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by pstuart 18d ago
It's both.
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by pstuart 18d ago
This will likely get flagged as flame bait, but I'm guessing that the accusations have merit -- that attack was almost like Israel's Pearl Harbor moment. See Project for a New American Century for how the US turned 9/11 into
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by pstuart 18d ago
I love this kind of work. They had an ambitious timeline and the last entry was at the beginning of this year -- do you have a sense if they are still going strong?
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by pstuart 20d ago
Yep, but that's a third rail here -- plenty of otherwise intelligent people drank the kool aid (likely by their parents). It needs to be understood by all citizens of the United States that there is an active effort to make it into a C
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by pstuart 20d ago
Why should the re-evaluation happen just at renewal? I'm assuming that whatever threat assessment systems they use are updating as relevant data comes in. They are tracking each and every one of us already, it's just a scam. Of co
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by pstuart 20d ago
I just had to pay to renew my TSA PreCheck. Because why? They already know my threat risk (zero), and in paying them again nothing changed except they took more money from me.
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by pstuart 20d ago
I do too. I was an Atari guy so it was even more of a vague curiosity at the time.
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by pstuart 21d ago
Who pays for the lawsuit? When do cops actually have skin in the game? Qualified immunity is a joke. They have absolute immunity with the exception of when it is too politically hot and the cops were stupid enough to leave a trail that work
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by pstuart 22d ago
Broadcast media is boomer stuff (disclaimer: I am technically a boomer). I expect its relevance to fade. That said, the failure to prevent media aggregation (e.g., Sinclair et al) is also a betrayal to the people. As a boomer, I recognize t
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by pstuart 22d ago
Sadly, not amazed. Flooding is a natural concern (but not natural enough to not build in a freaking flood plain), and most communities are not forward-looking enough to look upstream for solutions likely because it may be out of their towns
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by pstuart 22d ago
[0] meh, what's the point? [1] was coming from a Marxist, and Marxists are going to Marxist. [2] had nothing about feminism You're trying to muddy the waters with your positioning. Women's rights are just that. Co
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by pstuart 22d ago
It is a problem for millions of Americans: https://voteriders.org/article/who-doesnt-have-an-id-in-amer... Systemic racism is very much a thing, and while perhaps not foundational in this particular issue, we see sti
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by pstuart 23d ago
Right wing talking points. They see feminism as a threat (which it is to them , but for the good overall).
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by pstuart 23d ago
Women's rights are human rights. We all win when that happens (except for those that exploit and abuse them).
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by pstuart 23d ago
With freshwater increasingly being a problem, being able to slow down tributaries and allow the water to percolate and help rebuild aquifers is something that should be happening everywhere possible. Lost cost, high reward. Not sexy enough
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by pstuart 23d ago
> We're definitely not trying to go after the market of people that are comfortable buying from Chinese suppliers and risking their health Just being able to buy from a truly trusted vendor and not pay big pharma markup and I&#x27
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by pstuart 23d ago
I get your point. In the US at least there's less of a paradox of choice. The key problem is that most people don't want to pay attention to any of it because it's either depressing or just not within there range of interests
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by pstuart 23d ago
You too are correct, it was a "get it out there" comment. My armchair assessment of the the electoral trap we're in: * first-past-the-post voting * dark money (money is not speech, it is power) * campaign finance refo
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by pstuart 23d ago
The current administration is in a class of its own regarding corruption -- it is the principle driver of everything they do. The nazi stuff is just bonus for them.
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by pstuart 23d ago
At the turn of the century (yikes!) Clinton reconfigured the DNC to serve the corporations rather than labor. I left the party after that but am compelled to vote blue as the least worst option. Partisan politics allows capture of the gover
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by pstuart 23d ago
This kind of inept security should be punished at a level that makes it cheaper to do it right than to pay a small percentage of their profits to continue with their assault on citizens' private info.
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by pstuart 25d ago
I wish I could run. I recognize that exercise is a foundational facet of health all the way around. I'm "blessed" with enough comorbidities that make that a challenge but I am going to get a personal trainer to help me work t
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by pstuart 25d ago
I can roll with that. I do have executive dysfunction and other "fun" facets of a funky neurobiology. I also recognize that every body and mind is different and it's a personal journey to find the right tools. I recognize tha
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by pstuart 25d ago
Thank you! It seems worthy of pursuit -- gonna bring that up with my doc.
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by pstuart 25d ago
I believe AuDHD is the common term.
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by pstuart 25d ago
I had a doc that prescribed me amphetamine. It was glorious for work, being in one of those horrendous open table environments with only a screen in front of you to keep from staring at the person directly across. I was able to laser focus
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by pstuart 25d ago
I understand this is your personal medical info, but could you drop any hints as to the nature of the misdiagnosis? I've learned late in life that I am neurospicy and learning from other's experiences in this domain has been qui
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by pstuart 26d ago
Matrox Mystique for my first build. Free MechWarrior and plenty of time burned there. Good times. It can be startling how thousands of dollars of premium gear can become e-waste in short order.
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by pstuart 26d ago
What you're doing almost requires giving it away as it only has value if other people use it. One small nit: "group identity". I have no tribe, no group (alas). The only tribe I can lay claim to is humanity itself. I'm
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by pstuart 26d ago
I'm not contesting the need to be compensated for work. My point is that there's stuff that I have worked on to scratch an itch and don't feel the need for monetary compensation. I believe there's an intrinsic need to be

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