Josh Germer

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[Josh Germer @jjgermer]

@TPCarney Those making decisions had little likelihood of harm by the draconian decisions but had extreme fear of causing death/downside risk because they felt scared in the moment. Turns out they were wrong. What joy do we gain from castigating them because we can say “we told you so?”

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@1011_News This provides no service to Nebraskans who are invested in your programming. They can find salacious headlines everywhere.

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@1011_News Sad things happen all of the time but this type of reporting makes the world seem worse than it is.

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@1011_News This is sad but what is a local Nebraska news organization doing reporting it?

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@Andercot Yes, but paywalled

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@RWApodcast What are the Russian objectives in Ukraine? Do you view them as Russian? Is there a line where that ends?

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@Julephenia @dieworkwear Off topic of the thread, but I’m curious. Why did you use the tone you did in this reply? You called me “sweetie” (usually demeaning). And ended with an ellipsis (implying I haven’t thought about it). Is it because I gave pushback, and so I became an adversary?

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@ShellPaw @Julephenia @dieworkwear As a bit of a counter, I do think intellectual libertarians think markets (which are socially constructed) and social cohesion/trust play a big role in why less government is effective.

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@ShellPaw @Julephenia @dieworkwear I think that’s a really interesting perspective on libertarians. I often tell my friends who are politically minded that I start libertarian as my base and then build based on societal reality.

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@Julephenia @dieworkwear I think that’s often a fair assumption, but I live in Nebraska and there are genuine libertarians here who aren’t bigots and just want everyone to not be involved in anyone’s business. It is even more common in mountain states.

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@kendrictonn I wonder what the ability for broad swaths of the artist community not have access to (or pressures to take the path of) the training you had will do going forward. It may be good that younger people in the arts have integration with AI. I can see multiple, diverging paths.

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@littmath @Jacob_Tsimerman @willdepue I think we’re designed to solve problems/puzzles. Unknown = yikes. Manipulation of problem to solution = king of the world.

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@topgunready can I be involved?

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@HeerJeet Why are we supporting rape?

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@TheAnnaGat Both words have high emotional valence

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@ChuckGrassley Weak

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@JerryMoran @CIADirector Weak

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@RonPaul It would have happened
If the threat would have gone.

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@RoryStewartUK Rory, I listen to your podcasts and feel I’m ideologically aligned. Why haven’t actions occurred earlier? They armed and attacked uk and us forces. I think the major issue is that international law didn’t allow for corrective action

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@NebraskaMegan https://t.co/qX8EmTUfAv

[Kendric Tonn @kendrictonn]

I think there's some truth that changing patronage patterns, which probably have something to do with capitalism, are less favorable now, but Michaelangelo himself notoriously had people chasing him and aggressively trying to extract work constantly, for decades

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@NebraskaMegan Genuinely confused by this. Michelangelo and other masters were supported by the rich. And the surplus of capitalism allows many people to be supported for years without fruitful work, look at most of LA or NYC culture. Capitalism only increased the ability of this.