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When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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Here's my piece for @lawfaremedia.org on my experience covering the Sandwich Guy trial. Warning: longer than 280 characters!
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero?
The trial ended in an acquittal. But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Here's my piece for @lawfaremedia.org on my experience covering the Sandwich Guy trial. Warning: longer than 280 characters!
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
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"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself?
"fork lady is eroding public confidence."
"ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field."
"lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability."
that's what you sound like.
"fork lady is eroding public confidence."
"ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field."
"lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability."
that's what you sound like.
September 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself?
"fork lady is eroding public confidence."
"ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field."
"lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability."
that's what you sound like.
"fork lady is eroding public confidence."
"ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field."
"lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability."
that's what you sound like.
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it's real weird to have witnessed my parents being tech illiterate, growing up as "the tech native" generation only to see younger generations being, uh, not that much more tech literate in a way that feels scary.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
it's real weird to have witnessed my parents being tech illiterate, growing up as "the tech native" generation only to see younger generations being, uh, not that much more tech literate in a way that feels scary.
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A very hungry planet! 🪐
What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet, eating its way through its dusty cradle around a younger version of our Sun 🌞
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2534a/
🔭 🧪 #exoplanets
📷 ESO/R. van Capelleveen et al.
What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet, eating its way through its dusty cradle around a younger version of our Sun 🌞
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2534a/
🔭 🧪 #exoplanets
📷 ESO/R. van Capelleveen et al.
August 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A very hungry planet! 🪐
What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet, eating its way through its dusty cradle around a younger version of our Sun 🌞
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2534a/
🔭 🧪 #exoplanets
📷 ESO/R. van Capelleveen et al.
What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet, eating its way through its dusty cradle around a younger version of our Sun 🌞
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2534a/
🔭 🧪 #exoplanets
📷 ESO/R. van Capelleveen et al.
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hey dude, I noticed you attempting to carve a small space for joy in the face of overwhelming sadness. kind of problematic considering all the horrors
October 14, 2024 at 8:52 PM
hey dude, I noticed you attempting to carve a small space for joy in the face of overwhelming sadness. kind of problematic considering all the horrors
the vegans have really outdone themselves this time www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
the vegans have really outdone themselves this time www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Finished cataloging all my vinyl records. The final result: www.discogs.com/user/ScottSm...
ScottSmith95 | CollectionDiscogs
www.discogs.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Finished cataloging all my vinyl records. The final result: www.discogs.com/user/ScottSm...
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Wait, is this -- is this real? They actually published a list of books that may or may not exist? (The Last Algorithm by Andy Weir is, for example, not an actual book!) Please, jfc, tell me this isn't real. I'm not finding it online anywhere, which makes me hope it's fake? Gotta be fake, please?
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Wait, is this -- is this real? They actually published a list of books that may or may not exist? (The Last Algorithm by Andy Weir is, for example, not an actual book!) Please, jfc, tell me this isn't real. I'm not finding it online anywhere, which makes me hope it's fake? Gotta be fake, please?
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This is the hardest I’ve ever been owned online
May 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This is the hardest I’ve ever been owned online
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the sky is the limit (threat)
say what you will about katy perry but ruining your career by going to space is genuinely a brand new thing for someone to do
April 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
the sky is the limit (threat)
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
the amish/mennonites/etc are a case study in larping the cottagecore aesthetic without any of the coquettish parts
April 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
the amish/mennonites/etc are a case study in larping the cottagecore aesthetic without any of the coquettish parts
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RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.
April 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.
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adobe deleted their post so this one's for posterity
April 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
adobe deleted their post so this one's for posterity
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I, for one, welcome the “abundance” fight. It shows the left can fight Trumpism while wrestling with how we can be better than we’ve been.
I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
March 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I, for one, welcome the “abundance” fight. It shows the left can fight Trumpism while wrestling with how we can be better than we’ve been.
I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.
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1. Remember, you morons, the Internet is written in indelible ink 2. Chief Moron Mike Waltz set the Signal group texts to disappear in 4 weeks www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts
Judge James E. Boasberg said top officials, including the defense secretary, the national security adviser and the secretary of state, must preserve the messages they exchanged.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
1. Remember, you morons, the Internet is written in indelible ink 2. Chief Moron Mike Waltz set the Signal group texts to disappear in 4 weeks www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
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For years the select element has been notoriously difficult to style. Developers had to either accept the browser’s default look or resort to JavaScript-heavy solutions. That is until now...
Let's look at how to style selects and make a shadcn style select while we're at it.
dev.to/link2twenty/...
Let's look at how to style selects and make a shadcn style select while we're at it.
dev.to/link2twenty/...
Future of CSS: Select styling without the hacks
For years the <select> element has been notoriously difficult to style. Developers had to...
dev.to
March 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
For years the select element has been notoriously difficult to style. Developers had to either accept the browser’s default look or resort to JavaScript-heavy solutions. That is until now...
Let's look at how to style selects and make a shadcn style select while we're at it.
dev.to/link2twenty/...
Let's look at how to style selects and make a shadcn style select while we're at it.
dev.to/link2twenty/...
I’m getting a special treat tonight. A couple at the bar next to me having a breakup-level argument about what constitutes propaganda.
February 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’m getting a special treat tonight. A couple at the bar next to me having a breakup-level argument about what constitutes propaganda.
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Musk's cost-cutting process is this: First, he asks to cut off payments. Then his people go line-by-line to justify expenses. If they can't, the expense is cut or severely reduced. Payments are withheld to payee, who either accept cut rates or is dared to take Musk to court.
From CHARACTER LIMIT:
From CHARACTER LIMIT:
February 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Musk's cost-cutting process is this: First, he asks to cut off payments. Then his people go line-by-line to justify expenses. If they can't, the expense is cut or severely reduced. Payments are withheld to payee, who either accept cut rates or is dared to take Musk to court.
From CHARACTER LIMIT:
From CHARACTER LIMIT:
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If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing
this is exactly why i still buy discs in 2023. it's crazy to think that we are reaching a point where piracy will be the only option to own media once dvds and blu-rays are gone.
December 2, 2023 at 11:11 PM
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing