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to the server to view the underlying object.
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"content": "Hello, all!\n\nI haven't used Minds in a while. 2020 has been an interesting year for all of us, hasn't it? Myself included.\n\nI'm intending to get back into blogging. I believe what I will try to do is build out my own site/domain for ownership purposes, but also concurrently upload here.\n\nMinds tells me I still somehow have 305 followers, or some such? ",
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"content": "<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IIm2an8QkI\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IIm2an8QkI</a><br /><br />What has happened in this debate round is absolutely god awful. Ignore the clickbaityness of \"we lost due to Ben Shapiro & Jordan Peterson,\" even though that's definitely a real part of this issue. <br /><br />What actually happened here is even more offensive. I did policy debate in high school (2003-2006) and I viewed it as the most valuable academic and intellectually profitable endeavor I was ever exposed to. If the opposing squad in this round actually just read slam poetry for their 1AC, that's akin to agreeing to a game of football with another school, that school showing up and fielding a soccer a team, they kick a soccer ball into your touchdown zone and declare themselves the winner... and then the referee agrees with this farce and gives them a win!<br /><br />The opposing team fundamentally did not engage in the parameters of debate. The 1AC *has* to affirm the Resolution for the year; that's just the rules of the game. By refusing to do so, they are in fact not being fair to the Negative, as the Negative's entire job is to demonstrate why the Affirmative's plan doesn't work. You can't really have a debate about the policy implications of slam poetry, for obvious reasons. This reflects very poorly on the judges and the tournament organizers for this particular event, to say nothing of the coaching that led the Affirmative team to believe they could get away with opening a round with slam poetry.<br /><br />All of the other stuff involved in this round is egregious and especially the letters bombarding the kid's school and principal and debate coach. This whole thing is maddening.<br /><br /> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=freespeech\" title=\"#freespeech\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#freespeech</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=debate\" title=\"#debate\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#debate</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=philosophy\" title=\"#philosophy\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#philosophy</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=censorship\" title=\"#censorship\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#censorship</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=idiots\" title=\"#idiots\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#idiots</a>",
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"published": "2019-01-30T16:55:11+00:00",
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"content": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IIm2an8QkI\n\nWhat has happened in this debate round is absolutely god awful. Ignore the clickbaityness of \"we lost due to Ben Shapiro & Jordan Peterson,\" even though that's definitely a real part of this issue. \n\nWhat actually happened here is even more offensive. I did policy debate in high school (2003-2006) and I viewed it as the most valuable academic and intellectually profitable endeavor I was ever exposed to. If the opposing squad in this round actually just read slam poetry for their 1AC, that's akin to agreeing to a game of football with another school, that school showing up and fielding a soccer a team, they kick a soccer ball into your touchdown zone and declare themselves the winner... and then the referee agrees with this farce and gives them a win!\n\nThe opposing team fundamentally did not engage in the parameters of debate. The 1AC *has* to affirm the Resolution for the year; that's just the rules of the game. By refusing to do so, they are in fact not being fair to the Negative, as the Negative's entire job is to demonstrate why the Affirmative's plan doesn't work. You can't really have a debate about the policy implications of slam poetry, for obvious reasons. This reflects very poorly on the judges and the tournament organizers for this particular event, to say nothing of the coaching that led the Affirmative team to believe they could get away with opening a round with slam poetry.\n\nAll of the other stuff involved in this round is egregious and especially the letters bombarding the kid's school and principal and debate coach. This whole thing is maddening.\n\n #freespeech #debate #philosophy #censorship #idiots",
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"content": "I really enjoy The Quartering's content and find him to be generally quite balanced and entertaining. Check him out if you haven't already and are interested in video game and culture war type news!<br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=videogames\" title=\"#videogames\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#videogames</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=news\" title=\"#news\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#news</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=mindsgaming\" title=\"#mindsgaming\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#mindsgaming</a>",
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"content": "I really enjoy The Quartering's content and find him to be generally quite balanced and entertaining. Check him out if you haven't already and are interested in video game and culture war type news!\n\n#videogames #news #mindsgaming",
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"content": "The first draft of the first chapter of my new writing project, about 11,000 words or so.<br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/DrDeezee/blog/language-is-reality-907296109253709824\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.minds.com/DrDeezee/blog/language-is-reality-907296109253709824</a>",
