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The Valley of Death: Why $100,000 Is the New Poor

www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Always thinking of you, ya freaks
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I saw someone on my timeline shaming someone else for posting about college football in a time like this.

Folks, if we're going to survive a time like this, we're going to need to avoid burning out from an attitude of 24/7 vigilance and constant outrage.

Let people find joy where they can, please.
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The more things change...

(From: Welland Canal Museum)
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"The splort device": Melting aluminum with an electromagnet

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💬 67  🔁 294405  ❤️ 233171 · I'm laughing it starts like a magical girl transformation and then it just goes splort
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October 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Not quite the fursuiters who I was expecting to be in the middle of Interesting Current Events. Always nice to be pleasantly surprised.
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
October 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.
October 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Mad about politics again

#politicscw #transrights #antismad
March 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Goodnight.
September 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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"Those Who Run", 5k words, one of the top HFY scifi stories to be found.
Those Who Run
It is important to understand that the Great Confederation is not a benevolent organization. Neither is it particularly wicked. It is not built to...
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August 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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#PC892: TALES FROM THE VAULTS - The Cambist and Lord Iron by Daniel Abraham
Read by Wilson Fowlie. Previously published as #PC051! Rated PG.

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May 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Some wholesome Trek content to start the week right #startrek #tng #voyager #ds9
August 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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August 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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This week I dug deep into the Paradox of Tolerance.

We might hope still to build a new house to replace the one abusive bullies are burning down, after centuries of decades of being enabled in the name of civility.

If we do, the new house will need new locks.

www.the-reframe.com/change-the-l...
Change the Locks
A tale of two sisters; the narcissist's demand for reconciliation without reparation, and the lowest rung on justice's ladder
www.the-reframe.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Scavenger: Caches and Prizes, My sci-fi #ttrpg is now for sale on Ko-Fi and Itch!

ko-fi.com/s/33399d6627

DTRPG, and it’s capability for print, will take a little longer.
August 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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A catalog of algorithmic sabotage tools designed to tarpit, confuse, misinform, and poison the data stolen by AI webcrawlers. Deploy at your own risk; most will definitely raise your bandwidth usage.

algorithmic-sabotage.github.io/asrg/posts/s...
Sabot in the Age of AI
A screenshot of a web page generated by a tarpit, deployed as part of the ongoing ‘Trapping AI’ operation. ⚠️ Warning Please note that the following list comprises intentionally malicious approaches d...
algorithmic-sabotage.github.io
August 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

- An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation by Luke Kemp argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Story by me
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Bored? Looking for something to read? Interested in chemistry and/or incredibly dangerous things? Then check out the "Things I Won't Work With" category of Derek Lowe's "In The Pipeline" blog! www.science.org/topic/blog-c...
June 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In Firefox, to disable some new AI features, go to about:config and set these three settings to 'false':

- browser.ml.enable
- browser.ml.chat.enabled
- browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled
July 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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I don't know if Superman is a socialist, according to one Vox headline for a members-only article I can't read, but Captain America is one. This utterly-nails-the-voice-fanfic of how being Cap's publicist went from "easy street" to "nightmare" is glorious:

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💬 27  🔁 4676  ❤️ 7496 · steve rogers: pr disaster | gen | 4k · (someone asked about the full version of this, so here u go) “Wait,” says Sam, “you had a publicist?” “For my first five months at S…
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July 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Here's hoping that current events don't delay this from passing clinical trials:
newatlas.com/cancer/unive...
("'Universal cancer vaccine' ... This "general purpose" mRNA jab ... instructs the body's immune cells to rally and hit any kind of tumor")
'Universal cancer vaccine' trains the immune system to kill any tumor
Following on from their breakthrough human trial that successfully reprogrammed the immune system to overpower glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, the same scientists have now further developed t...
newatlas.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Clients' names and personal information have been omitted to retain their privacy." -- Therapist R. J. Hill, by Panic Volkushka
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(And don't miss the sequel comic.)
Clients’ names and personal information have been...
Clients’ names and personal information have been omitted to retain their privacy. You can read the sequel here: LINK You can buy a digital copy of this and the sequel here: LINK You can buy a...
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July 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
July 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM