“Honey bees are super-foraging machines & they are literally taking the pollen out of the mouths of other bees & other pollinators,” said Stephen Buchmann, a pollination ecologist specializing in bees & an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona. https://t.co/aMNLaITPJq

— Yale Environment 360 (@YaleE360) October 24, 2020

The Twitter Bubble:

"Just 10% of [Twitter] users produced 92% of all tweets from U.S. adults since last November, and 69% of these highly prolific users identify as Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents."https://t.co/ZWnzdzK51D

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 23, 2020

Mackeyser wrote:

Yeah… the problem with that is that it ignores a few things.

1) the DNC is ideologically, structurally and financially incapable of embracing left policies. They dismantled their ground game in the 90s in favor of corporations and donors.

2) The DNC is on record with thought, word and deed that they would rather embrace very hard right neofascism rather than do anything more than pay lip service to even center left ideas.

3) the DNC has been complicit in disenfranchising (to the point of election fraud) voters by a number of means including, but not limited to voter roll purging, gerrymandering, and undercutting progressive candidates with a chance of defeating Republican candidates with Center-Right candidates with NO chance of winning… (see: DNC running Amy McGrath, a self-styled Trump Democrat over Charles Booker, a progressive with grassroots support)

4) #2 needs to be repeated. There has been no fight about Trump’s court appointments. There was no fight to get Obama’s court appointments through.

So… to all of the Cusack’s out there…

I don’t begrudge your take, but it’s fantasy.

If Trump wins, the DNC wins because they can fund-raise the shit out of Roe falling and continue to make millions with hysterical emails.

If Biden wins, the DNC wins as they can say that their center-right neoliberal schtick has a “mandate” and this proves that America want’s what their selling.

I can’t with all that bullshit.

Both parties ensure that there are only two different brands of shit soup on the shelves and they really want to argue over which tastes better based on sales while ignoring their mafia-esque grip on what the store is ALLOWED to sell.

Honestly, American democracy is more and more a sarcastic joke or an oxymoron than a thing.

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The thing is, Mack, I agree with every single one of those points. But I still come to the conclusion that in swing-states, leftists should vote for the lesser-monster.

I agree with Angela Davis, Cornell West, and Noam. Trump is just worse on the environment. He just is. Thats enuff for me.

Biden is certainly BAD on the environment, but not as bad as Trump.

I voted Green as per usual, but WV aint a swing-state.

I expect NOTHING from Biden. He will NOT move to left. Not one inch.
I just think an immovable-biden is STILL better than Trump. Not on Imperialism. They are the same on that. But on the environment? Trump is worse.

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I’ll be out of town for a few days. Wont get to see the game till later in the week. I expect you people to do your jobs.

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There are so many good reasons to play that way. Short passes.
First, it gets your QB into a nice rhythm. Gives em confidence.
Second, it takes stress off the OLine.
Third, it demoralizes the opposing pass-rushers. They have to chase ballcarriers all day.
Fourth, it fits this team because the skillplayers are such good blockers.

There will be teams that adjust to it better than others, but its not like the Rams cant also throw Medium and Deep. The Rams can counter-adjust.

And its not just ‘short passes’. Some have been kinda ‘tricky’ short passes. Not just obvious dump-offs.

Plus, you have Goff rolling out more, which i LOVE to see. Get him the fuck away from great pass-rushers.

At times, the Rams drives have looked just a bit like Bill Walsh drives.
Going from Jeff Fisher’s offense to he McV offense has been fun to watch. Its just more…interesting. I wish the Rams played Belichick this year. I’d like to see if McV could do better this time.

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In the 19th Century, socialists argued that the right to guaranteed work stemmed from the right to life. The closing of the commons and the transition to industrialism denied the possibility of independent basic sustenance outside of such a guarantee. https://t.co/K3FDuWqJ0V

— Ned Richardson-Little (@HistoryNed) October 16, 2020

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I have never been a Jacobin-lover, and think they mostly provide a negative example for the Left, but this is why they are dear to freeedom fighters everywhere. https://t.co/z9uMDhGqDm

— William Clare Roberts (@MarxinHell) June 25, 2019

I like Nathan’s tweets. I’m always hearting them. I gotta figure out a way to customize my twitter feed.
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Trump YET AGAIN publicly bragging that he sent in his marshals to execute a criminal suspect without trial, not even pretending there was an attempt to arrest him. This is pure dictatorship stuff, I don't understand why this story isn't much, much bigger.https://t.co/wi3w59orUO https://t.co/HS5IiFnNEb

— Nathan J Robinson (@NathanJRobinson) October 15, 2020

I dunno about Super Bowl contender, but they are definitely in the conversation for NFC champion.

Wide open is right. Its just too early to predict anything. Heck i still think the Eagles could be dangerous by December.

Key injuries are gonna derail half these teams. And who knows when Covid will strike a team or two or three.

With no fans, this should be the year where Home Field Advantage doesnt mean as much. Though i guess it might matter if Green Bay wins it. Cold weather and all.
Or Chicago. We should probly root against those two.

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Rams 4-1
Seattle 5-0
Green Bay 4-0
Tampa Bay 3-2
New Orleans 3-2
Carolina 3-2
Chicago 4-1
Arizona 3-2
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Gerald Horne. Historian.

Massive respect to everyone still experiencing time as a linear sequence

— Colin Barrett (@ColinBarrett82) October 14, 2020

Japanese supercomputer shows how humidity affects the aerosol spread of coronavirus https://t.co/5W3bB0qbl5 pic.twitter.com/ZJrHttN0wd

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 14, 2020

It's actually worse, he thinks it's okay if states "criminalize LGBTQ" pic.twitter.com/9e9vxkUAaH

— Gary Alexander (@grylxndr) October 14, 2020