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Yeah I keep seeing this reaction, but it’s wholly at odds with the history of these things. The bump Reagan got was short lived and that was the exception to the rule. TR, George Wallace, Gerald Ford all survived attacks but did not win their races.

submitted 234 days ago • 57 comments

amplify this not unverified reports until we know more

submitted 234 days ago • 5 comments

Maybe the best in-universe conceit of the Muppets is that they're terrible performers and almost everyone hates them

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Hey, all three of the Dragon Age games are on a massive discount on Steam (less than $5 each).

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Juneteenth does not celebrate "When news of the end of slavery finally reached Texas." Juneteenth celebrates when the racist people in Texas that tried to hold on to slavery for as long as they could even after it was abolished, finally couldn't keep up the lie anymore.

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Hello! It's Juneteenth. It was made a federal holiday in 2021, and commemorates the end of slavery in the US. You can read about it here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junetee...

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Calling all aspiring climate fiction writers! Polish those stories and submit them to Imagine 2200! The deadline is fast approaching – submissions close on 6/24. I'm one of the judges, along with Omar El Akkad. Winners get cash prizes and publication! Details here: grist.org/climate-fict...

submitted 265 days ago • 1 comment

Here’s the role that personal choice plays in climate: a lot of the things you can do for personal choice that are in some vague sense of the phrase good for climate are also good for preparing you to be climate adapted.

submitted 270 days ago • 3 comments

Can you believe we had a president named Chester Arthur? Sometimes they really do just fade into the forgetting place.

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🤜🤛

submitted 272 days ago • 10 comments

til anyone ages 12-26 can get a library card online from the san diego library to get access to banned books and audiobooks

submitted 277 days ago • 7 comments

Whether it’s at college or a difficult job, I feel like everybody needs to have that moment in their young adulthood where they realize “oh man, I actually don’t know very much at all”

submitted 277 days ago • 54 comments

Check out my new original character, Guy Around the Office Who's 100% Noticed That Clark Kent Is Superman

submitted 282 days ago • 34 comments

Today! HOW TO BECOME THE DARK LORD AND DIE TRYING is in stores everywhere. Davi is stuck in a time loop and sick of trying to save the Kingdom from the Dark Lord. This time she's off to join the winning team! www.amazon.com/Become-Dark-...

submitted 287 days ago • 7 comments

New from Reckoning 8: took a bit of work to get the Osage orthography to display correctly, but worth it so you can fully appreciate "A Move to a New Country" by Dan Musgrave, in which the Osage prepare a generation ship to rejoin the stars from whence they came: reckoning.press/a-move-to-a-...

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Four days until DARK LORD! You can pre-order it in all the usual places. But if you want a signed copy, I'm offering those through @shawnspeakman.com and The Signed Page! Pre-orders are open! signedpage.com/products/how...

submitted 291 days ago • 1 comment

X-Men 97 writers: "YOU KNOW WHAT, these were never subtle metaphors ANYWAY"

submitted 294 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Eurovision everybody

submitted 297 days ago • 0 comments

Peacock's watch next suggestion is "Pitch Perfect", so you know their algorithm is on point.

submitted 297 days ago • 0 comments

WHAT in the Silent Hill is Portugal up to

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If you've spotted the Aurora tonight, report it to aurorasaurus.org! It's crowdsourcing aurora location and intensity data. This kind of citizen science is genuinely valuable!

submitted 297 days ago • 2 comments

Man, I literally can't make my characters dumb enough that I'm not the one making decisions and solving problems, heaven knows I try

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This rap battle has to be kayfabe, right?

submitted 302 days ago • 0 comments

So, win/win

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Holy cow, X-Men '97 really does go hard, doesn't it?

submitted 302 days ago • 2 comments

there’s a godzilla humidifier world’s going to hell in a handbasket but at least we have this

submitted 305 days ago • 9 comments

I'm not smart or brave enough to forage for morels, but I love how many people are doing it <3

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Folks, I am doing a study on authors and their views on AI as part of my dayjob. If you are a fiction author then I would love to see you participate! Full recruitment letter & link are below, threaded.

submitted 309 days ago • 4 comments