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MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>yogthos</span></a></span> <br>One quirky benefit of being a Communist Dictatorship is that you don't have a few dozen wealthy corporate moguls telling the gov't not to compete "against them" (hindering progress.)</p><p>There's a way to do this in a Capitalist Democracy: Gov't builds the tracks. The airlines provide the trains. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Green</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenTech</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Slashgear" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Slashgear</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@slashgear/tech-lfrahk7jz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tech-Slashgear</span></a></span> <br>The largest amount of jet fuel used in the shortest amount of time is during takeoff.</p><p>We could save BILLIONS of gallons of jet fuel if we used an electric "rail-gun" to launch planes similar to the way military fighter jets are launched off the extremely short runway of aircraft carriers. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lawfare" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lawfare</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterConservation</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mildpeach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mildpeach</span></a></span> <br>Her experience highlights the need for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Standardize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Standardize</span></a> EV batteries for ALL passenger vehicles so we can have <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Battery</span></a> Swap kiosks installed at every gas station in the country. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
Piggleston Pecanpants<p>I found these decorative abominations on clearance this weekend for $3.99 each. Cloches can be pricey so I hope to tear these apart and use them to host my felted creatures. Will have to handle gingerly so as not break the glass. I like that they have lighting and are rechargeable. If successful, these will make lovely displays. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/repurpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repurpose</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>DHS foiled a terrorist plot targeting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionDay</span></a>.</p><p>Note his plan to purchase "500 rounds of ammunition". I've LONG advocated for a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunpowderTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunpowderTax</span></a> raising the cost to around $100/bullet (not unreasonable to if it's to protect your family.)</p><p>"500 rounds" would have cost him $50,000... which unlikely would not have been able to afford, and would have raised red flags if he had. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxGunpowder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxGunpowder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxCordite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCordite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>StillIRise1963</span></a></span> <br>Actually, now that it is possible to "3D print" a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gun</span></a>, even if you banned ALL <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a>, it wouldn't help.</p><p>There's a better solution: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxGunpowder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxGunpowder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxCordite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCordite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AssassinationAttempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AssassinationAttempt</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ABCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABCNews</span></a> reporting that the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/I75" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>I75</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> Highway shooter, "bought 1,000 rounds of ammunition the day before" (as well as an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AR15" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AR15</span></a> style weapon.)</p><p>Under my plan, that much ammunition would have cost him $100,000. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxGunpowder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxGunpowder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxCordite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCordite</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br>There's way to fix the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCotUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCotUS</span></a> w/o creating a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@youmightwanttolisten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>youmightwanttolisten</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxGunpowder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxGunpowder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolShooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolShooting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TotsAndPears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TotsAndPears</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://union.place/@xerophile" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>xerophile</span></a></span> <br>There's way to fix the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCotUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCotUS</span></a> w/o turning every election into a war: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mattsheffield</span></a></span> <br>One incredible irony is that… while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> accuse <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> of having "an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBorder</span></a>" policy… NOTHING would do MORE to curb illegal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> &amp; reduce the number of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> moving here "permanently" than an "Open" border.</p><p>If the U.S. issued "work visas" (sponsored by their employer) and placed dozens of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Checkpoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Checkpoints</span></a> along the border (checking for contraband), migrants could remain in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> and commute across the border daily, saving Billions. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@chad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chad</span></a></span> <br>Wouldn't it be nice if all these billionaire <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a>'s invested their fortunes in something that might actually help themselves AND help others WHILE making a fortune? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@hazz223" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hazz223</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GND</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagLev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagLev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USDoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDoT</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@hazz223" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hazz223</span></a></span> <br>Actually, we don't need to "ban" private jets to mitigate the damage they do.</p><p>There are ways for them to use less fuel and minimize/eliminate exhaust.</p><p>Embed a "slingshot" in runways (like on aircraft carriers) to launch planes using less fuel. Once in flight, use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hybrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hybrid</span></a> engines for less exhaust and better mileage. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@johnlogic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>johnlogic</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> needs to set official standards for battery shape, size and means of connection, so that batteries are interchangeable between car brands.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@davidzipper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidzipper</span></a></span> <br>I have an idea on how to "fix" the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autobahn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autobahn</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>:</p><p>1) "Left lane only" for high speed vehicles.<br>2) People who wish to drive fast will need an "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EZTag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EZTag</span></a>" they can only get after safety training. Speed w/o one and get a fine in the mail. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@SueInRockville" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SueInRockville</span></a></span> <br>"Expand" the Court, but maybe not in the way most people think: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReformTheCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReformTheCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AbortTheCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbortTheCourt</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Axomamma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Axomamma</span></a></span> <br>Incredibly, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChiefJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roberts</span></a> was FAR more Moderate when the Court was 5/4, but since becoming 6/3, he is letting his freak flag fly and swinging for the fences. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReformTheCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReformTheCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@marcas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>marcas</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://stranger.social/@lednaBM" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lednaBM</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lor.sh/@SNerd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SNerd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@KimSJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>KimSJ</span></a></span> <br>There's a better way. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThinkOutsideTheBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkOutsideTheBox</span></a></p>
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