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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 2h

can i interest you all in a little ✨Second Demographic Transition✨

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 4h

In Colombia, fertility rates have fallen sharply in recent decades

The graphic presents a slope chart illustrating the fertility rate, defined as the average number of children a woman would bear if she experienced age-specific fertility rates observed in that year.

The chart covers the years from 1950 to 2023 and features four countries: Colombia, France, the United Kingdom, and China.

- In 1950, the fertility rates for these countries were notably higher, with Colombia at 6.4 births, China at 5.8 births, France at 3 births, and the United Kingdom at 2.2 births.
- By 2023, these rates have significantly declined, with Colombia, France, and the United Kingdom each at 1.6 births, and China at 1 birth per woman.

Data comes from the United Nations World Population Prospects for the year 2024. The chart is categorized under Creative Commons by attribution (CC BY).

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 10h

sir pls i need to put things in there

a brown and grey tabby cat laying in an open suitcase on the floor, looking up into the camera

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 14h

update got to info dump to the assessor about this do we think i got a good grade in autism?

lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

what’s crazy about the phan situation for me specifically is that i’m about to have the second part of my ASD assessment today and i don’t know how im going to be Normal when my most autistic traits just got lighter fluid dumped on them

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

this kid is 2 weeks old and has seen more movies than me

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

waitttt are they sleeping in the tattoo awesome sock 😭i love

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

ohio universities are pretty much unilaterally cowards. even osu wont stand up to dewine on trans bathroom laws, and no other school will do anything until osu does. this doesn't surprise me at all, cruel, spineless cowards, the whole bunch.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1d

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

what’s crazy about the phan situation for me specifically is that i’m about to have the second part of my ASD assessment today and i don’t know how im going to be Normal when my most autistic traits just got lighter fluid dumped on them

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

i am peachless

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

gotta write bad in order to learn how to write good

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

sam reich on game changer. text reads “I’ve been here the whole time.”

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

bad writing is good, actually

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

my 15 year old self just reactivated like a sleeper cell

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

in the year of our lord 2025?????

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

andi. this is how i found out. you destiel meme’d me.

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

literally seconds after posting they called to ask if i wanted the air filters replaced (i do, it’s been almost 2 years lmao)

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

okay update i’m sick of wandering i would like my car back pls

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

the inner peace of Ignoring Things I Know I Won’t Like truly cannot be understated

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

(psst if you’re an art person and have zines for sale pls post links i will Buy)

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

i love zines i need my cool art friends to make zines so i can give them money and have more zines

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 1d

currently wandering some random stores waiting for my oil change to be done and the current bathroom rating is walmart <<< tj maxx

the tj maxx clientele is women in their forties and three gay men, this men’s room is Clean.

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Who the eff is Hank? @effing-hank.dftba.social · 3d

Hank is an American folk rock band originally formed in Claremont, California.

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 3d

in my defense it said queers at first but Fs are hard

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lee @leehtml.bsky.social · 3d

my hometown often gets several *days* of constant rain, especially in the spring and early summer

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