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My dream is to have 1 dog, 3 cats, 3 rabbits, and possibly some rats as well
True happiness is based not on the number of pets you have, but on the rate at which you acquire new pets relative to the rate at which you expected to acquire new pets
Also note that pet-related happiness surveys should incorporate hedonic characteristics of the individual pets. Having a scaredy cat who always hides from you is very different from having a lap cat who just wants to sit in your lap and purr while you work.
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The Hondurans requesting asylum at the U.S. border have some pretty damn good reasons to request asylum!!

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Remember, these are the people lawfully requesting asylum at the U.S. border, who the Trump administration is rounding up into camps, and who Trump supporters like to call "illegals" even though requesting asylum is legal.
These are the people Donald Trump says "aren't people".

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Germany has been, in my opinion, the best country in the world on climate stuff.

Not only did they reduce their emissions steadily (without outsourcing much to China etc.), they pushed green technology forward which helped the whole world.

Thanks, Germany!!!
Sweden not looking bad either, though they do more outsourcing of emissions.
France not too bad either
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Noah Smith 🐇
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Today's @bopinion post is about how to beat climate change. Should we overthrow our whole economic system and build a new one? Or can we fix things with one simple tweak?

I say: Neither.

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Some people think capitalism inherently promotes climate change, and that we can't solve the problem until we get rid of the profit motive.

theintercept.com/2018/08/03/cli…
"Capitalism is killing the planet" has become a popular meme, in online media and on Twitter.

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