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This chart in the 2024 WICHE annual report on college enrollment projections on state by state high school graduation projections, should put to bed any delusions about saving House seats in Blue states. NY, CA and IL won’t save Democrats. This also explains the purpose of stifling immigration
The brilliance of Orwell was to never reveal whether The Brotherhood in ‘1984’ was real or a fabrication. That ambiguity served its purpose for the state to do whatever it wanted to define it as it pleased and to do what was “necessary” to wipe out the “threat.”
Hello to the future from Korematsu II Day
With all else going on, this incident will likely receive little traction but it does call into question the “run/hide/fight” approach to active shooters. A sheltering midshipman apparently mistook a law enforcement officer as a threat and ended up being shot. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/u...
Also… what is a Gr**per? Why is Pepe lonely? What does it have to do with volatility, political tension, and lots of guns? Another excellent explainer from TikTok via Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCrin...
This thought-provoking explainer of the conflict between Christian nationalists, who want to take control of institutions, and blackpilled memetic nihilists, is what a lot of mainstream writers should watch before doing a Steve Buscemi.
www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCrin...
It was taken down by Reddit mod, so here is the YouTube version of the explainer by @cybelecanterel.bsky.social about always online Gr*yper meme extremism which has been outside the view of the vast majority of people until now. Best explainer I have seen on this:
youtu.be/Wcw02sEslog?...
After 2020, especially, the right moved to private messaging, such as Telegram and Discord. Since last week, people’s public social media posts are being used to attack them and their livelihoods. In this environment, that a private setting is *impossible* renders @bsky.app fundamentally flawed.
I will say it again, the lack of a private setting in the
@bsky.app means it is not suitable for this environment:
www.wired.com/story/inside...
This post from @faineg.bsky.social from 7 months ago is more true than ever before. And, I’d add, get your @proton.me email account and toss in their excellent VPN.
bsky.app/profile/fain...
