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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan@outerleftfield.bsky.social |
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He/Him. Nearing decade of fatherhood, working through it like everyone else, trying to be kind, hoping for the best, preparing for the worst.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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See the General Election, 2020. Can we fucking stop with this insanity? Shouldn't the felon be the one proving he can overcome the worst platform since Jefferson Davis, his pending litigation and sentencing to win?
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Vituperative Erb
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I’m not sure what the surefire way to win the election is but I am fairly certain a sure way to lose is to spend the next 4 months with Democrats talking about how much their candidate sucks and how we’re doomed
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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If I'm posting it it's probably a bad post 🤔
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Block HEED Martin
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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How did the Beekeeper, of all films, manage to find the strangest perfect venn circle of absolute schlock and brilliance?
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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I'm a simple man who likes Bernie and Joe, and I think the way they buried any animus and just worked together since 2020 is actually awesome.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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In a way it's a redo of 2020 Democratic Primaries, in that every weird faction is just going to have to come to grips with Biden as the nominee. I'm just a weirdo that wants the Administration (and thus our Union) to endure, and we better put a lid on this and direct our focus at our objectives soon
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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I won't try to cheer you up, but if you need to commiserate, I'm right here.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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not sure if we're talking about voters or my children honestly, we need more Calvin's Dad energy tbqh:
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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*put, typo maestro here
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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and I don't think he'd even be wrong using the language Project 2025 but in there cursed document.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Moats and Monopolies are almost always the endgame for the largest corps, for the smaller firms along the way it's buyouts and acquisitions.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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if they get everything they want is the NFL going to have to move the bulk of its schedule to Saturday? the whole thing about counties where they shut down sunday activities is they pretty much stay shut down, and they want that to be the national norm.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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There are some really principled way to be uncertain, maybe Biden doesn't have it, maybe Kamala is better. But there are some things I'm pretty damned certain about, Trump, especially, regaining the Presidency after trying (however limply) to overthrow it is the end of our Constitutional Democracy.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Open primary post primary is just utter insanity. The point, any way you slice it, is to defeat Trump. You don't do that by freaking out at every setback. You have to project confidence, courage and strength, and fucking never relent on either Project 2025 or how shitty the people pushing it are.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Reversing all of this, 1) It sure would be nice if Trump EVER had to deal with loud doubt 2) Imagine if we had consistency from the entire coalition that Biden has been and will continue be a great President, and that supporting Trump is precisely like handing the country over to ruin.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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If I might evoke some wisdom from a lost age: be you, if they suck hang it on them, it's not your job to fix their perceptions, but it is your job to be resolute about yours. "Why should I have to change my name? He's the one that sucks".
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Scene from 2026: We deported 20 million of the hardest working people, now we have widespread food insecurity and no produce. A McDonalds meal deal costs $33 dollars, the only people who ate a tomato this year had to grow their own.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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It is a bit complicated to go from calling balls and strikes to inventing whole new presidential powers ex nihilo with no legal or legislative precedent to back it up
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Yep, we re-elected Roosevelt for the fourth time in the middle of WW2 with his health failing. It did less damage to elect a dying man than it did to change admins mid war.
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Costa Samaras
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They want to take away overtime pay “How many hours did you work this week?” “60” “Well well well looks like we only need you for 20 hours next week, so no OT, sorry about that”
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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This is sound reasoning.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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All of the changes to abortion are a giant affront to most rabbi’s teaching that life begins at the first breath after birth. They basically destroyed Jewish women’s ability to do family planning according to their own religious traditions, but Christofascists don’t actually care.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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GWB and Clinton were Govs, as were Reagan and Carter, mostly I just want to make sure any president has either high level State or National exposure first (and no ‘businessmen’ ever again)
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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it’s the incredible downside of SOCs (system on a chip) that every part that was separable in older computer designs is fully soldered together and on a single integrated board or conjoined boards. Upsides are super low latency and better buses, downside is zero repairability and upgradability
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Still that way (derogatory)
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Oh, what’s next 6 month paternal leave and 1 year maternal leave? (It should be yes, but these aren’t the folks that want to be caught holding the bag for it)
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Yeah, but we’re in the high strung, high engagement set, we are not like the usual normies. It’s very different but it is heartening to see people coming around to our POV.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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It IS a big deal, and any way people wake and realize that we have to band together and defeat this is a good thing.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Was a bit worried about all of the 'promotional tie in stuff' they were hyping last year, the actual sets they have released have been really good, 'Wild West', good, 'Make Magic 1998 Again (Modern Masters 3)' was also fun and had lots of visual jokes I lol'ed at, and next set seems solid as well.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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yes, on the Don Bluth, but also, perhaps even moreso:
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Could have had grandchildren, chose that house they bought for 40k in 1988 is now worth 800k instead.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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things that I find maddening? if you just say, oh yeah, we're going to declare martial law jan 21 and everyones rights are revoked while cbp deports 20 million people and doj starts military tribunals for politcal enemies, the msm just yawns. well he said the plan, no controversy there...
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Yep and factor in 'ubituous undesirable AI crap everywhere' and you have a half bricked machine by default.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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That to me is the crux of the dual prongs of open source/ repairable devices, not that EVERYONE will be responsible for maintaining there own devices, but that they can be maintained efficienctly and locally, with less waste.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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we want the manly science Seth, you know the rockets and the invincible super weapons, not the you know, stuff that says ford f-350's are killing the earth and that oceans aren't supposed to 120 degrees F in the summer. </s>
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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or, you know, not rasmussen or any of the cottage industry of ratfuckers trying to cook up favorable data rather measure the actual mood. everyone seems to be tired of waiting for water and trying to make it rain.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Every one of those people took the temperature of things, and opted to stay out of the race and were very frank about Biden being the nominee. Every person who is *certain* that we lose with Biden at the top ticket I want ask them, 'So because Biden is old now you are voting for Trump?'
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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At last, all it took was an insurrection that many were denying happened before, during and after it happened to break through to many other people that Repubs are doing the things they say they are doing, and they will continue to more, and worse, if given the ability to do so.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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'trumps' platform gave reporters enough covering fire to pretend it's different' is too honest to be a headline though.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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genuine lol.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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My reflexive buddhism says we seek out what we want to find, and if we find misery at every turn we have to ask why we search for that? In that way positivity and intentionality can be instructive, cast off cringe and find the things that make you feel better, you already stated things you value!
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Yep, outside of a miracle technology that could halve atmospheric carbon in a decade, but we’re over 420 ppm where the baseline of the last 250,000 years is hovering between 200-250ppm.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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The more recent geological data I've seen showed that sea levels are a majorly lagging indicator of warming. So all of the 'Inconvient Truth' stuff was probably correct about extents but drastically wrong about how long it would take to happen.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Maybe... that's a good thing? Times like this we begin to realize why even Manchin eventually had to fold and support the IRA.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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heroes don't always wear capes.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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Back to lesson one losers. If you don't want to be a loser learn to live lesson one. Trump is an adjudicated rapist, felon and he wants to fucking destroy YOUR life, act appropriately.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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get this gal a hamza I guess.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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my first visit back east a VERY long time I noticed how the extremes of the northeast and pacific northwest really have the same feel, a lot of the same timber both trees and people oddly enough.
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Not Yet Post Democracy Joshua Vaughan
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which is to say, I AM happy for you and the lovely person who makes you happy, and mute the trolls and spread joy, the world needs it.
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