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isotope239

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I'm an irritated academic who is increasingly dismayed by the general lack of critical thinking skills displayed by the general public in the United States.

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RickiTarr, to random
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How much alone time vs socializing do you need?

For me there are a few people who are usually equalizing, and I can just be around them, so I won't count that. But generally, I find about 3 times a week, I'm game for socializing. A day in between to rest is usually nice, but the larger the gathering or if we go somewhere particularly noisy or I'm meeting new people that involves more effort, and my social battery empties sooner. I'm very curious where everyone else falls on this!

isotope239,
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@RickiTarr I think I must have used up my social battery back when I was in college as I probably only get together with other people maybe 5 or 6 times a year and I'm quite comfortable with that. Even then, the other people are invariably close relatives rather than unrelated friends. I don't 'click' with unrelated people very often. For that matter I don't click with some of my relatives but at least they're familiar. Noisy spaces are right out, can't stand 'em!

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@OldAndCranky @RickiTarr Scoot over, I'm in that same boat. I was actually required to entertain for many years (business stuff) and now that I'm retired... well, no thanks. I'm all socialed out.

isotope239,
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@RickiTarr Exactly! For me anyway, there's no point in going somewhere if you can't chat in a reasonable tone of voice. I could just as easily stay home and listen to AC/DC cranked up on the headphones!

spytfyre, to instagramreality
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From now until the , I'm playing the Benny Hill theme tune at full volume and adopting a Kenneth Williams "oooh matron" voice, because it's now the only way to keep a grip on

This video for the latest fishing hook () helps too

https://youtu.be/u7T-SHu5wi8?si=-bFVY-h1s3HlHbw1

isotope239,
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@NormanDunbar @PaulNickson @TCMuffin @Thebratdragon @BashStKid @spytfyre @Man Oh man, I was in Portgordon the other day and a Typhoon went over quite low, they're seriously loud!

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@NormanDunbar @PaulNickson @TCMuffin @Thebratdragon @BashStKid @spytfyre @Man I think so too! Our hoose is just up the hill from the PO so it's a quick stroll to get down to the seashore. On days when the waves are big I'm glad to be a little ways up the hill!

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@NormanDunbar @PaulNickson @TCMuffin @Thebratdragon @BashStKid @spytfyre @Man It's very pretty walking along the seashore there, isn't it? It can get rather wild if the wind is blowing (big waves), but on a nice evening it's a lovely place to be!

TonyStark, to random
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Millions of Americans live within one mile of an abandoned coal mine or an orphaned oil and gas well. These sites are environmental hazards that pollute backyards and community spaces.

Interior announced a nearly $55M investment in ND and WV to plug wells, address hazards, and create good-paying jobs.

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $55 Million from the Investing in America Agenda to Clean Up Legacy Pollution in North Dakota and West Virginia |
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-55-million-investing-america-agenda

isotope239,
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@TonyStark That's kind of the 'blue corridor' in NM where the highest concentration of Dems are located. If you go to either the NW or SE corners though, you are in deepest darkest MAGAt country unfortunately, complete with oversized trucks flying obnoxious flags. The irony of Biden's help with oil well cleanup is that it's concentrated in those Red parts of the state!

isotope239,
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@TonyStark There was an article in the Albuquerque Journal just this morning about efforts in NM to clean up all the abandoned oil wells in the state: https://abqjournal-nm.newsmemory.com?selDate=20240527&goTo=A001&artid=1&editionStart=Albuquerque%20Journal

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@TonyStark Exactly <sigh>.

isotope239,
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@TonyStark If you've never been to the SE corner of NM you can have no idea how bleak the landscape is. Flat sparse prairie with pump jacks and drilling rigs as far as the eye can see. Plus when you start getting close to Artesia, the air becomes ripe with the smell of rotten eggs due to the methane. The tourist brochures never show that part of NM.

isotope239, to random
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A different perspective for those folks who are having trouble seeing women's point of view.

thepoliticalcat, to random
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Speaking of locking up disabled people, I just remembered people would LOCK THEIR DAUGHTERS UP if they didn't want to marry the man their fathers wanted them to. A friend's cousin was chained to a wall in a back bedroom, and nobody knew she was there. For 20 years.

isotope239,
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@thepoliticalcat @obeto I'd like just one thing from 'the good old days': Eisenhower's 91% tax on the top monied 10%. It was that tax on the wealthy that built a lot of our current infrastructure. However, I suspect that the majority of those who yearn for 'the good old days' don't mean they want a fairer tax structure back.

