A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

Women choosing to remain single and financially independent are also who they’re blaming for falling birth rates and keeping us uneducated and financially dependent on a man with no access to abortion or divorce will “fix” the birth rate according to republicans.

Also, in the worst case scenario, women who are educated can set up make-shift community educational centres for girls (we do this in India). But MAGA calling liberal women “witches” is a massive warning sign on what they will do to educated women if we do this.

Cycles can be repeated or They can be broken

You need conviction, compassion and courage to break a cycle.

I NEED GOOD, THOUGHTFUL LEADERS TO GET WAY BETTER AT USING THE INTERNET LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO

In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.

It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.

I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!

it has to feel like this before it feels like this

It's always messy at the start.

I cannot even begin to explain how bad this will be for those people. You’re going to take my meds away AND make sure I know you’re the one who took them from me? Why don’t you just watch a horror movie instead of trying to become the main character of one.

As someone who has been on mood stabilisers, I would say that anyone who wants to take away mood stabilisers should know we are precisely ONE missed pill away from becoming a very very big problem for the same people who are taking those mood stabilisers away.

Boston Dynamics Dog Unstoppable At Puppy Bowl GLENS FALLS, NY—Breaking its own record after scoring a touchdown to rack up its 600th point within the first quarter, the Boston Dynamics dog appeared unstoppable at the Puppy Bowl, sources confirmed Sunday. “It looks like Nacho is headed into the end zone, and—oh no, another brutal tackle from Spot, the robotic dog!” said game commentator Steve Levy, who clutched his head and winced as the gadget began emitting a high-pitched noise that caused the few still-standing puppies to crumple unconscious to the ground. “Oof, that’s gotta hurt! This is one dog that sure likes to play rough. It’ll be interesting to see what he does with the arm he’s protracting. Good God, Spot, no. That’s the referee! Run, everybody. Run for your lives!” At press time, the robotic dog was reportedly showboating with a victory dance on a pile of its opponents’ corpses.

Boston Dynamics Dog Unstoppable At Puppy Bowl
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Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize

Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.

HAPPENING NOW: A hearing is going on in a lawsuit brought by federal employee unions to block the shutdown of USAID. The plaintiffs have requested a judge to at least temporarily block the shutdown before midnight tonight.

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so for no particular reason i’m thinking about the need for decentralized, immutable public archiving infrastructure

What's really annoying on an existential level is knowing that Elon isn't actually destroying the federal government for ideological reasons, he's doing it for the same reason he lies about playing Path of Exile, which is to impress the shitty little dickheads on the website he ruined

A graph showing the number of people named Miles born per hour. It has grown exponentially since 1980.

In children per year, the US birth rate is at an all-time low, but in Miles’ per hour it’s at an all time high.

Don't stop making art. Please don't. Keep making it, for you, for others. We need it more than ever right now.

Art is part of our revolution.

The Trump Administration’s action to suspend all federal grants & loans will have a devastating impact on the health and well-being of millions of children, seniors on fixed incomes, and the most vulnerable people in our country.

It is a dangerous move towards authoritarianism.

Perhaps it is worth saying that the difference between $5M and $500B is $500B.

i cant believe i paid for a device that allow people to reach me whenever they want

The 5 year anniversary of my father's death is this week, and in honor of him and the journey I went through with both of my parents-- I'm hosting a 4 part series on Caregiving for Difficult Loved Ones! Part 1 is Feb. 8th. Tickets are donation-based.
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Please don’t talk to me. I may end up liking you and I’ll make it weird

The #1 song in America is Bruno Mars with Lady Gaga singing a duet that I have literally never heard while Lola Young's "Messy" (the only song that exists in the whole world) is #97.

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A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.

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This is what we mean when we talk about corporate greed: Starbucks gave its CEO $96 million for just 4 months of work. Meanwhile, Starbucks is refusing to offer a raise of more than 50 cents an hour to 12,000 union workers.

That's unacceptable. Starbucks must end their greed.

took the foster dog to a coffee shop where an adorable 70 year old irish man fell in love with him. he looked into the distance and said “i’ll take him back to see me family and he can rush with the sheep.” and then i whispered “can i come”, to which he replied “huh?” and then i said “huh?”