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i need healthier media consumption habits.

i've left most of my social media accounts for the sake of my mental health and i'm thinking i might have to do that with bluesky too. it's better here but honestly i just don't think i need this many opinions in my life. and i really am not doing well receiving every bit of news as it breaks.

It's valid to tell people "I have plans" if your plans are to sit on your couch. That's a type of plans

The Whole Internet Is Utterly Appalled By This Latest White House "Call Of Duty"-Style Post "US troops are dying in a war and the White House is out here treating it like it's a video game. The bar is in hell."

Sick beyond comprehension.

Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.

No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.

If you haven’t finished a residency, and don’t have a medical license, you shouldn’t be the Surgeon General of the United States.

@jreinermd.bsky.social

A sequence of shots from the TV series MASH. Three surgeons are operating in a mobile army surgical theater, and are masked in cotton masks, wearing cotton caps to cover hair, and aprons. Bright lights are visible in their backgrounds. The first, panel shows Frank Burns (an absolute jerk character but Larry Linville, his actor, was not) saying, “Everybody knows war is Hell”. The second panel shows BJ Hunnicutt (Mike Farrell) saying (sarcastically) “ remember, you heard it here last.” The third and fourth panels show Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) saying, “War isn’t Hell. War is war and Hell is hell and of the two, war is a lot worse.“ 5th panel shows Father Mulcahey, the chaplain (William Christopher) saying, “How do you figure that, Hawkeye?” 6th is back to Hawkeye, saying “ Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?” 7th is Fr Mulcahey saying “ Sinners, I believe.” The last three panels are all Hawkeye, saying, “ Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. But war is chock full of them. Little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.”

With alt-text:

Agree that I hate this is still relevant.

Universal basic income and healthcare should have both been implemented decades ago, but the second best time is right this goddamn instant.

Autistic eating disorders are often misunderstood.

People assume it’s about body image.

But for many of us, it’s about something else entirely.

Interoception - or lack of.

When you can’t reliably feel hunger, fullness, or internal states, eating becomes guesswork.

That guesswork becomes chaos.

i think of this often, that this quote actually reflects some people's priorities. i hate it.

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2,400 year-old skeleton mosaic discovered in Turkey with the caption: “Be cheerful, enjoy your life”

Original post

You’re not broken cos of your brain my friends

If you’re broken, it’s because people broke you down.

100%

Interesting reports on an experiment conducted on X in 2023, in which users were randomly assigned to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed significantly shifted political opinions in a pro-Republican direction. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

CSPAN @cspan . @SpeakerJohnson after House blocked War Powers Resolution: "We're not at war, we have no intention at being at war. The president and the Department of Defense have made it very clear, this is a limited operation."

Darkly funny he had enough self-awareness to revert to "Department of Defense" here.

Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

"Almost a third of generation Z men and boys think a wife should obey her husband, according to a global survey of 23,000 people that found young men hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations."

Minneapolis council members press chief on why police didn’t do more during ICE surge Police Chief Brian O’Hara said police officers can’t stop federal agents from enforcing federal law unless they witness something egregious.

Several members of the Minneapolis City Council pressed Police Chief Brian O’Hara on why police didn’t do more about the conduct of federal agents during the ICE surge.

New from @ms.now 's Akayla Gardner: President Trump spoke to Kristi Noem by phone before she took the stage in Nashville and before he posted about replacing her on Truth Social, according to a person familiar with the matter.

NOEM TAKING QUESTIONS - DOES NOT APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS FIRED

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming

Misquoting Orwell is the perfect end to her tenure

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

Big Golf is counting money while you lose sleep on DST

This weekend is one hour shorter—courtesy of Big Golf and the Chambers of Commerce!

At this point, it's safe to assume most of the Republicans are talking like nazis in their group chats.

For about $2.5 billion a day, we could provide a $500 per month UBI to every American — adults and kids. Poverty would be reduced by 65%. Child poverty would drop by over 80%. Extreme poverty would be essentially eliminated. Inequality would drop by about 20%.

We can do/be so much better than this.

we can't shop our way to an ethical culture.

No, Trump & Hegseth aren’t gonna start the Second Coming #maklelan3167 YouTube video by Dan McClellan

No, Trump & Hegseth aren’t gonna start the Second Coming
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