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every US bill is printed with "this note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" so how are card-only businesses legal?

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

not sure how to feel about Francis's death as a protestant. when he was elected, i asked my best friend--a catholic who had taken francis as her confirmation name--what she thought. she asked me what a pope was

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

"are viruses 'alive'" is something i consider to be an active question. and it was not until last year that i found that people i am otherwise ideologically aligned with don't only take a firm 'no' position but consider it to not be a question at all

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

at the end of the day you don't want in to any heaven that would reject you for extending dignity

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

The LYRID METEOR SHOWER peaks TONIGHT! (And into tomorrow morning!) ☄️☄️☄️ You'll have the best chance of seeing the shooting stars in the pre-dawn hours, but start looking tonight. If you miss this one, catch the Eta Aquarids coming up next! ☄️☄️☄️ Almanac.com/Meteors #almanac #meteorshower

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

afaict i'm currently watching someone get called a eugenicist for thinking IQ is at least partially heritable. possibly the man's position is worse than his opponents are stating, but is the leftist position that intelligence unique among all human traits is exclusively environmentally influenced?

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Really glad that Open was able to step in on short notice (<24h) to make sure Sarah Fortune's work on TB vaccines can continue www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/18/...

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

i think my ideal keyboard layout would be exactly the same as the modern default american qwerty but with the caps lock and left ctrl key swapped. so it may be time to learn how to make that happen

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

my "block anyone who uses a private citizen's doxxed name" policy sure is getting a workout today

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

arguably more like being a twin in that part of the increased rate of adults with this variation previously treated much more strongly as a defect is due to a decrease in dead children

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

my wife grew up in uganda so we have a ugandan flag in our apartment window and it took me almost five full years to realize *that* is why all the delivery drivers choose to knock on our door when they have problems with the gate

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

thinking of this story in light of the 'dire' wolves, spoilers in alt text bc it's great and a quick read reactormag.com/divided-by-i...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

a consequence of the anticipated rise in paper costs is that the todd mcfarlane spawn comics are finally rising to the industry standard 3.99 price point, their first price rise since 15 years ago when they went from 2.95 to 2.99

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment