Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
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We exist because we exist. That's life. We make our own meaning. When I finally realized no #god or #afterlife exists, life became more—not less—precious.
Since non-existence is the norm, we should make the most of our few decades of existence. Because that's all we have.
@tomcapuder it’s impossible to explain, I sense? hope? desire? there is something more, just don’t ask what. 😊 I want purpose, and meaning. Without it, your life means nothing. Base it on the idea that rising from nothing is a 1 time event along an infinite time line, would make non-existence the norm, and would make the accomplishments of this life a complete waste of time. Might as well get back to my non-existence. Why care what you did or accomplish?🤔 🙃
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I'm agnostic, too. Neither of us can *know* whether a #god exists. If you don't hold a *belief* that one does, you are an atheist.
We can't *not* act based on our inner moral compass, which I think evolved in our thinking social species for its survival benefit. "Do unto others" makes evolutionary sense and long pre-dates religions.
@tomcapuder Applied to any coercive religion, I’ve said for decades that you can’t be accurately judged by anyone if being good is based on Divine Retribution threatening your afterlife status. We have to see how you act without the leveled threats. This is different than acting based on your inner moral compass, doing good deeds just because “You” want to. 🤔 Btw, I’m Agnostic, I don’t rule out the possibility of something more after… just don’t know what that might be. 🙂
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The idea of an #omniscient #god completely obliterates the idea of human free will. #ThinkAboutIt
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"Thousands of right-wing protestors stormed a LGBTQ+ Pride event in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi, setting fire to rainbow flags and clashing with police..."
Anti-LGBTQ bigots storm Pride event in Georgia capital
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/09/anti-lgbtq-mob-storm-tbilisi-pride-georgia/
@uspolitics Is this a proper read? Florida under current leadership can’t be trusted with Federal funds as it said FY to its citizens in COVID economic distress? You’d think some large number of Floridians would be upset by this. 🤔
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DeSantis agency sent $92 million in covid relief funds to donor-backed project
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/28/desantis-hosseini-interstate-covid-money/
#DeSantisAgency #CovidReliefFunds #DonorBackedProject #FloridaPolitics #GovernmentAccountability #Corruption #Politics #News
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Little Donnie even cheated the Mob.
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#SCOTUS Justice Thomas has received benefits through his involvement with the Horatio Alger Association — “many of them previously unreported — from a broader cohort of wealthy and powerful friends,” reports NY Times. https://press.coop/@nytimes/110684171709305147
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Casey Desantis in new ad:
"We will not allow you to exploit the innocence of our children to advance your agenda"
Except when Ron exploits the innocence of your children to advance his agenda...
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Morning routine
1. Light incense
2. Make coffee
Making the coffee, elixir of life.
Community Coffee
Café Special
Medium-Dark roast
Heavy whipping cream
1 scoop of sugar
Yummmmmmm
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After some initial good results Threads is mostly showing me celebrity-influence content despite my muting a large number. I wonder if the people I follow are not posting much.
My Mastodon feeds have been relatively quiet as well.
Happily the Utepils Sunday bike ride is starting soon! (Minneapolis brew pub weekly event, 4 road and 3 singletrack groups. Twin Cities summers are insane.)
@jgordon I lived in Minnesota longer than any other place , 3 decades and loved it. After 4 decades of following me around and retirement looming, my better half insisted in her getting a turn so we moved to Houston to be closer to her family. Texas is cheaper, you get what you pay for? And it’s way too big of a city and too hot for to many months of the year., but Houston is blueish in a rural sea of red. 🙃
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#Zelensky 🇺🇦 #Duda 🇵🇱 commemorate victims of Volyn Massacre in Lutsk
"Together, we honor all the innocent victims of Volyn (Massacre). Memory unites us! Together we are stronger!" Zelensky
Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy, director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, estimates that the number of Ukrainians killed may vary between 15,000 - 30,000, while the estimates for the Polish victims vary between 60,000 - 90,000
Read more here🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-duda-commemorate-victims-of-the-volyn-massacre-in-lutsk/
@GottaLaff Now a state of normalcy in #OKCorralAmerica 😢
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Another day, another…
9 people wounded in mass #shooting in #Cleveland, police say
#Ohio #GunViolence
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/09/us/cleveland-ohio-shooting
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Student loan borrowers have political power. It's time we use it.
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
