reader, harm reductionist, + law student (she/her) solidarity forever.
Delaware
Joined April 2018
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Worst part of the Halloween season by far is putting the fentanyl and razor blades in the Snickers. It's so much work and I feel like the kids never even notice anyway. Not sure I'll even bother this year.
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sorry but this isnāt real. itās free to invite a friend over to your house. yes thereās a very serious affordability crisis but a lot of you would rather scroll on your phone than be with other people.
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Itās going to get worse but we are rapidly becoming a society of two types of people, ones who can function normally the way people have for thousands of years, and the other who have intellectually neutered themselves in the delusional belief that it is to become more efficient
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As suspected this woman kicks ass
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You can kill anyone you want in this country as long as you use a car, are sober, and donāt leave any hints of your intent ahead of time.
Kansas Mom Who Drove Truck Into Youth Soccer Game, Killing 2, Released Without Charges tmz.me/4dJYvlp
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YOU'RE NOT PAYING TAXES FOR THE PROPERTY, YOU'RE PAYING YOUR TOWN FOR THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES. THE ROADS, POLICE, SCHOOLS, FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIBRARY, SNOW PLOWS, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SO MUCH MORE.
āIām old. Iāve paid my home off,ā said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. āWhy would I pay property tax?ā
Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.
politico.com/news/magazine/2ā¦
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cell phones arenāt druglike, theyāre carlike. even if you consciously want to opt out, you canāt, because everyone expects you to have and use one to interact with society. i cannot even use the laundry machines in my building without being forced to use the laundry app.
Cell phone addiction is an absolute thermonuke to the brain and nobody 'takes it seriously' because it is not clear that there is any solution in a world where the revealed preference of everyone across the globe, regardless of income, race, age, any factor whatsoever, would rather be on their phone than do *anything* else. Deciding "I use this too much" and meaningfully altering one's behaviour doesn't seem to have much success for any of the very small minority of people with the sentience or self-reflection to realize how bad it is. Most people seem to think of it as an unproductive habit at most, rather than an addiction. Any attempt to speak seriously about this is met with derision, accusations of pretentiousness. There is no real solution to it. The future of human cognition fifty years down the line is horrifying if you stop and think about it for even a moment.
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I think it's really sad and damaging to tell teenagers that it "gets worse" once they become adults. Because it doesn't. My life got significantly better once I got out of the house and became financially independent. I'm in a significantly better headspace than I was at 16.
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Thatās prob how they found the food kitchen! Itās how ppl look for jobs, buy things, for bankingā¦EVERYTHING requires a phone, an email account and 2 step verification. Sell the phone, food for a week then what? Back at the food kitchen with no way to function in modern society.
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Criminals have been exploiting outdated EBT card technology to steal SNAP benefits from unsuspecting low-income families. Since December 2024, the victims of this theft have had no recourse & federal action to prevent it has largely stalled ā for a deeply infuriating reason:
ALT The main thing Congress has done about SNAP theft is to abandon a previous effort to help victims. The federal government had, since late 2022, been replacing peopleās stolen funds, just as banks are required to do if your debit card is hacked. As a result, 753,929 households were compensated. In December 2024, a bipartisan spending agreement that included a provision to extend these reimbursements through 2028 was on the brink of becoming law. But Elon Musk, who had been named a leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency, attacked the legislation more than 100 times on X, pushing to ādefund everything.ā (Musk did not reply to a request for comment.) Trump then sank the deal. Victims of SNAP theft can no longer get any of their benefits replaced. And with the government off the hook for losses, there is now less incentive to put money into the solution.
New: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress wonāt pay for it. propub.li/4dCgOc8
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Troy Jackson delivers a powerful closing statement: Johan SebastiĆ”n Garrero went to work in Biddeford, Maine, and didnāt come home that day because of ICE and its reckless actions.
āSenator Collins paid for the bullets at Donald Trumpās command. Now she wants credit for not pulling the trigger.ā
Maine deserves a senator who will stand up to Trump, not one who just feigns concern.
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People can't explain why something is morally wrong beyond "it makes me uncomfortable" and it's so interesting to witness
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Nothing *new* to say about this, but I truly hate how we've surrendered our phones to scammers who dial until they find someone with dementia.
I accidentally click "answer" and my support for a humane justice system vanishes; I start looking up "most painful execution methods"
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it has never been easier to be charming. i am batting 100 at my local coffee shops and restaurants. charisma is as easy as being able to handle a convo about the weather now
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Q: If the president requests American ground troops in Iran, will you support that deployment even if it means more American casualties?
MIKE COLLINS: *dissembles, doesn't answer question*
OSSOFF: The question was about the war in Iran. He's perfectly happy to send other people's children to die in war
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Sorry but to me age gap is not a thing when a woman is 30+ years old. We have to be careful not to infantilise a very grown ass woman. We know why heās there thatās a given loooool but sheās 30 not 21.
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My theory on books is that they will find you when it is time for you to read them. If a book has sat on your shelf unread for 15 years, the time has not yet come for you to read it.
