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XKCD meaning of auroras cartoon, showing "normal" at poles, "cool and exciting" in temperate zone, "someone should go check on our satellites" in subtropics, and "A bunch of open questions in Solar-Terrestrial physics are about to be answered" at the tropics

Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)

I work for a non profit that helps people receiving public benefits. This is causing a lot of pain for these families

Haunted Hayride Makes Extra-Spooky Turn Onto Interstate

Haunted Hayride Makes Extra-Spooky Turn Onto Interstate

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

I think it depends on what you mean by moving to the center. I used to be considered a centrist. These days, I appear to be quite closely aligned with the left. I don't think I've changed much. I would say that I'm a Scandinavian-style social democrat.

To the Editor: I am one of these so-called profoundly autistic people this article describes. I cannot utter meaningful speech, and as a result, I was branded for years as someone with an intellectual disability and an I.Q. of 40. All this time, however, I understood everything that was going on around me. I just could not show it to others because of my deranged relationship with my own body. I am concerned about the creation of a separate category, called profound autism, for those of us with the most severe disabilities. There are real differences between the sort of autism that I have and so-called Asperger's syndrome. But it does not help us at all to impose a hierarchy of lower and higher functioning. We need to figure out how to tap into the skills and insights of those of us who cannot talk, who make up anywhere from 25 percent to 40 percent of the autistic community, depending on the estimate. For me, the way out of this dilemma was learning to communicate by typing. I suddenly went from being seen as intellectually impaired to taking college classes. I was never low-functioning, and neither are my autistic brothers and sisters without the ability to speak. I was just misjudged and ignored, and I fear that my fate will be the fate of many others termed low functioning in this new schema. Jason Jacoby Lee New York

With alt text, and it is beautiful ☺️

That's my gov!

100% a class act and a role model for us all.

So we should all expect a big drop in grocery prices for foods containing soy, right? I'll eat edamame, tofu, etc... I can even tolerate soy milk in coffee if I mix it with oat milk.

Individual small and medium-sized farms have contracts with the big faceless agro companies and plant crops for them. It's a mess. These conglomerates are threatening our food security.

This one's for Kristi Noem.

An explanation of sorts why we're experiencing a shutdown.

WATCH:

#Resist

Or use the term they use in Scandinavia "social democrat"

We must pay billions to farmers

Because we cut off their customers with tariffs

And pay billions to Argentina

Whose farmers are selling to the customers we forfeited

Because that is America First

If you are lucky enough to be able to live below your means, do that. This is not always possible for people who have medical issues or whose loved ones do. Your economic status does have a random component to it.

Perhaps "Defund the Police" was a bad slogan. Perhaps "Fund social and human services" "Fund all forms of public safety"

I've decided to give my Marvel Unlimited subscription money to my local PBS and NPR affiliates. I figure they need the funds now.

If Tom Homan did nothing wrong, the Department of Justice should have no issue releasing the Homan files and the video of the alleged bribery to clear this up.

And while they’re at it, go ahead and release the Epstein files and clear Trump’s name.

Shouldn’t be hard!

They sometimes have newer stuff, but it's the same mellow shopping music. People whose offices are closer to the back of the store get more classic rock.

I work in Human Services at Goodwill. My new location is connected to a Goodwill store. Through the office wall, I can hear the music played. Lots of yacht rock. I've now explained the Doobie Bros, Steely Dan, Captain & Tenille, etc, to Gen Z. @dariaphoebe.com would be proud of me.

Honestly, I would find it very weird for senators from other states to be weighing in on my local elections. I understand NYC is our largest city, but their local elections have nothing to do with me.

On this day in 1966, Star Trek first beamed into living rooms across America. None of us could have imagined then the journey it would set us on. And not just the cast and crew, but the millions of fans who would find hope, inspiration, and community in its vision of the future.

“Just one more thing. You said the Epstein files were a Democratic hoax—cooked up by Obama, Hillary, and Biden. But here’s the part I can’t figure out: you were a confidential FBI informant on the Epstein case. So tell me, how exactly did the Democrats get you to spy on a hoax?”

I'm 52. I remember my grandparents talking about polio the most. But also talking about measles and mumps. How some kids never fully recovered from these infections

Well said.

"Les Freres Bleu," a 1980 musical drama from lesser-known French New Wave founder Jacques Elwood, about a couple of local Chicago musicians and their struggles with the carceral program and divine callings.

Won’t give any advice about carrying out mass shooting until user drags the slider to fit the puzzle piece

New Safety Features Coming To ChatGPT https://theonion.com/new-safety-features-coming-to-chatgpt/

Didn't they say similar things back in the late 1800s and early 1900s with the massive waves of immigration from places that were not Northeestern Europe?

Labor Day is a time to honor the promise that hard work should mean a better life. Grateful today and every day for the workers and unions who move our country forward.

@jollygoodginger.bsky.social is in DC with other vets right now standing up for democracy. He's playing General Milleys speech on repeat for them today 💜 #LoveTheVets!