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“This is the most fun I’ve ever had on a boat!” - Biden
“We’re in a parking garage, sir”
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Cool, thanks for permission to not vote Democrat
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Wow, her other car is a Land Rover, who could have guessed?
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Not that I envision anything productive coming of that conversation. Probably just a courtesy "piggy bank already smashed to fund ongoing genocide" notice
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Today work is just like rent.
This comparison between bosses and landleacheslords is a useful one. If you haven't read any Marx, I think you would really appreciate his insights on the exploitative dynamics inherent to capitalism, including the ones you describe. I venture to suggest it would spoil your appetite for half measures.
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limited, localized, and targeted
Where have I heard this before
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All my hops and dreams: crushed
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Wistfully imagining a parallel universe where a general labor strike in the US was a near-term possibility to slow down this country’s death drive
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“I’m vocal and quick to counter with facts and logic, which helps shut down any nonsense.”
Way to refer to another insufferable loser in your defense lol
From https://xcancel.com/fearghaskelly/status/1833826081754808363?s=42
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Yes, and what conclusions do you draw from that?
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University of California bans encampments and face masks
Even in Commiefornia.
The president of the University of California has announced that the system would enforce bans on encampments as well as the use of masks to “conceal identity” in guidance that comes as schools across the US are planning for protests in support of Gaza similar to those that roiled campuses across the country.
Michael V Drake, the president of the 10-campus university system, said in a statement on Monday that the UC was taking steps to “ensure a safe, inclusive campus climate that fosters a free exchange of ideas”.
“Freedom to express diverse viewpoints is fundamental to the mission of the University, and lawful protests play a pivotal role in that process,” Drake wrote. “While the vast majority of protests held on our campuses are peaceful and nonviolent, some of the activities we saw this past year were not.”
www.theguardian.com
 I can't believe this is real holy shit >In a statement on Tuesday about the lawsuit, X’s chief executive, Linda Yaccarino, said: “People are hurt when the marketplace of ideas is constricted. No small group of people should monopolize what gets monetized.”
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You can bet she’s looking forward to the wheels on the campaign bus going round and round
https://nitter.poast.org/CompassCoffeeU/status/1803568899398492416 > Our election is July 16. Compass Coffee has proven they will do whatever they need to stop this from happening. Breaking the law, calling in favors from friends, adding customers and partnerships to their list of baristas in order to stop this union.More updates to follow.
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Thanks for the tip, comrade Elon!
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Me typing in the url 
Nice.
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4mo ago
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Corn starch > fluoroantimonic acid
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Wow.
northdakotamonitor.com
>The residue on the paraphernalia tested positive for methamphetamine, as did the water in the bong and the substance in the glass jar. Deputies further reported that the bong water weighed 8 ounces and, somewhat confusingly, that the crystal substance weighed 13.2 grams “in total with the packaging.” >For charging purposes under state law, 8 ounces of bong water is considered the same as 8 ounces of pure methamphetamine. That’s well over the 50-gram threshold necessary to trigger a first-degree felony offense. Absolutely shameful and grotesque that this law is so written and exploited to ruin innocent peoples' lives. But no tale like this would be complete without the s doing what they do best: >Deputies also seized Beske’s car and $2,400 in cash and intend to permanently forfeit them under a state law that allows authorities to take vehicles used to transport controlled substances “intended for distribution or sale,” and cash that represents “the proceeds of a controlled substance offense.” >Beske says she won the cash at the casino that night, and when she was pulled over she had a tax form from the casino to prove it.
Some incredible mental gymnastics and moral cowardice on display in this essay. A couple choice bits: >Turns out, I could not give up my relationship with New York City for the future of the planet. I’d just about managed to stop buying plastic bottles (except when very thirsty) and was trying to fly less. But never to see New York again? What pitiful ethical creatures we are (I am)! Falling at the first hurdle! >Yes, this is the point at which I stake my rhetorical flag in that fantastical, linguistical, conceptual, unreal place—built with words—where rapes are minimized as needs be, and the definition of genocide quibbled over, where the killing of babies is denied, and the precision of drones glorified, where histories are reconsidered or rewritten or analogized or simply ignored, **and “Jew” and “colonialist” are synonymous**, and “Palestinian” and “terrorist” are synonymous, and language is your accomplice and alibi in all of it. At least she's truthful about it being an unreal place.
arstechnica.com
>"If people think that an IPO means we're going to … push prices up, push the margins up, push down the feature sets, the only answer we can give is, watch us. Keep watching," he said. "Let's look at it in 15, 20 years' time." I'm pretty sure those are the first things your new shareholders will be demanding but okay
I created this little animation in Blender. I'd intended to make a much lengthier version with sound and turn it into a leftist re-imagining of the familiar holiday TV fireplace, but I haven't been able to pull it together in time. Still, I wanted to share what I had with you all so that it might, in some small way, provide some warmth through the holidays. [edit] Now also in gif form for greater compatibility! 
Whines: But *Mommmm*, I wanna arm *my* fascists!
www.theguardian.com
>Demonstrate, but don’t mistake demonstrating for political action. You may find it gratifying to stand on a corner in Berkeley with a sign asking drivers to “honk if you hate fascism” and elicit lots of honks, but that’s as politically effectual as taking a warm shower. Organize people who don’t normally vote to vote for Biden. Mobilize get-out-the-vote efforts in your community. Get young people involved. While I'd agree there's a limit to the effectiveness of protest alone, it takes a certain kind of brain to think ing is the more politically effective move.
www.theguardian.com
>When state and federal aid lagged in the days after the fire, Indigenous-led and faith-based organizations stepped up to provide shelter and resources to survivors, said Tamara Paltin, a West Maui county councilmember. A host of volunteer-powered distribution tents provided food, clothing and medication, as well as acupuncture and lomi practitioners. >“As far as I’ve been taught, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi still exists,” she said. “We’re a nation occupied by the US.”
truthout.org
> When “defund police” became a national cry in 2020, police organizations mobilized to beat it back by laying every uptick in crime or high-profile violent incident at the feet of Black Lives Matter and any public official in support of the movement. This national reckoning happened to come at a crucial juncture in Oakland’s budget cycle, and the city council surprised activists by voting, in June 2020, to create a task force to Reimagine Public Safety with a goal “to reduce OPD budget by 50 percent by investing in crime prevention and community.” >One year later, then-police chief LeRonne Armstrong, the department’s 10th chief in 10 years, linked “out-of-control” crime in the city to the first actual budget cut, **which had been approved by the council only days before.** [emph. mine] Shortly thereafter, then-Mayor Libby Schaaf made international headlines for “reversing course,” saying “defund the police went ‘too far,’” though no cuts had yet been implemented and Schaaf had always publicly opposed them. >In October 2022, ABC News investigated claims that defunding has contributed to increasing crime numbers and found that in the vast majority of cities, police funding has increased since 2020. Oakland followed this national trend, with an 18 percent increase between 2019 and 2022.
