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they/them, parent, union organizer, forager, fiber artist. I block random follows.
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The argument “young white men turn to hate because they don’t get enough empathy for the barriers they face” needs to square itself with the reality that men and women of color — and many white women — faced generations of barriers without turning to hatred in the same numbers. 1/

submitted 22 hours ago • 178 comments

Every detail is different but the feeling of missing my mom is exactly this.

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

submitted 4 days ago • 17 comments

why did elon musk invent the borg

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Santa Ono says he “declined to politicize the institution.” While Pres of UM, he: 1. Cancelled the student vote about BDS because he personally disagrees with boycotts of Israel. 2. Prosecuted peaceful pro-Palestinian student protesters. 3. Fired a staff member at the bequest of the ADL.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Can't remember who said it, but using ChatGPT for your college essays is like using a forklift to move the weights around at the gym. It's the process that's important to your development, not the end product.

submitted 17 days ago • 64 comments

So this has been an entertaining 24 hours

submitted 17 days ago • 4 comments

Never not repost. Law is the law 🤷🏻

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Beautiful 🥹

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

I think I generated an image in mid journey once, when it first came out. I was unimpressed and never used it again.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Is AI a good thing?

submitted 19 days ago • 32 comments

Sometimes they still surprise me...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

ICE didn’t exist 25 years ago and it can not exist again

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

submitted 29 days ago • 615 comments

Hypothesis: Nearly all bad-faith accusations are actually confessions. Thoughts? Addenda or corollaries?

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Yuck.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

A Venezuelan man attempted suicide after accidentally taking the wrong exit in Southwest Detroit and getting detained.

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submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

Pleeeease just let disabled people live with dignity and respect even if we're not "productive"

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

RFK caused my AuDHD and the only cure is communism

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

I keep seeing this come up lately - after you've been disciplined, laid off, fired is NOT the time to consider a union. If it's not in place already, there's little you can do. Unionize your workplace TODAY. Reach out if you don't know where to start, I'm happy to give what advice I can.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Save our river!!!

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

It's not safe here, whether you're coming or going.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

If there was any doubt DOGE is a scam motivated purely by malice and cruelty, this report from WSJ should remove it. nymag.com/intelligence...

submitted 43 days ago • 32 comments

Constant cycles of grieving the future and emergency dissociation, coming in waves forever and ever

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments