@timbaumgardner.bsky.social

A life-long Liberal Democrat. NJ born, a life-long Yankees fan, born into an academic family, Purdue alum, grew up in Argentina, have traveled the world. A rock/jazz/blues drummer, Radio DJ, Harris/Walz voter. Love dogs/animals #BlueCrew #DecencyMatters

Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.

El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250

I sincerely hope that @toni.bsky.team won't deceive himself into thinking that right wingers from X have the capacity to engage with civility as he envisions. Their lack of presence here is because they've been unable to weaponize Bluesky for harassment. That's a huge plus for the site.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —Martin Luther King, Jr.

BREAKING: Max Miller - republican Rep from Ohio who is accused of beating his wife and child - is making an announcement on Twitter at 10 AM tomorrow. It better be his resignation.

Tweet from Miller: I will be going LIVE here on X tomorrow morning at 10:00AM for a special announcement.

A huge problem in the U.S. is the general lack of understanding of the scientific process and how research folds, with scientists continually analyzing new information and actually changing their minds when necessary. This is completely foreign to the masses who start convinced of a conclusion.

This is the other problem with the lab leak: The different versions. - If the virus was engineered, then it would show signs of that. It doesn't. - If it was an accidental leak, then dead bat viruses infected humans. They can't. - If it was GOF research, then it would be SARS-1.

Ben K.@benjaminkabak.com · 6d ago

I don't really understand why the lab leak freaks are so adverse to the wet market origin. Wet markets are pretty gross and inhumane. You don't need to create a lab leak bogeyman to make them bad. The leap from "lab leak" to "intentional lab leak" is frankly insane.