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Today I saw a pic of a baby cowbird next 2 its nest "parent" and it was so much bigger!!!!! Which is the sort of thing that gets normal people upset about the injustice of nest parasitism but makes *me* worry if baby cowbirds get bird dysmorphia

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Mamdani (the DSA-endorsed candidate who focused on the cost of living in NYC) received a call from Andrew Cuomo (the former governor who resigned in disgrace when his multiple counts of sexual harassment came to light) conceding the race.

Technically, the race used Ranked-Choice Voting and no candidate won an outright majority in the first round — but it appears clear Mamdani will take the nomination.

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"A snack? For me?"

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fnaf is such, a fascinating cultural object.

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Spin this wheel first and then this wheel second to generate the title of a YA fantasy novel!

(If the second wheel lands on an option ending with a plus sign, spin it again)

Share what you got!

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Make sure you don't accidentally punish people for communicating their needs and boundaries. When someone cares enough to have the uncomfortable conversation, that's a compliment and a clear sign that they are invested in the relationship. Yes of course it's uncomfortable to hear that something you've been doing has been upsetting someone you care about when that was never your intention, but people generally only bother to have these conversations with the people they want to keep around - the people they trust to care. If they just didn't like you, they'd probably just try to avoid you. So make sure you don't make it into a more punishing experience than it has to be. Try to see the care and the trust behind the criticism, even when it triggers uncomfortable emotions. It's a good sign that they're there telling you.

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This may be the worst use of LLMs anyone has attempted, ever. Up there with recognizing mushrooms.

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Logan is a terrible person whose primary issues (failkids) are entirely self-inflicted.

THAT BEING SAID. If I worked my ass off all my life only to realize that, in my efforts, I have given birth to Wealthy Children, I too would be a massive asshole. Like moreso than I was before

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its crazy that a lot of what we call 'video essays' these days are basically low budget documentaries on increasingly weird and niche topics. no network approval no tv budget just one guy with maybe a hired editor/writer and a couple of friends willing to read voice lines. and then they put it on youtube like its no big deal. insane.

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Heard someone at Coffeehouse say “If Vaccines really caused Autism, the American Railway system would’ve skyrocketed”, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.

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This weirdly aggressive male-male duet of Phantom of the Opera is so Yizhi & Qin Zheng coded

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by @beetlemoses

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Mildly irritating: popular post claiming to be about tabletop roleplaying games generally is really just about d&d

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Joy Sullivan, “If I Had a Hundred Lives to Live”, Instructions for Traveling West