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  1. n a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S. Thompson

    Pic of the day

    #photography

    An underwater reef of sorts in #Loutra on the island of #crete in #greece. 

I’m pretty sure this was an accidental capture which fills me with joy. In the upper left corner is a turtle I was chasing and trying to shoot. I got this beautiful reef instead.
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  2. Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

    Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

    Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

    It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

    It’s about priorities.

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  3. The political commentary industrial complex has never been particularly good at describing the world as it is, instead usually preferring to describe the world as they imagine their friends would like to hear it described. But it's rarely felt as detached from actual circumstances as at the present

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  4. The president of the most powerful nation on Earth is so terrified of the tales that an imprisoned sex trafficker can tell that he plies her with a comfort puppy and custom meals and is holding out the prospect of a pardon. 77 million people voted for this.

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  5. Do you have any idea how much damage you’ve done to BlueSky with this post? SMDH. Apparently the divergence of tech and morality is universal. Just sprinkle a little cash on these nerds and poof, moral compass gone! JFC.

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