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[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

US fertility reached 1.57 last year, the lowest ever recorded, and the WSJ explanation is "uncertainty about finances, relationship stability, and the political climate"

my great grandma had eleven children during the second world war, in a country being bombed, in a house with no running water, on rations.
poor people have always had kids. the poorest people on earth right now still have kids and the financial excuse is a story we tell ourselves because it makes us feel good and the real one is unbearable

the real mechanism is that we got rich enough to redefine children as an expense instead of the point. somewhere in the last fifty years the cultural goal inverted and a child stopped being what life is for and became a line item competing with the lifestyle. once you frame it that way the math never works, because the math isnt supposed to work. that's the point

we are living in the richest moment in human history and we decided to use the surplus to buy ourselves out of the future. the most prosperous civilization that has ever existed is committing demographic suicide at the altar of personal optimization and comfort, and the official line is that we cant afford it

the birthrate is a lagging indicator of a civilization that forgot why it was alive

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Happy New Year!

2026 will be a banger

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@JoeRNews As much as I want to support abolishing property tax it’s hard to justify because of how much more appealing property, as an asset class, would be to corporations - that alone would drastically change the market.

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@MLBTheShow When is the update EST?

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

THE BRAVES TURN 3️⃣‼

(via @Braves)

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

Check out batting practice, the opening ceremony, and the first half inning as the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs face off Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa. @BenVerlander gives his thoughts on this years’ festivities and what to expect. https://t.co/5LaN5TSsJz

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

This mind-bending timelapse with the sky stabilized shows the Earth is spinning through space.

Credit: @Brummo

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Global inflation rates:

🇺🇸 - 8.6%
🇬🇧 - 9%
🇧🇷 - 11.7%
🇷🇺 - 17.1%
🇦🇷 - 58%
🇹🇷 - 73.5%
🇻🇪 - 222%

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.

But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.

Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold … 🍿

[Medical Xpress @medical_xpress]

Study in mice suggests that COVID-19 increases risk of developing #Parkinson'sdisease https://t.co/v9ailsX628 https://t.co/XpAsFPDZnI

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

You'll Never Walk Alone ❤

[Doniyor @bevedoni]

.@elonmusk is the reason why so many people are happy on earth right now.

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Love it when this happens

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy.

What should be done?