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John McAndrew
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Coddiwompling bibliophile. Climate, democracy, women's rights activist. Gobsmacked that over 10% of my countrymen would EVER consider voting for someone like Trump. I mean, seriously???
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I hope someone asked Elon what the robot's pronouns are. He loves that kind of thing.

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“The primary use of ‘misinformation’ is not to change the beliefs of other people at all. Instead, the vast majority of misinformation is offered as a service for people to maintain their beliefs in face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is
I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is

What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.

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Fascinating how US cops overwhelmingly supporting a convicted felon over a former prosecutor is framed exclusively as being a political problem for the prosecutor and boon for the felon rather than maybe reflecting something about police culture in the US. Who makes that framing decision and why?

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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But they sure leave a ton of skid marks for us to deal with...

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Excellent interview with Tom Nichols about his piece in The Atlantic asserting that a Trump re-election would be George Washington's worst nightmare. Nichols ends with a cautionary tale: if Trump is re-elected, Americans can no longer say "this is not who we are." www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4hN...

Tom Nichols: Donald Trump Would Be “George Washington’s Nightmare” | Amanpour and Company
Tom Nichols: Donald Trump Would Be “George Washington’s Nightmare” | Amanpour and Company

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

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It's so sad, America's simultaneous obsession with and aversion to our nature as sexual beings. Don't know if it's Puritans, Catholics, or some other wicked brew of influences that's to blame. Maybe it's basic human nature. But it'd be nice if clients got to, you know, -touch- sex workers.

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John McAndrew
@phidipdbq.bsky.social
Coddiwompling bibliophile. Climate, democracy, women's rights activist. Gobsmacked that over 10% of my countrymen would EVER consider voting for someone like Trump. I mean, seriously???
35 followers134 following34 posts