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This is a ticking civics timebomb that every community will have to contend with in the coming years. Social media is drinking our milkshake. The attention and engagement we need to function as communities is being plundered by 15 second video clips on forever loops. #bcpoli

Rotary, Optimist and other service cubs go all out to recruit young volunteers as members age out | CBC News

Several service clubs in Ontario say they are struggling to keep up membership, as longtime members age out of volunteering and prospective new members are scarce. It leaves the future of Optimist, Ro...

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I'm weirdly happy People decided to publish this article. this lady got very close to the peak and decided to turn back because she wasn't totally confident in her technical ability. That's praiseworthy wisdom, and a good example for others. share.google/d8Xi4aZ8aKkW...

Hiker Forced to Make Impossible Decision Just 405 Feet from Grand Teton’s Summit. Now She’s Issuing a Warning to Fellow Climbers (Exclusive)

After stopping just 405 feet below Grand Teton’s summit, a 25-year-old climber whose emotional TikTok struck a chord with millions tells PEOPLE why she chose safety over the summit and why she’d make ...

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"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

Leiracal@leiracal.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

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Air to Ground Message: HELLO. FORWARD TOILET IS CLOGGED AND WE ARE UNABLE TO CLEAR IT. ITS A NICE MIX OF THIS AND THAT. BRING A DRYSUIT AND DIVING EQUIPMENT. Area: Portsmouth, UK Type: Boeing 737 MAX 8 A: #ac091bdd989 F: #f2a31ee8f49

Did I mention that we've been writing a book? Fundamentally, security, privacy, trust&safety, AI safety -- all the fields aimed at dealing with dealing with how technical systems hurt people and how to avoid it -- share a foundation. We cover how to think and achieve *truly* effective practice. 1/

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Qualified immunity is a Calvinball nonsense doctrine, woven ex nihilo by the US Supreme Court Its sole purpose is to protect government officials from the consequences of their own bad decisions, when they violate the rights of the citizenry It has no basis in any law passed by Congress 1/

Per Damkier@perdamkier.bsky.social · last mo.

F*ck’s sake..😵 Someone explain the justfication of the “qualified immunity” concept to the rest of the world? I suspect this is completely incomprehensible outside US - as it should be.. [Not justify it, but explain how TF this nonsense is US Law and why?] Paging @gregdoucette.bsky.social

It's hard to be excited about the Artemis III mission announcements when the CEO of the company making one of the mission's rockets has spent his week inciting racial violence via his personal social media platform.

hey everyone wanna see what a manufactured hate campaign is shaped like???

Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera@pantibliss.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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CALL YOUR REPS NOW! SPREAD THE WORD! HR 2616 was snuck onto the calendar for a vote TOMORROW. This is a pro book banning bill which seeks to ban ALL books by or about trans individuals.

Trans people are not “fighting for unpopular positions that society isn’t ready for.” Trans people are fighting to KEEP the rights we have enjoyed for decades. We have been able to legally change our gender markers since the 70s and before. Same with bathrooms, sports, youth, all for decades.

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...

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The weird thing about American politics is that America just hates black people. That’s more important than oil, more important than guns, more important than healthcare, more important than Jesus

truth coming out of her cup noodles to shame mankind

Bodega Cats@bodegacats.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Generic prediction markets are a net negative to society and should be illegal. Specialized prediction markets (e.g. commodities markets) should be closely regulated. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US soldier involved in Maduro raid charged over alleged bets on capture

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who allegedly made more than $400,000 on Polymarket, could face up to 60 years in prison

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Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4mo ago

Beautiful day to fill the 100,000th pothole of the year.

"No," the swordmaster said. "One does not refuse the king," the herald said. "I do. I will not train his soldiers or officers, I will not tell my students to join his army, I will not support his unjust war." "You will regret this!" "No," the swordmaster said.

At least Ahab had a clear and well defined goal

Moby Dick@mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 8mo ago

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

I don't know how anyone else feels about this, but to me, sharing a screenshot of chatbot output to make a point of some kind is an excellent way to undermine any credibility that might otherwise be granted to you in the context of whatever you're trying to say.

Remember, Harry Potter is about a posh boarding school for rich British kids, while Diane Duane's Young Wizards is about a couple lower middle-class kids from Manhattan having to learn magic on their own. Just an all-around better series.

if you don't like the social issues conversations in star trek then you just don't like star trek

that's.......the whole entire point of star trek

Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻@punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"As a...'Star Trek' fan, it's always bothered me that there is a presumed 'responsibility' within 'Star Trek' shows to talk about social issues. I just want to watch Romulans and the Federation shoot at each other." By Weir always claiming he's not political, he's making a political statement.

Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia

Citizen.Coping@propcazhpm.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Thompson's hematologist at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Robert A. Brodsky, published a study revealing that the research now has an overall 94% disease-free survival rate. "[A cure is now] available to the majority, almost the entirety, of sickle cell patients.” #GoodNews #BlackSky 🌱