Where are all the "fraud and waste" people now?
Posts by Paul Loewen
It’s a brilliant tax because when they say “but the billionaires will leave” you get to say “they already don’t live there”
It kinda boggles my mind when Christians discount social attempts to provide what the church is working towards. As if poverty relief or health/healing should only be the purview of the church.
This has massive burnout implications for direct service staff as well -- doing CPR on someone you know and love.
If people think AI is disruptive, just wait until it moves from manipulating bits (the digital world) to atoms (the physical world). Self-driving cars are just a hint of what's to come.
@hankgreen.bsky.social FYI some people listen to you at 2x all the time. It’s great!
My favourite thing about “it takes money to make money” is that the people who tout it are convinced that wealth inequality is a meritocracy issue.
In a world of terrifying news, reminding my kid that "the news is news because it's rare" has become a mantra.
My favourite thing about our current economic system is that everyone, even those who love it, will do everything they can to escape it.
No medal, no extension.
Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
Backpack ads act like they’ve redefined physics and invented an interior expansion spell.
We need to know both things to improve things -- it tells us where we are and what we've done that's worked.
Oh I know!
Oh I know!
Even Monopoly realizes society doesn’t work without universal basic wealth (starting cash) and universal basic income (GO money).
The entire right-wing agreed that cars can become weapons when they justified the murder of Renee Good.
I'm at my limit, here. I think most people are. Thankful for the indoors!
Dude's working his way through an entire bag of Cheetos. There's a three-second crinkle every thirty seconds.
If you're going to eat incredibly loud and crunchy food in the library, at least bring enough for everyone.
Yeah, they are basically impossible to pull off the plastic without them falling apart. Almost like they're more Cheez Whiz-y.
I'm guessing the thick slicks will trend towards the size of the old regulars, and there'll be a new extra thick that comes out.
Anyone else notice Kraft singles are now so thin you can see through them?
Where are the people who decry the removal or toppling of statues? This actually *is* history.
May we one day live in precedented times.
There *are* reasons why we will mine for decades:
- replacing 100% of current infrastructure
- getting there faster than end-of-life because we want to minimize the impacts of CC
- getting the entire world electrified to the standard they want
- the population is still growing (but will stabilize)
Not only do we need to mine way less for batteries and solar than we do for fossil fuels, but they also introduce the path to becoming a circular economy -- recycling is already both technically and economically feasible.
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Pro tip: It's easier to win at Monopoly when you were there at the beginning.
(Note: this is a post about the economy.)
Turns out the real tyranny of the 15-minute city all along was needing to use a vehicle to get something that's a 15-minute walk away.
Agreed that they're an unfortunate necessity for most people (including me). Wishing we had more transportation freedom. Turns out the real 15-minute city all along was needing to use a vehicle to get something that's a 15-minute walk away.