Spyke

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Molting

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But the Internet says it’s true, this is molting not mites.

The person you responded to was referring to why his beak looked weird, not to the lack of feathers on his head. But I didn't see anything in the article you posted about beaks.

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Can We Air-Condition Our Way Out of Climate Change?

Kevlak: Science Unit Blarkblark, your report on the Sol system?

Blarkblark: Eight planets circle a mainline yellow star.

Kevlak: So nothing interesting then?

Blarkblark: Well, there is something that confuses me.

Kevlak: Elaborate.

Blarkblark: The third planet harbors life.

Kevlak: That's hardly unusual.

Blarkblark: The dominant species on this planet...

Kevlak: Get on with it.

Blarkblark: They made their planet hotter, then decided they didn't like it hotter, so they built devices to make their planet colder.

Kevlak: Seems reasonable enough.

Blarkblark: But they never stopped what made it hotter.

Kevlak: Doesn't that act against their purposes?

Blarkblark: It gets stranger. The devices also make their planet hotter.

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Fetterman casts only Democratic ‘no’ vote as Senate passes measure to block US action against Iran

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Seriously. Why are we still calling him a Democrat?

Just because he hasn't formalized switching parties, I guess.

If he still caucuses with Democrats, that shit has to be super awkward.

Schiff: "We'd better capitulate even more to the Republicans. It's always worked out so well for us in the pa-"

Fetterman: "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKE!!!!!! 'I wanna steal your 3-year-old son's testosterone.'</mocking voice> That's what you sound like right now."

Everyone else: "..."

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Religion

Who's gonna ban it? The government?

Anarchists should fight against all oppression, including religious oppression. But any religion, spiritual community, or other related sort of thing, if they aren't oppressing anyone (and I figure "not oppressing anyone" is basically what you meant when you stuck "voluntary" in your post body), why TF would you go and make it your business what they do?

Beyond that, one could argue that without being able to oppress people, religions would die out over time as people wake up to what they really are. To the extent that that happens, great. But I do think there's something deep in humans that has spiritual sort of leanings. Whether what remains once oppressive religions are gone will qualify as a "religion" or be more of a set of secular spiritual practices or some such really depends more on your definition of "religion" than anything else.