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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In the Mastodon vs Bluesky wars, “toot” wins out over “skeet.” Both are dumb, but toot is funny, and the idea that people are out there boosting my toots gives Mastodon the prize on this issue.
@RD4Anarchy@kolektiva.social @ScottSoCal But with humans as I perceive them, I don’t see that being chosen as a philosophy to live by without a catastrophic nudge. And even then, I don’t perceive it as an end point, but a transitional point in the wake of breakdown. And as a generalization, I don’t see it as peaceful, but just another opportunity for power centers to form. I admit I could be mistaken, but humans will need to fundamentally change. 🤔
@RD4Anarchy@kolektiva.social @ScottSoCal The choices we make as a group kind of make it preordained. The idea of the #TheGreatFilter if you put credence in the idea, only serves to illustrate the difficulty of navigating this point in our development. I can say “wow” anarchy what a great idea! … if it can be achieved as a “peaceful” stable state of existence. That’s undetermined no matter how many papers I read. (Continued)
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"Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories." - Arthur C Clarke #quote
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The U.S. is seeking a short-term extension to a longstanding science and technology agreement with China amid concerns Beijing is benefiting from U.S. scientific advances and gaining a competitive edge.
https://t.co/ZeGhI2JuWk
@tofugolem @StillIRise1963 There is a value to “law and order” but the huge issue is inequality under the law. You are right that economic realities must be considered or law enforcement becomes suppressive, and the situation is compounded negatively by racism in law enforcement. 😐
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If the goal were upholding the law, they would behave very differently.
I'm half white. I get that white people are programmed to have positive feelings about police, but at some point you have to learn to look past that.
@RD4Anarchy@kolektiva.social @ScottSoCal Read and skimmed some, and we agree on the issue of Capitalism, expectations of never ending economic growth and consolidation of wealth. The challenge remains in the 21st century, how to dismantle and change to something that does not result in catastrophe, I just don’t see a good path, and it might just be preordained that the human species as part of it’s evolution has to take a fall we might not recover from. Ref: #TheGreatFilter. 🤔
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar quotes Shakespeare about the #GOPDebate: “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/kareem-abdul-jabbar-on-the-2024-republican-debate?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=16fd63caea969676b62bd420fd2cb9a0&user_emailB=0f56e309828e2c115a824067310dc73e3c236c138ac603cf328a4e5f13179976&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=230824-am-digest&utm_term=F%20List%20Daily%20Beast%20Newsletter%20AM
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"These are the same people who — like Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, who is running for president — believe drag shows and trans kids are more dangerous than fossil fuels and our rapidly warming planet."
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #CultureWars #violence #BookBans #censorship #trans #drag
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@realTuckFrumper The saddest thing about this is that the man is some where between a laughing stock and the most dangerous, incompetent, snake-like sociopath. POTUS? OMFG. The only reason we have to suffer him is because of the #GOP, hijacked by losers. “Raise your hand if you’ll support The Felon.” Seven out of 9 went up. “He’s my personal Broke Bad Jesus, Man”…😬
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Trump Will ‘Never’ Be President Again, Opponent Proclaims After GOP Debate https://bipartisanreport.com/2023/08/24/trump-will-never-be-president-again-opponent-proclaims-after-gop-debate/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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@AlliFlowers @msnbc I think the point is that Putin handed out condolences for this “sad accident”. So whether he was on the plane, or already dead when placed on the plane, or dead and not on the plane, it’s probably safe to say Prigozhin is dead and Vlad, like Donny is sitting there thinking “I Fool’d em” or more likely “don’t give a damn what you think, my involvement is denied.” 🤔
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@AlliFlowers @msnbc I care ever so slightly.
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@AlliFlowers @msnbc I speculate he was on the plane and that Putin had it brought down. I love to speculate.
#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
