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City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals

This is supercool, a real-world validation of the Belyayev Russian Fox experiments. But also the raccoons at my house seem to be getting more and more thuggish, so I dunno.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...

I have one toddler and one baby. I feel this deeply.

Exactly what I’ve been looking for/ what can finally get me into a sport

There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!

I don't know much about this time period. Is the academic consensus that there was no such thing as the "dark ages" (what he calls the "contrarian" view) or that there was a dark ages but what is meant by "dark" is a lack of sources?

He’s entered his “washed up rock star” era. Just playin the hits, wishin he was popular again

YouTube video by Corridor Crew Can We Teach our Moms to Spot Fake Ai Videos?

Such a good breakdown of how to spot a.i. slop

I assume some of them think the narrative will be “Dems got America working again” and not “Dems killed healthcare” which is just naive

To be fair to someone who absolutely does not deserve for me to be fair, I don't think Funko could have survived the current era under ANY conditions.

Funko thrived during a period when people had a little bit of pocket money, "geek culture" and "fandom" was exploding, and the world felt like…

im sorry but owning a funko pop is, in fact, a red flag

Sometimes we’re lucky enough to get the 🧵 of the day at 6 am!

LUCE IMMIGRANT JUSTICE NETWORK OF MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITY VIGIL Support our Neighbors detained by ICE at Allston Carwash We have the RIGHT to dream of a better future, and we will RESIST the INJUSTICES against our people. WHEN: TODAY, Thursday @6pm WHERE: Intersection of Cambridge St. & Brighton Ave. Please Wear white in Solidarity linktr.ee/abcommunityresources @LUCE_hotline | 617-370-5023 | lucemass.org

Boston folks, this is happening at 6pm this evening.

I also just don't understand this as a goal?? Brains aren't computers. Computers aren't brains. Why are people so desperate to make jam the square peg in to the round hole?

I hope to one day love a place like Mamdani loves NYC

Not enough people are talking about how Michelle Wu is so popular in Boston, her general election opponent just stopped campaigning after the primary. That’s wild.

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

Ayanna Presley is considering a Senate run in Massachusetts The progressive Boston Democrat is quietly consulting with allies on whether to run for the seat held by Sen. Ed Markey.

AYANNA PRESSLEYYYYY

A return of the Know-Nothings Party!

I feel this, and I think it lacks some explanatory power on the growth of the right over time

U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

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The media is about to blitz us with stories about how awful Maduro is and I want you to remember that even if they're all true, they are being issued solely for the purpose of manufacturing consent for invading Venezuela and killing innocent people.

I assume there are secular Christian Nationalists who do not necessarily believe in the supernatural side, but are otherwise very true believers in the central premise

sometimes Google puts an actually important message in my "promotions" tab and there's just no way I'm ever ever seeing it

Sources are saying he slept amazingly well that night

Is this just ‘cause the Nobel Prize went to a Venezuelan woman?

The best!

FFS they partner with a company called "Palantir"

Amen

Boston Police Can No Longer Use Facial Recognition Software | Built In Boston The law makes it illegal for city officials to “obtain, retain, possess, access, or use” facial recognition technology, acknowledging that it “has the potential to harm communities of color who are al...

Some good news!

“Boston City Council has voted unanimously to ban its government from using facial recognition technology, including the police department, making it the largest city on the East Coast to do so.”

www.builtinboston.com/articles/bos...