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the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.

if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.

It's so nice when long beloved things are still good

Especially good pic today!

I met other queer people

I learned how to not be an asshole

I found other CWHL fans online. I learned about the NWHL by reports of stickers in the bathrooms at ... All star? Playoffs? I decided to go to WWF U18 in Madison because of people I knew online. I've met new people following PWHL

When I go on road trips, local birders tell me where to go, and many offer to show me around (I'm just super shy in person I really appreciate the offers)

I've got a whole bunch of people I could call on when my kid goes away from me, if anything went wrong. Instead of some Lutheran minister who called me and said "Father So-And-So said your mother is worried" and it took me forever to figure out he meant Uncle Tommy

I know when there's a slight chance of northern lights exactly where I am, and what I'm doing wrong when I can't see it, in real time.

Heck back during Usenet days I got a free handlebar replacement from someone when I crashed my motorcycle

And I learned how to not be an asshole online

I met all of you! I've even met some of your in person! Several of you are on the Christmas card list

My kid's girls hockey club ran a silent auction for the scholarship fund. Couldn't get any of the NWHL teams to respond to any message

I posted at a few people and we got a big box of merch. Only women's hockey merch they had that year.

They focus where they're supposed to... it's not as bad as the first time I wore reading glasses, but that kind of feeling.

Oh shoot I need to tell my sister, I laughed my little ass off when she got glasses in 2nd or 3rd grade abd said things were rolling uphill

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I have new glasses

I've only ever had cheap reading glasses before

They are very comfortable on my face!

But OMG my poor brain hurts

"Wear them all the time" y'all every ten minutes I need to close my eyes and I can't walk around without getting sick and running into things

Johnson Vows to Fight for Vulnerable Mississippians in Run for Congress Civil-rights attorney Cliff Johnson is running as a Democrat against incumbent Republican U.S. House Rep. Treny Kelly in Mississippi.

“We’re taught to promote justice, but we lock up more of our people than any nation, disproportionately the poor and people of color and refuse to fund reentry and substance abuse programs," said Democratic candidate Cliff Johnson, who is running for Mississippi's 1st Congressional District.

Nice! I live by some good chunks of habitat, so in the spring they're sitting on top of the prairie flowers. But this time of year? That's impressive!

The Guardian announces plans to expand its global soccer coverage ahead of 2026 men’s World Cup in North America Combination of seven new roles, including six in the US, spanning sports and business coverage, visuals, video and more

Hello! The Guardian is expanding our American soccer coverage. In the US, we're hiring:
• Reporters
• Asst. editor
• Audience editor
• Social video producer
• Sports biz reporter
These are all full-time, permanent, union positions.
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Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

regular reminder that being a normie online is good opsec

A fascinating read.

Yes? SuperFund is when companies leave such big messes the us govt has to clean them up

No worries! I figured it out, and it was good enrichment in my enclosure, made for good content watching me chew on it or something

(I have no excuse I'm always like this I just usually keep it inside)

No replacement for human ingenuity

Kitten power!

Only cheaper if you neglect cleanup costs. (See SuperFund etc)

I know at least one fireball I've reported they had a good guess about what it had been. I wonder if the little hords are easier to id than single large space debris or not?

.... I bet she's low key "disowned" at Thanksgiving and will never ever live it down

... I'm only familiar with Wendell so thanks for pointing out the connection 😂

Oh no! I'm ded of cute from #2