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    2 hours ago

    my dog got a haircut and now it looks like he gave up drinking.

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    10 hours ago

    “Why 2018 Might Be America’s Last Chance” by

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  3. 9 hours ago

    homework, watch "the mortal storm" on tcm. how fascism rises and the toll it takes. bonus, jimmy stewart.

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  4. 10 hours ago

    It’s not a coincidence that extremism rises in failed societies. Either way, read this.

    The "richest nation the world has ever known" has 41 million people who officially live in poverty — nine million of whom have zero cash income.
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  5. 11 hours ago

    Orwell's point, which we elide, is that love itself was a crime. Banning words wasn't only to subvert logic, reason, science, and so on, for Big Brother was eminently logical, but by subjugating us, to turn us into little oppressors ourselves, corroding away our humanity.

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  6. 11 hours ago

    Enough. The last thing I'll say is that such giants leaps in authoritarianism are not easily undone. It's a fiction to suppose that elections can so simply undo the damage caused by extremists ripping holes in history, reality, memory, truth.

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  7. 11 hours ago

    I don't know if Americans don't get it, don't care, or are weary. Whichever, "banning words" is a giant leap, not a little step in authoritarianism. Democracy collapses precisely by tearing fissues in reality. The world is appalled.

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  8. 11 hours ago

    Can you imagine any other rich country banning words like "science" and "evidence"? Even a poor one? Can you imagine the outcry if one did? What does it mean when words are "banned"? The mind reels. Dark ages falling, day by day.

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    11 hours ago

    Puerto Rico, Day 87: —Millions of people still w/o power —Hundreds of thousands still w/o clean water —Still a humanitarian emergency With no power, there's no jobs. With no jobs, there's no money. With no money, you can't pay your mortgage.

    Puerto Rico is bracing for another blow: a foreclosure epidemic that could rival what happened in Detroit
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  10. 11 hours ago

    Sure Is funny how the same folks oh so worried about private condemnations of hate speech going too far are deafeningly quiet when the government bans actual words

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    15 hours ago

    There’s a bird in this Publix just shopping for birdseed like it’s nbd

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    12 hours ago

    My apologies for the understated headline.

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  13. 12 hours ago

    I just published “Camelot”

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    Dec 15

    “Little Steps”

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    20 hours ago

    “Burners, Breakers, Believers, and Builders”

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    20 hours ago

    “Why 2018 Might Be America’s Last Chance”

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  17. 16 hours ago

    “Where Big Ideas (Really) Come From”

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  18. 20 hours ago

    “Three Ways to Fix the World”

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  19. 20 hours ago

    “Burners, Breakers, Believers, and Builders”

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  20. 20 hours ago

    “Why 2018 Might Be America’s Last Chance”

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