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New entry in the internet brain-rot files! Ultrarunner Camille Herron and her husband caught deleting positive language from other runners’ Wikipedia pages, while fluffing her own Wikipedia page. runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/u-...
September 24, 2024 at 1:12 AM
New entry in the internet brain-rot files! Ultrarunner Camille Herron and her husband caught deleting positive language from other runners’ Wikipedia pages, while fluffing her own Wikipedia page. runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/u-...
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It would be a mistake to say the government and courts don’t believe the exculpatory evidence. It’s not even accurate to say they don’t care. They disbelieve it as a sacrament. Their entire faith is premised on a conviction meaning guilt. Showing them evidence is asking them to be apostates.
This execution went forward despite the release of new exculpatory evidence this week. wach.com/news/local/f...
Killing prisoners should not be a legitimate power of government. Governments aren’t good at wielding the power of life and death in criminal cases, and they’re not going to get better.
Killing prisoners should not be a legitimate power of government. Governments aren’t good at wielding the power of life and death in criminal cases, and they’re not going to get better.
September 20, 2024 at 11:50 PM
It would be a mistake to say the government and courts don’t believe the exculpatory evidence. It’s not even accurate to say they don’t care. They disbelieve it as a sacrament. Their entire faith is premised on a conviction meaning guilt. Showing them evidence is asking them to be apostates.
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Have spent the past few hours going through the *new* version of KOSA that the House E&C Committee will be voting on tomorrow. It's even worse than the Senate version and will definitely be used to remove LGBTQ content. It's very, very bad. Story in the morning...
September 17, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Have spent the past few hours going through the *new* version of KOSA that the House E&C Committee will be voting on tomorrow. It's even worse than the Senate version and will definitely be used to remove LGBTQ content. It's very, very bad. Story in the morning...
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I would watch this
Honestly, I'm ready to deal with toxic masculinity by greenlighting a reality competition show called "Yeah, I Could Do That".
WARNING: Contains scenes of graphic violence, mayhem, and death
WARNING: Contains scenes of graphic violence, mayhem, and death
September 15, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I would watch this
I saw this butterfly on my run this morning, idk what kind it is but it was so cool looking I actually stopped
September 15, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I saw this butterfly on my run this morning, idk what kind it is but it was so cool looking I actually stopped
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This TikTok is concise but useful.
“If you’re about to be hanged and you start cracking jokes, that’s gallows humor. But if you’re in the audience and you start cracking jokes, you’re just a part of the execution.”
“If you’re about to be hanged and you start cracking jokes, that’s gallows humor. But if you’re in the audience and you start cracking jokes, you’re just a part of the execution.”
This is about the eating cats joke. :/ It’s having real world consequences
TikTok video by Chrysanthemum
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September 14, 2024 at 9:26 PM
This TikTok is concise but useful.
“If you’re about to be hanged and you start cracking jokes, that’s gallows humor. But if you’re in the audience and you start cracking jokes, you’re just a part of the execution.”
“If you’re about to be hanged and you start cracking jokes, that’s gallows humor. But if you’re in the audience and you start cracking jokes, you’re just a part of the execution.”
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Changing Jamelle Bouie’s column headline from a clear-eyed explanation of what animates Vance’s racism to a mealy-mouthed suggestion that Vance be less racist is, even by NYT opinion desk standards, abject cowardice
September 14, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Changing Jamelle Bouie’s column headline from a clear-eyed explanation of what animates Vance’s racism to a mealy-mouthed suggestion that Vance be less racist is, even by NYT opinion desk standards, abject cowardice
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if you are suing to keep food off the plates of children because their parents don’t have money, the answer to “are we the baddies” is a clear and unambiguous yes
September 14, 2024 at 3:37 PM
if you are suing to keep food off the plates of children because their parents don’t have money, the answer to “are we the baddies” is a clear and unambiguous yes
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“On the one hand the Germans murdered millions by putting them in concentration camps and liquidating them. On the other hand people called the Germans ‘Huns.’ Isn’t it time we got past the personalities and snipes and returned to serious debate of real issues?”
September 10, 2024 at 2:45 PM
“On the one hand the Germans murdered millions by putting them in concentration camps and liquidating them. On the other hand people called the Germans ‘Huns.’ Isn’t it time we got past the personalities and snipes and returned to serious debate of real issues?”
