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What your post failed to consider is me, a stranger with bad opinions

submitted 50 days ago • 17 comments

In case you hadn’t noticed, this is not a normal moment. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 136 comments

The Autism "study" will be led by a guy who pretended to be a doctor even though he only has a BA in bio and who attempted a small-scale genocide of autistic people through chemical castration, so you know it'll be legit.

submitted 2 days ago • 173 comments

if I was a therapist I’d end every session with “just get a cat”

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Probably worth a bit more attention than it is receiving. “With the ongoing bleaching it’s almost overwhelming the capacity of people to do the monitoring they need to do...that this most recent, global-scale coral bleaching event is still ongoing takes the world’s reefs into uncharted waters."

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

It’s not just biased—generative AI is importing old stereotypes into new languages and cultures. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ai-bia...

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

it looks like poilievre might lose his seat in canada and dutton might lose his seat in australia both trump lovers were looking to assume government until trump reminded everyone how moronic trumpism is #AusPol

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

The free speech website where the owner (who believes in free speech) will throttle your access if you criticize him - even if you support all the far-right conspiracy theories and bigotry he supports. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 3 days ago • 74 comments

The first autism diagnosis was in 1943. ADHD traits were first spotted in 1798. The first medical treatment for ADHD was in 1937. His grandfather lobotomized his aunt, Rosemary, for showing neurodivergent traits in 1941. He was born in 1954. He’s a grifter, a liar, and most importantly a eugenicist

submitted 4 days ago • 23 comments

Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

submitted 3 days ago • 661 comments

So the dream here is that Americans have a lot less disposable income and work physically demanding jobs, while Chinese factory workers get to be management consultants with luxury SUVs and holiday homes? I can see why this idea is appealing to someone, just not sure it's Americans.

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

this video broke my brain

submitted 5 days ago • 161 comments

I’m old enough to remember when conservatives got mad because they thought women were having babies to get cash

submitted 5 days ago • 976 comments

This won't be limited to just autism. They're building the panopticon to track anyone with any "undesirable" illness. This is eugenics, full stop.

submitted 5 days ago • 47 comments

WATCH — @carolecadwalla.bsky.social : “The Russian and American presidents are now speaking the same words. Telling the same lies. We are watching the collapse of the international world order in real time… it is already later than we think.”

submitted 7 days ago • 228 comments

Jesus’s parents were unwed and undocumented. So he got what he deserved. by J. D. Vance

submitted 7 days ago • 81 comments

Um... www.npr.org/sections/sho...

submitted 8 days ago • 57 comments

if i wanted to disrupt global trade AND be popular i would’ve simply got a boat stuck in the suez canal

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Wow. The International Criminal Court has opened proceedings against Hungary for failing to comply with the Court's request to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu and surrender him to the Court, and invited Hungary to provide submissions by 23 May 2025.

submitted 9 days ago • 99 comments

Christ I was joking 😳

submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

time to kick USA out of the G7

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

The Italian artist, engineer and scientist Leonardo da Vinci was born on this day in 1452. In this charming composition a young woman looks out at the viewer, proudly indicating a unicorn kneeling beside her. She holds a coiled rope attached to his collar.

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

submitted 12 days ago • 720 comments

"The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor." — George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 13 days ago • 13 comments

Repost with an image of your favourite James Bond (wrong answers only)

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. Populations get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner. nymag.com/intelligence...

submitted 14 days ago • 180 comments

In what sense is this a shock? OF COURSE Dutton is at risk of losing his seat. Not only is he bad at his job, with all the charisma of a lump of pumice, the whole polarity of Australian politics has shifted against him. The shock will be if he holds on.

submitted 15 days ago • 43 comments

The CDC's cruise ship inspectors have been laid off, as well as agency's head epidemiologist for investigating cruise ship outbreaks That baffled health officials since this program is paid for by cruise ship fees, not taxpayer dollars www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

submitted 16 days ago • 485 comments

I thought it was a joke but it's not. There's an actual study. Researchers at Penn & Finland engineered gum with antiviral bean proteins that ⬇️ viral load in the mouth the main site of replication for many viruses, including SarsCov2, HSV-1 &2, & influenza. www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...

submitted 16 days ago • 11 comments

Remember this insane video from two weeks ago? The one that got Noem dubbed the "ICE Barbie" and launched discourse about her Rolex? Did you know—many people apparently did not—that the men behind her are not deportees from the USA? They're El Salvadoran prisoners ordered to stand there shirtless.

submitted 17 days ago • 40 comments

BREAKING — DOGE will descend upon Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) buildings tomorrow, an agency source tells me. FDIC is responsible for insuring all commercial/personal US bank accounts for up to $250k and regulating banks. Scary in light of Trump’s manipulation of markets this week.

submitted 17 days ago • 354 comments

The DOJ has directed prosecutors to limit their pursuit of some cryptocurrency crimes, the latest example of the Trump administration pulling back on white-collar criminal enforcement. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 18 days ago • 28 comments

Whenever Germans mistakenly think they hear German phrases in English lyrics, they’re sometimes referred to as “Agatha Bauer” songs. This comes from the 90s hit The Power by Snap! (who ironically are German), where many people in Germany misheard the famous line “I got the power!” as “Agatha Bauer!”

submitted 17 days ago • 77 comments

A funny thing is that "how would they treat a Democratic President in the same situation" thing is totally hypothetical because all the huge market crashes in my lifetime happened under Republicans.

submitted 20 days ago • 31 comments

🚨Bond market is in meltdown China could now pull the coldest move in economic history. If it sells its Treasury positions, interest on debt will rocket & the US will go into a debt cost spiral. It WOULD collapse the US economy. Trump has pushed the US to the edge of the cliff.

submitted 17 days ago • 63 comments

Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work, reports @patrickjack.bsky.social #AcademicSky

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."

submitted 18 days ago • 102 comments

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

submitted 18 days ago • 1104 comments