Post #3699332

2026-07-09 16:34 UTC

@praetor@mstdn.social @urlyman@mastodon.social @jackofalltrades@mas.to @randahl@mastodon.social When Koch Network's attacks on public education are so successful that it drives average literacy to 6th grade levels... ... it produces a population vulnerable to malign influence campaigns such as the toxic "masculinity is demonstrated by the size of your vehicle" https://19thnews.org/2024/12/petro-masculinity-climate-denialism-misogyny-cara-daggett/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/22/masculinity-gender-climate-crisis https://derekberes.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-petro-masculinity https://www.coachabilityfoundation.org/post/petromasculinity

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@praetor@mstdn.social 2026-07-09 16:39

@Npars01@mstdn.social @urlyman@mastodon.social @jackofalltrades@mas.to @randahl@mastodon.social Is that a Koch thing? I'm in Texas, and I have NEVER in my life met more fucking stupid people ANYWHERE than here. And I'm from Wyoming, and our schools are fantastic...and they're getting bad.

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@praetor@mstdn.social 2026-07-09 16:43

@Npars01@mstdn.social @urlyman@mastodon.social @jackofalltrades@mas.to @randahl@mastodon.social I'm actually buying at 2015 VW Jetta TDI, which is diesel. Now that sounds all manly, and burp and fart....but...a TDI gets INSANE gas mileage. It just sips it like tea. I'll get an electric VW when I'm in Europe, but sadly, electric infrastructure, especially here in Texas, has pretty much intentionally been hobbled to where it's not useful.

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