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I don’t process acronyms well. I’m a pretty literal person, so that’s part of it. Also, a lot of meaning gets lost when things are abbreviated. Prime example: DEI. Instead of saying “DEI”, we should say the entire phrase, Divisity, Equity and Inclusion. Doing that…clarifies things.

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You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

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I can’t stress enough how much AI is ruining the internet. Pinterest is un-usable, Google image searches are overrun with misleading slop. It’s estimated that there are now more bots on the web than there are people. We have seen a wonderful thing destroyed in our lifetimes.

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Learned helplessness is real.

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Trump’s latest executive order (that was no doubt written by psychopath RFK Jr.) goes after antidepressants. As someone whose life was saved by them, you will pry my prozac from my cold dead hands. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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BREAKING - Democrats CRUSHING special elections Iowa state Senate - Democrat FLIPPED a Trump+21 seat by 4% Minnesota state Senate - Democrat outperformed by +20 points Westchester County NY Executive - Dem outperform +2 The anti-Trump anti-Musk backlash is RISING UP

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Part of the problem is that libraries are often understaffed and Collections don't often have time to sort through each individual title, relying on vendor lists or quick surface-level checks instead.

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There are a number of efforts from scientists, researchers, journalists, and advocacy groups to compile and save information that has been removed from federal websites (or is at risk). lifehacker.com/tech/find-de...

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It's not a miracle drug. It's the new Phen Phen.

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Academics: do not quote your students' work, or their conversations with you, online. It's a disastrous breach of trust, to sneer at them on social media in this way. Why do people in our job do this? Why the need to parade our power & virtue by publicly condemning those we're supposed to educate?

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Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

submitted 24 days ago • 397 comments

Senate Democrats are considering voting NO or delaying every Trump nominee as retaliation for his overreach on ending USAID. Smash the RT if you SUPPORT this plan. ZERO votes from Democrats!!

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Trump just called for a permanent displacement of Gazans from their homeland. If you’re on the left and you didn’t vote for Harris, I don’t wanna hear a DAMN thing about how someone needs to do something.

submitted 24 days ago • 424 comments

If you're not ok with sending a Nigerian prince your personal and private information, why would you be ok with a South African oligarch barging into government offices and stealing it?

submitted 24 days ago • 244 comments

There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.

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Thank you, Canada!

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Ronald Reagan: “Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies; they are our allies. We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.”

submitted 28 days ago • 310 comments

FYI google have now stopped "-ai" working at the end of your search string. So put this at the end (after a space) instead: &udm=14 Fuck you #google. #AI

submitted 29 days ago • 167 comments

I want to stay informed but also every time I try to read the news

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We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life

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Unsolicited writing advice, no. #766: Writing is a community. Participate in it if you can. Engage with other writers. Lift them up, and they’ll do the same. Try to go it alone, or treat other writers as rivals, and you’re more likely to sink than swim.

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Ernest Hemingway once said, “In our darkest moments, we don’t need advice.” What we truly need is the power of human connection: a quiet presence, a gentle touch, or the smallest gesture that reminds us we’re not alone.

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I was today years old when I TRULY realized how big Alaska is. #flabergasted #religiouseducation

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These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business. Costco Meijer Kroger Giant Grocery Ben & Jerry’s Ulta, Macy’s Old Navy Nordstrom’s TJ Maxx GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…) Dollar Tree Walgreens Wegmans

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📽️ WATCH: At ProPublica, we’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing the second Trump administration. If you are a federal employee and have tips, documents, data or stories you can share that the public should know about, reach out: www.propublica.org/tips/

submitted 34 days ago • 52 comments

Best thing to happen in 2025?

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Books help so much when we’re struggling with our mental health 📚 It’s okay to not be okay! 3-6-9, it’s okay to not be fine 💚

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Perhaps the sloppy writing will facilitate successful challenges futurism.com/trump-admin-...

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Unstable federal funding puts at risk the government statistics used to track the U.S. economy and population, officials and data users warn. That's before any cuts by President Trump and Congress. By @hansilowang.bsky.social

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NO NO NO NO NO!!!

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OK, this is some scary crap going on here for the military. This was sent out to some of my military friends.

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We should be banning NDAs not books. Until we greatly limit the use of NDAs, powerful people will continue to use them as a weapon of silence -- leveraging their power to cover up wrongdoing. Protecting trade secrets is one thing, covering up bad behavior is another #WomeinSTEM #WomeninTech

submitted 36 days ago • 6 comments

Zuckerberg does censor stuff -- abortion health care related material, that is. Explore this gift article from The New York Times.

submitted 35 days ago • 3 comments

The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on! Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com

submitted 36 days ago • 118 comments