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Newspaper in 1924 writing to historians in 2024 , Casper daily Tribune , 25th march 1924.
Glad to see we've progressed in a hundred years time...
(/s in case you missed it)
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Newspaper in 1924 writing to historians in 2024 , Casper daily Tribune , 25th march 1924.
Glad to see we've progressed in a hundred years time...
(/s in case you missed it)
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Trump's rhetoric is increasingly mirroring Nazi talking points, and nobody is paying attention, an expert on extremism warns
It's a dumb headline because there are definitely people paying attention, just not the right people.
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Found this lodged in my cat's tail. It was well healed over by the time we found it.
Looks like this is pretty unanimously solved. Bit of backstory (not that you asked)- neighbor got got 2 kittens in May/June for his daughter. They're freaking adorable so whenever they wandered over to our house, we gave them lots of attention. They had been spending more and more time camped out on our porch furniture in the past month and then I found this just today. I'm going to talk to the guy and see what's up. I'm concerned they are only interested in animals while they're small and cute because last year they had a young dog that's no longer there, this is the second pair of kittens they've had this year (one of the first pair I still see sulking around at night, but I'm pretty sure it's feral now. No idea what happened to number 2), and now they have a new puppy again.
Thanks all!
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What's an easy yet useful skill that everyone should learn?
Effective planning. It's very easy to say " I'm doing this today and that tomorrow" but how realistic is that? Know how to break something down into its component pieces and be able complete them along a schedule. It's basically project management, but for everyday stuff. It helps immensely to be able to tackle big projects and recognize that things are progressing even though the project still isn't done. Hugely helpful for stress management.
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Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future
I really hope they're successful. The ideals they're working towards are great, but something I've learned at every point in life is that people like things easy. They like to be spoon fed, and the algorithms do exactly that. People need to want something different and that's where I fear the biggest hurdle will be.
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internet points
This guy, Dr. Glaucomflecken also does a ton of skits, some funny, some critical. For his most recent ones he did a satirical set, 30 days of US Healthcare, and they were both funny and depressing. I did not know some of the stuff he mentioned in those. Worth the watch.
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Removed from sale: Peter Molyneux's Godus and Godus Wars, never finished
I remember playing this game when it first came out as a mobile game. Super cool concept, but I also remember hearing the drama from the start. I definitely thought this game had been abandoned a looong time ago.
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What's this grass?
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Wow, that's a pretty cool bot. Kudos to whoever programmed this one.
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Found this lodged in my cat's tail. It was well healed over by the time we found it.
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Yeah, I'll figure out if that's a county police thing or specifically animal control. We live out in the middle of almost-nowhere, so I'll start with county police.
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A Black woman was criminally charged after a miscarriage. It shows the perils of pregnancy post-Roe
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The article did mention that black mothers are much more likely to have CPS called on them when coming in for prenatal care and that legal matters around pregnancy "overwhelmingly target black and brown women". The article seems to support that notion. However, there are a lot of elements to this case that make it very unique, even without racial consideration.
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FEEDBACK WANTED: Interest in doing weekly themed discussion posts.
This is not necessarily a long term thing, but as the holiday season creeps up, things like 'favorite utensils' posts might gain some traction for people looking for gift ideas.
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Sanders Proposal Would Mandate at Least Two Weeks of Paid Vacation for All Full-Time Workers
That this isn't already a thing is a travesty. All work and no play is ridiculous.
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Do you do any mindfulness practices?
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Non profit mindfulness apps are so much nicer when you don't have the ads or pressure to go premium. Healthy Minds is another one by a non profit that I use.
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Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra posts $1.3 million deficit - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
I hate seeing these stories. I grew up with music and I really wish funding the arts was a bit more prevalent in our culture. If it eventually comes down to "what makes money will survive", it doesn't bode well for arts programs in schools and beyond.
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Privacy Win: EU Parliament Decides That Your Private Messages Must Not Be Scanned!
I hope it encompasses enough so companies can't worm their way around it.
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What game holds a special place in your heart?
Like others have said. Hard to pick one.
I had an Age of Empires demo disk that I played through dozens of times before actually receiving the full game.
Crash Bandicoot for PS1 on Christmas day at 7 years old is definitely a core memory.
But more recently I've really enjoyed games that have a good blend of story/gameplay or that really nail a theme. Subnautica was an awesome experience to play (dark room and good headphones are recommended for the first time playing through), Portal 2 because it was so unique (I played #2 before #1).
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How would you seal this gap around kitchen sink plumbing?
Spray foam the void if possible, but most spray foams will only expand up to 2 inches. This provides a bit of insulation and protection against pests.
Might be the angle, but those shut-offs look a bit close to the wall, might be hard to do anything that will finish it off/cover the spray foam.
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Newspaper in 1924 writing to historians in 2024 , Casper daily Tribune , 25th march 1924.
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If over the course of 100 years, nothing more newsworthy has prevailed to get people's attention, that the doom and gloom of a century ago is the same as it is today, it's saying something about the world in general that we haven't changed. Should we have changed in 100 years? I'd like to think so, but as I get older I know that's a pretty optimistic view of things.
That author's paragraph out of context could mean a lot of different things which we can leave up to each viewer to decide.
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What are you playing this week?
Not super old, but I'm working through Borderlands 3. I'm also playing through some old-ish games with my 9 y.o. like Portal 2, Supraland, Spyro remastered in an effort to change up his usual Fortnite/Minecraft/Roblox.
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Which album was a band's creative zenith/magnum opus before falling off?
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I def used "one armed scissor" as a screen name back in high school.