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« The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists. » ~ Hannah ARRENDT
Great idea for tackling the climate crisis!
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP894Q719/
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“Just the sheer animosity and the insane amount o finance and whatnot that went into trying to stop this one guy who likes:
universal child care
free buses
He’s a mayor - no foreign policy in anyway for like a mayor”
“Brad Lander is a liberal Zionist. The fact that Brad Lander campaigned with him during the primary is the reason he won the primary.”
“We cannot discount the fact that liberal Zionism is the mainstream position in America, if not far-right Zionism. So the fact that he was like, I'm pro-Palestinian, but lots of liberal Zionists literally campaigned for him. And like celebrities and stuff, that disarmed that community in some way.
And I actually just read on Bluesky, there's this, an Israeli professor who's based in California, who I follow, he works on taxation policy. That's irrelevant to this point, but he was like, I just had to have a conversation with my family back in Israel, how I would prefer an anti-Zionist one to a sexual predator for mayor. And it's like, you're forcing them to make that choice, and you're winning as a result, instead of, you know, what is it that some of the pro-Palestinian left is doing right now”
From The Fire These Times: 208/ What Mamdani's Victory Means, Nov 11, 2025
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fire-these-times/id1503094935?i=1000736255453&r=473
John Scalzi (b. 1969) American writer
Lock In, ch. 3 [Shane] (2014)
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Rich people show their appreciation through favors. When everyone you know has more money than they know what to do with, money stops being a useful transactional tool. So instead you offer favors. Deals. Quid pro quos. Things that involve personal involvement rather than money. Because when you're that rich,…
Progress is progress. Even small progress.
1% Better Every Single Day.
The Aggregation of Marginal Gains 1.01^365 = 37.78.
Nearly 38x better in one year.
John Scalzi (b. 1969) American writer
Lock In, ch. 6 (2014)
More about this quote: wist.info/scalzi-john/35353/
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My father deals with millionaires and billionaires on a daily basis, the sort of people who have egos just this side (and sometimes way over the edge) of sociopathy. The sort of person who thinks he’s the apex predator wading through a universe of sheep.
The math:
→ 1% worse daily = 0.03 of where you started
→ 1% better daily = 37x where you started
Tiny gains compound.
Tiny losses compound too.
Choose your direction.
How #the1percent tricked us into not trying
Reverend Elvis
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Shouting into the void
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