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📚Deep dive into Careless People Biggest takeaway: AT Protocol is so necessary. Users need power & agency. @rose.bsky.team said it best in TIME:
“People ask us all the time, ‘How can we trust you?’ And our answer is, ‘Don't trust us. Trust the infrastructure.” Glad @skylight.social is built here!

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Downbursts can be as destructive as tornadoes, with winds reaching over 150 mph. Engineers are recreating these powerful storms to test building designs and improve resilience. buff.ly/wvAzujX

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It took 3 doses of Narcan to save my sibling’s life. The paramedics couldn’t find a pulse. But they came back, righted their life and is now a “productive member of society”. You cannot claim being pro-life if you are pro-death and familial misery.

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Ever been with bored/tired/grumpy kids and, in the moment, you can’t think of things to do? 😫 I’ve been struggling with that for years, which is why I’ve created Offline Kids. It’s a WIP but I’m working to make it the best resource for screen free kids activities. offline.kids

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Marylanders remain undefeated as the champions of DMV bad driving. Not _as_ bad in the actual state of Maryland but it’s like all sense gets lost at the spur and the VA line.

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Guarantee this decision was made to encourage people to clear out with their dogs so they didn’t have a ton of lingering dogs owners chatting each other up leading to a bunch of dog fights. DMV dog owners skew like the drivers here: there are a handful of good ones, but the majority are oblivious.

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Reactivated just to post this free #wordpress #gutenberg block development course from. If you’ve been reliant on ACF and/or patterns like I have, but find yourself needing more, it’s quite worthwhile. fullstackdigital.io/wordpress-bl...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

I feel this should get more publicity…

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

Um, maybe we shouldn’t use the Internet?

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Holy fucking shit

submitted 47 days ago • 150 comments

Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.

submitted 49 days ago • 937 comments

Not to be a nihilist or anything but… Everything is profoundly dumb.

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

Welp. I got a bag of silicon and dinosaur-juice hockey pucks for sale, who wants ‘em?

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Wait, it's been 5 years since the pandemic lockdown? Whew

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: One Community Response Team officer swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him. Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head. By @ericumansky.bsky.social

submitted 53 days ago • 25 comments

Can Americans be prosecuted for refusing to buy Teslas? This Federalist Society lawyer thinks so.

submitted 53 days ago • 77 comments

I know what you’re thinking: We should mirror the United States government based on how this website is run.

submitted 53 days ago • 406 comments

one of the stories Kevin Drum championed over his career was the causative link between environmental lead poisoning and other societal ills. I think it's one of the most important stories of the last 20 years and Drum was one of the main reasons people knew about it. RIP

submitted 53 days ago • 26 comments

it's amazing how I've been using Adobe Acrobat since I was like 9 and Adobe has worked hard to ensure that I'll still find the user interface to be totally inscrutable over all those years

submitted 54 days ago • 23 comments

AI is political. Code is political. Design is political. These t-shirts are guaranteed to spark conversation. Wear them at the office, in your online meetings, anywhere you interact with tech people who still believe their work is value-neutral. mor10.com/swag

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NEW: State health department announces new measles case in Maryland State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport: The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"

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