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The hypothesis that aliens come and reset Earth every time humanity enters "late-stage capitalism" isn't a bad one for me. It also explains the ancient technological devices found in various excavations. When companies switch to microtransaction models, and all products and services become subscription-based, and the hardware you own is made obsolete with a software update, and the income of the richest 1% exceeds that of the poorest 50%, and all communist and socialist experiments fail, they just say "Ugh, not again!" and launch a rocket and leave.

#aliens #politics #economy #reset

When academics gaslight and victim blame, it's time to ignore them.

Ill health in old age isn’t solely the result of individual choices.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/20/responsibility-ill-health-old-age-oxford-longevity-project-study

#research #news #health #poverty #economy #politics #pollution

At least 80% responsibility for ill health in old age down to individual, study says

UK report argues people have greater control over longevity than widely understood, but others say claim is simplistic

The Guardian

"Really what my toxic mother taught me was there’s two types of women. There are good, solid, valuable women who are major assets to men, if you’re a good woman. Then there’s a warm, wet hole.”

Melissa Isaak

https://www.al.com/politics/2026/04/trump-deportation-judge-is-roy-moore-mens-rights-lawyer-vowed-to-make-women-great-again.html

#misogyny #horizontalhostility #women #hatred #intersectionalfeminism #internalisedMisogyny

Trump deportation judge was Roy Moore ‘men’s rights’ lawyer, backed ‘Make Women Great Again’

Melissa Isaak said there's two types of women -- ones who are "major assets to men ... Then there’s a warm, wet hole.”

al

Poverty is not just "lack of money". Poverty has many shades and types which the majority of human beings are forced to deal with every day.

Poverty of intellect
Poverty of knowledge
Poverty of perception
Poverty of morality
Poverty of justice
Poverty of equality
Poverty of emotion
Poverty of kindness
Poverty of energy
Poverty of action
Poverty of hope
Poverty of nature
Poverty of vision
Poverty of values
Poverty of choice

If you wake up every morning feeling not refreshed but completely exhausted, you are fighting a form of poverty. Every day.

#poverty #sociology #psychology #economy #politics

Ilze (@ilze_dzivojas) on Threads

Do you know how hard you need to abuse the mammal to make them not to have children?...

Threads

"The weak won because they made the strong feel ashamed of their own strength."

Friedrich Nietzsche

#philosophy #psychology #power #politics #think

“Patriarchal attitudes have always existed. But what we’re seeing now is a re-intensification – a backlash against women’s growing participation, independence and public voice, especially online.”

"A mother who has lived as a victim of patriarchal systems often becomes the enforcer with her daughter."

Amanda Abou Abdallah

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/28/lebanese-women-smatouha-minni-you-heard-it-from-me-feminist-youtube-series-satire

#patriarchy #feminism #journalism #politics #manosphere

‘If your wife asks you to change diapers, change your wife’: Lebanon’s hit show parodying the patriarchy

The female-created YouTube sketch series Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me) uses satire to confront misogynistic attitudes

The Guardian

Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

—Hugh B. Brown
#quote

"In October, a study run by researchers looked at how personality traits correlate with relationship status across nearly 4,000 people in Australia, Denmark and Sweden and found that the men who scored highest on agreeableness (how nice they were) were statistically the least likely to have a partner."

Victoria Richards

Is women's desire for 'bad boys' a problem?

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/dear-vix-love-advice-relationships-40s-partner-single-b2961074.html

#relationships #research #psychology #personality #men #women #dating

Dear Vix: Nice guys bore me – but ‘bad boys’ treat me terribly

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email [email protected] for advice on love, work, family and relationships

The Independent

"As many young people might put it: why fight for a country that isn’t fighting for you?”

Eddie Barnes

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/war-britain-uk-soldiers-young-people-poll-b2962452.html

#politics #war #UK #youth #education #costofliving #unemployment

Half of young people say they would never fight for Britain in a war, poll shows

The number of young people who expected to live better lives than their parents has also halved in a year, according to the poll

The Independent