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The Reagan series

Two graphs, on for USA and one for Western Europe. "Top 1% vs. Bottom 5o% national income shares, 1980-2016: Diverging income inequality trajectories"

In the USA graph, Reagan's head points toward 1980, where the top 1% share of national income starts at around 10% and the bottom 50% share starts at about 21%. Halfway thru the ensuing years, they cross, and in 2016 the 1% take 20% of national income, while the bottom 50% share declines to about13%

In the Western Europe graph, the top 1% share starts at 10%, bumps around, rises a bit to finish at 11%. The bottom 50% share of income starts at 24%, then declines gently to just above 20%

Graph. X axis shows decades from 1970 through 2010. Y axis is % increase. Graph compares the annual cost to attend the University of Illinois, the Median Household income in Illinois, and the Minimum Wage in Illinois. 1970 - 1980 the % increase tracks. Reagan's head is inserted with an arrow pointing at 1980, after which they diverge. Minimum wage % increase is nearly flat, median household income is just above it, and cost to attend U. of Ill. % increase is exponential

Graph: Top Marginal Tax Rate from 1966 to 2014

Starts at 70%, finishes at 40%. Reagan's head points at the inflection point, 1980 - 82

Chart: Life Expectancy vs. Healthcare Spending Over Time, from 1970 to 2014
Chile, S. Korea, Israel, Greece, Spain, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, UK, France, Luxembourg, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Japan, Switzerland all follow similar upward trajectories. Reagan's face marks the inflection point roughly at 1985 where the USA began to get less and less life expectancy per dollar of healthcare spending

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Story of my life

Video game character (I think she's a vampire giantess or something), beautiful in a low cut gown. "Sorry for having great tits and correct opinions on everything. As if it's my fault."

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#ACAB includes the label police. If you've never encountered the label police, you lucky duck, I've included an example.

#queer #LGBTQIA+

Two tweets. The first (username blocked by fire emojis) says: "bisexual lesbian is literally fucking bi with a feminine lean but it's easier to fucking say"

This has been quoted by a user whose handle is blocked by poop emojis: "You're combining two different sexualities STOP" They've included a childish illustration of a person with sharp fangs biting a surprised-looking person's arm, with red scribbles of blood spurting out

Shiny pink 80s font: "ACAB includes the Label Police"

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Oh, misandry-mermaid. We had no idea how scary it would be.

(Yes, this was me, no I didn't coin it.)

Tumblr post (2014) of a screenshot of my tweet (like 2012).
"Schrodinger's douchebag: A guy who says offensive things & decides whether he was joking based upon the reaction of people around him"

Comment by misandry-mermaid: "THIS IS SO SCARILY ACCURATE"

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Meet the new subcontractor

A dog in a plaid shirt and a yellow hard hat.

"My specialty is roofing"

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DEEP down

Painted on a wall: "The rich are good people deep down" with a drawing of the OceanGate Titan submarine pointed downwards

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