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One of the problems with judging people strictly on past actions is that it ignores ignorance, and people are capable of learning. This is something people should remember in the age of easily dug up former transgressions.

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A lot of people treat "ignorant" as a trigger word, but I'd rather use "ignorant" than "stupid" (until proven otherwise). Ignorance is a lack of knowledge, but stupidity is an inability to learn (or an avoidance of learning). We are all ignorant about a great many things; ignorance is not a reflection on our intelligence.

Phishing attack at work targeting executives and managers. How'd they know who's be the easy targets in a big corporation?[sic] :-O

Sometimes cartoonists are the best source of news. Entertaining and informative!

New Documentary "Exterminate All the Brutes" Was 500 Years of Genocide in the Making theintercept.com/2021/05/02/ex

According to Ben Franklin, I'm not white.

Today, I'm unexpectedly reminded of how towering and fluent (and amazingly readable) this rant (in book form) is: web.archive.org/web/2005101307 - web-based bitrot means that's it's only available via archive.org, (thank goodness for their good work!).

The lower 90% of US income earners have lost $50 trillion to the 1% since the 1950, with the rate about $2.5 trillion/year right now. time.com/5888024/50-trillion-i If income inequality had been kept at post-WW2 levels in the US, every income earner would be getting an extra $1140/month... That's no joke. That sounds like a great opportunity for UBI funded by massive increases in top-level corporate & billionaire taxation.

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