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Reflect on this - if we eradicated poverty by constructing a #basicincome floor, think of the ripple effects. We would reduce crime rates, improve health outcomes, and even boost our economy as people gain the ability to spend more.

UBI isn't charity; it's a high ROI investment.

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When a government attempts to discredit The Hague, it's a sign something has gone terribly wrong in that country. My latest:

#cartoon #comic #politics #war #humanrights #gaza

SIGNS YOUR GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

1. They're dissing the World Court
Man saying "Hague Schmague"
Caption: Actually said by Israel's National Security Minister

2. They've killed over 10,000 children
Girl in Gaza in smoking ruins as bombs fall in background

3. The nation supplying them with weapons makes special exceptions to get around human rights violations

State Department official sitting in front of computer screen reading: SEND MORE BOMBS? YES/NO

Official: It's easy -- the answer is always yes!

4. A former apartheid state is calling them out

South African official: We know it when we see it!

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The brains behind Trump's stolen #SupremeCourt have detailed plans: they didn't just scheme to pack the court with judges who weren't qualified for - or entitled to - a SCOTUS life-tenure, they also set up a series of cases for that radical court to hear.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/02/upward-redistribution/#bedoya

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The trudging circle of prisoners from Van Gogh's 'The Prisoners.' They have been separated from their background and colorized with bright reds and oranges. In their center is a giant capitalist ogre in a top hat, yanking a lever in the shape of a golden dollar-sign with one white-gloved hand and holding a dangling, upside-down prisoner figure in the other. Behind this tableau and to the left is an editorial cartoon version of Roosevelt as a 'big-stick' swinging trustbuster, taking aim at the ogre.

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Who did it better?

💦 > 🪨

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/100-years-ago-j-harlen-bretz-figured-out-eastern-washingtons-geological-backstory/

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I was photographing the front of a recently restored historic hotel when from behind me this guy said, you can take my photo if you want.

I said, I don't usually photograph random people, but since you asked I'll give it a go.

I took a few shots and asked, would you like to see?

He said, I don't care what you do with it.

I showed him the photo.

I said, I think you look nice. Thank you for letting me photograph you.

He looked at it & said, It looks nice.

#Photography #StreetPhotography

A bearded man sitting on an outside bench wrapped in multiple blankets while eating an apple.

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I was on a flight today and I had to switch seats with someone so I could sit next to my wife and daughter.

The person I switched with was totally fine with it. (I mean who would want to sit next to some random 2-year-old on a flight anyway. (Well, I would. (She's adorable.)))

So one of the flight attendants hears this and I'm convinced she must just be the enemy of cheeriness because she swooped down on us with a furious determination to end our 2 player game of musical chairs.

It sounded something like this:
> If you guys are going to change seats you need to notify a flight attendant.
> you cant just switch seats that puts the balance of the plane in jeopardy.
> They balance out the plane according to the weight of the passengers using the luggage in the undercarriage if people switch seats it throws that whole thing off.
> I will need to speak to the captain about this.

And she does.

While she is up there talking to the captain two dudes in front of us had the following conversation.

> Did they take your weight when you ordered your ticket?
> No. Did they take yours?
> No. But, she's totally right. You know they got a guy down there with the luggage during the flight right?
> What?
> Yeah hes down there. Every time someone goes to the bathroom he has to run to the other end of the plane to keep it balanced or we crash.
> …
> Yep. And if it's a really big guy he has to like pick up weights and carry them.
> Me: Yeah. They call them Weight Runners. Super important people.
> (We sounded very convincing)

The third guy totally bought this. It was hilarious.

So anyway, the flight attendant comes back and just like totally ignores us. Doesnt even report back what the captain says.

I don't even care though. We just convinced a guy that Weight Runners are real and they know when you go to the bathroom.

https://defector.com/six-things-you-are-not-allowed-to-say-to-me-about-godzilla-minus-one

https://defector.com/heres-a-cool-picture-of-uranus

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Today's editorial cartoon by Nick Anderson - https://www.patreon.com/editorialcartoons/posts

A four-panel grid labeled "Famous Corporate Taglines", with their corresponding logos:
* Nike: "Just Do It"
* KFC: "It's Finger Lickin' Good"
* Allstate: "You're in Good Hands"
* X: "Go F**k Yourself"

“Many different things can rot a person's mind“

https://defector.com/looking-good-elon-feeling-good-trashcan-man

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Sure, the Supreme Court needs better ethics rules. But Clarence Thomas took bribes and cheated on his taxes, and existing laws cover that nicely.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/clarence-thomas-rv-loan-senate-inquiry.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5Uw.lLET.jt-oDuXFa0hk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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They finally got me to cancel my subscription

Which one should they help elect? The one that asked SCOTUS to overturn the election? The one that's trying to impeach Biden? The one that thinks the guy under eleventy-seven indictments is the best person to lead the country?

I was looking to see which asshat wrote this, but it's the entire Editorial Board. Un-fucking-believable

WaPo Opinion headline: Democrats should help elect a Republican speaker

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Neglected to post this cartoon from a couple weeks ago: Always blame the left!

#uspol #media #journalism #authoritarianism #democracy

Always Blame the Left

1. Dems are constantly being blamed for Republican extremism.

Pundit on TV show Nattering Noggins: If Democrats want to defeat Trumpism, they need to stop moving so far to the left.

2. But what exactly have the Dems done that's so radical?

Woman: That does it! Lowering prescription drug prices and funding infrastructure are too far out for me. I want a right-wing dictatorship!

3. Like someone's not going to be a neo-Nazi because Democrats shift slightly rightward?

Insurrectionist: Hmm... I was hoping to violently overthrow the government to install a white ethno-state. But if they cut back on school lunch programs, I'll reconsider.

4. Maybe it's time to start blaming fascism on fascists.

Female pundit on Nattering Noggins: The right has been propagandized into extremism for decades.

Pundit from first panel: What an unserious opinion! You need to move to the right.

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"People with CarPlay are mostly just listening to AM/FM radio"

The only way - the ONLY way - this can possibly be true is if they found every single survey respondent by hanging out at the entrance of the AM/FM Radio Superfan Conference.

I absolutely refuse to believe this is true. Who is still actually, unironically still listening to AM/FM radio??!

https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/20/carplay-am-fm-radio-data/

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