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eridani started the topic Sea levels are going to rise by at least 20ft. We can do something about it in the forum Science and Environment 32 minutes ago
If seas rise 20 feet over the next 2,000 years, our children and their descendants may find ways to adapt. But if seas rise 20 feet or more over the next 100 to 200 years — which is our current trajectory – the outlook is grim. In tha…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic Why the Poorest Millionaires Should Stop Worrying About a Wealth Tax in the forum General Discussion 33 minutes ago
The ultra-rich have been so relentless in making their case — or having hired guns make it for them — that they’ve managed to largely shed their tax burden in recent years even as they’ve grown spectacularly, exorbitantly, astrono…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic The Republican Party Must Be Purged Like the Nazis and Fascists in the forum General Discussion 34 minutes ago
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/13/republican-party-must-be-purged-nazis-and-fascists
Today the libertarian—and petro-billionaires that Ronald Reagan welcomed to the party so completely own it that no Republican is willing to admit that climate change is real, that the American people actually like Social Security and Medicare, or t…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic The Grassroots Battle To Change America’s Labor Laws in the forum General Discussion 36 minutes ago
https://www.dailyposter.com/p/the-grassroots-battle-to-change-americas
For the first time ever, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is joining forces with major unions on a national campaign. On March 7, DSA, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Union of Painters and Associated Trades (IUPAT) launched an effort…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic Could This Ancient Water Tech Save Lima? in the forum Science and Environment 37 minutes ago
https://www.ozy.com/good-sht/the-ancient-water-tech-that-could-save-lima/259298/
From afar, they appear to be silvery serpents zigzagging down the Andean highlands. Up close, though, they turn out to be ancient stone ditches. Known as amunas, these vestiges of pre-Incan technology are now being restored and put back into use. And they might even…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic ‘Momentous error’: Italian businessman mistakenly blacklisted by Trump to sue in the forum General Discussion 37 minutes ago
Alessandro Bazzoni, who owns a graphic design company in Sardinia, has been unable to trade since 19 January, when his business was slapped with sanctions as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on blacklisted Venezuelan crude o…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot has been taught to pee beer on command in the forum Bar and Grill 39 minutes ago
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/4/12/22379501/boston-dynamics-spot-pee-beer-michael-reeves
The latter example comes from the talented, imaginative, piss-focused YouTuber Michael Reeves, who managed to get his hands on a unit before using his tech expertise and dirty mind to turn Spot into the ultimate drinking buddy. With some quick code and a…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic Noam Chomsky on Biden vs. Trump, His New Book, and Why Manufacturing Consent "Is Much Easier Now" in the forum General Discussion 40 minutes ago
This is why I’ve always admired Chomsky a great deal, even if I sometimes disagree with his politics (or his takes on sports for that matter). Unafraid of criticism, few people of his stature in A…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic Scientists Turned Spiderwebs Into Music, And It's Hauntingly Beautiful in the forum Science and Environment 1 day ago
Spiderwebs are some of the most alluringly complex natural phenomena that you are likely to encounter on a morning walk. Spiders use the minute vibrations in their webs to perceive their environment, so what might it sound like if we could…[Read more]
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eridani replied to the topic Sanders Calls on Democrats to Pursue Big Legislative Agenda Without Republicans in the forum All Things Bernie / Our Revolution 1 day ago
Sanders’ remarks came as the Democratic leadership is weighing how to proceed with the roughly $2.3 trillion infrastructure package President Joe Biden unveiled last month, a proposal that will serve as a starting point…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic Elon Musk's Neuralink: We taught a monkey to play Pong with its mind in the forum Science and Environment 1 day ago
https://www.zdnet.com/article/elon-musks-neuralink-we-taught-a-monkey-to-play-pong-with-its-mind/
The narrator said an iPhone can be paired with the Neuralink devices in the monkey’s brain to observe it. It’s connected “just as you might pair your phone to a Bluetooth speaker”. g
The devices read regions of the monkey’s motor cortex to observe…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic New York protest demands end to US-Ukraine war in Donbass in the forum Foreign Affairs 1 day ago
On April 10, anti-war activists rallied at the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Center in New York’s Times Square to demand justice for 5-year-old Vladik Shikhov, killed April 3 by a Ukrainian drone strike on his Donetsk village. They called for a…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic Clean Energy Bonanza: Biden's Budget Tries to Undo Trump's Damage in the forum Science and Environment 1 day ago
While Trump’s 2020 budget proposal didn’t mention the word “climate” once, Biden’s plan mentions it 146 times. It asks Congress for $14 billion “across nearly every agency” to advance clean energy and zero out U.S. emission…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic If Goldilocks was a cat in the forum Bar and Grill 1 day ago
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eridani replied to the topic Protests erupt after police shoot Black man in Minneapolis traffic stop in the forum Latest Breaking News 1 day ago
Distracting because they swing around loose, or what?
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eridani replied to the topic Daily Trivia, April 12, 2021, "Your Cash Ain’t Nothin But Trash” Edition in the forum Daily Posts by JackPine Radicals 1 day ago
I use cash to buy marijuana and for the laundromat, period. I take out a couple of hundred in cash every two months.
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eridani started the topic 'It's a Very Scary Proposition': Gun-Makers Decry Biden's Plan to End Liability Protections in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago
During remarks announcing new executive actions to curb gun violence Thursday, Biden took a detour as he imagined being able to ask God to immediately change one gun law, and it wasn’t eliminating…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic Will Biden Cancel Student Loan Debt? As College Costs Spiral, Here's What He's Considering in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have said they believe the president has the authority to cancel $50,000 in loans, and they urged him to do so…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic Are We Finally Ending the Reagan-Thatcher Era of 'Government Is Evil'? Michael Moore in the forum General Discussion 2 days ago
They’ve ruled under the ideology that private, profit-making corporations are always superior to the government, even when it comes to providing critical public services to the people. That anything getting in the way of their…[Read more]
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eridani started the topic Sanders Calls on Democrats to Pursue Big Legislative Agenda Without Republicans in the forum All Things Bernie / Our Revolution 2 days ago
Sanders Calls on Democrats to Pursue Big Legislative Agenda Without Republicans
Sanders’ remarks came as the Democratic leadership is weighing how to proceed with the roughly $2.3 trillion infrastructure package President Joe Biden unveiled last month, a proposal that will serve as a starting point for c…[Read more]
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