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Lots of comments here about what this means for asymptomatic spread amongst the housed population. Is it too obvious to be said that the government needs to house homeless people i…

Isn't there already an intermediary (advertising)?

The also just secured a $10 Billion contract with the US military, which is one of the largest emitters of carbon on the planet. Americans have been reticent to downsize the milita…

The discourse on the orange website, as it's known in other places on the internet, can be similarly bad. It depends on the topic.

This is correct, and those who want to read more about the Rural Electrification Administration can start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Electrification_Act Public goods…

Three things are true: * We cannot let despair prevent us from acting. The big changes needed are possible, and we need to accelerate them. * We actually don't know with certainty …

The satire is a little imprecise here, but this is literally why there's a Green New Deal being proposed. We can address climate change AND make sure everyone has a livelihood whil…

The future of the species is literally imperiled right now because we've allowed rich people to hoard wealth, so that's a reason to care.

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What you're missing is nuclear is too slow to spin up! We simply don't have time. We need to cut emissions 50% in 10 years, and nuclear is not going to get us there. Look to other …

you're going to let a bunch of astroturfing people wreck your platform and it's not going to be useful to anyone. you're being naive.

We have 10 years to cut 50% of emissions. We literally can't build enough nuclear plants in that time, it's very slow. It's also really expensive. We have to use other renewables.

Wow, this doesn't instill confidence in your moderation abilities. You need to show people who "disagree on the causes" the door.

Because nuclear takes too long to spin up - we don't have time.

React is the current biggest front end framework, with Vue growing.

Needs to be qualified with what location you're in

It's really not about broadcasting their opinions to you, it's about getting the company to make changes that help mitigate climate change, which threatens the safety of everyone o…

It hasn't worked for the past 30 years. But any minute now it'll kick in, just hold your breath and wait.

I’ve thought about doing it anonymously, and might now. Thanks for the encouragement.

Your argument is pretty bad, but also, have you heard of prison abolitionism? It's a thing. We don't need the carceral state. The US prison system in its current form is a monster,…

When CPS gets involved, do we then keep the kid in a cold warehouse inside a fenced off pen, leave them to sleep on the floor with a space blanket, give them antipsychotics to seda…

It's not simply partisan-ness. It's specifically pro-authoritarian, anti-immigrant. It's saying it's okay to inflict child abuse on non-citizens as a deterrent against lawbreaking.…

I don't know if companies realize that contracts with ICE are going to hurt their talent recruitment too, but they do. I recently decided against applying to a role I saw posted fo…

Last week I got my comment downvoted and flagged for suggesting someone needed to read Foucalt. I still think a lot of you need to read Foucalt.