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Like a bolt from the blue.

New York, NY
Joined March 2009
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A country which high speed rail takes 18 years to environmentally clear and data centers the size of Manhattan are cleared in a month. Someone help me reconcile this?
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That last paragraph in the quote from Coates has been screaming at me since I read it.
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The 92nd street Y, to their eternal glory, has uploaded hundreds of recordings of speakers who have graced their stage. We are talking T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Edmund Wilson (!), Mary McCarthy, Irving Howe, and much more. Check it out here! 92ny.org/archives
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Also, regarding the current war and oil: "He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it"
Reading Dune. Frank Herbert was cooking.
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“Boredom is the price we pay for a life rich with meaning.” This is a lovely point about the value of something we often deride as valueless, from @morbidorigin. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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Mesmerizing
Werner Herzog on the Jungle and the vileness of nature
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In this game between two pubic colleges one head coach made $8 million last year, the other made $11 million, and the stealth bomber flying over their game cost $737 million to build and $7 million to operate every year.
College sports in a country that can’t afford to make college free.
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This is the whole problem stripped down to its essence. Thank you @GeorgeMonbiot
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This is how you write a headline.
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Ever wondered what your pension gets up to when you’re not looking?​ Meet Oblivia Coalmine 🔥​ #FrackingHell
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How about a Green New Deal? Clean air and water? Revolting. Stop funding war.
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THEN I DONT WANT TO HEAR “HOW WILL WE PAY FOR IT?!” WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSIT INVESTMENTS
JUST IN: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the country can 'absolutely' afford another war.
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We can build mid-rise apartment buildings extraordinarily well if we're considerate in how we design them. There are 170 apartments in this Stockholm project oriented around a courtyard, with the structure gradually rising from 2 stories in the front to more than 10 at the back
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The grim reaper looking at Mitch McConnell today:
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A tree full of Grandala birds resting, female birds are brown the males are vivid blue. 📸Rajesh Panwar
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The Electoral College.
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weird how the money that's never there for basic necessities is always there for punishment
The final amount is in. The State of Alabama will spend $1.082 billion for a new prison, the most expensive prison ever built in the United States. $270,500 per bed.
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Taylor can you ride Amtrak
Travis Kelce jerseys saw a nearly 400% spike in sales after Taylor Swift attended his game, TMZ reports.
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This is an incredible takedown that shows just how much of a fake grifter Vivek Ramaswamy is. It’s even crazier than you think. (@/DrivenProgressive on TikTok)
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