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@BertramDitore @Hegar
Running water and indoor plumbing was relatively common in the ancient world.

really ?
In 1920, only *** 1% of US homes** had indoor plumbing

https://www.aceee.org/files/proceedings/2004/data/papers/SS04_Panel1_Paper17.pdf

@teft

even if this were true, it is true only if you have time rest and rejuvenate, and in particular rest after an injury

tht option often not available to people working at lower wage jobs

right ?

@SteveKLord

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yeah, I lie about my age

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re the 1,000x
if you read the comments in the thread you posted, several people point out this is just ludicrouis

so I"m not quite sure what I should have said to you when you post something that is absurd
seriously, what am I to say ?

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@SteveKLord
I was born in 1953 and my image of people doing labor like this , based on how we perceived people in low income countries, is of a person whose body was worn out by age 30

to a large extent progress is humans not having to do heavy manual labor
sheesh

@MicroWave

this is probably not true

eg, read the best thing, IMO, written on 2016, then think about how often liberals talk about trump’s plan to cut taxes on working people [ “plan” of course being BS ]

don’t wanna read the link ?
Tl;dr
Trump supporters didn’t pay attn to the crazy stuff; they just hear him say: When I am POTUS there will be jobs
thats it, thats the mesagge

https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/12/6/13853314/trump-speeches-lessons-democrats-economics-trade

@stabby_cicada

I distrust toots that assert something without providing a link
I was lucky and found a link to the 31K figure; sounds partially like it does NOT apply to all homeless people, just some small percentage, so probably a bullshit number

https://homelessvoice.org/the-cost-to-criminalize-homelessness/

@benfulton @bloomington_in

If YIMBYs are in favor of turning parks into asphalt, then YIMBYs are bad

but terms and conditions apply; what I said is certainly true for NYC or Chicago, maybe not Bloomington

but in general the willingness of YIMBYs to pave over grass is IMO really bad IMO

@PanArab always good to be corrected !

@PanArab

I once read an explanation for why the Bedouin wear black robes:

the black gets hot, which causes a air current to rise between the outer and inner robes; this air current is cooling

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@Deceptichum

https://jabberwocking.com/israel-says-hamas-center-was-hidden-directly-below-unrwa-headquarters/

@Deceptichum are these the strikes where hostages were rescued ?

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@CoffeeAddict

yeah, I agree VOTE and also, we need candidates contesting all seats, but really shouldn’t pour money into things that look like loosers

I guess that is a self fufilling prophecy ? and also it is hard to tell in advance who will win and loose ?

but in 2018/2020 we wasted several hundred million dollars on senate races (in addittion to Beto/AM, Maine, SC and some others) so .

I dunno what to do

@CoffeeAddict

Ok, now what do we do ?

I would think:

- contact your state and local elected official to try to make sure that protections for women are as strong as possible

- if your state is having an referendum on the 2024 ballot, well, you should be helping, right ?

- if you can, send money to elect and re elect dem, from Biden/Congress down to local level (sheriffs - huge !!)

while somehow, dunno how, avoiding money pits like Beto and Amy McGrath

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