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What about a few “get out of jail free” tickets that let them get out of a punishment 😂
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I live in CA -- Newsom is the guy that Hollywood would cast in the role of a sleazy US president in an action movie. But, I think it's looking increasingly probable that he will run, and that he might even waltz into a nomination. Trump would struggle against Newsom.
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White pill takeaway: a decentralized internet is the unifying enemy for both Democrats and Communists https://balajis.com/p/only-newsom-can-go-to-china?r=64c98&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Some helpful heuristics in @balajis.eth's recent piece: - Democrats have adopted Chinese tactics under the guise of preserving democracy - The Right gives Russia a pass; The Left gives China a pass - Democrats see themselves through the lens of the global American empire, the Right through the idea of a Republic.
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I can drive boats, so I’m thinking of leaning on that, but I also have some experience doing commercial cleaning.
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Finishing the Skypiea arc on One Piece — not even to episode 200 yet and it’s so dang good. Glad I waited all these years so I can just watch it at my own pace.
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1 Although, it’s gotta be smooth
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The most important and contrarian talk at the conference, imo. Extremely refreshing and well done.
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The enlightenment which the bodhisattva supposedly foregoes is actually no enlightenment at all, for the bodhisattva rightly perceives that there can be no enlightenment without every other creature. In this way, the bodhisattva seeks enlightenment precisely by rejecting it.
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Folks are raising the alarm that China, Russia, and Iran are growing more bold in decoupling from the American lead international order, but that’s largely due to us becoming weak and sclerotic. That alliance wants a multipolar world, not a world empire.
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It’s a truism that the biggest threat America faces is China, but it strikes me that our greatest threat is actually ourselves.
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Wasn’t interested in seeing these “boosts” in my personal notifications. Any way to prevent this? I’m new around here and just learning the ropes.
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Massively frustrating when I know that crypto payment rails would solve this, but my company is still stuck in web2.
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Dealing with this right now where an AU client is trying to take payments through a form on our platform, and the three different institutions involved are all taking cut, and also performing currency exchange, which is killing their actual revenue.
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I think anyone who has had to work in Support or gathering user stories intuitively understands this, but it’s deeply psychological work.
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Good listening demands that we listen not only to the words which are spoken, but also to the halo of possible meanings and omissions which hang around those words.
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When listening, the words which are not said are just as important as the ones which are.
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Codie’s talk was 🔥🔥and a vital counterbalance to the overwhelmingly elite, nomadic, laptop class vibes.
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I think that binary gives voice to the lack of agency and voice which many people experience today.
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Too often religious dialogue is aimed at dissolving differences instead of leaning into those differences to understand what is at stake.
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