I see no reason why I should have more sympathy for Palestinian civilians than I do for Russian civilians. Less even, because for all their despicable crimes, Russians do at least put uniforms on their combatants.

While most countries have seen a steady decline in suicide rates, the United States has witnessed the opposite, with suicides jumping almost 30 per cent since 2000

If your work value can be satisfied by something termed "slop", just how valuable were you in the first place? If slop is better than what you were producing before, what would you call what you were producing before?

Let me break this to anyone that doesn't know; 98% of gay people would choose to be straight if they could.

It should be a federal law that if the current Congress allows any shutdown to occur for any period of time, that there should be snap Congressional elections scheduled for every position. If you commit the ultimate & most basic failure, you are no longer qualified for the job.

Another legend passes away. But what a life! What an amazing incredible life.

Wild. There's not even that many people that watch the show

The Mamdani platform for "LGBTQIA+" is 6 pages long & includes references to LGBT 42 times in the document. Trans is mentioned 26 times. Gay or lesbian is not mentioned one single time in the entire document. He's a fundamentalist Muslim; are we to be surprised? drive.google.com/file/d/1pMQh...

Transactivist organizations are already lined up in front of Mamdani's front door for their handouts. $15 million in "free money" already earmarked for the glorious cause & there hasn't even been an election yet.

Emblematic of the Bluesky bubble: just imagine in your mind what the replies to this article are. Reality should not be reported... If it isn't slanted to the left of MSNBC, then it's fake news

"Once inside the body, these small plastics can pass through biological barriers, enter the bloodstream, and reach major organs. Their presence may contribute to chronic inflammation, cellular oxidative stress, hormone disruption, reproductive issues, neurological damage, and some cancers..."

EXCLUSIVE: Senator Murkowski was the deciding vote to block the release the Epstein files. Before casting that vote, she never declared her connections to Ghislaine Maxwell, her husband Scott Borgerson and a wealthy donor who owns an Alaska newspaper.

A weird thing to think about is that if Trump ends up ruing the USA his rise to power really is more like Hugo Chavez than most others. Most authoritarians seize power. But occasionally the voters are like "Yeah. Let's just burn civilization to the ground".

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

The truth is that the only people that have spent any real amount of time thinking of what a lengthy government shutdown could be used to accomplish, are the people in the Trump admin. Anyone on the outside has only really considered the obvious.

A new AI tool identifies small brain lesions linked to severe epilepsy in children with up to 94% accuracy, supporting faster diagnosis and more targeted treatment options. doi.org/g95d3h

"Johns said that Sanford ranted against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and called Mormons "the Antichrist." It was very much standard anti-LDS talking points that you would find on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook..." But we should change nothing about social media. AI is the devil 🤔

People that can barely rub two nickels together now have a personal frappucino delivery robot.

Don't buy ready-to-eat pasta.

Odd that this is literally hours before the federal govt (& all the oversight it entails) is about to be turned off? Seeing as they knew all along that the govt would shut down? Plus last week's "news" leaked from the admin that we're about to militarily strike Venezuela directly? Coincidence? 🤷

Classic Bluesky thread, worth perusing

It's already too late to convince people to not assent to the party's wish yet again by supporting another bay area, high society, billionaire-funded supposed "progressive". If you're against Gavin Newsom you're MAGA. #Resist!!! 🌊🌊🌊🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 #Kamala2024

Well worth a read, whichever side of this you may be predisposed to

Finasteride, a common hair-loss medication, is consistently linked to increased rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts compared to non-users, according to a review of multiple studies. doi.org/g95cd6

"The average family...receives benefits for 10 to 12 years, although non-elderly, non-disabled families typically stay far shorter" Around me I've never found that to be true. I have multiple neighbors in section 8 apts that choose to work part-time permanently, & game the system in multiple ways.

Even with Eric Adams dropping out of the NYC mayoral race, voters will still have to worry about the “spoiler” problem with 5 other candidates remaining in the race. NYC could solve this by using #RankedChoiceVoting in general elections, like it already does in primaries.

There are too many mass shootings at this point for the mass media to even cover. I think I'm moving to a town of 38

Is a bright red flag worse than a dark red flag

Spencer Cox is going to be very dangerous some day in the Midwest, whenever he does run for President. If the Republicans can somehow get him through their primary in 2028 he would be extremely tough to beat. He claims he doesn't want it. Uhhuh.

People actually expect officers to NOT draw their weapons in the scenario of a dangerous, unknown perpetrator that has a gun out. These cops cut this guy some huge breaks & somehow he is still the victim 😂

Please stop flushing AI-generated Palestine slop into my feed... The reason these people have no food is because their government is quite literally holding them hostage. "Donating" into some Russian or North Korean's PayPal account is not going to solve that problem

"California now has 201,180 public and shared EV charger ports available across the state — 68% more than the number of gasoline nozzles, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC)."

Fragrances have a gender now too.

When you follow a leader, consider what would lead you to withdraw your support. If the answer is nothing, your integrity is in jeopardy. Our highest loyalty belongs to principles, not people. No leader deserves unconditional love. Commitment is earned through character.

We should make all "influencing" illegal.

"Construction started back in 2010, and four years later it was complete, but now 12 years on, it is earmarked for closure next year, in 2026... Despite its ambition, Ivanpah never produced the energy it promised, and quite incredibly, it also relied on natural gas to stay running..."

"With the median price of a single-family home at more than $422,000..." Unless you want to live in a sh*thole or some place that has a vast oversupply of homes due to historic trends (such as Detroit area, Buffalo area, etc), I don't see how $422k could be the median.

This is Nancy Mace 2024 Maher appearance vs 2025. She appears to have lost a dangerous amount of weight, & aged by at least 5 years in this time. If not for the plastic pumped into her front side it would be really alarming people? What will she look like in 2026?

The Democratic party will never, ever, ever allow AOC to have any real chance at becoming the presidential nominee in 2028. They will do everything to prevent that. They'll make South Carolina the first 12 primaries if they have to. It seems even AOC has come to terms with this. You should too.

Rational people don't want to deal with the cringe of a partner consumed with "being" something every day like an identity cosplay project

35% of Americans regularly get their "news" from YouTube. 20% regularly get their news from an image platform (Instagram). 20% regularly get their news from a foreign short clip platform (TikTok). 20% regularly get their news from the "does anyone know why the cops just drove by" app (Nextdoor).

*About 90,000 people are incarcerated in California prisons, down from a peak of about 170,000. It costs roughly $130,000 per year to incarcerate someone." Absurd. We're doing this wrong in multiple ways.

They're doing that because they know you will call them Nazis, fascists, & racists for it. Their voters, about 80 million people, have been trained for decades to take offense to that & become defensive. They're getting you to call them those things because they know their base will defend.

NBC: US strikes on Venezuelan territory could begin in just a few weeks.

Well that's a new way to get your 15 minutes of fame. His reviews on ratemyprofessor just went through the floor

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We are quick to place ourselves on the extremes of the social spectrum, but the truth is that personality is more malleable than you think, says Claudia Canavan

Remember Kate McKinnon? I would have expected her to have a huge career.