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On an adventure! Be better than you were yesterday. (Things I like: comic books, video games, history, rationalism, борщ, victory for Ukraine)

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if i had to pinpoint the beginning of the internet's long decline i would say it's when "search-engine optimisation" became a thing burying the worthwhile beneath the profitable has been the death knell of every industry ever

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Republicans also just killed a program that provided a $30 discount on broadband bills for poor people because they're good faith populists who care about rural Americans or whatever

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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I just read an article that said "Why is it taking so long for your favorite movies and tv series to air? Blame the writers and actor strikes" No I won't. I'm blaming that ✨single✨ motherfucker at the studio who makes $250 million dollars a year who's one job is supposed to make this shit happen.

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We did the same thing here in Missouri, a friend of mine collected signatures. Don't ignore red states, we absolutely want better

Organizers got enough signatures to put a measure protecting abortion on the ballot in Arkansas. In *Arkansas*. They had *no national support*. Ignore the pundits melting down over not being treated as Very Special Boys. Dobbs has fundamentally changed elections. Everything they know is wrong.

Arkansas abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measurewww.nbcnews.com A measure to enshrine abortion rights in the ruby red state’s constitution is now one step closer to making the November ballot — but major obstacles remain.

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When I say "Like a year ago," I mean 2019

I'm also really enjoying this app, but I do miss the tv writers and other creatives i used to follow on Twitter. I loved hearing about their inside stories of making shows I love. @josemolinatv.bsky.social is here and that makes me very very happy! 💚💚 hopefully others will join too

I think I like bluesky more than I ever liked Twitter. I feel like the friends who have moved here with me and new moots have made it more personal. I feel like I know my mutuals way better than I ever did before. 💖 love you, besties 🤟🏼

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It's bad ass to be wise

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yes, we boiled the planet, but it was worth it to make a machine that, instead of adding two plus two, takes the statistical average of every answer to questions containing "what" "is" "two" and "plus" from a database of illegal cell phone transcripts and returns a fake nude pic of a high schooler

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digital music: yeah. that makes sense. you turned it into zeros and ones. i can Understand that vinyl records: youre telling me that you have imprisoned the soul of sound in this piece of plastic and can summon it on demand by striking it with a diamond. sure buddy

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#UkrainianView at #Kherson State Maritime Academy, shelled today by Russians. Russia continues to murder civilians and destroy civilian buildings all across #Ukraine, destroying culture and the ability to provide education. They again repeated shelling when rescuers arrived.

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Imagine how it feels living in a world where this is normalized. But okay, if you take for granted that my homeland is being destroyed by aerial bombs, missiles, shells, mines, etc - then I will take it for granted when the war comes to YOUR homeland. #UkrainianView zmina.info/news/za-tyzh...

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Hey, #AcademicChatter #phdsky just wanted you to know that those people want me dead and my nation erased from existence. If you know any of them personally - tell them that I wish them and their families to experience what we in Ukraine live through. #UkrainianView www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

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I've seen people on twitter claiming that it's a putin's war and it's literally everyone's fault but 'common russians', so I've done some digging and here's what russians say about it (according to russian poll, no bullshit here) 1. 77% support the war 2. 34% support nuclear strike on Ukraine

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Library funding is almost always justified through patron numbers. The more people a library serves, the more funding it gets. So even if you don't regularly use a public library, get a library card. It costs you nothing and helps everyone in your community.

today is my NINETEEN YEAR anniversary working at my local library In honor of that, I ask you to get a card to your local public library today! If you ALREADY have a card to your local public library, check out their digital resources! Their summer programs! And yeah, they have books too.

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I'm not watching the Stephanopoulos interview closely, but someone here has it on and he keeps asking what Biden thinks of articles that have been published in the last week. If I wanted to watch the press jack off, I know how to find porn online, thank you

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i really am going to be logged off for the holiday but i would like to drop off a parting thought: publishing a monarchist anti-voting take on the fourth of july is the strongest possible indication of someone's core, true values

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The thing about the march to fascism is that aside from the terror and the consequences it’s also so goddamn embarrassing

hey look, endless screaming is here, that makes me happy

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Happy No-More-Kings Day tomorrow! And remember: Patriotism is helping the country you love do less wrong. Nationalism is pretending that it's *never* wrong. 🇺🇸 "Nationalism is Patriotism for Assholes." – Jon Lovett

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People who push the idea that vaccinating pets against rabies is a scam should be hunted down like the monstrous vermin they are.

The Big Scam: Rabies Vaccination - Dogs Naturallywww.dogsnaturallymagazine.com Let's talk about the truth about required vaccinations, particularly the big scam around the rabies vaccination ... and keep your dog safe.

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The bartender says "sorry, we don't serve faster than light particles here." Two tachyons walk into a bar. The punchline comes before the joke You know what the worst thing about time travel jokes is?

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We couldn't even get liberal justices to retire from SCOTUS in a timely fashion because they loved the limelight and the French have convinced Macronists to stop being selfish and save the country.

"At least 200 candidates from both the left-wing alliance and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition pulled out of the contest...in order to unite behind those remaining contenders with the best chance of beating Le Pen’s nationalists" www.politico.eu/article/fren...

French election: Rivals unite against Le Pen’s far rightwww.politico.eu Hundreds of candidates from Macron’s camp and the left-wing alliance withdraw in an effort to keep the National Rally out.

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the conservative theory of law in one headline

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My favorite line about war applies here: "The aggressor is always peace-loving... he would prefer to take over our country unopposed." No man, if you're trying a revolution against the Constitution of the United States, pro-Constitution Americans aren't going to simply get out of your way. Hard no.

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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so great that Europe's doing this again with the diseases

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Things are pretty fucked up and the future is uncertain — probably the worst in my lifetime (perhaps excepting 1969 before I can remember). When it’s like that, I like to think about my grandparents and what they faced and got through with the Great Depression and WWII. /1

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New painting. Escape (oil/acrylic on canvas)