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Learning about cyber smith is like when I learned about John c wright and his horse furry stuff I have no problem with furries or similar but the people who are in denial about it all/support the oppression of sexual minorities is...a WHOLE THING

this is the new chicago flag

Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no oh no. These people have no idea that their AI companionship, finding purpose, "therapy" chats are not HIPAA protected, can be subpoenaed, can be used for training, etc. Plus the bots literally are not qualified to practice psychotherapy/medicine. hbr.org/2025/04/how-...

I'm not gonna quote-skeet it because I don't want to criticize that person directly, but...what is up with people asking the reading order of a series? Read the books in order. Like the author said, "one through four." It's not complicated. What am I missing? Is this because of Machete Order?

One thru four.

Our administration will stand for two things: Fighting antisemitism and stopping the Soros-funded, Hollywood-controlling, migration-orchestrating, well-poisoning, global banking cabal of rootless cosmopolitans from destroying our Christian way of life. by J.D. Vance

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

The thing about having a quota is that you can either do the difficult and annoying work of finding the immigrants who don’t want you to find them… or you can just fuck with the ones who are right there in front of you. Guess which option is gonna be more popular?

this is the case with a lot of Trump policies “oh I’m cutting government spending” “well that sounds good to me” “he gutted all cancer research” “that’s terrible!” get the specifics in front of people and they tend to hate them

Back on their bullshit I see www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/m...

This should be a top issue for every Democrat running in every district in the country. You want people to have more babies? Make it financially feasible

I’m a trans woman with a 9 year old son. I do all of these things and more while also having a high stress job. The audacity of this gives away the game that they don’t even think we are human.

Christian friends, rejoice, for your lord has broken the chains of life and death and risen to life everlasting! May you find joy, hope and inspiration in his teachings, and may you love the least and most oppressed among us and raise them to glory. True salvation is selfless, and saves everyone.

Two backpacking German teenagers who had obtained ESTA approval from DHS were detained by CBP at the Honolulu airport, strip searched, jailed overnight, and ultimately deported to Japan because immigration officials weren’t satisfied with their lodging arrangements. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha...

Direct File gave people an easy-to-use, free way to file their taxes. Now, Donald Trump wants to end that program. It's a massive giveaway to the giant tax prep companies that rip Americans off.

Lots of people imagine abstaining from the vote to be taking their foot off the gas, when they're really just taking their hands off the wheel

S3 of #wheeloftime is chef's kiss fantasy TV and I'm very nervous about the fact that it hasn't been renewed for S4, so if you're a Grade-A nerd who loves classic fantasy narratives with lots of POC, queer/poly characters, and women very much in charge, please watch!!

You in your distance, you in our midst; you in the nameless voice that cries.

Bro literally got holy ghosted

We wanted to know how everyday Judean people felt about the crucifixion of Jesus. So we talked to three Roman soldiers at a taberna in Gadara.

If your Rep or Senator isn't capable of doing Van Hollen-style stuff — for cowardice reasons, or because they're infirm, or they're belatedly sucking up to a dying Trump movement, or really any other reason — you should primary them. It's gonna take a lot more stuff like this. All hands on deck.

anyone who writes about or talks about the ongoing impact of racism in the united states is accused of a "victim mentality," but this here is the actual victim mentality

YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT TO HAVE STRENGTH TO WIN A RIGHTEOUS BATTLE.

Obstetric Phantom, 18th century. The wood and leather model was used to teach medical students, and possibly midwives, about childbirth. It came from the Hospital del Ceppo in Pistoia, near Florence, founded in 1277. Photo: Science Museum, London.

“Department of Government Efficiency.”

I’m just gonna rewrite this one: “on the one hand, he’s a Maryland dad, and on the other hand, he was thrown in a gulag without due process because he’s brown.”

This should be front page news everywhere, except for all the other problems that should also be front page news everywhere.

It’s a real unearned W for all Gen-Xers that the teens use both “boomer” and “millennial” as shorthand for old people but have completely forgotten about us, the worst generation of them all.

It is time for Trump to put up or shut up in Court. A FEDERAL JUDGE said “no evidence before the court connects Abrego Garcia to MS-13 or any criminal organization.” No one is vouching for one man. We are standing up for EVERYONE’s right to due process under the Constitution.

For those of you unfamiliar with the respective organizations, this is like if Graydon Creed and the X-Men issued a joint statement.

Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO

The Pope, and I cannot stress this enough, GOT HEATERS

(sigh) Once upon a time you could have called Terry Pratchett with this, and he would not only have had an immediate answer to the first question, but a *really good idea* on how to manage the second. (Which would then have turned up at some point in a novel.) (sighs some more) #GNUTerryPratchett

They’re burning the Library of Alexandria.

I'm seeing a lot more of my far left friends posting things like "both parties aren't the same after all" and "there are meaningful ideological divisions even amongst capital/the right/etc". which is good! We should move with the times. but I'm seeing less contrition about it than I'd hope

Lots of folks jumping at the chance to turn themselves into a toy without first reading up on toy safety standards. www.cpsc.gov/Business--Ma...