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Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat loses primary to Mamdani-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier
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Nantucket is in Massachuasets!
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Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat loses primary to Mamdani-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier
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Nantucket is in Massachuasets!
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Zohran Mamdani is reshaping the Democratic Party faster than anyone expected
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Or the fact that people are idiots and a large % only vote every 4 years
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porch of geese
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I once heard a great science presentation using sweet potato genetics to make a timeline of Polynesian island inhabitance and it blew my mind. And since then, there is genetic evidence of S American indigenous DNA in some Polynesian populations.
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Luigi Mangione's lawyers reverse course, say they won't pursue a psychiatric defense
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I hadn't heard this before, you think this guy was like "I really want everyone to swoon over me, and will risk being prison pretty boy for clout!"
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Brb, gonna do a line of mouse shit
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Senate Iran War Powers Resolution Falls Short by One Vote—Thanks to John Fetterman
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That sounds...too likely😭
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Taboo names
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It is also just...an old person's name right now.
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Are natural resources really a blessing?
This reminds me of the old book series Pern. But I don't know if I should spoiler a 50 year old series.
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Are natural resources really a blessing?
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I enjoyed the series! It starts out like a fantasy because dragons. But then it turns out to be sci fi because the planet is populated by colonist humans who got there on a ship generations ago. It was picked because there weren't enough resources that capitaliam was interested, so an intentional community settled in to get away from all that. But it went off the rails.
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Taboo names
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I had a black student named Adolf, in the US. He'd be mid 30s by now. I wonder if his mom was African instead of the more common African American who's grsndparents were part of the migration from the aouth to upper midwest.
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Are natural resources really a blessing?
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Yes! It was the first series I read after grad school and I went on a bender. Didn't hurt we had nearly the whole series on ebook through my dad's torrent shenanigans 25 years ago
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Cozy scifi can be very simply summed up as stories that tell you that the future can be good - Becky Chambers
I just love these books!
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The Killing of Trans Man Lucas RedBeard Knapp in Rural New Mexico Teaches Us About Visibility
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Yeah, if they knew who he was and where he lived, those assholes probably already hated him for everything and then got angry and riled up and shot him.
What a tragedy, sounds like he was doing so much important work for his community.
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Any good aspirational post-apocalyptic fiction about rebuilding society?
A classic oldie would be Starhawk's Fifth Sacred Thing.
Eta-this is also a favorite genre of mine!