StillIRise1963, to random
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Why would MSM not cover Trump’s agenda and the extreme policies he’s planned to enact? Because that’s the United States MSM's oligarch owners want. Don’t be fooled by the gaslighting about horse races and ratings. You could get higher ratings by telling the truth.

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@StillIRise1963 This is all of a piece with tearing down public education so that 53% of current high school grads are functionally illiterate and other attacks on critical thinking. The oligarchs want an ignorant electorate that they can manipulate.

isotope239, to random
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Here's the perfectly legal way that republicans intend to take over the 2024 election: https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-new-over-the-top-secret-plan-518?r=1rtvr5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

They know they can't win 'fair and square'. As Hartmann details, even so, there is a way they can still take over the election and, as things stand, it's legal ( but completely unethical).

isotope239, to random
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I was having a coffee and reading the Sunday paper (Albuquerque Journal) and noting how many of the front section articles are provided by journalists from https://muckrack.com/media-outlet/insidesources The managing editor for Insidesources.com appears to be this guy: https://dcjournal.com/author/michaelgraham/ It looks like this Wikipedia entry is the same guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Graham_(radio_personality)

If I'm correct, the ABQ Journal has been enshittified and now presents extremist right-wing propaganda as genuine news, it's depressing.

isotope239, to Cats
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I no longer have a kitty to boss me around, but wanted to share a much beloved and very spoiled puss from many years ago, Miss Jo San. I drew this sketch of her.

isotope239, to random
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"Best description of tRump I've read": https://londondaily.com/british-writer-pens-the-best-description-of-trump-i-ve-read

isotope239, to Women
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But you just know that even though he's giving lip service to being wrong... the dirty old creep is still thinking it.

https://open.substack.com/pub/friendlyatheist/p/after-saying-women-who-wear-shorts?r=1rtvr5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

isotope239, to random
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Here we go, folks. Anyone who is physically capable of getting pregnant will now have to pee on a stick to travel between Texas and New Mexico.

Texas county abortion ordinance impacting New Mexico
Texas county abortion ordinance impacting New Mexico
Texas county abortion ordinance impacting New Mexico

isotope239, to philosophy
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Words to live by: http://web.mit.edu/~yandros/poetry/deteriorata

Especially "The universe is laughing at you behind your back"...

isotope239, to random
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@lukito I've got a strong West Texas accent from growing up in far Eastern New Mexico. Years ago I was visiting Bath (UK) when the owner of an antique shop I was browsing asked for a favor (not a naughty one). He put up the closed sign and asked me to read Chap. 1 of the Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey. He'd been a fan all his life and just wanted to hear it spoken with the appropriate accent! Got a good discount on a Roman coin as well!

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Every cop that responded to Uvalde should be stripped of their POST certification and never allowed to re-certify. Never.

They should have to work at Baskin Robbins.

isotope239,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 I'll just bet you that every one of those cops is also a card-carrying member of the NRA. It's all fine when they're the ones carrying the guns, not so much when they're confronted with a nutjob carrying an automatic weapon. Every one of their own guns (and I guarantee they've all got several at home) should be confiscated and they should be barred from ever acquiring another firearm. So unarmed and working at Baskin Robbins.

isotope239, to random
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The republicans have finally said the ultimate quiet part out loud: https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/cpac-speakers-goal-ending-democracy?r=1rtvr5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

isotope239, to random
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Bribery and massive corruption; we've got to get rid of Citizens United: https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/when-was-bribery-legalized-in-america-07c?r=1rtvr5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

isotope239, to random
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Anyone out there with a bad case of Triskaidekaphobia today? https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Triskaidekaphobia.html

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