Category: Society
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Something That Should Not Happen
I don’t understand why an ideology that the U.S. fought and beat in WWII is allowed to exist in the United States. Fought and beat at great cost of American lives. And millions of lives throughout the world. Dozens of neo-Nazis publish newsletters on the platform, as highlighted in a recent Atlantic article. That includes…
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Lead is not your friend
Rebecca Watson creates fantastic videos that take a closer look at the evidence and research on something she becomes curious about. She is one of those people that spends a lot of time thinking about why she thinks the things she thinks. I highly recommend watching this video about lead in the environment and the…
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Social Media is not Yours
Imagine working on a social media account for 16 years and building 500,000 followers. And overnight have the owner of the company take the username away from you. Without notice. 16 years of branding gone. All of your digital assets have to be updated. Without any compensation. Just a curt support ticket email communicating to…
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Mr. Rogers was from the future
You can’t tell me that Mr. Rogers didn’t come back from the future to help us. I immediately did a “deep fake” search on this video. And it appears to be legit. My mind went there because after watching it, I’m staring out the window trying to understand how one person could transcend the conventional…
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Government Deficits are a Myth
For many years I’ve had the sneaking suspicion that government debt really doesn’t matter. For my entire life, it has almost always went up and up each year. And when it’s politically convenient, one party cries that the sky is falling. But the sky never falls. Last week I stumbled across Stephanie Kelton and her…
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Our Center of the Universe
I recall watching Star Trek : The Voyage Home and thinking it was cool detail that it was set in San Francisco. That of all places in the Galaxy and Universe, Star Fleet Headquarters is based in the City by the Bay. What really made San Francisco special, Bernardi says, was its progressivism and diversity.…