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  • What was your funniest date experience?

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  • One time when I worked at a hardware store, I was loading concrete bags for a woman and I asked her, "you wanted eight?" to confirm how many she requested. She asked back, "do I want a date??" Anyway, I was too shy to pretend that I was asking her out, so this comment is only sort of about dating.

  • Doctor Warns Of 'Sloth Fever' As 19 Europeans Fall Sick: Symptoms, Risks, And What To Do If Infected

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  • Wow, that's crazy. My ecosystem only has microdenizens; I can't image what it would be like to go macro. Good luck making your dreams come true =☆

  • Israel publishes plan for new West Bank settlement as regional tensions simmer

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  • If another country came into ours and started driving people out, cutting down food trees and putting in settlements, you bet we'd be pissed. But it's like our politicians have zero empathy and can't imagine us being in another's shoes. I know politics requires making hard choices, but must every top politician be a sociopath? It's very imbalanced.

  • Doctor Warns Of 'Sloth Fever' As 19 Europeans Fall Sick: Symptoms, Risks, And What To Do If Infected

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  • "Patients are generally encouraged to rest, stay hydrated, and use over-the-counter pain relievers[...]"

    Sounds like you turn yourself into a sloth... Where you do it is up to you, I guess ¯(ツ)/¯

  • Transforming Elements

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  • Transforming Elements

    Owlchemy?

  • How to catch houseflies?

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  • A clear plastic cup and a paper card large enough to cover the opening.. Wait for the fly to land on a window, and approach slowly with the cup while distracting them with your other hand. When close, cover the fly by pressing the cup on the window and slip the card underneath the opening. It helps if the fly has tired itself out first. Works well for all manner of bugs.

  • Newsom threatens to take money from counties that don't reduce homelessness

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  • That's what I've heard as well. Passing them on the street you'd probably think they weren't even homeless at all. Not everyone finds it possible to get their life together that much, though :/

  • Israel Kills 100 in Gaza School Hours After Biden Approves $3.5B in Military Aid

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  • I can't vote anymore, but I will try to contact a representative anyways. I have already tried contacting the White House, but got a crappy response. I'll check out the link, thanks.

  • US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court’s Chevron ruling

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  • It's either a sign of false leadership, or it's the type of behavior we value in our leaders. Either way, it doesn't look good.

  • Newsom threatens to take money from counties that don't reduce homelessness

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  • The safety net has people-sized holes in it. I nearly became homeless in June, and it wasn't the state that came through for me, it was a relative. Even though I'm stll sleeping on a porch, I count myself lucky.

    The programs that are supposed to help people stay housed are failing: not enough funds for housing vouchers, restrictions too high for enrollment, and waiting lists too long for practicality.

    And Gavin is a wannabe autocrat. If it weren't for him and his vetomania, we would have legalized natural psychedelics in CA by now. But no, instead we have people out there getting sick from sketchy products. And it seems like it's the same with everything: do the exact opposite of helping while making it look like you care.

    Edit: there are decent leaders out there though, such as this mayor who lived as a homeless man for a week to gain some insight on the matter.

  • Israel Kills 100 in Gaza School Hours After Biden Approves $3.5B in Military Aid

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  • Who can stop the US's support of Israel? It seems hopeless. I don't even know what else to say. This world is upside-down.

  • US declares controversial Israeli battalion eligible for assistance

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  • The administration of President Joe Biden had considered blocking the battalion from receiving US assistance amid reports of involvement in human rights violations, but Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Friday that such abuses had been “effectively remediated”.

    So, we effectively dragged our feet until we got assurances that the battalion corrected its behavior? Yet, when it comes to the UNWRA, we're quick to cease funding on a faint glimmer of a rumor.

  • Oregon city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling votes to ban camping except in some areas

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  • Grants Pass has just one overnight shelter for adults, the Gospel Rescue Mission. It has 138 beds, but rules including attendance at daily Christian services, no alcohol, drugs or smoking and no pets mean many won’t stay there.

    Crammed in with potentially dangerous people, having to attend services for a religion you don't believe in, risking loss of your belingings and with rules disallowing self-medication, all to sleep in a place that makes you send away a beloved family member. None of that sounds humane.

    One designated camping site will allow people to stay up to four days, while the other three allow people to stay for one day.

    Imagine not having a home and being hungry a lot and tired from a lack of sleep. And now picture having to move around constantly. This is cruel but typical treatment thanks to cities like Grants Pass.

    More than 650,000 people are estimated to be homeless]

    Some over at r/homeless believe this number might be much higher. Evidently many people live in cars, but to keep a car you must have a home address, so many people fake it. This makes them look housed on paper. (Disclaimer: I'm not homeless and I don't drive, so I don't know the full truth of that.)

  • Judge declines to dismiss excessive force case against city of Burlington VT for 2021 use of handcuffs, spit hood, and ketamine on disabled 14 year old accused of stealing vape pens

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  • If you wanted it for therapeutic use, you'd have to jump through hoops and spend a lot of $ just to get little bit. Meanwhile, cops can have you sedated with it at will.

    I've never used ketamine, but if it's anything like similar dissociatives, an unexpected trip could be very disturbing. And on top of the other abuses from police, I can imagine the whole ordeal would cause life-long trauma (if you survived in the first place).

  • Many such cases

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  • That's why you branch out

  • I'm glad Toho started making good monster movies again.

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  • What household item do you wish there was a trial/testing period for?

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  • Spatulas with overly-long handles. Nothing like constanty banging it all over a small kitchen.

    Those little lights made to look like light switches, with their weak-ass magnets.

    Clamp lamps that have scant threads on the reflector. They like to pop off and can actually instakill an incandescent.

    As far as a house itself: installed carpets. It's everything you hate about carpets, but permanent. They're especially loathesome in bathrooms.

  • What is a new low key snack that you have tried and liked ?

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  • I also used to make crunchy granola w/ chocolate and peanut butter and cool it in the fridge. It was amazing.

  • What is a new low key snack that you have tried and liked ?

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  • Maybe it's a snack you like, but not love?