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@himmeneutics.bsky.social

The Worst Marxist I can comprehend these man-made horrors just fine so I dunno, maybe you have a skill issue or something.

“Four Oregon Democratic lawmakers, and two hopefuls, are calling for a three-year moratorium on new data centers in the state in response to growing public concern over energy and water demand, farmland loss, tax fairness and community benefits[.]” Reporting from @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social

Democratic lawmakers propose three-year moratorium on new large data centers in Oregon • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Oregon would join 15 other states that have proposed data center pauses in the last year.

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Texas Children’s Hospital has three months to create the nation’s first clinic designed to reverse gender transition care, and must provide that care for free, according to the newly released terms of a settlement with Attorney General Ken Paxton. bit.ly/4hRqHp2

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ORC BUTLER: there is a time for poison, but it would earn you no praise to kill him in secret, sir ELF BUTLER: on the contrary, sir, be like the earth herself, and sour from within the man who dared cross you ME: I will stab him with my envenomed spear ROTLIMB ORC & ELF BUTLER: excellent choice, sir

Mother Jones reporter Abby Vesoulis appeared on CNN last night to discuss her bombshell investigation about Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio). CNN's Jake Tapper also got into a heated exchange with the congressman over these recent allegations. You can read Abby's full story here: https://bit.ly/4waceIu

New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo

She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.

Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.

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Forever thinking about the time I was doing IT for a sushi place where the staff had a policy to greet each other in Japanese The lead chef, super cholo of a dude, walked in and yelled "ohayo gozaimasu, CABRONES" & I swear to fuck I developed some sort of muscle damage from holding in the yuks

TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.

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Get rekt. And I'm saying this specifically to the establishment Dems who have been outed, clear as day, as Republicans. You're nowhere near the center of American politics. You're on the right. At least the GOP has the balls to admit that they're monsters. You guys are just pussies

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New poll: Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Benjamin Netanyahu by a +22 margin Total: 49-27 Black: 53-13 Hispanic: 52-15 Ages 18-29: 58-17 Harris voters: 74-10 Independents: 55-20 23% of Trump voters agree as well Economist/YouGov:

A dark money campaign is offering influencers $1,500 per post to attack Abdul El-Sayed and support Haley Stevens. Same exact dollar figure that was paid to attack @katmabu.bsky.social (Nobody ever found out who was paying for that campaign.) Gross, lazy and above all cynical shit.

Secret paid influencer campaign backing Stevens floods Michigan Senate race

Rep. Haley Stevens and the Senate Democratic PAC said they were not involved in the effort to pay for user-generated content endorsing her.

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Thinking about how Osprey, a publishing house almost entirely devoted to publishing military uniform/equipment fetish material disguised as dry but picture heavy non-fiction tomes, put out a book dismantling the right wing mythologization of Sparta with an absolute all-timer table of contents.

Table of Contents
Preface
List of Maps

PART I: THE MYTH OF SPARTA
Introduction

PART II: THE REALITY OF SPARTA
I. Cuckold Kings and Wolves' Work: Behind the Spartan Mirage
II. Archaic Sparta at War: Early Losses, Foreign Roots
III. The Greco-Persian War: The Thermopylae Speed Bump
IV. The Peloponnesian Wars: Floundering at Sea, Surrendering on Land
V. Masters of Greece? Sparta Squanders its Hegemony
VI. The Boeotian War: What Cannot Bend Must Break
VII. The End of Sparta: Irreformable and Irrelevant
VIII. Conclusion: The Bronze Lie

PART III: TANGLING MYTH AND REALITY
IX. The “Moron Label”: The Spartans and the Political Far Right
Appendix A. Historiography and Objectivity
Appendix B. The Fundamentals of Ancient Battle

Glossary
Bibliography
Index

It seems there is no review for opinion writers, no moment when publishers ask, "Is this person right often enough to justify publishing their opinions?" Columnists can just churn out one bad take after another and are never held accountable for their inveterate wrongness.