Vasto Audre Lorde

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[Vasto Audre Lorde @brandonmcquin]

Lowkey, what if we just started running bad-faith politicians out of town again?

[Aporia @aporia9n]

As a result gen-z are increasingly choosing lottery tickets over the traditional 9-5 route.

Startups, crypto, creator, trading, AI wrappers, whatever gives them a tiny chance of escaping the normal income curve.

Because what exactly is the traditional route offering now? Sell your soul for 10–15 years, survive office politics and sacrifice your 20s just to save $100–200k, only to still struggle to buy a house and remain nowhere near the lifestyle you were told the grind would eventually unlock.

Meanwhile the internet shows you people your age making life-changing money from one startup, one token, one trade or one viral account. Most will fail and half the winners online are probably fake, but psychologically that barely matters. Once the respectable path promises guaranteed sacrifice for increasingly mediocre upside, variance starts to look rational.

Especially when in most Western countries, the welfare state effectively protects your downside, while the upside from one hit remains private and uncapped.

When the safe path no longer buys a safe life, gambling stops looking stupid.

[jake rhodes @jakebrodes]

One of the reasons I hate the whole “get involved in local politics!” Rant is you go to a hearing or whatever and the hearing is Should We Poison The River and Kill The River? And the whole town goes no!!! And then the mayor and city council immediately begin poisoning the river

[Bijan Shahir @BijanShahir]

One thing that I have noted is that I have spoken to several intelligent adults who have actually been bewildered as to why markets have gotten to be more cutthroat over the last 30 years. Most people almost literally cannot bring themselves to make this connection.

[Chris Stritzel @chris_stritzel]

The value of a great tree canopy on a warm and humid day is priceless.

[microplastics nanobubbler @facetedcarapace]

He's right. People blasting their phones in public is annoying as shit but I do not know what the real solution is because asking people to put on headphones is basically asking for a fight at this point.

[Laura Burkhardt @LauraAnnSTL]

The Governor of Missouri admitting how unelectable his party is.

[Billy ⚜️ @HellbenderSTL]

I am here once again begging @MoDOT to invest in better high visibility road paint that’s, ya know, visible when it rains at night.

[lizzy 🌸 @lizzyflanagan]

The richest people in America used to build libraries/theatres/parks. Now they do what??? Crypto rug pulls and surveillance state propaganda??? Some bullshit

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

There is NO reason any of us should have to thrive in a fast-paced environment or work well under pressure. Most of our daily work is not an emergency, and our culture of fake urgency and immediacy, just to make more profit for the C-suite, is burning people out.

[brandon s. @b_cuse_]

Long commutes on transit are often quite nice. You can read a book, watch a show, look at the scenery, etc. without worrying about driving.

Long car commutes, however, are universally awful and draining.

[Tisya Mavuram @tmavuram]

I keep waiting for things to get really hedonistic and fun since everything sucks. instead it appears that Americans are going to spend the fall of our empire scrolling on their phones watching short form content or arguing about delivery apps

[David Amelotti @DavidAmelottiTV]

St. Louis needs to stop saying, "No, that won't or can't happen," and start asking, "Why not St. Louis," and make it happen.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

It's surprising to me when rich people are Very Online. I'm here because I have an email job. You could be anywhere in the world but you're here on Twitter.

[Gavin Bena 🗳 @gavinbena]

this is my dream for St. Louis

[Vasto Audre Lorde @brandonmcquin]

#STL

[Just a Dude Who Invests @DudeWhoInvests]

“Only about 7% of the federal workforce is under age 30.”

[human @vladimirlesbian]

Unpaid lunches should be illegal.

[David Amelotti @DavidAmelottiTV]

St. Louis needs to stop saying, "No, that won't or can't happen," and start asking, "Why not St. Louis," and make it happen.