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This might be a long shot but I'm looking to talk to anyone who attended the 16th International Congress of Antique Bronzes in 2003 in Bucharest. Please share and if anyone was there, shoot me a message.

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Over the weekend, I found a tiny pink plastic shoe on the ground near my office. I placed it at eye level, on a wooden post, by the stairs. This morning, on that same post, was this picture.

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“‘The crows come to the house and scream to warn us that there is no more water ... it’s our alarm,’ says Ortiz Ramos.” The US border wall cut off wildlife access to a natural spring, leaving numerous species without a water source in the middle of the Sonoran Desert. It’s one of many consequences.

Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlifearstechnica.com Scientists are working to understand how the barrier is affecting the area’s biodiversity.

Is it normal to luxuriate while tucked in bed each night in Twilight Zone-esque apocalyptic fantasies about living in an abandoned world whenin one might shave one’s head and wander naked in utter carelessness? Asking for me

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This stage of capitalism feels like the end of a monopoly game that’s been going on for hours and you already know you lost but the dick winning won’t let you go to bed until they get all of your money or you die.

I know this is an incredibly nerdy thing to say so pls don’t make fun of me, but this is why I like it here. It’s kinda blissful to be surrounded by people who are generally thoughtful and creative

Yesterday I went on Twitter and saw someone say "Go back to Bluesky with all the rest of the former gifted kids" and wow just absolutely bodied

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Great profile.

The Architect Who Made Singapore’s Public Housing the Envy of the Worldwww.nytimes.com With a focus on affordability, community, convenience and light, Liu Thai Ker replaced squalid slums with spacious high-rises. A recent spike in some sale prices, however, has saddened him.

Lot of pro-kiki content on the skyline tonight. Where my boubas at

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there are a lot of ways for the state to suppress dissident speech. one particularly bad one is by having armed agents of the state stand by and do nothing while partisan-aligned thugs or paramilitary groups beat you because of your speech, and then have the DA decline to prosecute the assaulters.

LA's District Attorney George Gascon has declined to charge Edan On, the man who injured several people in an hours-long brutal attack on UCLA students' pro-Palestine encampment last month. On was featured by name in a CNN report after his mother celebrated his crimes. www.cnn.com/2024/06/21/u...

LA County declines to charge man recorded attacking pro-Palestine protesters at UCLA, refers case to city attorney’s office | CNNwww.cnn.com The case against Edan On, the 18-year-old accused of attacking pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA in April, has been referred to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office for misdemeanor filing considera...

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I fucking love David Tennant SO MUCH! (Source: Georgia Tennant's IG)

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we are all calvin's dad

I am an engineer and have this same thought about the speed of work when drawings were done by hand and not on the computer and that was way less than 200 years ago.

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Vonnegut is my favorite writer both because he is a yarn spinner of the finest tradition, but also deeply thoughtful, dissecting American society with a scalpel so fine you never feel the cut.

Posting this randomly and not for any recent headlines or whatever

Donnie Darko therapist meme except when she asks, “Real or imaginary?” my answer is “cheap rosé and supermarket sushi”

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Have you struggled to get OB-GYN services in a rural area, dealt with a postpartum mental health condition or experienced inadequate or discriminatory health care treatment during or after your pregnancy? We want to hear from you. Help us keep reporting by contacting us in the story below 👇

The rate of Arizonans who died during and after pregnancy nearly tripled from 1999 to 2019, w/the most dramatic increases among AZ’s minority populations. State officials don't appear to be tracking progress to address the issue, via @natashawroteit.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2024/06...

Despite renewed attention, pregnancy and childbirth still deadly across Arizonaazcir.org In Arizona, pregnancy death rates nearly tripled from 1999 to 2019, with the most dramatic increases among women of color.

Twee pronouns are canceled

Omg I found this random game on PS Plus called Sea of Stars and it is so deeply my ish. The music even sounds like Chrono Trigger 😭

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I'm pretty furious that Hochul and Adams are wasting my time every week like this. I could have used this time to write a few hundred VoteForward letters to help get out the D vote for November. Instead, I'm heading off damage from my own D leaders in a deep blue state. Ridiculous.

Omg Sea of Stars is SO GOOD (if that’s your kinda shit, obviously)

Omg does anyone remember superwholock? I was a Dean fangirl 😔

I can’t believe none of you told me Gale busts out the Kama Sutra

I love blocking here. It gives me the same peaceful feeling as pulling weeds in a video game

There are so many people arguing about the economy and I know it’s because it’s related to the election, but it seems so pointless - the % doesn’t matter, the major problem is that we’ve disabled all our social safety nets so falling on hard times is even more dangerous than it used to be

Reskeet with how old you are, using a vague proxy: I saw Radiohead open for Insane Clown Posse.

Reskeet with how old you are, using a vague proxy: I sat in the smoking section of a restaurant.

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JD Vance on D-Day: "Ask the Greatest Generation what they feel about sex changes for minors."

Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threadswww.threads.net JD Vance on D-Day: "Ask the Greatest Generation what they feel about sex changes for minors."

Meet the 99-year-old transgender WW2 veteranwww.bbc.com Louise Jennings was 26 years old when she fought in World War Two as Robert Jennings.

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pictured: perhaps the single most important parenthetical I'll ever write

i'm doing some crucial reporting today: www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/ba...

Baldur's Gate 3 player gits gouda, beats game as wheel of cheesewww.pcgamer.com A dairy-ing feat of player roquefortitude.