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I live in a country where people think you're condescending to them and really being a bit much if you read a book on the subway
September 7, 2024 at 2:33 PM
I live in a country where people think you're condescending to them and really being a bit much if you read a book on the subway
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Look, the fact that JD Vance keeps saying incredibly fucked up shit is a sign that he's under incredible amounts of stress and fears he's on the verge of losing not just a race but his reputation, the life he's built, everything.
This is desperation, and it's not "cute" or "funny".
It's hilarious.
This is desperation, and it's not "cute" or "funny".
It's hilarious.
September 6, 2024 at 3:02 AM
Look, the fact that JD Vance keeps saying incredibly fucked up shit is a sign that he's under incredible amounts of stress and fears he's on the verge of losing not just a race but his reputation, the life he's built, everything.
This is desperation, and it's not "cute" or "funny".
It's hilarious.
This is desperation, and it's not "cute" or "funny".
It's hilarious.
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AI is so deeply offensive to artists because art exists to Communicate Emotion. if there is nobody actually crafting the art, then there is no Emotion being Communicated. the reason art matters at all is because a human made decisions, and those decisions tell us about their world
September 2, 2024 at 1:37 PM
AI is so deeply offensive to artists because art exists to Communicate Emotion. if there is nobody actually crafting the art, then there is no Emotion being Communicated. the reason art matters at all is because a human made decisions, and those decisions tell us about their world
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anyway idk if you heard but September is International Long Project Writing Month brought to you by the Mountain Goats! The rules are you write a long form piece. You yourself write it. Poem, screed, novel, prayer, essay, whatever. We don’t have a 501c3 but we do respect authors and their labor
September 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
anyway idk if you heard but September is International Long Project Writing Month brought to you by the Mountain Goats! The rules are you write a long form piece. You yourself write it. Poem, screed, novel, prayer, essay, whatever. We don’t have a 501c3 but we do respect authors and their labor
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"Fun fact for our international followers: If someone in Australia cuts down a tree on public land to improve the view from their house, the local government will install a sign to block that view again"
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September 2, 2024 at 12:42 PM
"Fun fact for our international followers: If someone in Australia cuts down a tree on public land to improve the view from their house, the local government will install a sign to block that view again"
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www.tumblr.com/batshit-ausp...
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lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
September 2, 2024 at 12:02 AM
lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
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As someone who did this for seven months, and the data collection messed up my mental health, I can vouch for the data here: We merged datasets.
Republicans are *at least* 16x likelier to be child molesters than Democrats. Priests made up 42% of the data offenders, cops about 45%.
Republicans are *at least* 16x likelier to be child molesters than Democrats. Priests made up 42% of the data offenders, cops about 45%.
Who Is making news tracked all reports of sex crimes against kids for over a year.
Republicans and church leaders are disproportionately represented, relative to general population.
Is it really a bias in arrests and media reporting?
www.whoismakingnews.com#who-are-the-...
Republicans and church leaders are disproportionately represented, relative to general population.
Is it really a bias in arrests and media reporting?
www.whoismakingnews.com#who-are-the-...
September 1, 2024 at 2:36 PM
As someone who did this for seven months, and the data collection messed up my mental health, I can vouch for the data here: We merged datasets.
Republicans are *at least* 16x likelier to be child molesters than Democrats. Priests made up 42% of the data offenders, cops about 45%.
Republicans are *at least* 16x likelier to be child molesters than Democrats. Priests made up 42% of the data offenders, cops about 45%.
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Well, this is horrifying nonsense.
September 1, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Well, this is horrifying nonsense.
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I guess the good news is everyone can finish nanowrimo in the first five minutes and go and do something else.
September 2, 2024 at 7:01 AM
I guess the good news is everyone can finish nanowrimo in the first five minutes and go and do something else.
my in laws visiting would be much easier if my cats weren't terrified of strangers, if one of them would show up to sit in my lap the nonstop socialization would be much less exhausting
September 1, 2024 at 9:48 PM
my in laws visiting would be much easier if my cats weren't terrified of strangers, if one of them would show up to sit in my lap the nonstop socialization would be much less exhausting
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A girl in traditional dress perform and impressive display at the World Nomad Games
Viktor Drachev, 2016
worldnomadgames.kz/en
Viktor Drachev, 2016
worldnomadgames.kz/en
August 30, 2024 at 11:04 AM
A girl in traditional dress perform and impressive display at the World Nomad Games
Viktor Drachev, 2016
worldnomadgames.kz/en
Viktor Drachev, 2016
worldnomadgames.kz/en