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rules about nighttime “quiet hours” where like it’s considered an offense to disturb people by being loud after 10 pm or whatever should extend through 10 am, and they only don’t because our society thinks anyone still in bed at 7:15 is a morally weak person
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
rules about nighttime “quiet hours” where like it’s considered an offense to disturb people by being loud after 10 pm or whatever should extend through 10 am, and they only don’t because our society thinks anyone still in bed at 7:15 is a morally weak person
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Ours just ran out of meat, in October. We are in full swing deer hunting season and that's usually when meat donations are highest.
If you have $20 they can buy 200+ pounds of food with that, or pay an employee who's about to lose their ACA subsidies
If you have $20 they can buy 200+ pounds of food with that, or pay an employee who's about to lose their ACA subsidies
The look on my food bank manager’s face when I came back w/ the last haul of donations on Friday was one of profound disappointment & despair. For the first time in forever, we might not be able to feed our friends who rely on us. It’s devastating. Please donate to a local food bank. Like yesterday.
October 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Ours just ran out of meat, in October. We are in full swing deer hunting season and that's usually when meat donations are highest.
If you have $20 they can buy 200+ pounds of food with that, or pay an employee who's about to lose their ACA subsidies
If you have $20 they can buy 200+ pounds of food with that, or pay an employee who's about to lose their ACA subsidies
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“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
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When we say “everyone should mask” we don’t actually expect people will. We know how selfish people are. But we say it because:
1) it’s factually true
2) if even a few people listen to us that’s a few more lives saved and, as the Talmud says, every life is a universe.
1) it’s factually true
2) if even a few people listen to us that’s a few more lives saved and, as the Talmud says, every life is a universe.
October 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When we say “everyone should mask” we don’t actually expect people will. We know how selfish people are. But we say it because:
1) it’s factually true
2) if even a few people listen to us that’s a few more lives saved and, as the Talmud says, every life is a universe.
1) it’s factually true
2) if even a few people listen to us that’s a few more lives saved and, as the Talmud says, every life is a universe.
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Hey everybody look at this disgusting piece of trash human who wants disabled people to completely exit society and doesn’t understand how community care works.
“Don’t expect the world to take care of you” is a depraved way to exist in society.
“Don’t expect the world to take care of you” is a depraved way to exist in society.
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Hey everybody look at this disgusting piece of trash human who wants disabled people to completely exit society and doesn’t understand how community care works.
“Don’t expect the world to take care of you” is a depraved way to exist in society.
“Don’t expect the world to take care of you” is a depraved way to exist in society.
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Timeline cleanse - my new friend
April 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Timeline cleanse - my new friend
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I’m am lyimg heare womderinng wath beer is and why dade raves a bout the it.
April 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I’m am lyimg heare womderinng wath beer is and why dade raves a bout the it.
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The thing that unifies so much of what is going on right now (besides the through thread of billionaires, who should not be allowed to exist) is how the dehumanizing language is being pushed hard at the government level.
April 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The thing that unifies so much of what is going on right now (besides the through thread of billionaires, who should not be allowed to exist) is how the dehumanizing language is being pushed hard at the government level.
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dehumanizing languages, dehumanizing images, dehumanizing practices ⬇️
The thing that unifies so much of what is going on right now (besides the through thread of billionaires, who should not be allowed to exist) is how the dehumanizing language is being pushed hard at the government level.
April 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
dehumanizing languages, dehumanizing images, dehumanizing practices ⬇️
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The full quote from RFK, Jr. is truly disgusting and this is 100% him calling for institutionalization of autistic people. This is horrifying.
April 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The full quote from RFK, Jr. is truly disgusting and this is 100% him calling for institutionalization of autistic people. This is horrifying.
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NEW from me: RFK Jr. made it clear at a press conference that he'd promote "environmental factors" (read: vaccines) as a cause of autism, and trotted out a new phrase, "epidemic denial," to label people who disagree with his interpretation of data. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. Is using a new study on autism rates to push his anti-vaccine agenda
While researchers try to determine why autism rates seem to be rising, Kennedy made it clear he’ll try to put his thumb on the scale.
www.motherjones.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NEW from me: RFK Jr. made it clear at a press conference that he'd promote "environmental factors" (read: vaccines) as a cause of autism, and trotted out a new phrase, "epidemic denial," to label people who disagree with his interpretation of data. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Today I went (masked within an inch of my life) to an aquarium for 45 min as it was emptying out for the day, as covid is low and the crowds were minimal. I feel like I inhabit the inverse of the world, like I’m haunting it like a ghost, going wherever people have just left, affecting nothing.
April 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Today I went (masked within an inch of my life) to an aquarium for 45 min as it was emptying out for the day, as covid is low and the crowds were minimal. I feel like I inhabit the inverse of the world, like I’m haunting it like a ghost, going wherever people have just left, affecting nothing.
