Mystery solved

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MasterCard doesn't want you buying weed with their credit cards.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/mastercard-demands-termination-cannabis-purchases-its-debit-cards-2023-07-26/

If CounterSocial has a leftist bent, it's because much of what passes for conservative thinking in 2023 violates the Terms of Service. #sadbuttrue #RandomThoughts

Although widely held, the belief that merit rather than luck determines success or failure in the world is demonstrably false. This is not least because merit itself is, in large part, the result of luck. Talent and the capacity for determined effort, sometimes called ‘grit’, depend a great deal on one’s genetic endowments and upbringing.

It encourages selfishness and discrimination yet it continues to be instilled in the minds of many. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-belief-in-meritocracy-is-not-only-false-it-s-bad-for-you

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Enough to make MAGA lose their $hit!

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'Hala, the fruit that looks like an exploding planet."

I really like that this place isn't full of self-absorbed liars who are trying to take advantage of people online.

It's nice.

😍

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

❤️🐻❤️

#americanfascism

There's a DEFCON 3 warning on the front page of The NY Times - if you read between the lines

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/17/2181687/-There-s-a-DEFCON-3-warning-on-the-front-page-of-The-NY-Times-if-you-read-between-the-lines

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/17/1187572267/gwar-tiny-desk-concert

the crazy buggers pulled it off!
Best thing with morning coffee :)

#Strike

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"You dare honk at the rat messiah" this needs to make its way into my vocabulary.

No surprises here.
"These are America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023"
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/14/these-are-americas-10-worst-states-to-live-and-work-in.html