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Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.

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Never great for your country to be on the wrong side of of Aquinas and Augustine (no citizenship for immigrants until the third generation)

[Zarathustra @zarathustra5150]

footnote from Clarence Thomas, quoting Thomas Aquinas from Summa Theologica:

“foreigners were not at once admitted to citizenship" because "if foreigners were allowed to meddle with the affairs of a nation as soon as they settled down in its midst, many dangers might occur, since the foreigners not yet having the common good firmly at heart might attempt something hurtful to the people”

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

The *author* of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, Senator Jacob Howard, literally explained during the debates that it would obviously not apply to illegal aliens or foreigners not allegiant to the United States…

It was for the children of former slaves.

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@Austen There are signs all around my neighborhood saying “Save our Kids from Data Centers!” and I’ve wondered if the new versions use children as coolant?

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@thedimitri @emilykmay Thank you for speaking up for those of us who are unable to put this experience into words

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Great tribute. As someone who is a compulsive reader, the most fun I’ve ever had while reading was reading Chrichton. Incredible story teller, incredible imagination, incredible technical detail.

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

Michael Crichton is such a fascinating figure and it is a goddamn shame he died so young

This guy got into Harvard Medical School and said "actually, I want to write stories" so he wrote one of the most harrowing long short stories, the Andromeda Strain.

This guy was addicted to research. He read scientific journals for fun and researched everything that captured his interest. He was curious and skeptical. He thought hard about the implications of technology all the time.

And, instead of being a dork and writing a blog, he wrote entire novels warning about the dangers of emerging technologies. And they were great!

He wrote a `Prey` about the dangers of combining AI with nanobots 24 years ago. It's tremendous. You could publish it today and it would be relevant.

I miss him. I miss technically competent authors who can spin a good yarn while informing the reader about how technology is changing the world.

Crichton was a generational talent and we are poorer for his absence.

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@politicalmath @FischerKing64 My favorite author through middle and high school, and now that I think about it, probably just my favorite author. Never had more fun reading.

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@MrAndyNgo @Scott_Wiener There is no honor among demons

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@Babygravy9 Imagine thinking Scott Weiner is “center-right”

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@SirajAHashmi @WomanDefiner I had no idea chiggers ... were arachnids

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@seedtheclouds Didn’t realize how good we had it

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My brother is a Director at a large corporation - they hired a local, black-owned business to cater meals today for the office. Multiple (white) employees complained to HR about the optics of blacks serving a mostly white workforce. HR had it canceled. Owners were devastated

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@JoshDaws @CaptainHaHaa @cfryant @Artedeingenio @whorange__ I’ve been out of the Disney “loop” for years ... are these movies all sequels? Are they just intentionally done in the exact same style? Does anybody like this? Terrible

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@uncledoomer It’s blackpilling that our ruling class is truly above the law

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@AuronMacintyre As if the most beautiful and intricate architecture and art in history wasn’t made by people who would be considered by him (her?) to be the furthest of right wing extremists today

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@romanhelmetguy That, and apparently Disney computers are capable of creating one style of animation only

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@SlumRNA_Dog No, they’re just republicans

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@DubzyOnceAgain No that’s evolution by natural selection

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@Oilfield_Rando I haven’t seen this one yet. Fantastic

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@McDonalds @imarajones It’s ok to take this down now

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@uncledoomer Do you have to say all of her exes’ names or just the most recent?