Old draft. Topical, and the topic has passed, and yet… still relevant.
«She made it clear at her confirmation hearing that she would prioritize fighting the current inflation problem. She described seeing the devastating impact of high inflation firsthand in developing nations. Last June, she told The Post she was already concerned about how inflation would impact retirees, among others.»
And yet…
Until we get common-sense gun control enacted in this country, this will be an evergreen sentiment:
(Note: cleaning out my drafts folder. Don’t know why I never posted this, but: I’m explicitly taking it out of context. I don’t understand the context and I think this excerpt stands on its own.)
Text of preceding tweet, because this WILL disappear someday:
«When I was in seminary, I was very close to finding meaning in just the simple fact of my words being read by the masses. I wanted my words to be in every outlet. At any cost.»
https://twitter.com/CandyCornball/status/1557329098447503360?s=20&t=h5qPCTAdbbMTAL4BH-nMMQ
This whole page is good (along with https://fedi.tips) but at the moment I’m particularly interested in the moderation part, including the moderation puzzles.
https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/mastodon-handy-links-page#moderation
#mastoAdmin #moderation #moderationPuzzles
https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-to-complain-productively/
Listened to this on a road trip today. Really good. Interesting connection to social media.
The times, they are a-changin’.
https://www.ft.com/content/c361e372-769e-45cd-a063-f5c0a7767cf4
«In tax year 2017, the last year before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) took effect, approximately 5 million taxpayers had to pay under the AMT. The TCJA increased the AMT’s exemption and exemption phaseout through 2025, greatly reducing the number of taxpayers subject to the AMT, to an estimated 200,000.»
https://taxfoundation.org/tax-basics/alternative-minimum-tax-amt/
«A truly egalitarian multiracial, pluralistic democracy in which an individual’s status was not determined to a significant degree by race, gender, or religion? I don’t think that’s ever been achieved anywhere. It’s a vision that reactionaries abhor – to them, it would be the end of “Western civilization.” And they are determined to fight back by whatever means necessary.»
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/why-the-american-right-admires-putins
Good stuff:
Here, Read This 