Daryl Spitzer ๐
@yacitus
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Father of 3, computer programmer, skeptic, atheist, podcast listener, baseball fan, Canadian (in the US). Work for Samsara. he/him
San Jose, CA
Joined April 2008
Why We Still Canโt Grasp the Actual Problem of President Donald Trump โThe only way to stop him is to act as if Trump does have a plan, and is deadly serious about all of it.โ https://t.co/E5cZXtw5hb
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Season two of The Bear may have deserved 23 Emmy nominations (for a comedy?), but season three sure doesnโtโwhat a letdown.
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Why do I get so much information from each @dansenor interview with @havivrettiggur that I donโt get in US media? https://t.co/XeedKloqJm
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If you have an opinion on Gaza and Israel and you havenโt listened to this, then your opinion is uninformed:
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Sam Harris speaks with John Spencer about the reality of urban warfare and Israel's conduct in the war in Gaza.
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Every time I listen to one of @dansenorโs discussions with @havivrettiggur I take away new insights on the Israel-Hamas war https://t.co/mLFW72PM6w
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I could have sworn I was around for Donald Trumpโs presidency https://t.co/svLMDAgsxq
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I understand that rewriting history is a big element of the current Republican platform. But this is barely history.
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"The fact that Republicans refuse to hold their own party members accountable to those laws while smearing their opponents says far more about them than it does about the nature of democracy. "It does, though, highlight that our democracy is in danger." https://t.co/ngZGPS5uCv
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Let me help you out and give you my thoughts on DEI 1. Diversity Good businesses look where others don't, to find the employees that will put your business in the best possible position to succeed. You may not agree, but I take it as a given that there are people of various
@EdKrassen Discrimination on the basis of race, which DEI does, is literally the definition of racism
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@brianbeutler And maybe, just on occasion, have the courage to *talk about something else*, something *you* deem important, not just whatever the puke funnel has served up for you. </fin>
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@brianbeutler Anyway, this went on longer than I intended and I should shut up now. My one, futile plea to everyone is simply: before you jump in with an opinion on the discourse of the day, ask yourself *why* it is the discourse of the day and whose interests the discourse is serving.
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All right, I really should be doing literally anything else with my time, but I have certain compulsions, so here's a short thread on the Harvard thing. Or actually, not about Harvard per se, because I, like most Americans, don't really give a shit what goes on at Harvard.
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42 percent of GOP Iowa caucusgoers say โpoisoning the bloodโ remarks make them more likely to support Trump: poll https://t.co/sfreP0rH89 ๐จ
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Mitchell MInute 1755-GOP Complicity https://t.co/sfKsBTMQMA via @YouTube
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"Perhaps in the modern media environment, assignment editors should scour public opinion for indications that the public is misinformed on important factual issues and use that data to help determine what reporters should cover and how aggressively."
The 2024 Election Is About Real Things https://t.co/LWaYRXgu6b (Important analysis from @brianbeutler that you should read and share.)
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โInstead of giving the biggest incentives to the biggest batteries, government policy should focus on electrifying the vast majority of daily trips, which start and end at home and could easily be handled by vehicles with 100 miles of range or less.โ https://t.co/ET3XXEksZj
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We were easy marks.
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The best podcast episode on the climate crisis Iโve heard in recent memory:
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