Alan Rides Bikes

New academia reality tv show in which hundreds of highly trained candidates get winnowed down to one champion, who is awarded the opportunity to teach intro classes outside their speciality with no research support!

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Alone for now, my heart is writing poetry for you while my body wrestles with the sheets.

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There's a college wood bat team in the next city over that started playing exhibition games under black lights. Tickets are damn near impossible to get because the stadium only holds like 3000 people. I won the lottery for tonight's game. It was extremely cool.

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Alan Rides Bikes

If you use #Firefox, which is very sensible of you, uncheck this new ad tracking setting they silently added:

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[guy inventing social media] what if we let short-tempered dimwits weigh in on everything immediately

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Haus of Decline

The Modular Man (3/3)

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The Modular Man (2/3)

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The Modular Man (1/3) CW: Gore

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Incredible chase in Southeast North Dakota yesterday!

This "doctor" is wrong. It's nucleic acids, not amino acids. This is quackery. "....Dr. Joshua Zeichner, a New York City-based dermatologist, believes in its benefits. 'Salmon semen has been shown to improve skin, hydration, plumpness, texture, and wrinkles...DNA is composed of amino acids.'”

Our species hasn't yet achieved our full potential for absurdity. But we're close.

Kim Kardashian reveals she got salmon sperm injected in her facewww.yahoo.com Kim Kardashian has revealed the latest addition to her in-depth beauty regimen — salmon sperm injections to her face. The 43-year-old reality TV star, who previously said she’d consider eating feces e...

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Alan Rides Bikes

Sticking with only good news today

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amplify this not unverified reports until we know more

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Comparative political scientist here. Assassination attempts are *always* bad, regardless of the target's politics.

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Resistant to all antibiotics.

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Friends, please remember that 18 U.S.C. § 879 makes it a federal crime to threaten to inflict bodily harm on a former president of the united states. Nothing you want to post right now is worth the criminal exposure.

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can we please go one week without a decade happening

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07/12/2024

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Do not worry about this. There are studies showing no increase in lead with tampon use and the amount is minuscule vajenda.substack.com/p/reassuring...

Jesus fucking Christ.

Why Are There Toxic Metals in My Tampons?www.thecut.com We spoke with the lead researcher of a new study that found lead and arsenic in 14 different brands.

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Latest comic: A second Revolution?

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As #TdF excitement ratchets up + we look forward with more + more hope/fear to Saturday's ascent of the Tourmalet, a long read on how the mountain became a part of the Tour. If you think it involves Alphonse Steinès climbing it on foot in January 1910...guess what? www.podiumcafe.com/book-corner/...

Mythologies: Alphonse Steinès, the Tour de France and the Invention of the Pyrénéeswww.podiumcafe.com The story of Alphonse Steinès night on the Tourmalet and the telegram he subsequently sent to Henri Desgrange has gone down in legend. Remarkably, there was no telegram, and much of what is said about...

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For anyone curious about Uline, we reported in 2022 on how the boom in online shopping had enriched the company's owners, who have used their wealth to fund far-right causes: www.propublica.org/article/ulin...

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denialwww.propublica.org A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.

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Crossing the Tourmalet, 1910 style. It was a little bit before eight o'clock in the morning when Lapize was first to crest the col, on foot. #tdf2024

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I have been thinking about digital spaces and how white liberals make them hostile for Black people who dare to have their own takes. You see this in thematically organized spaces like fandoms, and social platforms all over. I would love to see someone write a smart piece on this (dm me pitches)

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If you would like to support Jimmy's family during their time of grieving, please donate. Flying into Kotzebue is expensive, as is hosting the traditional potluck and burial digging. Every bit helps. gofund.me/c74ed95a

Assist Jimmy Evak's Family with Funeral Expenses and Travel, organized by Celia Alise Jenningsgofund.me Hello, Jimmy Evak was my uncle, and I’m trying to fundraise… Celia Alise Jennings needs your support for Assist Jimmy Evak's Family with Funeral Expenses and Travel