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Love Discord being like "bro you didnt complete any quests this year" yeah man I dont know what those are and I'm working really hard not to have to learn
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Love Discord being like "bro you didnt complete any quests this year" yeah man I dont know what those are and I'm working really hard not to have to learn
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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This is super important in general.
People are extremely bad at big numbers and anything country-sized will always have big numbers.
It’s ragebait to report big numbers. It’s good journalism and comms to adjust for population.
Most of the time.
People are extremely bad at big numbers and anything country-sized will always have big numbers.
It’s ragebait to report big numbers. It’s good journalism and comms to adjust for population.
Most of the time.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is super important in general.
People are extremely bad at big numbers and anything country-sized will always have big numbers.
It’s ragebait to report big numbers. It’s good journalism and comms to adjust for population.
Most of the time.
People are extremely bad at big numbers and anything country-sized will always have big numbers.
It’s ragebait to report big numbers. It’s good journalism and comms to adjust for population.
Most of the time.
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As I have noted before, almost half of everyone ever born died in childhood. There are people alive today who were already alive when this stopped being true for everyone born in the future.
All of pre-20th-century history is an emotional foreign country, for this reason alone.
All of pre-20th-century history is an emotional foreign country, for this reason alone.
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As I have noted before, almost half of everyone ever born died in childhood. There are people alive today who were already alive when this stopped being true for everyone born in the future.
All of pre-20th-century history is an emotional foreign country, for this reason alone.
All of pre-20th-century history is an emotional foreign country, for this reason alone.
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
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You will never catch me speaking ill of the humble lentil
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
You will never catch me speaking ill of the humble lentil
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I feel like you are not actually fiscally disciplined if you refuse to spend money you can get on things you need
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I feel like you are not actually fiscally disciplined if you refuse to spend money you can get on things you need
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Every once in a while, I check my son's Steam reviews.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Every once in a while, I check my son's Steam reviews.
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✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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"read but i need to read them again when the adhd is cooperating"
I want to be able to mark emails neither read nor unread, but another, secret third thing.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"read but i need to read them again when the adhd is cooperating"
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also: the library! it will still be free! at the library! you can use a variety of apps/sites to access! the library! you needn't go to a location! to enjoy the library! if you request the books of authors at the library it helps us! if you check them out it helps us! and also the library! LIBRARY
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
also: the library! it will still be free! at the library! you can use a variety of apps/sites to access! the library! you needn't go to a location! to enjoy the library! if you request the books of authors at the library it helps us! if you check them out it helps us! and also the library! LIBRARY
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
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well folks, it happened. after years of saving spare bits from ikea and other flat pack furniture, my ikea furniture came three screws short. anyway, i did not have a single matching screw
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
well folks, it happened. after years of saving spare bits from ikea and other flat pack furniture, my ikea furniture came three screws short. anyway, i did not have a single matching screw
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after all, who could expect audiences to suspend their disbelief or let go of what happened in a previous james bond film? the role having famously been played by the same man for the last sixty-plus years-- [hurried muttering from offstage] sorry, what? you said SEVEN men?
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
after all, who could expect audiences to suspend their disbelief or let go of what happened in a previous james bond film? the role having famously been played by the same man for the last sixty-plus years-- [hurried muttering from offstage] sorry, what? you said SEVEN men?
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Every year we get closer to this happening on the news
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Every year we get closer to this happening on the news
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[in a way I haven't truly meant it all year] nice
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
[in a way I haven't truly meant it all year] nice
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'you'll scare away [type of voter] if you're too accepting' is always the line, but it isn't coherent reasoning. i mean, is acceptance USUALLY something that scares people away? or does it, in fact, draw people in? perhaps people experiencing... the fundamental human desire for... acceptance...
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
'you'll scare away [type of voter] if you're too accepting' is always the line, but it isn't coherent reasoning. i mean, is acceptance USUALLY something that scares people away? or does it, in fact, draw people in? perhaps people experiencing... the fundamental human desire for... acceptance...
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No Kings includes DraftKings
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
No Kings includes DraftKings
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tmj...... traumatic mouth jaw.......
October 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
tmj...... traumatic mouth jaw.......
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Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
More from the scene
October 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight
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@mollyolguin.bsky.social and I crushed Halloween if I do say so myself
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
@mollyolguin.bsky.social and I crushed Halloween if I do say so myself
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I don’t think voting alone can fix our crumbling democracy, but it’s one of many tools we can use to improve things. Use every tool you can.
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I don’t think voting alone can fix our crumbling democracy, but it’s one of many tools we can use to improve things. Use every tool you can.
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even @theonion.com could not have written this
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
even @theonion.com could not have written this