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Rational Black Thought Episode #124 February 18, 2023 - Survival is not enough, survival has never been enough…Black Cake artwork

Rational Black Thought Episode #124 February 18, 2023 - Survival is not enough, survival has never been enough…Black Cake

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Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to think like a Quant, and why you should: https://calvinrosser.com/notes/thinking-in-bets-annie-duke/#:~:text=Professional%20poker%20player%20Annie%20Duke,outcomes%20and%20a%20better%20life. News: When the police are the government: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/opinion/police-violence-democracy.html Evidently, the truth is relative:https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/nyregion/nj-ap-african-american-studies-high-schools.html The GOP actively subverts the separation of Church and State:https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/we-are-babylon-dozens-of-members-of-congress-join-religious-right-prayer-service-to-repent-for-the-united-states/ Nonreligion is sticky:https://onlysky.media/afiala/non-religion-is-sticky-and-contagious/ A primary police tactic is torture:https://www.theskanner.com/news/usa/34202-biden-s-plan-for-ending-the-emergency-declaration-for-covid-19-signals-a-pivotal-point-in-the-pandemic This shit is for us: The American Caste System: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/magazine/isabel-wilkerson-caste.html Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The efficacy of prayer versus Synchronicity: https://secularhumanism.org/1997/06/can-science-prove-that-prayer-works/ Closing: Real “seed” money: https://www.blackenterprise.com/ghanaian-ceo-secures-13m-from-investors-for-startup/ Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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