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Cancellation of student debt within authority of president

jeudi 12 mai 2022 à 10:31

* By introducing a bill to prevent Joe Biden from wiping out student debt, "aren't Republican senators admitting that student debt cancellation is within the authority of the president?"*

Actually, they are not admitting anything, because the concept of "admitting" presumes that there is such a thing as truth, and that one should try to adopt positions consistent with the truth. Republicans have left that far behind; the bullshitter has taught them to take several inconsistent positions at once, and change them from day to day.

(satire) Fat shaming ants

jeudi 12 mai 2022 à 10:31

(satire) *New Raid Pest Control Kit Fat Shames Ants Into Starving Themselves.*

Anti-Defamation League

jeudi 12 mai 2022 à 10:31

How the Anti-Defamation League has helped attack and snoop on a slew of progressive movements and campaigns, supported repression by thug departments, and even supported real antisemites — all of that for decades.

The site linked to just above displays symbolic bigotry by capitalizing "black" but not "white". (To avoid endorsing bigotry, capitalize both words or neither one.) I object to bigotry, and normally I decline to link to pages which promote it. But I make exceptions for important information about injustices or the fight to eliminate them. That site is one of the exceptions.

Saving money switching from coal

jeudi 12 mai 2022 à 10:31

*Analysis says countries can save money by switching from coal straight to renewable energies.* As well as reducing the amount of global heating.

Close to 1.5C warming

jeudi 12 mai 2022 à 10:31

Humanity is close to reaching 1.5C warming, which climate defense efforts have aimed to avoid.