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GMgeorgemonbiot.bsky.social

By moving rightwards, you do not defuse the political threat from the right. On the contrary, you validate its positions and embolden it to become ever more extreme. This is what Germany has just discovered - again.

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Jjimkirkpatrick.bsky.social

Having driven past this hundreds of times, I say this is a nice change. The old grey motif has been so last season for 9694 years, but a bit of citrus detail really says "Henge" with a fresh and distinctive confidence.

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Jjimkirkpatrick.bsky.social

Once the suits take over and are focused on the needs of the shareholders above all, it's a "numbers go up" game and nothing else. And once and they own stock and their bonuses are tied to the quarter's results rather than the longer term, the feedback loop of late stage capitalism is complete.

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CWchrisdeleon.bsky.social

thinking about how boeing has spent decades getting out of doing any real work, to find other people and firms they can underpay and pay zero attention to who do the work, to sell at a markup with their once valuable zombie brand on it, and how that's the way google, university, everything is going

Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing
Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing

Somewhere along the line, the plane maker lost interest in making its own planes. Can it rediscover its engineering soul?

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I'm as obsessed with Maribou State as I was with Fink in 2011. Such great vibes and rich soundscapes....

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Bbsky.app

Exciting news: We’re taking another step to making Bluesky an open network for public conversations. Around the end of this month, we’ll release a public web interface. With this, you’ll be able to view posts on Bluesky without being logged in on an account.

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We all await the return of hench jesus

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Jjimkirkpatrick.bsky.social

I don't think you're ready, for this belly

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MODEL 3: Real Driving Incinerator

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A lot of people are seeing the US clearly for the first time right now—the unabashed embrace of genocide, the warmongering, the threats, the lies, the illegitimacy of our institutions, murder for profit. There’s no going back from this point. Palestine may just help free us, too.

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