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VerdantSporeSeasoning

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  • I'm sick and tied of cameras

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  • I've been wondering how far I could get making a pitch for religious freedom from advertising. Should possibly think about it as religious freedom from tracking in general.

  • TIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.

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  • For a brief recap of just the Soviet Union part, this is a fun little song.

  • This man is a parody of himself

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  • Not a ‘Groom,’ but ‘Grooming’: It’s Past Time to End Child Marriage in the United States - Ms. Magazine

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  • I listen to a podcast by a licensed therapist (Dr Laura Anderson, Sunday School Dropouts) who specializes in helping people recover from religious trauma, and honestly, she does argue that high control religion works a lot like the dynamics of abusive personal relationships. She also notes that when people are used to being shamed/coerced/guilted/etc for religious reasons, they're more likely to accept abusive behaviors in personal relationships as well--it's already normal stuff. And most of the arguments I've heard in favor of preserving child marriages comes from religious folks asking "what happens when a 15 year old gets pregnant, the baby needs both a father and a mother!" Instead of wanting to use investigation or nuance, child marriages are a quick fix to always complicated situations.

  • Teens Say Trump’s Former Personal Aide and Project 2025 Higher-Up Made Them Uncomfortable in Chats

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  • I've heard people argue for (age)x.5+7=not creepy. Seems moderately reasonable.

  • Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance

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  • I wonder if all the schools and hospitals and government buildings having to close and/or evacuate due to bomb threats will be enough for the burden of proof. It's not directly threatening language, but it certainly was a tangible, disruptive result.

  • TIL about Haitian Independence Debt

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  • You mean that they aren't just cursed for having made a deal with demons? /s

    Though that is a shitty thing that I heard on American (religious) TV 20 years ago. Poison to understanding & compassion.

  • Russia wants a baby boom, but some women resist becoming a mother for the motherland

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  • I have no argument in general for you, you made good points. But it's also so, so at odds with all the messaging around teen pregnancy that I remember so clearly growing up. Wait until you can afford it, wait until you have a career, a home, wait until you're married... From basically 8+, my view of pregnancy was that it fucked up someone's life.

    But now, governments want their people to go against all that programming for absolutely no reward and more emotional manipulation (worrying about everything that these tiny humans need, worrying about staying alive and productive enough as one of only two people responsible for the tiny humans, etc). Wtf, why?

  • In a win for Trump, Teamsters endorse no one

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  • In Malala Yousafzai's book, she credits the Taliban first getting into her community by coming through the radio. As an American, I've thought about that a lot over the years.

  • What fruit is tasty on a pizza?

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  • My local favorite is apple slices+bacon, it's the best.

  • Jet Fuel

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  • Dank memes can't melt steel beams.

    7/11 was a part time job.

  • Could an American please prove me wrong?

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  • I mean, that didn't stop kids from going to fight in Iraq.

  • US Army speaks out against Trump

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  • No, but I've watched Disneys Descendants. A bunch of villain's kids get to go to school after being cut off from society all their lives due to their parents choices. The kids come in to school dedicated to evil, but the more they learn & get to know people, the more they all decide to be good people.

    I have no idea how that relates to anything in the real world in the past however many years.

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    shitty little snowflake has to be special, can't just act normal like everyone else

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  • Compared to the Texas one, I like the NM one better. 'Salute' is a little less cringe than 'pledge allegiance to', it cites a reference children/citizens can look up, and it encourages people to get along despite differences. That's doing a lot more interesting stuff than 'hey Texas, I'm loyal to you, there's a god I guess, I agree you shouldn't be further subdivided (as if there's any states that have been divided smaller after statehood has been long established?), and yes, I promise to be really really loyal to you. You believe me yet?'

  • EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone

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  • When I went to price it out at the store, the line for a dumb phone was going to cost $30/mo more than a smart phone. It was dumb.

  • Big Crypto Is Spending More on US Elections Than Any Other Industry

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  • Born in the USA Was a Protest Song

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  • This land was made for you and me 🎶🎵🎶 (terms and conditions apply)

  • ‘Evangelicals For Harris’ Drops Brutal Ad Questioning If Trump is a ‘False Prophet’

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  • There have been a lot of good books in the last few years about how Christian came to be so culturally interchangable with Republican. One I read and got a lot out of was "Jesus & John Wayne", and the author does a good job tracking the rightward shift from a lot of different organizations and how they were able to permeate through multiple denominations. Just sharing in case anyone wants to go look at some of these connections themselves.

  • Putin has decided that Russia is going to be a 'safe haven' for people who want to trade liberal Western ways for Russian 'moral values'

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  • And who have just relocated their best hostages to within Putin's power. Yes, bring your nine children and wife along to Russia--now stay in rank on the front line, or maybe your oldest gets to come serve in your place (earlier than they would have anyway)!