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This is a claim that should be sourced
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Oh, the US has lost or otherwise mishandled many nuclear bombs over the years, it's kind of a miracle we are still alive. www.atomicarchive.com/almanac/brok...
Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as "Broken Arrows." A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons that result in the accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft, or loss of the weapon. To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered.
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I think it's funny that grok claims this person with literally no bicep is the greatest athlete ever to live.
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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And I think this poster is another of the layers
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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there is no way this is not AI
October 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The spam emails are getting really weird.
Hello Dear Leaders of Women's Organizations . Please accept my apologies for intruding on your email account. My name is Soro Karhim . I am a computer scientist - graphic designer . I come from Ivory Coast . I would like to express my deep gratitude for all the efforts you make every day to provide us, our readers and subscribers to your newsletter, with continuous spiritual information . Indeed, I greatly appreciate the quality of your electronic messages which allow me to be regularly instructed on spirituality from the Word of God . Concerning my professional news, I am Community Manager of the ICT Conferences organized by the Ivorian National Commission for UNESCO . Allow me to invite you to browse the Anti-Cybercrime page (the content of which I develop in texts and images) through my Facebook profile via the hyperlink below: https://www.facebook.com/karhim.soro.5 Furthermore, with your permission, I would like to submit a complaint to you. I would be delighted to exchange further with you in order to seal our friendship . I would also like you to help me meet Western women ( French , Canadian , etc.) living in your area or in my country. My only wish remains that when I officially take the initiative to get married, you agree to find me “ my white ” Christian so that I can commit myself and unite with her, while scrupulously respecting God ’s recommendations: - Some men may think they have to be tough or distant with their wives . No. Not at all. I wouldn't like to see her suffer. Besides, I'm going to ensure her protection. - The husband must love his wife deeply and show it to her . Indeed, I will love him all the days of my life. - To be truly happy, a woman needs to be sure that she is sincerely loved . It is her right to be loved by me and she fully deserves it my darling. - To feed his wife and care for her, a husband must strive to adequately meet her material needs . It is my duty to take good care of …
September 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Maybe I'm mistaken, but if something is correct, then it by definition cannot be 'moral panic'? I always assumed it must be all bulshit or at least partially, but significantly, distorted from reality.
Stanley Cohen, who developed the term, states that moral panic happens when "a condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests".[6] While the issues identified may be real, the claims "exaggerate the seriousness, extent, typicality and/or inevitability of harm".[7] Moral panics are now studied in sociology and criminology, media studies, and cultural studies.[2][8] It is often academically considered irrational (see Cohen's model of moral panic, below).
August 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Luddites didn't lose to machines. They lost to greedy textile mill owners. Big difference! www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...
“Blood in the Machine” suggests that although the forces of mechanization can feel beyond our control, the way society responds to such changes is not. Regulation of the textile industry could have protected the Luddite workers before they resorted to destruction. One proposal suggested a tax on every yard of cloth made by machine. After a pro-worker bill failed to pass in the House of Lords, Gravener Henson, a frame knitter turned advocate and historian, led an association of workers that demanded higher wages and labor protections, though such “combination” was outlawed at the time in the U.K. Eventually, Luddism faded into a more general political movement. By the late nineteenth century, the majority of Nottingham’s lace production had been mechanized. In the era of A.I., we have another opportunity to decide whether automation will create advantages for all, or whether its benefits will flow only to the business owners and investors looking to reduce their payrolls. One 1812 letter from the Luddites described their mission as fighting against “all Machinery hurtful to Commonality.” That remains a strong standard by which to judge technological gains.
August 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Screenshot from "No, I'm not a Human" game depicting a creepily smiling man.
June 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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www.joshbarro.com/p/in-blue-ci...
In Blue Cities, Abundance Will Require Fighting Labor Unions Some of "The Groups" are unions, and Democrats need to be better at saying no to them, too. - Josh Barro
June 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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For those wondering - it was because dog food had high content of bone meal (since it's very cheap) but we found out later it's actually not that great for various reasons.
