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Lielac
She/they | Aspiring crazy cat lady | Cheerfully bad at video games | Highly Autistic Person | Won 0.0002% of a Hugo | Gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide | Atheist but Pope Leo XIV is cool
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If you can donate, please do. If you were previously not eligible to donate, the criteria have been SERIOUSLY revised: you are no longer deferred for spending time in England/the EU and the sexual risk screening has been replaced with a much more evidence based model.
Matt Novak"On Monday, the Red Cross declared a national blood crisis for the second time ever in its history."
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As I once told a shitty line manager “You can buy an awful lot laser eye protection for $70k. Or you can wait for the fine for egregious violation.”
Will BorgerI worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.
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look if we're gonna have succubi I *need* the metaphysics of souls nailed down
David J ProkopetzKink scene rescheduled because halfway through me explaining the scenario my dom asked a clarifying question that uncovered a howling logical inconsistency and we ended up spending the next three hours workshopping the worldbuilding.
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Important anti fascist skill to learn is being brave enough to yell "shut the fuck up" at someone in public
Hemant MehtaEvangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
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again think about the choices that are made in the media to cover Mamdani's call for Netanyahu's arrest as if it is extremist hate speech or an incitement to violence in context of both the domestic popularity and international elite consensus around the issue.
Prem Thakker ツNew poll: Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Benjamin Netanyahu by a +22 margin Total: 49-27 Black: 53-13 Hispanic: 52-15 Ages 18-29: 58-17 Harris voters: 74-10 Independents: 55-20 23% of Trump voters agree as well Economist/YouGov:
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Is this a good time to mention that in college my History of Translation lecturer (Michael Cronin) told us that one of the first vernacular translations of The Illiad was into Irish, and the translator had to give the main characters dogs because in Gaelic society a free man had a dog
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it turns out the reddit atheist was an important predator in the ecosystem
Hemant MehtaEvangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
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Update: They have just reminded me to unsubscribe by sending out a surprise 30% off the whole site, no exclusions sale announcement. I think they've noticed how upset their (now former) community is. Keep letting them know.
Seanan McGuireUnique Vintage, a company that does an annual Pride collection and has always encouraged customers to see them as a queer-friendly vendor, has just announced their Harry Potter collection.
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one of the most frustrating things about what Rowling has turned into is how hard it is to explain to offline people that she’s not just another author who has turned out to have shitty views - her entire life and fortune is dedicated to destroying trans people
Alejandra CaraballoProjection so powerful, you could screen the Odyssey in 70MM IMAX from it.