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Greg Lopp

@greglopp

...filled with raging ennui

 Houston, TX
Joined July 2009
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"Research shows it costs taxpayers $31,065 a year to criminalize a single person experiencing homelessness while the yearly cost for providing supportive housing is $10,051." housingmatters.urban.org/fea…
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A Dutch supermarket chain introduced slow checkouts for people who enjoy chatting, helping many people, especially the elderly, deal with loneliness. The move has proven so successful that they installed the slow checkouts in 200 stores.
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Psst Biden administration. Florida should only have room for one coup architect at most.
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debating buying one of these for my 2-year-old niece etsy.com/listing/1340577636/… – at Palo Alto, CA
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It's a culture shock when they haven't been groomed.
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"The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone." ~Alain de Botton
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skim milk is a crime
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Guns don’t kill people. First graders kill people. See how dumb that sounds?
The New York Times (@nytimes) profile pictureThe New York Times
@nytimes6 Jan 2023
A 6-year-old student at an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, shot a teacher on Friday afternoon, leaving her with “life-threatening” injuries, the authorities said. nyti.ms/3VQkSJZ
6-Year-Old Shoots Teacher at Virginia Elementary School, Police Say (Published 2023)

6-Year-Old Shoots Teacher at Virginia Elementary School, Police Say (Published 2023)

A teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News has “life-threatening injuries” after being shot by one of her students, the authorities said.

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This sounds just like the Texas deep freeze in February 2021 and the failures of fossil power plants in Ercot. These allegedly "firm" resources (gas, coal) proved to not be there when we needed them during winter cold snaps. That's unacceptable & dangerous.
Ward Lenz 🏃☄️🚗 (@energywardo) profile pictureWard Lenz 🏃☄️🚗@energywardo4 Jan 2023
As reported by Duke Energy yesterday, the largest cause of the rolling blackouts on Christmas Eve was coal and natural gas plants generating far less than rated. Between those plant failures and loss of purchases from outside of territory, they lost 2,500 MW of generation.
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periodic reminder that Fahrenheit 451 isn't about government censorship but a society so inundated with entertainment and technology that it's discarded the humanities voluntarily, in the process becoming cruel, bigoted and inhuman.
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The 12 Republican-led states that refused to expand Medicaid accounted for 74% of all rural hospital closures between 2010 and 2021, an American Hospital Association report found last year. mississippifreepress.org/300…
Mississippi Health Care Faces ‘Looming Disaster,’ MSMA Tells Lawmakers

Mississippi Health Care Faces ‘Looming Disaster,’ MSMA Tells Lawmakers

Health-care professionals have said that Mississippi's refusal to expand Medicaid has contributed significantly to hospital closures.

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Philip Bump
@pbump30 Dec 2022
I, for one, am stunned to learn that the evidence-free claims of surging violent crime that powered Fox News’s coverage from late September until 11 pm on Nov. 8 were largely unfounded. nytimes.com/2022/12/30/brief…

A Continuing Drop in Murders (Published 2022)

The situation changed for the better in 2022.

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To my Gen X peeps: How many of you guys saw that Challenger explosion in class, in real time? – at Virginia Beach, VA
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My flight is overbooked and they lady offered $700 for anyone who volunteered to fly out tomorrow. So I yelled “it’s a scam - legally they owe you $1500 or 4x your ticket whichever is lowest!” So EVERYONE waited till she said $1500 to stand up. Why am I like this?😂
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My son, who is a software engineer, just told me that people who know software just had their Elon Musk realization.
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A map of every country in the world using a MM/DD/YYYY date format.
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I do think smart phones are a net negative. You used to be able to go out with friends and just make up wild lies like "samurai's were forbidden from jumping" or "dolphins are the only animal that doesn't poop" and only their wits could aid them. Now they can just "look it up".
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The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) profile pictureThe Seattle Times
@seattletimes23 Dec 2022
Many private jet owners have had it with tracking websites and social media accounts dedicated to pinpointing their exact whereabouts as they move through the skies. st.news/3WmBudx
Private jet travel isn’t so private after all. Some upset owners have had enough

Private jet travel isn’t so private after all. Some upset owners have had enough

Many private jet owners have had it with tracking websites and social media accounts dedicated to pinpointing their exact whereabouts as they move through the skies.

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May your aluminum pole stand tall, Your grievances be heard, And your feats remain strong. A successful Festivus to you all.
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