What is bone meal? Bone meal is a mixture of fine and coarse-ground animal bones. Not only does bone meal contain ground animal bones though. It also contains unregulated slaughterhouse waste. And all too frequently, lead and other toxic metals. As a result, it’s no longer a recommended supplement for either human beings or dogs. Bone meal toxicity is not only dangerous to man’s best friend, in the case of a young puppy, it can even be fatal. Please don’t buy commercial dog bone meal!
June 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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This image doesn't do it justice, the painting is massive!
Payer's paitning 'Gulf of Death' exhibited in the Czech Academy of Sciences
June 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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“conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right—the feeling of living in a world with Shadow Lands, the feeling that every human misery is someone else’s profit, the feeling of being exhausted by predation and extraction, the feeling that important truths are being hidden. The word for the system driving those feelings starts with c, but if no one ever taught you how capitalism works, and instead told you it was all about freedom and sunshine and Big Macs and playing by the rules to get the life you deserve, then it’s easy to see how you might confuse it with another c-word: conspiracy.” ― Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World
May 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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The study was later revised and rewritten and even despite that is still extremely questionable. Don't link poor sources without context! www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
The response to the paper fuelled a rewrite. Version two appeared, again online, in May last year. The authors dropped some studies they decided were no longer eligible and changed some of their calculations. This time, instead of claiming lockdowns prevented only 0.2% of US and European deaths in the first wave, the figure became 3.2%, a 16-fold increase.
May 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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David Lynch in Twin Peaks with the quote "fix your hearts or die"
May 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Silje Torp as Frøya in the Netflix comedy show Norsemen (Vikings parody)
May 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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they've got a point, let's not be too hasty about this. differing perspectives are good direct.mit.edu/daed/article...
Indigenous sciences are foundationally based in relationships, reciprocity, and responsibilities. These sciences constitute systems of knowledge developed through distinct perspectives on and practices of knowledge creation and decision-making that not only have the right to be pursued on their own terms but may also be vital in solving critical twenty-first-century challenges. “Science” is often treated as if it were a single entity, free of cultural influences and value-neutral in principle. Western science is often seen as instantiating and equivalent to this idealized, yet problematic, view of science. We argue for engagement with multiple perspectives on science in general, and increased engagement with Indigenous sciences in particular. As scholars focused on human learning and development, we share empirical examples of how Indigenous sciences, sometimes in partnership with Western science, have led to new discoveries and insights into human learning and development. For many years, wildlife biologists who observed coyotes and badgers hunting in the same area hypothesized that they were competing for game and speculated that badgers would follow coyotes in hopes of snatching their prey. After further observation, the biologists realized that badgers and coyotes often hunt cooperatively and that this in fact makes them more successful. The logics in these studies mirrored reasoning patterns within some Indigenous communities: that is, Indigenous peoples often focus on and inquire about reciprocal relationships between entities. It is possible, therefore, that different cultural orientations may facilitate different insights into badger and coyote behavior. To further test this insight and place these findings in a cultural context, we removed all the text from a children's book on coyote/badger hunting, asked U.S. college students and Indigenous Panamanian Ngöbe adults to look at the book's illustrations, and listened to what they thought the book depicted. U…
April 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Yeah, that's the reason why he looks weird clothed... he's wide enough for the proportions to feel off.
ashton hall standing by the trunk of a car
March 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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February 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Oh no, it’s real www.vy.no/en/customer-...
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February 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Luddites are the good guys, actually. www.currentaffairs.org/news/2024/01...
The Luddites, Brian shows, weren't anti-technology. In fact, they embraced new machines that helped them do their jobs better. They were against machines that destroyed workers' livelihoods and rendered their skills useless. The Luddites rejected technology when it was used to enrich capitalists at the expense of laborers. Their dispute is best understood not as being over "technology" but about who gets the benefit of new technologies and who decides what kinds of technologies will be implemented. Today, Brian joins us to clear up misconceptions about the Luddites and show us what we can learn from them.
February 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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They are just so great together <3
Two very precious little dogs
December 28, 2024 at 11:56 PM