BlogHide Resteemsbumblecat (78)in psychogenic • 23 hours agoWhy were passengers “terrified” to briefly fly through low-density smoke from a forest fire?I see a lot of social media claiming people are scared about not scary things. Have we all become wimps? There seems to be a sort of weird reverse pride in people proclaiming their weakness.…bumblecat (78)in california • 2 days agoSo what are the odds that the LA fires are similar to those in Lahaina?Smart City plans + 2028 Olympics = Planned Destruction. The theories that they're also trying to destroy the evidence that the Diddy and Epstein's files might reveal are interesting. People…bumblecat (78)in canada • 3 days agoContra whatever THIS is:Look around. Everywhere, there are good, serious, intelligent human beings doing hard things that need doing. Don’t let buffoons beclowning themselves on social media blind you to to the reality…bumblecat (78)in sowell • 3 days agoGhetto culture according to Sowell.Thomas Sowell claims the corrosive ghetto culture to be an appropriation of Scots-Irish (and related) settlers redneck culture . I find many similarities to poorer peoples culture, where honor and…bumblecat (78)in music • 4 days agoJacob Collier might be the most gifted musician in the world right now.He just creates perfection in everything he does. He invented a 5 string guitar this past year with tuning that's never been done and got Martin to manufacture it for him. The collaboration with…bumblecat (78)in trump • 4 days agoTrump sentencing.As far as I know, the justice department is silent on the issue of whether a sitting president is immune from criminal proceedings that are not federal. Am I wrong about this? While it would be…bumblecat (78)in canada • 5 days agoTrudeau has resigned.Much like the US and pretty much everywhere else, Canada isn't immune from the post pandemic backlash against incumbent parties. The Liberals are heading into an election where they are expected…bumblecat (78)in twitter • 6 days agoTown square.Twitter really is one of the only places where information can be shared that the media and government can't control. Reading about the systemic coverup of thousands and thousands of gang rapes in…bumblecat (78)in audiobook • 7 days agoSoothing voices for audiobook listening.When I'm doing stuff with numbers, I don't wanna listen to music, because I'll be distracted, and I don't wanna listen to an audiobook that needs mental attention either. But there's people with…bumblecat (78)in h1b • 8 days agoBernie is wrong on immigration.ahem lemme clear my throat and project for those that didn't hear me the first 50 times: I agree with Bernie on a lot of things but on immigration and trade he is TRASH Let ME be clear; there's…bumblecat (78)in hydrogen • 9 days agoThat’s what we should be transitioning to for our energy.There is way for the USA to be the dominant power for the rest of the century on EZ modern. One of these is stop messing around and spell out the rules to access these green hydrogen funds and NOT…bumblecat (78)in new • 10 days agoThe global intifada.I'm not one to delve into microagression bullshit, or to attribute acts of violence to generalized violent speech. Needless to say, a lot of people do make those attributions. For those who do…bumblecat (78)in airlines • 11 days agoThrowback to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 over eastern Ukraine.All 298 onboard died. Here were Russians posing at the wreckage. A Russian FSB officer, Igor Girkin, who led death squads in the Donbas was one of the men responsible for the attack. Intercepted…bumblecat (78)in rowling • 12 days agoThis is dumb and wrong.Every trans adult was a trans kid. Anywho, even if a person agreed with her it still wouldn't explain why this person who could have spent her entire life being beloved, spending her billions to…bumblecat (78)in us • 14 days agoImmigration.Musk is right to praise "Anyone – of any race, creed or nationality – who came to America and worked like hell to contribute to this country." But if he really believes it, he should stop…bumblecat (78)in uk • 15 days agoTIL British retail establishments say "thank you for your custom."(at least when they're being formal or fripperish). Makes sense, of course, given "customer" and "customs duty" and so on. Just hadn't thought about it. It it fairly commonplace? Out of…bumblecat (78)in israel • 15 days agoGenocide.I guess this is the part where we pretend that the Israeli Depopulation Force that has been bombing apartment buildings, mosques, churches, schools, refugee camps and "designated safe zones"…bumblecat (78)in biden • 17 days agoEither we are against the death penalty or we are not.So I oppose the death penalty in all of its forms. And so I am happy with Biden's actions yesterday. But to be honest, if you are principled opponent of the death penalty then you have to say that…bumblecat (78)in biden • 18 days agoMarvin Gabrion.One of the men whose sentences Biden commuted killed a woman and her 11 month old infant daughter. The mother was going to testify against him for rape. They offered to take the death penalty off…bumblecat (78)in death • 19 days agoDeath row..In practice, the death penalty has killed some who were later found to be innocent, and it's been applied cruelly and selectively at times. It's not much of a deterrent (or at least no more so than…
