@volts.wtf@bsky.brid.gy
On this subject, I highly recommend everyone listen to @chrislhayes.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy's latest podcast on Andrew Tate. You might be vaguely aware of Tate, but hearing the full details is truly, truly appalling--not least because the right, inc. Vance, Don Jr., & T. Carlson, has consistently protected him.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cnpe7qvcyjrhm6w7w7e4atur/post/3mpwpthsx4k22
Andrew Tate’s “Empire of Abuse...
Is McConnell dead yet?
Discussing the death penalty with other people in my early teens was my first hint at something that would become very very obvious later: my instincts & values are not widely shared.
Anyway, this is disgusting:
Why Is Florida Executing So Ma...
www.nytimes.comWhy Is Florida Executing So Many Prisoners?In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace.They don't have the legislative majority to repeal the Clean Air Act -- one of the most successful and popular laws in US history -- so they are simply destroying it by other means.
Trump Pardons Violators of the...
www.nytimes.comTrump Pardons Violators of the Clean Air Act and a Major DonorThe president used his clemency power to further undermine environmental laws and to help a political supporter who pleaded guilty in a fraud involving Jack Abramoff.Take all your "cover parking lots with solar panels" energy and channel it to this instead:
Stop incentivizing surface par...
progressandpoverty.substack.comStop incentivizing surface parking lotsThey are draining the economic potential of our cities. We need to make them financially unsustainable.Here's the world's richest man, who runs the platform that most US officials & institutions continue to post on & support, endorsing a post that opposes universal suffrage & endorses dividing the population into "makers & takers," denying voting rights to the latter. Happy Independence Day.
