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Geriatric Gardener<p>Excellent (long) piece!</p><p>“Apocalypse From Within: How American Imperial Decay Fuels Nuclear Risk: Why US Dysfunction is the Greatest Nuclear Threat”</p><p>by Raja Sohail Bashir in The Geopolitical Compass on Substack </p><p>“High-profile warnings from figures like Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, suggesting a declining America is uniquely prone to nuclear first-use, underscore a visceral fear demanding rigorous analysis”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/apocalypse-from-within-how-american?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p</span><span class="invisible">/apocalypse-from-within-how-american?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FirstUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstUse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Risk</span></a></p>
Jeffrey Gray<p><a href="https://missionlocal.org/2024/12/san-francisco-school-closure-merger-consolidation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">missionlocal.org/2024/12/san-f</span><span class="invisible">rancisco-school-closure-merger-consolidation/</span></a> Jesus H. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SFUSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SFUSD</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dysfunction</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gaslighting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/inequity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>inequity</span></a> But, hey, at least they haven’t been found to be corrupt, just “functionally incompetent”. At this point would a state takeover be an improvement? <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SeriousQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SeriousQuestion</span></a></p>
geographile<p>We are living through fascinating historical times and I am not really comfortable with it. The <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>climate</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>democracy</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fascism</span></a> — Sometimes I feel like all I can do now, the only power I have, is to raise my kid to be a helper, an <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/optimistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>optimistic</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>progressive</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/realist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>realist</span></a>, rather than someone who makes it worse.</p><p>&quot;More Members of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Congress</span></a> Are Retiring, Many Citing <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Dysfunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dysfunction</span></a> - The New York Times&quot;<br /><a href="https://archive.is/xRtkn" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/xRtkn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br />&quot;More than three dozen incumbents have announced they will not seek re- <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>election</span></a> next year. Some are running for other offices, while others intend to leave <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Congress</span></a> altogether.&quot;</p>