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Susanita
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Even as a #longtimefed I didn‘t know or realize everything that other feds do. I was often frustrated by indifference to admin/support staff and the observation that it‘s the type of work that‘s only really noticed when it‘s done poorly or not at all. Yet here I am taking the work of other feds for granted. While
I write about my own experiences/observations as they pertain to the current situation, I recognize it‘s a much bigger picture.

TheBookHippie They are our backbone and our backbone is being broken by greed, hatred and revenge. 2d
AmyG The people in power couldn‘t care less about these federal employees…or the effect this has on every American. 2d
Susanita @TheBookHippie @AmyG Meanwhile, according to faux news, JP Morgan says the government is “inefficient.” 2d
TheBookHippie @Susanita 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2d
AmyG JP Morgan is Jamie Diamond so that‘s what I would think he would say. 2d
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jack777
Mehso-so

Got a lil too scholarly and rambly for me at points. Some parts were hella interesting though. Just realizing what a philosophical concept debt is... crazy. Rec from mom. Took me ages to get through.

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keithmalek
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"When an ideological construct can't be explained because it's based on specious arguments, advocates lean heavily on the language of faith."

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catiewithac
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This explained why I feel the way I feel about being a wage slave. I‘m resistant about being plugged in to social media and dislike my employer‘s attempts to connect every work action to data. This mess we‘re in globally is quite a spiraling web. Wake up!

Aimeesue Agree with you 1000% about connecting all work to data. It‘s completely ruined health care in the US, not that it was great to begin with. If it‘s not billable, it rarely gets done. 😡 5mo
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shortsarahrose
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“. . . The capitalist who employs improved but not yet universally used methods of production sells below the market price, but above his individual price of production; his profit rate thus rises, until competition cancels this out; in the course of this period of adjustment, the second requirement is fulfilled, i.e. growth in the capital laid out . . .”

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shortsarahrose
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After lab work🩸💉and a stop at Petsmart 🐈‍⬛, it‘s time for a sandwich, Coke, and Marx.

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Daily
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The historical evidence is often murky Graeber quotes an absurd Babylonian text to show what he calls the paradox of debt: a way of thinking about money that strikes us as upside-down. Even as the contradiction vanishes, his book remains not just a folly but a serious folly.....
Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6472734584

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SanjanaGhosh
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Pickpick

Such a fun way to describe important economic and financial concepts! 100% recommend!

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shortsarahrose
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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe
Had to jump in for this one (but couldn‘t quite narrow it down to three 😆)
1. Tagged
2. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
3. The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
4. The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
5. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad

Apparently I really like memoirs 📚

monalyisha I‘ve been intending to read the last two on your list for so long! I even bought # 5 for a friend (who has been dealing with her own traumatic medical mystery for over a year now). 12mo
shortsarahrose @monalyisha of all the ones on the list, those two are the ones I‘ve been most meaning to reread. I really related to Sulieka‘s memoir because we both got sick around the same age (her with cancer, me with Crohn‘s), and been changed by the experience even after getting into remission. We also both relapsed around the same time (I follow her Substack and have been meaning to watch the doc American Symphony with her and her spouse but known I‘ll 😭) 12mo
monalyisha I also subscribed to her substack for a while! I was hoping it would give me the kick I needed to actually write & journal more. Instead, I just guiltily buried the emails in my overfull inbox without even opening them, so I unsubscribed. It seemed really cool, though! 12mo
shortsarahrose @monalyisha yeah, I never actually do the journaling prompts. I just like reading them, though 🤷🏻‍♀️ 12mo
dabbe Even more to explore! Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 12mo
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