roy mcmakin
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most of my emotional attachments are to furniture, with a few notable exceptions
at some point these stop being prediction markets and we're probably close to that www.cnn.com/2026/07/17/c...
People are making wildfire bets on prediction markets. Experts say it could lead to disaster | CNN
As the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires raged last year, people placed bets on how how many acres the fires would consume, which locations they would reach and when they would be contained.
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UPDATE: Today, I had my court hearing for protesting rigged maps.
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Modern Abolitionist Movement Needed To Free 50 million Enslaved Globally - PopularResistance.Org
More than 50 million people around the globe are estimated to be in enslavement according to 2022 reports by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations. During the horrific transatlantic trade in African people from the 16th to the 19th centuries, more than 20 million African people were captured and enslaved by Western colonial powers. The difference in numbers is both stark and an indictment of modern-day society as much as it was on those involved and who benefited (and whose ancestors still benefit) from the transatlantic trade in humans. But why is enslavement still taking place and, it seems, still increasing?
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The War On The Poor Is Escalating - PopularResistance.Org
We are now living in a period when poverty, homelessness, and social abandonment have reached crisis levels and the need for a united working-class challenge to this state of affairs is more important than ever. The official discourse in our society is geared to the proposition that poverty and homelessness stem from personal failings, if not moral dereliction. This assumption is shared by both right-wing and more liberal commentators, even if it is expressed by them in significantly different terms. The right-wingers simply condemn the poor as the architects of their own misfortune and seek to impose the full burden of austerity measures on them, backed up, of course, by generous doses of aggressive policing and prison sentences.
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Susan Collins can still be defeated, and Dems can still take back the Senate — if they simply listen to voters here…which, alas, is a big if.
"I think for women in the culture the pendulum will come back again, and there'll be another renaissance to push back against the oppression of the cranky old rich white guys. I hope I am alive to see that next revolution." Nancy Wilson (of Heart)
RESPECT Every politician should be doing this. Mayor Coffman has spent every Friday night since February sleeping at Aurora, Colorado’s homeless center, serving breakfast in the morning, and learning firsthand what works and what doesn’t.
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
I love this analysis so, so much. Absolutely brilliant, and spot-on. “Look at me, I’m Grown Up Mr. Mayor, and don’t you forget it…but I can also be and do all of these fun things that seem at odds with that constricting set of expectations.” Love for and subversion of the thing. Drag at its finest.
Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂
"Maroon communities throughout Texas, Louisiana, and other places were brought here for [their] knowledge; they were able to take it into these landscapes and continue to figure it out. And they also exchanged knowledge with Indigenous people."
From the Plantation to the Thicket: Juneteenth, Black Freedom, and 'Marronage' in Texas
Freedom in Texas was achieved both after—and before—formal emancipation.
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The reflecting pool is kind of the perfect analogy for the Trump administration.
Knits With Cats@knitswithcats.bsky.social · 2mo ago
"The medicalization of beauty—that to be ugly is to be sick and dysgenic, and to be beautiful is to be well—is the foundational fascist text of our lives...[it's] not just an aesthetic or a political choice anymore. It is increasingly seen as a form of bad hygiene, as a means of deciding to be sick"
Maria Bustillos@mariabustillos.com · 2mo agoThis remark now expanded into a mindblowing new essay from @katewagner.wehwalt.net at @flaminghydra.com. Can't stop thinking about it. Flawlessly synthesizes so many disparate facets of media, politics, arts into a monstrous whole. Will listen to the podcast too. flaminghydra.com/fascism-and-...
Overheard 5 or 6 people on the walk over talking about how excited they are to see the algae. It is the hottest tourist attraction in DC rn
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 2mo agoGuys it's ridiculously green
In our magazine: Larry Callies founded the Black Cowboy Museum in 2017, but he's long since run out of room. Now, even as diversity and history are under attack elsewhere, he's building a museum 10 times larger with full support of his local government.
A Black Cowboy Museum, Rebooted
With diversity and history under attack in Texas, Fort Bend County leaders are bucking trends to back the expansion of a museum featuring Black cowboy culture.
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Xavier Becerra was pummeled tonight over taking the max donation from Chevron & opposing single payer healthcare:
Live Debate Goes HORRIBLY WRONG After He Said THIS!
YouTube video by it gets worse news
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Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.
Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/
A 29-year-old warehouse worker burned down a Kimberly-Clark warehouse and destroyed $500M in inventory while stating, “All you had to do was pay us enough to live.” So I quickly researched his claim. And the numbers don’t look good for Kimberly-Clark. youtube.com/shorts/uim6E...
Warehouse worker burns down $500M in Kimberly Clark inventory
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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Thank God I'm not having to endure this madness in dog years.
