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Paul Burrer
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"It's not what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you 'know', that just ain't so." attributed to Mark Twain, but ironically author is unknown
Texas, USAJoined September 2008
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Paul Burrer
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There is a political realignment happening right before your eyes. The '68 realignment is finally dead. The choice is between a neoliberal corporate uniparty/National State party & those that oppose said block. There will be many strange bedfellows.
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Matt Stoller
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The most conservative faction in Congress just endorsed stronger antitrust law. It's a venue change bill. More importantly, this is the first time the House Freedom Caucus has pushed for stronger antitrust. twitter.com/freedomcaucus/…
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Branko Marcetic
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Scores of previously unreported diplomatic cables show US officials were warned expanding NATO to Ukraine would lead to civil war in the country, deteriorating US-Russian relations, a more hawkish, nationalist Russia, and a Russian invasion. A thread: usrussiaaccord.org/acura-viewpoin
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Paul Burrer
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Yep.
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Branko Marcetic
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Scores of previously unreported diplomatic cables show US officials were warned expanding NATO to Ukraine would lead to civil war in the country, deteriorating US-Russian relations, a more hawkish, nationalist Russia, and a Russian invasion. A thread: usrussiaaccord.org/acura-viewpoin
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Pretty good summation of how I see it. I said early on India appears to be the main beneficiary of catastrophically stupid US Foreign Policy.
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Arnaud Bertrand
@RnaudBertrand
Emmanuel Todd, one of the greatest French intellectuals today, claims that the "Third World War has started." Small 🧵 translating the most important points in this fascinating interview. lefigaro.fr/vox/monde/emma
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Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
In 2020, House Progressives and the incredibly radical Squad had exactly the same opportunity as House conservatives had. House conservatives defied Leadership to get major concessions to empower them and their agenda. House progressives did what they were told and got nothing:
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Kshama Sawant
@cmkshama
It's deeply unfortunate it was the right wing who've shown how to fight for something in Congress. The Squad, also the Progressive Caucus headed by Jayapal, have utterly failed - refused - to use their leverage to stand up to Dem establishment & win ANY gains for working people.
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Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
BREAKING: Pro-Bolsonaro protesters have invaded the National Congress (the Senate Building), also outside of the presidential palace. News is very breaking, hard to know how many there are. Lula is not in Brasília but in São Paulo due to heavy storms there.
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pieter vandeperre
@Pieter_vdperre
One day this will be considered as ecocide. 2 GW perfectly working reactors with > 0.9 CF and 33 y operation life are being closed amid a climate and energy crisis. Thx to endless lobby work and disinformation by Greenpeace et al. We stood and watched.
brusselstimes.com
Tihange 2 nuclear power plant to definitely shut down on 31 January
Once Tihange 2 is officially disconnected from the grid in February, Belgium will still have five nuclear power plants, which are set to close in 2025.
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Thank you
@keds_economist
!! This is how you present data. If something isn't clear, you explain the thought process. Nice to see honesty in data interpretation! h/t
@EpsilonTheory
for the new follow. And yes, this is a HUGE issue.
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Kathryn Anne Edwards
@keds_economist
This is the three-month rolling average of employed workers who are not at work due to child care issues. It spikes at the start of the pandemic, declines slowly for two years, and then starts spiking again in April 2022. We are at levels now not seen since the fall of 2020.
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Paul Burrer
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This from
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is crucial for 2023. And beyond. The problem I'm running into in studying past transitions is I'm not seeing the change to renewables being driven by + economics or EROI. It's being driven by a cult ideology. And those are damn fickle to invest in.
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Michael Kao
@UrbanKaoboy
Replying to @UrbanKaoboy @profplum99 and @AndurandPierre
The entire energy transition has completely fallen short of goals and seems to ascribe Moore's Law dynamics to the world of molecules. Energy transitions take MUCH longer than most people anticipate.
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Paul Burrer
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But keep your mind open to all outcomes. Follow the data. And hope it isn't manipulated!
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Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH™
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This recent paper from Dr. Polykretis and myself gets the sharp rise in athlete deaths into PUBMED. Since vaccination, "1598 athletes suffered cardiac arrest, 1101 of which with deadly outcome. Over a prior 38-years (1966-2004), 1101 athletes < age of 35 died (~29/yr). twitter.com/VigilantFox/st…
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Lee Fang
@lhfang
1. TWITTER FILES PART 8 *How Twitter Quietly Aided the Pentagon’s Covert Online PsyOp Campaign* Despite promises to shut down covert state-run propaganda networks, Twitter docs show that the social media giant directly assisted the U.S. military’s influence operations.
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Paul Burrer
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Excellent. Race essentialism is a cancer inside the body politic. It must be excised completely when found.
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Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@realchrisrufo
BREAKING: Texas legislators have introduced a bill to abolish "diversity, equity, and inclusion" in the state university system. D.E.I programs have become offices of racialist ideology, speech suppression, and political indoctrination—and deserve zero taxpayer support.
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Aaron Sibarium
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The American Academy of Pediatrics's guidance on trans kids was written by one gender clinician with help from 2 trans activists, neither of whom has a medical degree. Its guidance on COVID vaccines was drafted without input from its cardiology section.🧵
thefp.com
The Hijacking of Pediatric Medicine
The American Academy of Pediatrics claims to support the health of all children. Many doctors are appalled by its prescriptions.
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Aaron Sibarium
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SCOOP: The editor of one of the world's most prestigious psychology journals resigned on Tuesday after the board of directors of the journal's publisher demanded he step aside — or be fired — for soliciting academic criticism of a black psychologist.🧵
freebeacon.com
Prestigious Psych Journal Cans Editor for Soliciting Criticism of Black Psychologist
One of the most prestigious psychology journals in the world is demanding its editor resign—or be fired—for soliciting academic criticism of a black psychologist.
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Paul Burrer
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This is the most important tweet so far.
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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
22. Although several sources recalled hearing about a “general” warning from federal law enforcement that summer about possible foreign hacks, there’s no evidence - that I've seen - of any government involvement in the laptop story. In fact, that might have been the problem...
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Moms for Liberty
@Moms4Liberty
“Charleston County voters have elected an almost-entirely new board to lead the state’s second-largest school district — and the majority are Moms for Liberty-backed candidates.” Charleston voters elect almost-entirely new Charleston County School Board
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Charleston voters elect almost-entirely new Charleston County School Board
All nine seats on the school board were simultaneously up for reelection this year because of a change in state law.
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