to debate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNdm...
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Is Christian Apologetics Obsolete ? | Jones vs Carrier Review
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I just came across algae at my daughter's swimming class. I picked it up barehanded, said to it “not in Trump's America,” and tossed it in the trash. A whole row of parents stood, saluted, and one couple was even in tears.
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 21/06/2026
What a video worth watching must have + 3 examples of brief #ScienceBased #SocialJustice videos showing what a #counternarrative has to beat w/o #fakefacts #omissionsoffact or #fallacies of thought. This is what #media and #CriticalThinking should look like. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/42980
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Why Almost All Videos Suck, How to Make Them Better, and What I Charge Now to Critique Them • Richard Carrier Blogs
In this article I will explain (1) why almost all videos suck, (2) why I will usually only watch videos if you pay me to, (3) what the few exceptions are to all that, (4) and what a good video actuall...
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 19/06/2026
Serbian NT Podcast w Jurisic Nemanja interviewed me on versions (yes, versions!) of the #KCA ( the Kalam #CosmologicalArgument for #God ). In ~30 minutes we hit all the points of why all are desperate attempts to salvage an #argument irreparably broken at its core. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rw7...
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The Kalam Argument Is LAUGHABLE: The Universe Needs No God | Richard Carrier, Ph. D.
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
btw happy juneteenth! freedom is non-negotiable for every person on earth, no exceptions
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#mood
What really haunts me is I'm really not smart enough for so many people to be this much stupider than me
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 13/06/2026
Having a good time at Revival of Reason in Atlanta, celebrating Black NonBelievers of Atlanta’s 15th anniversary. It’s also streaming live now! #RoR2026 blacknonbelievers.org/revival-of-r...
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Revival of Reason 2026!
Black Nonbelievers is proud to present Revival of Reason 2026 – 15 Years of BN!!! June 12-14, 2026 Join us in Atlanta for RoR2026, where we will celebrate 15 years of BN and MORE!!!Featured s…
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Got a decent shot of #Jupiter and #Venus this twilight with my phone.
Jupiter and Venus.
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WomenWarriors @womenwarriors.com · 07/06/2026
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Okay, the best part of this was I initially read this in an American accent, but ‘cinema’ had me look at their profile to confirm my suspicion that they’re actually from the UK, and now I’ve reread the post with a UK accent and it’s SO MUCH BETTER!
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Fellow cat stewards, please, for whatever you believe good: STOP LETTING YOUR CATS BE OUTSIDE WITHOUT YOUR DIRECT SUPERVISION! People are pieces of shit. They aim for cats with their cars, or straight up shoot them. And love cats though we do, they aren’t all as cunning as we want to think.
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Trump administration has placed me on a list of "media offenders" and is now targeting me for constitutionally protected media work. This is no longer theoretically something that will happen in the future.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
AOC: This is what I want people to understand: this is our money. When you pay your taxes, that money is being stolen to pay for a vanity project like a ballroom or whatever it is that this guy wants to do, instead of what it should be used for…
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Trump has ended the Iran War, what, 8 times now? It’s the most ended war of all time
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This was in response to being confronted about the many sexual abuse coverups by leaders within their church.
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
In case anyone was wondering why I hate the cancer of theism, a theist I know personally, and thinks they are a good person, just told me they believe getting yelled at causes the same pain as being sexually abused.
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Trump has been missing for 6 days now. He had his 3rd annual physical in 13 months, BURIED the medical report at 11pm Friday night, and now hasn’t been seen going into a 7th day. Just IMAGINE if it were anyone else…
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Neither the MLB/NBA/NFL/NHL have an openly gay player on their rosters. It would be extremely statistically improbable that no player currently playing in any one of those leagues is gay, they just don’t feel comfortable being open about it because of the very toxic homophobia in men’s sports.
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 01/06/2026
Reminder! I'll be at the #RevivalofReason by #BlackNonbelievers in #Atlanta in June, Fri & Sat. Not speaking or tabling. Just attending. But say hi & chat, or ask how to get a book signed. Great speakers with unique specialties. Come & support the event! blacknonbelievers.org/revival-of-r...
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Revival of Reason 2026!
Black Nonbelievers is proud to present Revival of Reason 2026 – 15 Years of BN!!! June 12-14, 2026 Join us in Atlanta for RoR2026, where we will celebrate 15 years of BN and MORE!!!Featured s…
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 30/05/2026
My new go-to for why scientific #atheism won the argument against #christianity & the rest is just evasion. I get to the essence of what we're arguing about, split the bullshit away from the real debates & then show those all point away from Christianity. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41899
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Christians vs. Atheists: What Are We Actually Arguing About? • Richard Carrier Blogs
I’ve made the point before that really, Christians and Atheists are only arguing over one single thing: whether the ground of all being has thoughts and feelings or not. Otherwise atheists already agr...
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Most of the people on this planet have not listened to Stevie Wonder’s magnum opus album ‘Songs In the Key Of Life’, and it shows.
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Matthew Hogan @matthewhogan13.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I really want to add Hebrew to my ‘I could get around if I got lost in a place that only spoke this language’ list, then Ladino would be the natural next choice, then probably Arabic.
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Richard Carrier, PhD @richardcarrier.info · 27/05/2026
I call bullshit on the #science trend to claim #consciousness even in #fungus #plants #bacteria & #AI I explain the difference between #awareness #intelligence #consciousness & #selfconsciousness & what #computational resources are needed to achieve each. www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41751
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Distinguishing Awareness, Intelligence, and Consciousness • Richard Carrier Blogs
There is a rash lately of sensationalist claims of proving consciousness in everything from fungus to plants and even bacteria. All bullshit. But not of the usual woo variety. This time the bullshit i...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)
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