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Admires people who can write clever bios, not one of same

It'll be pretty embarrassing if the dinosaurs went out with more dignity than us. They can't say they knew about the meteor for decades, knew exactly what to do about it, had all the technology and resources to stop it but didn't so five of them could own everything

Cassidy wants that sweet lobbyist lucre, so he’s going to make the sacrifice of spitting in the faces of victims of sexual assault and tearing up the Constitution. There aren’t enough bad words for these craven, soulless bastards.

Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.

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We are witnessing a tipping point. Boreal forests that stored carbon for 1000s of years are now CARBON EMITTERS. Heatwaves make wildfires. Wildfires make more heat. More heat makes more fires. This feedback loop is what scientists warned you about.

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Data centers are needed for AI. AI is needed to manipulate information on the internet. Manipulation of information is needed to sway public perception. Swaying public perception is needed to keep people from realizing who the real enemy is. Oligarchs are the enemy. Data centers are a weapon.

The planet isn't dying. It is being murdered. By greed, pollution, deforestation, plastic, oil, and endless consumption. We call it development, yet forests are vanishing. We call it progress, yet rivers are turning toxic. We call it business, yet the air is turning into poison.

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He found a second use for his white robe. He tied it to a standard and waved it in surrender. I’m sure he’ll untie it and put it back on again as soon as he can.

This Film often has the piss taken out of it for being a rather sedentary piece about 2 people just talking a lot — BUT — it has one of the most brilliantly prescient monologues in the history of Movies imho. MY DINNER WITH ANDRE (1981) Have a listen.