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Cathi Harris@cathiharris.bsky.social |
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Writer, editor and opinionated human.
Life updates at:
cathiharris.beehiiv.com.
Berlin, Germany.
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Cathi Harris
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In the past 10 years, rent prices in Barcelona have risen by 70 percent — pushing many residents out of the city in search of affordable housing. By comparison, the cost to purchase residential property only increased 39 percent over the same period.
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Cathi Harris
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"One notable grave still maintained is the monument dedicated to three people who were murdered by the Nazi regime. Fritz Riedel, Kurt Ritter, and Willi Heinze were members of the Communist resistance group organized by Robert Uhrig."
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Cathi Harris
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I think it's because it's simpler and easier: You don't have to question your own possible motives or biases, you don't have to think about complicated systemic issues - you just need to blame/hate/eliminate X vulnerable group. It's all their fault.
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Bethany Brookshire
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I am reading Hannah Arendt right now and she makes this point. Over and over. With a freakin hammer. There are a LOT OF PEOPLE in the world very eager to pick a group and blame it for their problems, esp when they don't have a strong grasp of where those problems really come from.
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Thorin Klosowski
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1) what a dumb waste of money
2) even the promised features are not that helpful???
3) instead of blowing money on snake oil start-up tech, hire more teachers and staff, you freaks
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/u...
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Cathi Harris
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""[U]nder France's two-step voting system, nothing is certain yet. In the 577 French voting districts, all candidates who scored more than 12.5% will move on to the second, definitive round of voting unless one person scores more than 50% of the vote."
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Shiv Ramdas
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every time I see someone complain about unions I think about how unions were the consensus alternative to the previous system of burning the factory owner alive inside his house
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Neer
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I'mma say this for all the people in the back. Don't vote for a person. Vote for your rights, for the rights of others. On page 5 of Project 2025's 180-day plan they openly call for outlawing porn, recommending imprisoning anyone who creates it. Are you an NSFW artist, or like the art? THIS IS YOU.
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Jonah
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Biden speaking makes people realize he’s an old man. Trump speaking makes people remember he’s a fucking unhinged lunatic. Really doesn’t seem like anyone should be surprised if people prefer the former (it will surprise some brilliant political commentators)
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Cathi Harris
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"For some reason, this took me ages to learn. The German classes that I’ve taken don’t really cover this. They teach you how to call other people (restaurants, stores, etc.). .. But, for some reason, not how to answer your regular phone at home."
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Cathi Harris
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Unbelievable.
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Karl Bode
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seriously, man
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Ketan Joshi
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Fun fact: one of the authors of this absolute garbage study that somehow made it into Nature owns stock in Nvidia
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cathi Harris
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"The monuments in Weissensee do more than memorialize individual people. They are an important window and historical record of the Jewish community as it existed and flourished at the dawn of the 20th century in Berlin."
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Benjamin Dreyer
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We must follow the pattern of verbifying the full noun intact, so as we create to gaslight from the film Gaslight (and the past tense is thus gaslighted and not gaslit), so in this case the verb is to milkshake and the past tense is milkshaked.
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The New York Times
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New York City is preparing to launch the first comprehensive congestion-pricing program in a major U.S. city. Under the program, most passenger cars will be charged $15 a day to enter a zone below 60th Street in Manhattan. Will the new tolls change how you drive? Tell us in this questionnaire.
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Cathi Harris
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"Extracurricular clubs, arts education, sports programs, libraries and parks are not just important for the intrinsic value that each brings to local communities. They are also resources that give young people tools to improve their mental health." bit.ly/3wIvLXQ
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Cathi Harris
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"One of the main benefits of our move has been the ability to give up our cars and walk, bike, or take transit everywhere we need to go."
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Cathi Harris
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"Saxony's State Premier Michael Kretschmer (CDU) called the attack on Ecke "shocking," adding that attacks on political opponents were something from "the darkest epochs of our history."
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Cathi Harris
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On being 50+ in Berlin.
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Cathi Harris
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"Berlin has made increasing the number of Fahrradstraßen a key part of its Radverkehrplan, a plan to improve the city’s cycling network, reduce car traffic in the city center, and increase the number of city residents who cycle instead of drive."
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Kashana
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Two years ago: you’ll be fine if you lose roe, you’re just freaking out. Today: you ever thought about getting an pregnancy emergency helicopter frequent customer card?
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Cathi Harris
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Repost from Working Class History via Instagram.
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Memento Morty 🌙
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LORD I HAVE SEEN WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OTHERS
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Cathi Harris
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"The [EU's] Atificial Intelligence Act, which is expected to take effect later this year, sets a global precedent for governments grappling with the regulation of rapidly evolving AI technology."
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Dr Abeba Birhane
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