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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) dir. F.W. Murnau wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/664240002…
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) dir. F.W. Murnau wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/664240002…
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7 Oct
There's a hell of a zap that neoclassical economics puts on your head. After being brainwashed to think that markets "naturally emerge" wherever a shortage occurs, a certain kind of evil asshole will take it upon themselves to "create markets" and thus "solve the problem"

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6 Oct
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: We paid to develop Merck's covid pill; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2021/10/06/mer…

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We paid to develop Merck's covid pill: And now they're charging us a 4,000% markup on it.



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6 Oct
Comparing the government to a household or a business isn't merely inapt (a government is a currency creator, while a household is a currency user - their budgeting constraints are totally unrelated) - it's also profoundly dishonest.

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Like, if you really are worried about government "living beyond its means," then you should freak out every time Congress writes a $715B no-strings-attached check to the Pentagon, or sends $258B to the ultra-rich as part of the CARES Act.

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5 Oct
Vampyr · 1932
dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
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5 Oct
Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster), Al Lewis (Grandpa), Yvonne De Carlo (as Lily), Pat Priest (cousin Marilyn), and Butch Patrick (as Eddie Munster) in The Munsters episode entitled Just Another Pretty Face, originally broadcast by CBS on January 13th, 1966. oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/664239042…
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

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The Attack Surface paperback is out: And a once-in-a-lifetime deal on the Little Brother audiobooks.



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