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"content": "The first draft of the first chapter of my new writing project, about 11,000 words or so.\nhttps://www.minds.com/DrDeezee/blog/language-is-reality-907296109253709824",
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"content": "Seems like this could end up being an alternative to PayPal and even credit cards in an age where those infrastructures are sometimes being used to de-platform people or otherwise stifle free speech. <br /><br />All they're asking for is your name and email address - information we give out all the time. Worst case scenario, Initiative Q blows up and never amounts to anything. Best case scenario? You get in now, sign up 5 of your own friends, and every one of your Qs ends up being worth $1 USD (as they are estimating) and in a couple of years all the sudden you just kinda got Q25,243 (or $25,243) for free. Right now the site says I have 10 invites left.<br /><br />\"Initiative Q is an attempt by ex-PayPal guys to create a new payment system instead of credit cards that were designed in the 1950s. The system uses its own currency, the Q, and to get people to start using the system once it's ready they are allocating Qs for free to people that sign up now (the amount drops as more people join - so better to join early). Signing up is free and they only ask for your name and an email address. There's nothing to lose but if this payment system becomes a world leading payment method your Qs can be worth a lot. If you missed getting bitcoin seven years ago, you wouldn't want to miss this.<br /><br />Here is my invite link: <a href=\"https://initiativeq.com/invite/SSp266WpQ\" target=\"_blank\">https://initiativeq.com/invite/SSp266WpQ</a><br /><br />This link will stop working once I’m out of invites. Let me know after you registered, because I need to verify you on my end.\" <br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=freespeech\" title=\"#freespeech\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#freespeech</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=Crypto\" title=\"#Crypto\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#Crypto</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=alternatives\" title=\"#alternatives\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#alternatives</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=technology\" title=\"#technology\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#technology</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=politics\" title=\"#politics\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#politics</a>",
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"published": "2018-11-08T14:56:56+00:00",
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"content": "Seems like this could end up being an alternative to PayPal and even credit cards in an age where those infrastructures are sometimes being used to de-platform people or otherwise stifle free speech. \n\nAll they're asking for is your name and email address - information we give out all the time. Worst case scenario, Initiative Q blows up and never amounts to anything. Best case scenario? You get in now, sign up 5 of your own friends, and every one of your Qs ends up being worth $1 USD (as they are estimating) and in a couple of years all the sudden you just kinda got Q25,243 (or $25,243) for free. Right now the site says I have 10 invites left.\n\n\"Initiative Q is an attempt by ex-PayPal guys to create a new payment system instead of credit cards that were designed in the 1950s. The system uses its own currency, the Q, and to get people to start using the system once it's ready they are allocating Qs for free to people that sign up now (the amount drops as more people join - so better to join early). Signing up is free and they only ask for your name and an email address. There's nothing to lose but if this payment system becomes a world leading payment method your Qs can be worth a lot. If you missed getting bitcoin seven years ago, you wouldn't want to miss this.\n\nHere is my invite link: https://initiativeq.com/invite/SSp266WpQ\n\nThis link will stop working once I’m out of invites. Let me know after you registered, because I need to verify you on my end.\" \n\n#freespeech #Crypto #alternatives #technology #politics",
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"content": "\"I think very complex discussions should be had with people in person. And I think that when you allow comments, just random anonymous comments to enter into your consciousness, you're taking risks. You may run into a bunch of really brilliant ideas that are coming from people that are considerate, that have thought these things through, or you might just run into a river of assholes.\" - Joseph Brogan<br /><br /><a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=philosophy\" title=\"#philosophy\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#philosophy</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=communication\" title=\"#communication\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#communication</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=language\" title=\"#language\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#language</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=reality\" title=\"#reality\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#reality</a> <a href=\"https://www.minds.com/search?f=top&t=all&q=advice\" title=\"#advice\" class=\"u-url hashtag\" target=\"_blank\">#advice</a><br /><br /><a href=\"https://youtu.be/j5FOumrXyww?t=1591\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/j5FOumrXyww?t=1591</a> ",
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"published": "2018-11-05T17:51:42+00:00",
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"content": "\"I think very complex discussions should be had with people in person. And I think that when you allow comments, just random anonymous comments to enter into your consciousness, you're taking risks. You may run into a bunch of really brilliant ideas that are coming from people that are considerate, that have thought these things through, or you might just run into a river of assholes.\" - Joseph Brogan\n\n#philosophy #communication #language #reality #advice\n\nhttps://youtu.be/j5FOumrXyww?t=1591 ",
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