
Husband, dad, triathlete, acclaimed novelist, liar about 2 of those. The @sfgiants will be listed as the official cause on my death certificate.
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#Sacramento is Native American for “land of never ending freeway repair”.
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Just because I can understand why my toddler gets mad, it doesn’t mean she’s right and it doesn’t mean I allow her to destroy the house.
We are either a civilized society or we are not.
From the high schools of France to the streets of Madrid to the universities of Tirana, young people are telling their governments the same thing: in an age of massive wealth inequality, they want a future they can believe in.
In France, students and teachers are asking for safe schools, enough teachers and smaller classes.
In Spain, for affordable rent and housing.
In Albania, for good jobs and an end to corruption.
@JDVance says this is what happens when a nation lets in too many immigrants from the global south.
He is not just morally wrong, but misreading the moment.
The is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few.
This is what happens when young people lose hope in their future.
In America, let us listen to our young.
We need an economic and political transformation.
America's Next New Deal.
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The people of France are rioting over nothing while the people of Texas have suffered with quiet respectful dignity through eleven whole years of Dak Prescott.
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Students supported Mao
Students supported Castro
Students supported Khomeini
Students supported Hitler
Students supported Mussolini
If find yourself blindly supporting every student lead movement, you’ll be wrong very often, in many eras, on many issues.
A good rule of history: if you find yourself opposing a student movement while siding with the ruling class, you're wrong. Every time, in every era, whatever the issue.
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Student movements have not always been on the right side of history. Mao's student Red Guards persecuted hundreds of thousands. Students helped Castro and Khomeini rise to power, and Nazi student groups opposed the Weimar Republic.
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encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…
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The collective glazing over this was just incredible.
I hope the Brewers aren't dwelling on the fact that the future of Major League Baseball hinges on them winning that fourth game.
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I finally got around to watching this. It's alright and honestly pretty tame.
I can’t believe how upset people are over what’s essentially a fair observation.
I go to the gym. I see it firsthand. Some of these outfits have gotten completely out of control. But ladies, y’all do you.
It’s really not that serious.
Finally listened to the Shane Gillis monologue. Women. If THIS is what's gonna send you into a days long tizzy, you're in for a very hard life.
I'll never understand why credit unions have such a consistently horrible online banking experience.
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