• minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    “Trump has further eroded America’s ability to know reality in order to create more favourable conditions for his strategy of constantly lying.”

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      9 hours ago

      I’d imagine it would’ve been difficult to get funding for a competing program previously when the NSF previously was quite cooperative internationally…

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    14 hours ago

    Ahh ignoring it and demanding the world change to match what you want to be true… A tale as old as Americans.

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      Yep. They cited it as a source of climate panic. Which, like, yeah, knowing what’s actually happening with the climate right now definitely will freak you out, but…

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    11 hours ago

    Considering the private island they just bought and are building a compound on they should care at least a little…

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    15 hours ago

    And when we convict this motherfucker and his family and his administration of pedophile billionaires, it damn well better be THEIR money paying to rebuild and not the taxpayers. Hold the scum accountable.

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      you will have to fight him for it like last time, i fear he’ll do a better job as well

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      The oligarchs know full well what’s happening, course. Before their strategy was in buying the narrative - e.g. scientists don’t all agree on this (cos we funded and amplified two crackpots), or “we’re actually still in an Ice Age”, or “how to reduce your personal carbon footprint” - but they also know there’s going to be a tremendous amount of anger and upheaval when critical systems of human society start to break down and they don’t want any of that righteous ire directed at themselves.

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      If I had to guess I’d say some corporations specialized in fucking up ecosystems bribed him. As a result they will enjoy a short term increase in profits (or at least in stock market valuation) from being able to conduct business unchecked.

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    20 hours ago

    A healthy, broadly educated population, which feels safe and secure, are incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.

    They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.

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    20 hours ago

    Yeah because why do the fishermen deserve to know what the weather is going to be like. How could that possibly be useful.

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    19 hours ago

    Close your eyes tight, clamp your hands over your ears, scream “La-la-la-la-la…”. That is trumps presidential style.