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Writing a folk song. What rhymes with "an acceleration cult has become the feds and is gettin' ready to kill us all"?

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if you are a journalist and you want to reach out to trans people for a story, you should include at least 3 recent examples of trans-related stories that were approved by the editor that will be responsible for approving yours if you are trans you should refuse to interact unless they provide this

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If you haven't heard my "serial killers are just violent misogynists and treating them like masterminds is tired" rant, now you have.

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“After we’ve discriminated against, deported, or disparaged all the immigrants, the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women, and minorities. Once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends… what comes next?” - Gov. JB Pritzker

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New report claims historic preservation leads to displacement in Pittsburgh's Black neighborhoods. What do folks in historic preservation think? 🗃️ static1.squarespace.com/static/5dc6e...

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(1/6) Why the federal funding chaos disproportionately affects Native Americans:

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On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

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Watching two sweaty white men spew myopic nonsense from the Oval Office reminds me of several episodes in American history, but specifically: Stay tuned for a hilarious and harrowing history of America's love affair with and dependence on uppers.

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have developed a nasal COVID-19 vaccine that BLOCKS transmission of the virus. This suggests vaccines delivered directly to the nose or mouth could play a CRITICAL role in containing the spread of respiratory infections. Phase I clinical trials HAVE BEEN APPROVED! 🧪🧵⬇️

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Reading through American histories of caffeine today. Yaupon holly had an international market during colonial America: www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

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The trans people in your life notice what you're saying and not saying. We're going to remember, too. How safe or unsafe you are will be disseminated along lines of communication you didn't know existed. It'll be how you're remembered in journals, art, songs, the local grapevine. We'll remember.

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I loved getting to answer all sorts of questions about ancient Mesopotamia on the BBC History Extra podcast! From the basics like where it was, to science, toilets and the Flood story, we covered so much. You can listen pretty much anywhere, including here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

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What's your favorite free alternative to photoshop?

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María Remedios del Valle (ca. 1768–1847) was a soldier who fought in the Argentine War of Independence. Largely forgotten [invisibilized] until the turn of the 21st century, she is now widely recognized and her portrait is on the 10,000 pesos note, released in May 2024.

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So I found the answer to HOW MUCH THE CSU IS PAYING for "AI tools" "at no cost to students or faculty" to be an "AI powered university." @cfaunited.bsky.social: help! 🚨$16.9 million In the middle of a "budget crisis" where the CSU is doing layoffs pleading poverty! edsource.org/2025/cal-sta...

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'The evidence has been found in a runic inscription on one of the hoard’s four elaborately decorated silver “ribbon” arm rings, which has only just been deciphered. It reads: “This is the community’s wealth [property].”'

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Anarcho hackers of the 90s did more for us than most know. I really hope this take is wrong. I hope they're not all bought.

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As a historian/history nerd/American history teacher, I'm often frustrated and amazed at what many Americans don't know about why things are the way they are. Naive of me, but there it is. Scheming some projects to illuminate some histories in America that inform why gestures about wildly.

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"would you please put that in writing" is how you pull off insubordination without actually being insubordinate. Very useful when you are getting sketchy (whatever 'sketchy' might mean) instructions from someone who might not want to take responsibility for it later. signed, a former union steward.

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Errbody wants to talk about the price of eggs, and nobody wants to talk about bird flu.

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Working with kids is rad because none of the dumb, cruel shit they do and say is permanent. You can always be the adult they remember being supportive and patient with them and explaining things clearly.

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Purple pop art Venus stickers $5. Includes USPS letter postage (including international). Art on transparent sticker, ideal for blank candles. Order up to 5 for an additional $2/ea. Comment/contact me.

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After 11 years, my time at HuffPost is coming to an end tomorrow. Last week, I learned HuffPost would be ending its dedicated coverage of energy and climate change. So, I took a buyout.

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"We must draft the provisional statement to address the current crisis" is now my go-to mental image of politicians talking intentionally vague nonsense. This film was slow, but delightfully bizarre and sometimes painfully accurate. youtu.be/xH8OqKozm5o?...

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DEI also covers veterans/disabled veterans.

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This is such a great question that I think it deserves a whole thread. The cuneiform writing system included numbers, and we know how to say the names of many of these numbers in both Akkadian and Sumerian (languages that cuneiform was used to write). Let's start with Sumerian.

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