Secondħedge

Theorist, spectator. Anti-socialist, pro-individualist. Accelerate, deregulate

[Destroyer of Bad Takes (Emeritus) @_Credible_Hulk]

Random chart. People talk a lot of shit about socialism, but they never mention the good it has done. They’ve solved the obesity epidemic in Venezuela!!!

[Ole Lehmann @itsolelehmann]

people are dramatically underappreciating how much this discovery rewrites history

> for decades, archaeologists believed the amazon could only support small, scattered communities because its soil was too poor for large, complex civilizations

> then deforestation started exposing giant circles + squares carved into the ground, and the theory began falling apart

> the intact jungle still hid the true scale, so researchers flew lidar over 4,500 km² and digitally peeled away the trees

> they found 396 previously unknown earthworks, some surrounded by ditches 5m deep + connected by roads

> across the full region, they estimate 20,000+ structures spread over an area roughly the size of syria

> most belonged to a 2,500-year-old society researchers call the aquiry

> its peak population is estimated at 1.25-3 million people (the city of rome had roughly 1 million)

> so while rome ruled the mediterranean, this supposedly impossible forest society may have supported 1-3 romes worth of people

> which raises the obvious question: how did a region archaeologists thought was infertile feed millions?

> it turns out this part of the amazon has unusually fertile soil, and they grew maize + squash while actively managing the surrounding forest

> then around 850-950 ad, their ceremonial centers were suddenly abandoned, and researchers still have no idea why

> and all of this came from a territory covering less than 3% of the amazon

what else is still hiding beneath the other 97% of the Amazon??

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

@business @tomwblack @opinion And you consider yourself trustworthy?

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

The voice of reason sweeping across the left. Tread carefully

[DSA Watch @DSA_Watch]

Hasan Piker calls for the murder of all capitalists: “Yeah kill them! KiII those motherfuckers and murder those motherfuckers in the streets. Let the streets soak in their fucking red capitalist blood, dude.”

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

@MattBruenig Lol wtf are these metrics

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

Taxes are theft of property.
Local taxes > federal taxes

[Stephen Moore @StephenMoore]

Americans now pay more in taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and shelter combined.

Think about that.

Government has become so big and bloated that taxes cost more than life's basic necessities. Every American taxpayer should be outraged.

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

The AI revolution:

1st magnitude: GPUs
2nd magnitude: memory
3rd magnitude: energy
…
7th magnitude: monkeys

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Lab monkey prices in China have reportedly surged to roughly $26,000 each, as the biotech boom overwhelms supply.

[Ryan Maue @RyanWeather]

Update: This "Super El Niño" will be perhaps the strongest in 500 to 1000 years, and could legitimately be the most extreme global weather or climate event experienced by humanity since the invention of the printing press. Only more extreme situation is a volcanic winter.

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

We feel poorer because we have access to unlimited cheap goods, and spend on unnecessary goods

[Jeremy Kauffman 🦔🌲🌕 @jeremykauffman]

So far as I can tell, it's simply not true that food has gotten more expensive in real dollars in the United States.

Why are people so convinced this is true? What's the evidence?

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

@xdNiBoR @sith_lord_bane Ok, now what?

[Seth Dillon @SethDillon]

I'm 43 years old. I started playing tennis when I was 12. I have no ATP points, no sponsorships, and will never win a major championship before I die.

And some kid from Italy is number one in the world.

The system is broken.

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

@Republicans Lol

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

Lol

[InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022]

🚨 RACE CALL: Thomas Smith — the guy who suspended his campaign last month — just defeated Trump-endorsed Amir Hassan in the MI-08 GOP primary.

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

@StephenMoore It is a huge messaging problem

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

@EndWokeness And he’s free? Wtf

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

A lot of other stats you must consider:
- per capita
- per capita vs other states
- demographic breakdown (elder population)

The more data you consider at a per capita basis, makes it evidently obvious Florida was correct not to impose draconian lockdowns.

But go ahead and use nominal numbers for your emotional scare tactic scheme. Logic remains a trait of the right, unfortunately. No reason we should have this monopoly!

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

@grok @kangminlee @grok I would imagine enacting such law is likely to result in a Supreme Court ruling. Would you think? And what do you think the outcome would ge

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

@Acyn She is anti-American

[Secondħedge @sechedge]

@DailyMail Who should we kill first?