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just found out if you tell the staff at PDX you have autism they will let you borrow a nice laminated plane spotting guide unique to our airport with comprehensive charts and diagrams. that's fuckin service
October 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
just found out if you tell the staff at PDX you have autism they will let you borrow a nice laminated plane spotting guide unique to our airport with comprehensive charts and diagrams. that's fuckin service
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For #InternationalRabbitDay 🐰🐇:
Love the facial expression on this blue bunny, it just keeps getting funnier the longer you stare back at it😂
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1654-1722), porcelain w/ blue glaze, Newfields collection: collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/23070/
Love the facial expression on this blue bunny, it just keeps getting funnier the longer you stare back at it😂
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1654-1722), porcelain w/ blue glaze, Newfields collection: collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/23070/
September 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For #InternationalRabbitDay 🐰🐇:
Love the facial expression on this blue bunny, it just keeps getting funnier the longer you stare back at it😂
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1654-1722), porcelain w/ blue glaze, Newfields collection: collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/23070/
Love the facial expression on this blue bunny, it just keeps getting funnier the longer you stare back at it😂
China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1654-1722), porcelain w/ blue glaze, Newfields collection: collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/23070/
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Our car, a rather aged Hyundai, requires urgent maintenance, a thing which may or may not be complicated by Current Geopolitical Events, a totally normal thing to be thinking about on the eve of a car appointment in a well-functioning country
September 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Our car, a rather aged Hyundai, requires urgent maintenance, a thing which may or may not be complicated by Current Geopolitical Events, a totally normal thing to be thinking about on the eve of a car appointment in a well-functioning country
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my sister googled "fun things to do in Boston this weekend" and it told her to go sit on Storrow Drive and watch a bunch of college kids peel their rented Penske moving trucks open like tin cans
September 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
my sister googled "fun things to do in Boston this weekend" and it told her to go sit on Storrow Drive and watch a bunch of college kids peel their rented Penske moving trucks open like tin cans
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Hey remember that raw milk outbreak in FL? They traced it back to Keely Farms Dairy.
Here's a pic! Cows lounging in a warm stagnant pond that's lush with weeds & algae, thanks to cow poop.
Their raw milk has been making people sick since January for some reason
apnews.com/article/raw-...
Here's a pic! Cows lounging in a warm stagnant pond that's lush with weeds & algae, thanks to cow poop.
Their raw milk has been making people sick since January for some reason
apnews.com/article/raw-...
August 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hey remember that raw milk outbreak in FL? They traced it back to Keely Farms Dairy.
Here's a pic! Cows lounging in a warm stagnant pond that's lush with weeds & algae, thanks to cow poop.
Their raw milk has been making people sick since January for some reason
apnews.com/article/raw-...
Here's a pic! Cows lounging in a warm stagnant pond that's lush with weeds & algae, thanks to cow poop.
Their raw milk has been making people sick since January for some reason
apnews.com/article/raw-...
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Bravely standing up for the right to apply affirmative action for white people.
Stanford University will opt of Cal Grant financial aid and preserve its right to give legacy preferences in admissions. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Stanford To Continue Legacy Admissions And Withdraw From Cal Grants
Stanford University is withdrawing from a state financial aid program, as it decides to continue considering the legacy status of applicants for fall 2026 admissions.
www.forbes.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Bravely standing up for the right to apply affirmative action for white people.
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Press release and big announcement about the new concentration camp in Florida.
My friend, out of curiosity, looked up if there were a press release upon the opening of Dachau. Turns out there was.
My friend, out of curiosity, looked up if there were a press release upon the opening of Dachau. Turns out there was.
July 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Press release and big announcement about the new concentration camp in Florida.
My friend, out of curiosity, looked up if there were a press release upon the opening of Dachau. Turns out there was.
My friend, out of curiosity, looked up if there were a press release upon the opening of Dachau. Turns out there was.
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THE OLD ONES ARE TIRED OF YOUR SHIT AND THEY’RE COMING
Something is ‘pulsing’ beneath the Earth, scientists say – and could tear a continent apart
Something is ‘pulsing’ beneath the Earth – and it could tear a continent apart
Rhythmic surges are like a ‘heartbeat’ under the ground
www.independent.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
THE OLD ONES ARE TIRED OF YOUR SHIT AND THEY’RE COMING
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Hahhahaha omg
June 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hahhahaha omg
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I believe ArXiv and Archive Of Our Own should swap places for April 1st. I believe this more strongly than I believe anything else
March 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I believe ArXiv and Archive Of Our Own should swap places for April 1st. I believe this more strongly than I believe anything else
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not sure I've ever seen reddit humour that is so purely my kind of laugh
June 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
not sure I've ever seen reddit humour that is so purely my kind of laugh
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LLMs are less like Jeopardy contestants (who “win” if they get the right answer) and more like Family Feud contestants (who “win” if they guess the most popular answer).
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
LLMs are less like Jeopardy contestants (who “win” if they get the right answer) and more like Family Feud contestants (who “win” if they guess the most popular answer).
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recalling when I worked at the flight school and a wayward turtle walked onto the runway and a pilot said so, then a guy in a golf cart went out there, moved the turtle, and radioed "the turtle has been revectored", a phrase that has been seared into my brain for life
June 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
recalling when I worked at the flight school and a wayward turtle walked onto the runway and a pilot said so, then a guy in a golf cart went out there, moved the turtle, and radioed "the turtle has been revectored", a phrase that has been seared into my brain for life
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With everything the Trump/GOP is doing to destroy food safety, why would myself and Canadians buy American food products?
June 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
With everything the Trump/GOP is doing to destroy food safety, why would myself and Canadians buy American food products?
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
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“If not gestapo, why gestapo shaped?”
June 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“If not gestapo, why gestapo shaped?”
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McGill says it’s cool if Harvard crashes on their couch until things calm down at home
McGill says it’s cool if Harvard crashes on their couch until things calm down at home
MONTREAL - McGill University has proposed a temporary living arrangement to Harvard University, allowing the US school to crash on McGill’s couch until such time as things are less crazy at home.
www.thebeaverton.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
McGill says it’s cool if Harvard crashes on their couch until things calm down at home
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O Lord, they fight! I will go call the watch.
June 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
O Lord, they fight! I will go call the watch.
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I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
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The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
June 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--
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"the weight of the scientific evidence is clear: on hot days, light-colored roofs can stay more than 50 degrees cooler than dark ones, helping cut energy use, curb greenhouse gas emissions and reduce heat-related illnesses and deaths" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
As cities heat up, reflective roofs could lower energy bills and help the climate. But dark-roofing manufacturers are waging a quiet campaign to block new rules
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"the weight of the scientific evidence is clear: on hot days, light-colored roofs can stay more than 50 degrees cooler than dark ones, helping cut energy use, curb greenhouse gas emissions and reduce heat-related illnesses and deaths" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore.
May 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore.
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So, with Bill 33, the Ontario government is now giving itself the power to decide what "merit" is and which students should and should not be admitted to each college and university.
(it's and anti-EDI measure, if that's not abundantly clear. Fully Trumpian)
(it's and anti-EDI measure, if that's not abundantly clear. Fully Trumpian)
May 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So, with Bill 33, the Ontario government is now giving itself the power to decide what "merit" is and which students should and should not be admitted to each college and university.
(it's and anti-EDI measure, if that's not abundantly clear. Fully Trumpian)
(it's and anti-EDI measure, if that's not abundantly clear. Fully Trumpian)