The great myth of empire collapse | Aeon Essays Societal downfalls loom large in history and popular culture but, for the 99 per cent, collapse often had its upsides

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Stop what you’re doing and go to O’Reilly autoparts at oreillyauto.com.

Once there, enter 121G into the search bar.

🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...

Attorney General Seeks Death Penalty For All UnitedHealthcare Customers

Attorney General Seeks Death Penalty For All UnitedHealthcare Customers

The Trump administration called it an “administrative error.” But that error led to a nightmare for Maryland Resident Abrego Garcia.

Orange Julius!

Medicaid covers...

-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total

Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans. 

"Party of family values."

‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

On the cutting room floor is the bit where the host introduced their interview series, The Interview, and I asked how long it took to come up with the name. Anyway, here’s me talking about birds and science and burnout and moving through the world. The photo’s nice! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

Hi! Quick note: The Onion accidentally posted a stock photo from a vendor with an AI generated image in it. We pulled the post down once we found that out. Our commitment to not using AI is very real. It's in the union contract to disclose it if we ever do. World is a slop minefield and we're sorry.

📷 Yehan Wang

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

THE ANGRIEST DOG IN THE WORLD
by DAVID LYNCH

Yes, 2025 isn't looking like it will be a great year. Right wing authoritarianism is rising. Global warming continues unabated. The world is as fractured as ever.

But at least we can count on one positive thing: it is the Year of Linux Desktop.

Who did this? 🤣

Speaking of shut the fuck up Friday, I’ve been seeing some people say that the FBI has contacted them for questioning after seeing social media posts, and my extremely urgent advice is that you should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES talk to the Feds without a lawyer.

My president.

two posters on a lamppost. one with a saintified image of mangione that says free luigi, the other an explorer on what jury nullification is.

Spotted at Foley Square on the way to Manhattan Criminal Court where Luigi Mangione is scheduled to be arraigned on state charges this morning.

can’t pay teens for sex and become attorney general anymore on account of woke

My instict is small but in practice, large.

Basic Animal Responses Okay, let’s talk about animals for a minute, and how we respond to those animals. Just some random thoughts I’ve had that sort of coalesced over the years. Take them as you will. It’s a pretty basic h...

This week over on the ranty writing blog I'm talking about cats, dogs, aliens, and little things that may (or may not) affect how people feel about my characters.

Or you can just go there to look at Spider-Man pictures.

Thanks for sharing. What ink did you use?

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Jury nullification - Wikipedia

I let's remind our NY friends...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nu...

Thanks for these trips down memory lane.

Can societies filled with individualists ever work? And are we doomed to be ruled by the tyranny of the mediocre among us?

This week's Philosophy Questions:

1. Can societies filled with individualists ever work?
2. Is the herd mentality a natural phenomenon that holds our societies together?
3. Are groups merely placid & mediocre, or also highly dangerous?
4. Can we ever grow as a group, or only as an individual?

As a librarian, I enjoy seeing Christmas trees made from books. Such creativity. I'll be posting a few over the next several weeks. Enjoy!

Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco

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You got me! I started googling news.