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Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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Southern State Dems objectively got the juice. They know how to reach people getting screwed by Republicans. They legit just need some funding and backing to expand that work and I swear the South absolutely goes blue in our lifetimes.
Theyve been staring this shit in the face for decades.
Theyve been staring this shit in the face for decades.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Southern State Dems objectively got the juice. They know how to reach people getting screwed by Republicans. They legit just need some funding and backing to expand that work and I swear the South absolutely goes blue in our lifetimes.
Theyve been staring this shit in the face for decades.
Theyve been staring this shit in the face for decades.
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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there are basically not enough republican voters to create enough safe seats to withstand the kind of wave that, for example, turned virginia into a democratic supermajority state for the first time in the modern era of its politics
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
there are basically not enough republican voters to create enough safe seats to withstand the kind of wave that, for example, turned virginia into a democratic supermajority state for the first time in the modern era of its politics
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New favourite example of structural ambiguity
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
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the cool thing about true wave elections is that every now and then you see results like this where you’re like “damn I didn’t even know we could do that”
Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
the cool thing about true wave elections is that every now and then you see results like this where you’re like “damn I didn’t even know we could do that”
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this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.
This is how it looked on the ballot.
Clear and easy to understand.
Clear and easy to understand.
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.
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what i like about Vocaloids is that they're simultaneously fictional characters you can be a fan of and actual musical instruments. what if Tuba and Trombone had beef. what if Bassoon was gay
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
what i like about Vocaloids is that they're simultaneously fictional characters you can be a fan of and actual musical instruments. what if Tuba and Trombone had beef. what if Bassoon was gay
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So many things I like about Zohran Mamdani but one of the biggest is that he had a brief career as a rapper named Mr. Cardamom
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
So many things I like about Zohran Mamdani but one of the biggest is that he had a brief career as a rapper named Mr. Cardamom
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Disabled folks feeling guilty for not protesting today: *it is not your fault* that organizers don’t make an effort to make protests accessible and don’t encourage masking
And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way
And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way
October 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Disabled folks feeling guilty for not protesting today: *it is not your fault* that organizers don’t make an effort to make protests accessible and don’t encourage masking
And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way
And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way
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a common sentiment I've seen about MagicCon Atlanta has been "they shouldn't host events in the South"
while i understand where this comes from(feeling like The South™️ is hostile to queer ppl) it fails to acknowledge an often ignored part of our community: people of color(specifically black folks)
while i understand where this comes from(feeling like The South™️ is hostile to queer ppl) it fails to acknowledge an often ignored part of our community: people of color(specifically black folks)
October 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
a common sentiment I've seen about MagicCon Atlanta has been "they shouldn't host events in the South"
while i understand where this comes from(feeling like The South™️ is hostile to queer ppl) it fails to acknowledge an often ignored part of our community: people of color(specifically black folks)
while i understand where this comes from(feeling like The South™️ is hostile to queer ppl) it fails to acknowledge an often ignored part of our community: people of color(specifically black folks)
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it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
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I know everything is awful right now but trust me when I tell you that you need to listen to two guys absolutely HYPE UP this dude's double-handed squeegee technique
September 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I know everything is awful right now but trust me when I tell you that you need to listen to two guys absolutely HYPE UP this dude's double-handed squeegee technique
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Interesting perspective on how call-in campaigns can affect change. The only arguments that work against a corporation are financial ones.
July 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Interesting perspective on how call-in campaigns can affect change. The only arguments that work against a corporation are financial ones.
Is there a name yet for the genre of puzzle game like Return of the Obra Dinn, Case of the Golden Idol, The Roottrees Are Dead, etc.? Right now I'm just seeing them described as "Like Obra Dinn." Documentation puzzles?
July 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Is there a name yet for the genre of puzzle game like Return of the Obra Dinn, Case of the Golden Idol, The Roottrees Are Dead, etc.? Right now I'm just seeing them described as "Like Obra Dinn." Documentation puzzles?
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The Professors are in trouble! @thephilfoglio.bsky.social and @kajafoglio.bsky.social are some of the kindest people in our industry, talented, hard-working, and currently getting screwed by situations. www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-f...
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July 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Professors are in trouble! @thephilfoglio.bsky.social and @kajafoglio.bsky.social are some of the kindest people in our industry, talented, hard-working, and currently getting screwed by situations. www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-f...
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June 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle
June 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle
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1 in 12 Americans live in California.
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1 in 12 Americans live in California.
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
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Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
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Hi I used to work at Starbucks customer service: if you call or email about this, they are absolutely tracking those numbers, and a sufficient amount of public pushback does make them rethink shit sometimes, so now would be an EXCELLENT time to let them know they’re being ableist shitheads
April 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Hi I used to work at Starbucks customer service: if you call or email about this, they are absolutely tracking those numbers, and a sufficient amount of public pushback does make them rethink shit sometimes, so now would be an EXCELLENT time to let them know they’re being ableist shitheads
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literally "i don't think that's true, where did you hear that?" and "this sounds like a culture war that doesn't effect you, why are you so invested in it?" goes a long way
I swear we can turn around the anti-trans moral panic by quit defending trans people, and start interrogating why they're so obsessed and keep all the focus on that.
April 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
literally "i don't think that's true, where did you hear that?" and "this sounds like a culture war that doesn't effect you, why are you so invested in it?" goes a long way
From a discussion with a friend: What are the best uses of laugh tracks in horror?
April 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
From a discussion with a friend: What are the best uses of laugh tracks in horror?
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Man I’m just so fucking proud of all the people who didn’t give up and aren’t going to give up
Exclusive: The Pentagon will resume gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo we obtained.
Pentagon to resume medical care for transgender troops
The move is another setback for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has made culture war issues a major part of his role.
www.politico.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Man I’m just so fucking proud of all the people who didn’t give up and aren’t going to give up