That pesky “one issue” happens to be an ongoing genocide.

“Sure, he’s all about sending 10,000 tons of military equipment across the world to add to the 20,000 killed Palestinians, but he’s VERY pragmatic about other issues.”

Which is still very much learned behavior, often the result of an uncle pestering “So little Jimmy, got a girlfriend yet?”

The IDF killed so many of their own people on Oct 7 that they refuse to investigate further.

Am I just a pessimist, or is it starting to appear as if escalation of conflict in the Middle East is inevitable?

UBI is pointless so long as there are landlords who can jack up rent. It is essentially a landlord subsidy, and it does nothing to address actual contradictions within capitalism.

We gotta end small-dick hate, homedog.

Shit is worrying. I’m extremely ignorant to the science of infectious diseases, but at least from my layman’s point of view, it is extremely concerning how this virus went from exploding across the entire globe in wild animal populations, to now infecting cattle, to then infecting goats in such a short time span… It seems like it is progressively getting worse, and any one of these millions of new infections per day could be the one that mutates just right to be able to hop between humans.

I’m dubious of all the articles stressing the “risk is extremely low, so stay calm” sentiment. That sentiment seems less about giving good advice to make people feel comfortable, and more like a means to minimize panic - which there surely will be if this bug starts hopping between people, and that 50% lethality rate holds steady.

A bird flu pandemic would be less about social distancing, and more about huddling with a shotgun in your basement.

End small-dick hate.

Who let the middle manager into the thread?