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Make fascists irrelevant. Democracy defender. Animal lover. Data science and #privacy advocate. #Comedy lover and performer. #ProWrestling. Fantasy sports. Human rights and correcting injustice. Monopolies are destroying the world. Not down with communists or apathetic nihilists. #VotingRights #StandWithUkraine #TransRightsAreHumanRights #WhiteSox #Vegetarian #BlackLivesMatter #CancelStudentDebt
Good job, New York.
Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world’s best recovery

After posting faster annual growth last year than in 2022, the U.S. economy is quashing fears of a new recession while offering lessons for future crisis-fighting.

The Washington Post
Instead of depending on a sociopathic billionaire to make advances in space travel and satellite internet, how about making him pay his fair share in taxes and doing it ourselves?
Everything has guar gum now.

Twitter used to be a place where you could go when important news was breaking and find valid information.

Now it’s a shit pile of disinformation fed by terrible people and botnets, wildly out of control.

I swear, every episode of #BobsBurgers makes me cry now. Such an amazing show. #Rudy

This. This is why I stopped posting over there:

"People don’t come to Twitter for its far-right hate content. Nor do the advertisers come to market to them....The fact of the matter is, people come to Twitter for news, culture, discussions. By staying, you don’t hold any ground, you maintain the viability of a platform hell-bent on promoting far-right ideology. So long as there’s content other than hate, people will have a reason to stay."

https://throwawayopinions.io/the-paradox-of-intolerance.html

The Case For Leaving Twitter

The paradox of intolerance and what it means for online discourse.

5% of the US defense budget

50% of the Russian military destroyed

Ukraine is the best national security investment America has ever made — we would be CRAZY not to continue it.

Anyone who says otherwise is probably working with the Kremlin, whether they know it or not.

Malaria Comes to Arkansas: State Reports First Locally Acquired Case

The mosquito-spread illness may be gaining a foothold in the United States.

Gizmodo

Jim Jordan, Who's Running For Speaker, Played A Key Role In Trump's 2020 Election Plot | “Jim Jordan knew more about what Donald Trump had planned for Jan. 6 than any other member of the House,” former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-jordan-speaker-january-6_n_65202c86e4b091a3dc271695

#JimJordan #Speaker2020ElectionPlot #HouseKnowledge #Jan6Plan #LizCheney #TrumpElectionPlot #Politics #News

Jim Jordan, Who's Running For Speaker, Played A Key Role In Trump's 2020 Election Plot

“Jim Jordan knew more about what Donald Trump had planned for Jan. 6 than any other member of the House,” former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said.

HuffPost