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We’re hearing Earth has blown past 7 of 9 tipping points, there are 1,000 years natural disasters every week, food & water shortages are incoming, mass disease is disabling us en masse, & there’s NO PLAN beyond generating more profits.
Best of luck with this endeavor. I’m done.
More than 150 million US adults live paycheck to paycheck. Of those, 64 million wouldn’t be able to cover an abrupt, $500 increase in monthly debt payments—from the restarting student loan payments, for example
ALT Over 150 million Americans live paycheck to paycheck. This line chart shows the number of U.S. adults living paycheck to paycheck, concluding at 152.5 million as of August 2023. Data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau and LendingClub/PYMNTS. More at stephensemler.substack.com. Chart and analysis by Stephen Semler (@stephensemler).
ALT This is a screen grab from the Education Data Initiative. The average monthly student loan repayment is an estimated $503.
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“This isn’t a country, it’s a hunting ground.”
That about sums it up.
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People in Berlin love nothing more than telling you how cool it used to be
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Being a linguist means that when my kids have discovered the word "fucking," I'm gonna make sure they only use it in places where it is appropriate - socially and grammatically.
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German cabinet passes immigration reform that makes getting citizenship more attainable.
Can’t wait until this is over so I can finally start waiting two years for the new immigration center to handle my application!
Ein modernes #Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht für ein modernes #Einwanderungsland. Wir Vereinfachen die #Einbürgerung für Menschen, die längst Teil unserer Gesellschaft sind und stärken damit die demokratische Teilhabe. Ein großer Fortschritt und Zeichen des Respekts.
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The easiest way to 'stop the boats' would to be a build an Asylum Centre in Calais which the French have said we can do a million times.
Of course that would offer a LEGAL way to apply for Asylum, so the Conservatives won't do that.
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writing professors will tell you “completely evil characters are unrealistic” and then you meet people who are like “children should work in the mines for a crust of bread” or “we could lower the marginal tax rate if we burned down the libraries”
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"Are you going to wear a mask forever?"
Dude that's not even in the top 1000 things I'm bummed about doing forever. I have to wash my dishes forever. Brush my teeth forever. Do laundry forever. Wearing a respirator forever is nothing.
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Can you all drop everything and go read this story now, please? It just... Imagine there's one or two NTs on a world otherwise fully populated by ND people.
Sound good?
Then click here.
escapepod.org/2019/07/18/esc…
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“Climate scientists left “flabbergasted" as temperatures in parts of South America near 40°C in the middle of winter”
But @abcnews needs to include the *why* in every article like this
Linking the burning of coal, oil & gas to the terrifying record temps
abc.net.au/news/2023-08-04/s…
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RT @thewarmvoid: I’m going to continue to believe that loving things and people very hard is the way we all stand a chance no matter what o…
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This needs all the attention possible. People are dying to feed you because they are not being given a chance to protect themselves from the heat.
Farm workers are vital to this economy and we must give them the right to not worry when they go to work. Please.
A 26 year old farm worker was killed by heat last week in Yuma, AZ. It was 116° that day.
Heat deaths are enraging, violent and entirely preventable. We desperately need federal heat standards, NOW. #WorkersCantWait
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New paper in the Lancet confirms gender-affirming care is preventative care.
Confirms:
- GAC is linked to improved quality of life
- GAC is an integral determinant of well-being
- GAC increases positive psych outcomes
- GAC must be considered preventative mental healthcare
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Florida wants to teach about "skills" slaves obtained in the antebellum south because "beneficent" slaveholders taught their slaves to read, write, blacksmithing, etc. They say this is supported by "scholars." Well, let's see what the scholars really say.../1
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I know I don’t look disabled. This may surprise you, but most of my body is on the inside… where you can’t see it.
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The entire right-wing outrage media machine is designed to take people’s anger about how our capitalistic society has decimated the working class, and places blame at the feet of marginalized communities to steer outrage away from the ultra-wealthy.
That’s why they’re “mad” at Barbie, The Little Mermaid & Bud Light while billionaires get richer and richer.
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It's obviously just a boar, what's wrong with people.
Snake on a train from Shipley to Leeds yesterday. Pictured here waiting for the door to open. You can see from the photo that it can’t reach the button! @NorthenrailF we need buttons nearer the ground for your serpent clientele, please fix this! 😎😆
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The Battle of Bamber Bridge, 1943.
Racist US military police attacked black US troops on British soil.
US military authorities demanded the town’s pubs impose a colour bar, the local landlords responded with signs that read “Black Troops Only” which pissed them off.
A THREAD
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