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I have to make very sure that I don’t exhaust myself so that I can keep having that hour, and so I can go back to work when I get home. So most of my vacation isn’t vacation, it’s exactly like the rest of my life - sitting very still - because you never get a vacation from Long Covid.
April 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I have to make very sure that I don’t exhaust myself so that I can keep having that hour, and so I can go back to work when I get home. So most of my vacation isn’t vacation, it’s exactly like the rest of my life - sitting very still - because you never get a vacation from Long Covid.
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And here’s another thing: even if your brain fog is not from long covid, there’s not a single pre-existing issue I had that didn’t get worse when I got long covid. So even if you’re absolutely positive you are unique and perfect and couldn’t possibly have LC, wanna know what’ll make it worse? Yeah.
April 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
And here’s another thing: even if your brain fog is not from long covid, there’s not a single pre-existing issue I had that didn’t get worse when I got long covid. So even if you’re absolutely positive you are unique and perfect and couldn’t possibly have LC, wanna know what’ll make it worse? Yeah.
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The vaccines do not last very long and infection-acquired immunity doesn’t last very long and nothing has made the virus less deadly without protection, and everything we know about repeat infections suggest your risks of major problems continues to increase.
April 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The vaccines do not last very long and infection-acquired immunity doesn’t last very long and nothing has made the virus less deadly without protection, and everything we know about repeat infections suggest your risks of major problems continues to increase.
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I really don’t understand why so many people are excited to die from Covid or live with long covid or watch their kids get it and see their lives collapse. Or even just get infected with every wave or two. I do not understand why that sounds good to anyone.
A majority of CDC's COVID-19 vaccines work group is now backing an end to "universal" recommendation for shots
Instead, a new "risk-based" approach would focus on older adults and those with an underlying condition that risks severe disease
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cov...
Instead, a new "risk-based" approach would focus on older adults and those with an underlying condition that risks severe disease
www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cov...
CDC weighing end to universal COVID vaccine recommendations
A majority of the agency's COVID-19 vaccine work group now backs narrower "risk-based" recommendations.
www.cbsnews.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I really don’t understand why so many people are excited to die from Covid or live with long covid or watch their kids get it and see their lives collapse. Or even just get infected with every wave or two. I do not understand why that sounds good to anyone.
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Plenty of people with autism do both of those things, neither of which are sole determining factors for whether someone can live a fulfilling life, and some autistic self-advocates have said for quite a long time that they find Kennedy's language demeaning. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/trum...
Trump and Kennedy Spouting Dangerous Autism Misinformation - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Today in a cabinet meeting, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised that “by September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures.” This al...
autisticadvocacy.org
April 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Plenty of people with autism do both of those things, neither of which are sole determining factors for whether someone can live a fulfilling life, and some autistic self-advocates have said for quite a long time that they find Kennedy's language demeaning. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/trum...
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As I wrote in the piece, Kennedy continues to use stigmatizing and frankly pretty shocking language to refer to people with autism, implicitly framing them as a burden on society and their families who will, as he said, "never pay taxes" or "write a poem."
April 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
As I wrote in the piece, Kennedy continues to use stigmatizing and frankly pretty shocking language to refer to people with autism, implicitly framing them as a burden on society and their families who will, as he said, "never pay taxes" or "write a poem."
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By the way, *this* is eugenicism. RFK, Jr. sitting there and thinking that he can determine what makes someone's life worthwhile.
April 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
By the way, *this* is eugenicism. RFK, Jr. sitting there and thinking that he can determine what makes someone's life worthwhile.
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We need to get that man out of government as fast as possible. This is undoing decades of progress and endangering so many people.
The full quote from RFK, Jr. is truly disgusting and this is 100% him calling for institutionalization of autistic people. This is horrifying.
April 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We need to get that man out of government as fast as possible. This is undoing decades of progress and endangering so many people.
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Positive early reactions from willing passengers in drunk driver's car. "He's doing pretty well all things considered."
Positive early Senate GOP reaction to Trump pausing his own tariffs:
“Terrific,” says Ted Cruz.
“Relieved “ says Ron Johnson.
“Great leadership,” says Eric Schmitt.
Susan Collins says it’s not enough and Congress needs to retake its power to impose tariffs from the executive.
“Terrific,” says Ted Cruz.
“Relieved “ says Ron Johnson.
“Great leadership,” says Eric Schmitt.
Susan Collins says it’s not enough and Congress needs to retake its power to impose tariffs from the executive.
April 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Positive early reactions from willing passengers in drunk driver's car. "He's doing pretty well all things considered."
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I think there’s always room for disagreement on policy or principles in a resistance. But what you can’t do is endanger other members lives. That’s not an alliance.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I think there’s always room for disagreement on policy or principles in a resistance. But what you can’t do is endanger other members lives. That’s not an alliance.