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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Everyone needs to be aware that businesses are becoming more predatory. We need to protect ourselves as well as possible, but we also need to protest against it and vote and actively support consumer protections based on it

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

When we focus on narrow goals, however deserving, we often benefit the greater system of oppression

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Me, my partner and Larry coming last at the celebration point 5k! In the middle of the World Masters championship run

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

It’s amazing the amount of stress I feel lifted when a popular cis het man casually mentions doing domestic work for his family. I do, and it seems absolutely normal. But all I ever seem to hear is that we don’t (because we’re sexist) or we shouldn’t (because real men don’t)

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The problem with being the person people depend on to do domestic unpaid labor is that the labor is seen as effortless. And the people that expect you to constantly care for them and clean up after them are the only people close to you because you have so little time to pursue personal interests

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I think this is essential viewing if you are even slightly interested in the way conservative populism thinks

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I commend wealthy people that advocate for the poor. I commend employers who treat their employees with respect and humanity. I commend members of entitled groups of every sort who advocate for equity and justice. Don’t stigmatise. It’s self defeating

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

So…just had an epiphany and not sure who needs to hear it but, Self analysis is NOT self awareness! Hope this helps someone

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Anyone out there on board with unity? It’s how we win. Mostly it means ignoring attack posts. I know it’s hard, many of us have been hurt and want to vent and life seems unfair. But it’s how we win. As long as we keep attacking each other we will keep losing

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Being a billionaire is a choice. It isn’t natural. They can stop being billionaires anytime they like.

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

We have this situation where one side says welfare and immigration are the problem, and cut taxes for the extremely wealthy. The other side says the problem is lack of compassion, and cuts taxes for the extremely wealthy. The problem is, and will remain, not taxing the extremely wealthy enough

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

These 10 democrats voted to censure Al Green. This is why I’m losing faith in the party.

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I hope Bluesky moderators are tweaking the algorithm when it promotes toxic content. Trolls and bots promote Resentment, self righteousness, anger and fear This creates the illusion of demand and the algorithm is easily compromised by it

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Sometimes it really isn’t that simple

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Real consequences of having US leaders who don’t care at all about other peoples lives

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The silly and, frankly weird, fantasy that’s going around about Trump supporters turning against him is really getting me pissed. Are we so weak we need them to save us? We don’t have any passion of our own? It’s sad

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The great thing for conservatives about Medicare and social security is that they can make them effectively useless but keep on taxing low income workers for them and say they’re defending their existence. A nuance of this is claiming that paying benefits endangers the programs.

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Really love watching videos about how we as a society are too focused on work. By people who then confess to being workaholics…

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The joy you feel watching someone prove themselves ignorant and bigoted is the root of social dysfunction

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Some people are determined to see the worst in others based on arbitrary factors. Try not to feed this. But resent it?? Absolutely

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Banks are less interested in the strength of a company they support than the profit they gain from investment in it. The strength matters, but less than economists imply. Non-profits routinely outperform for profit companies and are consistently denied loans to expand

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Not hard to understand, If you make money providing something and prioritise quality you will do well. But if you prioritise making money sometimes you can do better. See now?

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The wise indulge the joy of victory alone

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Anyone else find conformist culture extremely depressing?

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Parasocial relationships, stans, reply guys… In middle school the popular kids tended to congregate when there wasn’t assigned seating. Usually just one or two were really popular and the kids around them would talk about the other kids to seem cool, by comparison anyway. Middle school sucked

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Real Heroes lose In fact believing that the cost to yourself is less important than what you are protecting, and believing it is more likely you will fail, possibly even die, makes it more heroic. That’s why the people that save the day are seldom heroes. Heroes inspire them to act

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

So we have a president who has fun by punking us about causing suffering and death to helpless people 🙄 Great

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

If you have seen incarcerated people vote, there is an explanation other than voter fraud. (Assuming you live in a state where felons can’t vote) Many incarcerated people are waiting for trial. They either couldn’t afford bail or chose jail over it. They are still presumed innocent.

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Lobby the Donors ABC Supply (Roofing Supply) Uline Inc (Shipping supplies) Pratt Industries (packing supplies and recycling) British American Tobacco (smokeless nicotine products) Southern Waste Systems (SW Florida garbage collection and recycling) Ellicot Management (hedge fund)

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Used to be a big turn in the road near where I lived. You couldn’t see the other side driving up to it, it was very sharp, and sometimes cars crashed there. Sometimes people died. It was called dead man’s curve Everything feels like that now

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The difference between populism and democracy is the difference between spectacle and reality. Populism can be a call to justice or to bigotry. Large groups gravitate to these calls. It can appear that everyone is in agreement. But a private vote often reveals otherwise

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Sometimes I post stuff for a certain target and later delete it Sometimes I’m just sh*t posting random nonsense that sounds good (to me at the time) and later delete it I guess my point is I have no hesitation or ethical problem about posting and deleting at will and often

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Evangelism isn’t always religious. The problem with the burden of convincing others is the frustration that comes when they simply don’t listen, refuse to understand, or simply care very little. This can turn a compassionate person into someone who hates others very easily. Be aware

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Everyone is depressed and stressed out because we have decided (as a society) having fun isn’t essential

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Overly positive and overly negative takes alienate me

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Joy doesn’t have to come from spending money… Just saying

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The more I look at sociology the less I believe in the value of civilised debate. It’s all emotional, it’s all essentialism Getting stuck in facts and research and history is a red herring

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Maybe the biggest mistake of the equal rights movement was to default to the two income household. Instead it absolutely should have pushed the idea of house husbands. Without de-gendering it housekeeping becomes a source of embarrassment. For both women and men.

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The IRS should calculate social security contributions since the inception of the program and the federal reserve should create a fund equal to total payments (adjusted for inflation) minus total payouts. This is how we should calculate the solvency of social security.

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I will gladly stand with anyone, and I mean ANYONE, who is willing to fight to overturn Citizens United. I don’t care who you voted for. I don’t care what your other views are. We need big money out of politics

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you’re among those who think that all US politicians are equally bad. I really, really, really hope you are 100% right

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The energy the right puts into being afraid of and angry with the trans community is disturbing. Scapegoats are never singular groups. They always are linked. From most vulnerable to least, until they begin scapegoating each other. This is just the beginning

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I have a real distrust of comprehensive solutions. Reality is just too chaotic

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Meritocracy rest completely on the shoulders of equality of opportunity. This is practically impossible to assure. Because of this the extremes of rich and poor will persist for the overwhelming majority in those populations No one lacks merit to the point of suffering deprivation.

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Access, opportunity and abuse are linked. Positions, either work or personal, that give unrestricted and unsupervised access to individuals are something we need to be critical of. Whether being abusive is an integral character flaw or not is immaterial. We need to focus on the system

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ptraum.bsky.social @ptraum.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I am completely bored with Trump. He is going to say a lot of absurd stuff, what’s new? Anytime I see someone talking about his comments on anything I just scroll past. What he says isn’t important. I’m just going to pay attention to real things that are happening

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