We've created a society where being confidently wrong pays better than being cautiously right. Is it any wonder we're drowning in bullshit merchants?
Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think — which, frankly, is a relief in a world where a lot of people don't think at all.
Ooof 
this morning i got the server bills and currently im still a massive €470+ short..
Upcoming week I'm gonna dedicate go clean up servers, merge some to cut costs
Unofrt active users has gone down but the cost do keep return and even increase every month
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The Accidental Harvard Letter
The Accidental Deportation
The Accidental Tariff on an Uninhabited Island
The Accidental Disclosure of War Plans to a Journalist
The Accidental Firings of Nuclear Safety Workers
#OnThisDay, 19 Apr 1967, Kathrine Switzer becomes the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon as a registered runner, despite the organiser physically trying to stop her.
She ran it again in 2017, 50 years later.
A statement from the Board of Trustees of the Vagina Museum regarding trans inclusion.
Hundreds of scholars have had their visas revoked and dozens have been detained.
What’s exceptional about Öztürk’s case is how her detention was caught on camera.
What’s scariest, immigration lawyers say, is how little is known about all the others.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rumeysa-ozturk-best-friend-inside-story-tufts-trump-louisiana-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
ProPublicaAmerican Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
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10 Street Messages That Hit Harder Than Headlines (Political Graffiti Edition): https://streetartutopia.com/2025/04/19/10-street-messages-that-hit-harder-than-headlines-political-graffiti-edition/
"I didn’t always believe that Republicans were fascist, but I do now. I was persuaded. Who persuaded me, you might ask? Guess what—it was Republicans themselves. They've been very persuasive."
From 2023, on bullies, persuasion, and the margins of permission:
The Reframe · You've Persuaded Us AlreadyWhen it comes to the idea that conservatism has embraced fascism and supremacy, nobody is more persuasive than conservatives themselves. An essay on bullies and the margins of permission in the USA.
I swear there used to be a time when my reaction to new software features wasn't a resigned sigh followed by figuring out how to switch it off.
#transRights now! Massive turnout in parliament square! Please boost.
#protest #supremeCourt ruling #trans #nonBinary
Heck yeah. Those no-uniform goons that manhandled the woman at the Idaho town hall a couple months back are being charged for battery, false imprisonment, etc.
When the US created the Dept of Homeland Security, ICE, the PATRIOT act, and all this other post 9/11 police state nonsense -- a lot of us knew the day would come when it was all used against the American people and here we are.