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But in 2025—as US democracy is being warped at speed— democratization claims should ring hollow. Just as the internet provided widespread access to *dis*information, chatbots can replace habits democracy needs: questioning, reflecting, researching, interrogating sources & their validity & accuracy.
March 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
But in 2025—as US democracy is being warped at speed— democratization claims should ring hollow. Just as the internet provided widespread access to *dis*information, chatbots can replace habits democracy needs: questioning, reflecting, researching, interrogating sources & their validity & accuracy.
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that moment when gender is definitely an unchangable biological truth so you have to enforce it via fascistic law
January 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
that moment when gender is definitely an unchangable biological truth so you have to enforce it via fascistic law
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New Year’s resolution is to become one of those risk taking adhd people and not an inactive anxiety one
January 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
New Year’s resolution is to become one of those risk taking adhd people and not an inactive anxiety one
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every one i know with magic powers is saying something really good or really bad is going to happen within the next 500 years
December 26, 2024 at 8:16 PM
every one i know with magic powers is saying something really good or really bad is going to happen within the next 500 years
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"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes
December 17, 2024 at 1:59 AM
"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes
My grandfather died of Polio, when my mom was 3 years old, leaving behind a wife and 3 children. I’m certain he would have welcomed the vaccine and the opportunity to see his children grow. Shame on these folks for trying to take away the option and for sowing doubt in lifesaving medicine.
I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
December 14, 2024 at 1:26 PM
My grandfather died of Polio, when my mom was 3 years old, leaving behind a wife and 3 children. I’m certain he would have welcomed the vaccine and the opportunity to see his children grow. Shame on these folks for trying to take away the option and for sowing doubt in lifesaving medicine.
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College freshman today were 6 years old in the 2012 election.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
I think that folks aren't seriously thinking about the implications of young adults who know nothing other than a country which has normalized MAGA politics, God help us all.
December 14, 2024 at 1:02 PM
College freshman today were 6 years old in the 2012 election.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
A student of mine (age 20) told me after class that he appreciates when I explain how US politics and media were different before, because the Trump era is all he’s seen.
This is what young Americans think politics is. It’s normal now.
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My view is that extrajudicial vigilante killings are not good, but the incuriosity of well-compensated columnists about why millions of people’s horrific, life-changing experiences with a sprawling, cruel, bankruptcy-inducing health care system might lead them to feel differently makes me really sad
December 12, 2024 at 2:57 AM
My view is that extrajudicial vigilante killings are not good, but the incuriosity of well-compensated columnists about why millions of people’s horrific, life-changing experiences with a sprawling, cruel, bankruptcy-inducing health care system might lead them to feel differently makes me really sad
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please don’t let your fervent unspoken dreams for your child(ren) destroy your literal relationships with them. thanks!
December 11, 2024 at 4:03 PM
please don’t let your fervent unspoken dreams for your child(ren) destroy your literal relationships with them. thanks!
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I am a librarian in Chicago and the ways people conflate comfort and safety are not only toxic to them and the people around them, but actually dangerous. Discomfort is healthy, necessary and ultimately unavoidable in a country that has abandoned so many of its citizens to despair and deprivation.
December 11, 2024 at 2:50 PM
I am a librarian in Chicago and the ways people conflate comfort and safety are not only toxic to them and the people around them, but actually dangerous. Discomfort is healthy, necessary and ultimately unavoidable in a country that has abandoned so many of its citizens to despair and deprivation.
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that feeling when you release stuff you made and then other people can see it
a computer generated image of a person kneeling down with their hands on their knees
Alt: a computer image of person sitting with knees up to their chest, hand over head as a box lowers over them, text says Shame Cube
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August 15, 2024 at 7:34 PM
that feeling when you release stuff you made and then other people can see it
Will miss these friends 😭 newrepublic.com/article/1875...
The Glorious Swan Song of Somebody Somewhere
The HBO show, in its third and final season, is a a miniature epic about grief and acceptance.
newrepublic.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Will miss these friends 😭 newrepublic.com/article/1875...
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Opening my empty wallet and a moth flies out. It disappears around a corner. A few minutes pass before it returns, carrying a 20 dollar bill that it drops in. I love the money moth
December 10, 2024 at 6:45 AM
Opening my empty wallet and a moth flies out. It disappears around a corner. A few minutes pass before it returns, carrying a 20 dollar bill that it drops in. I love the money moth
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people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 PM
people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.
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you may think i’m an idiot, but i’m a surprisingly intelligent person. who says and does idiotic things
April 16, 2024 at 12:05 AM
you may think i’m an idiot, but i’m a surprisingly intelligent person. who says and does idiotic things
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there are three taxonomic kingdoms of humor: gags, bits, and japes. each dominates the zeitgeist in their own time. for the past few years we've been in a bits era, but with the global drift towards fascism and the re-election of donald trump, i expect to see a strong resurgence of japes
December 3, 2024 at 10:28 AM
there are three taxonomic kingdoms of humor: gags, bits, and japes. each dominates the zeitgeist in their own time. for the past few years we've been in a bits era, but with the global drift towards fascism and the re-election of donald trump, i expect to see a strong resurgence of japes
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It can be so hard NOT to compare yourself to others sometimes, esp when browsing social media. To avoid getting sucked into a black hole of envy/resentment, try VERY hard to focus on enjoying your own journey at your own pace. Find your own joy.
February 14, 2024 at 11:18 PM
It can be so hard NOT to compare yourself to others sometimes, esp when browsing social media. To avoid getting sucked into a black hole of envy/resentment, try VERY hard to focus on enjoying your own journey at your own pace. Find your own joy.
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The disrespect for education will ruin the United States
November 22, 2024 at 1:51 AM
The disrespect for education will ruin the United States
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I thought turkeys could fly.. @zennwolf.bsky.social #IYKYK 🤣 🦃
November 27, 2024 at 3:51 PM
I thought turkeys could fly.. @zennwolf.bsky.social #IYKYK 🤣 🦃
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Use the term “touch grass” to indicate that someone needs to seek out reality, use the term “touch moss” to indicate that they need to seek out ancient forest magic beyond their mortal comprehension.
May 7, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Use the term “touch grass” to indicate that someone needs to seek out reality, use the term “touch moss” to indicate that they need to seek out ancient forest magic beyond their mortal comprehension.
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Why don't you take a long walk down a never-ending pier and find along this beautiful pier all the things you hoped for in life
February 26, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Why don't you take a long walk down a never-ending pier and find along this beautiful pier all the things you hoped for in life
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Did you know The Bell Jar, The Handmaid's Tale, The Feminine Mystique, and more all appeared on Sesame Street in the 90s?
The @muppetwiki.bsky.social team finally created a page for my favorite little-known running gag: Prairie Dawn's Feminist Literature collection muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Prairie...
The @muppetwiki.bsky.social team finally created a page for my favorite little-known running gag: Prairie Dawn's Feminist Literature collection muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Prairie...
November 20, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Did you know The Bell Jar, The Handmaid's Tale, The Feminine Mystique, and more all appeared on Sesame Street in the 90s?
The @muppetwiki.bsky.social team finally created a page for my favorite little-known running gag: Prairie Dawn's Feminist Literature collection muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Prairie...
The @muppetwiki.bsky.social team finally created a page for my favorite little-known running gag: Prairie Dawn's Feminist Literature collection muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Prairie...
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Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people
November 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people
Ohhhhh
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Ohhhhh