Stealing the palaces and art FROM the obscenely rich and making them into public museums: good
Stealing from public museums to sell to obscenely rich private collectors: unbelievably bad.
they're doing a thomas crowne affair remake and as much as i love that movie it feels like the wrong cultural moment to make a bored billionaire who steals priceless works of art from the public into a hero
SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
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Just wanna say that the portal is still very much open. COVID and stupidity are both running rampant
A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. www.wired.com/story/new-ga...
This is why you don’t let billionaires run schools! He gets bored one day and suddenly hundreds of kids don’t have a classroom anymore.
Whew 😮💨 ALL. OF. THIS.
I miss being in love, the romantic tension, the intimacy, the little things that only make sense to us, the intensity, the soft touches, cooking for them, i miss sharing that with someone
Well that goes along with the dismal reality that you don’t own anything you purchase online, you just rent it until the corporate overlords decide to pull the plug.
Body camera footage shows a police officer shooting Emeshyon Wilkins in the back of the head as he was fleeing, contradicting police reports.
The biggest betrayal of my life is what these assholes did with the internet.
During the peak of COVID, a number of parents learned or re-learned that teaching is difficult. But this has had no lasting impact. Hasn't translated to calls to increase teacher pay, for example.
The First WORLD FENCING LEAGUE is happening April 25th!!! I'M GEEKING!!!
Japanese engineers developed this "Sword Tip Visualisation" tracking technology specifically for this event that will make it so much easier for the average person to see what's going on!
I MUST WATCH THIS ENTIRE TOURNAMENT
As a former federal official, it pains me to say it, but we will need to clean house thoroughly and start fresh with rules to prevent politicization of the workforce. Need new PMI program to recruit best and brightest. Reduce # of political appointees across govt.
The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
i respect season 2 of the pitt for saying "ignoring your depression & trauma doesn't make you the sympathetic hero, it makes you a problem in the fucking workplace"
Mandeep Kaur, 22, reportedly wants to challenge your assertion that violent video games directly cause aggression, but she has decided to hold back just in case you ask her for the receipts.
"What about me? I'm still alive!"
- Someone interrupting me preparing to attend my best friend's funeral
When we talk about climate change, a lot of weird looking numbers can get tossed around. Metric tons, millions of tons, and so on.
How do we make sense of this, and put it all in context?
Welcome to “Carbon in Context” by Project Drawdown. It helps you see the bigger picture.
Check it out!
talkin bout gender makes everyone feel better, too bad they are trying to outlaw talkin bout gender. If we can't get men into therapy, atleast get them "talkin bout gender"
"Talkin bout Gender" should be an am radio call-in show that runs 8 hours a day, I am deadly serious.
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Life is hard, but operating from survival mode cuts you off from the people who love you and will help you navigate the ups and downs
You're having a nervous breakdown because you keep masking around your loved ones. Stop hiding. Give them the opportunity to show up for you, too.
Want you to hear what I’m about to say very well and let this bless you: every conversation is not for you. You are not the center of the universe to the point where your opinion is needed for every lil thing. It’s ok to not say anything.
Some kids have literally been in tears from the pressure they're feeling to do well. In elementary school.
There's gotta be a better way.
I'm not Pollyannish about this. I think a lot of people are *casually* cruel.
We're embedded in systems that make cruelty (or maybe more accurately being mean) the default. And people don't necessarily think a lot about it. But when people REALIZE the harm, they're causing most try to stop.
FYI, My Fellow Georgians!
Make sure you are registered to vote because your vote 🗳️ is your voice and your voice matters!
there's a chance of fucking snow tonight and it's supposed to be in the 70s by mid week
Hey, as a CEO who recognized our workers' union at the company I was leading, I can confirm these points, though I'd add some nuance. *Starting* these initiatives during a union drive can definitely be seen as union-busting; their existence is not necessarily inherently seen as such by the NLRB.
