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on two occasions I have run into a dude who went with the "I identify as a woman" thing because he thinks its really funny and my learning has been that if you take his word for it and start calling him a woman he stops finding it funny in about 1 second and starts getting upset & so you don't stop
Hardly a day goes by without my getting email from someone looking for ways to do good with tech. From computer science students thinking about post-grad careers to seasoned coders with decades of experience, there's an army of hackers looking for a way to turn their expertise into public goods. 1/
Please stop paying for anything Harry Potter. This is where your money is going. At this point, you're not an ally, you're an abuser and we're your victim.
Yo. Men. Good on ya. This is THE BEST. worldmanual.co.uk/2026/08/04/s...
School Asked For 50 Men To Come To A 'Breakfast With Dads' For Kids Without Father Figures - 600 Showed UpBilly Earl Dade Middle School's "Breakfast with Dads" event highlighted community support when organizer Kristina Dove's call for 50 volunteers drew 600 men.worldmanual.co.uk
My goodness please *listen* to this extremely wholesome story
We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientistNPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.www.npr.org
Good evening friends. After all the excitement of #InternationalCatAppreciationDay Brock and the crew have decided to wind down with a movie night. Of course it’s about a cat 🐈 Do you have a favourite cat themed movie too? 🎥 🐈⬛ Off to bed? Sweet dreams🌙 Just heading out, happy #Hedgewatch
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I feel a little better about the world.
Mega Thee TronSam Altman matched with a man on Grindr, who posted the conversation. Open AI offered him money to take it down. He made a song instead.
There is no ethical consumption of Harry Potter. And not in the usual "no ethical consumption under capitalism" way. In the "your fandom is now comprised of hate symbols" way.
s. e. smithJKR explicitly said she considers anything Potter-related, even fan-made, endorsement of her politics. And every time you engage with this franchise, you signal to the industry that there's still money in it and they should keep pumping out content from full-cast audiobooks to book box partnerships.
There is a player on the LA Queens, Brittany Apgar, who has a limb difference and traveled back to Illinois from receiving her first ever batting prosthetic *today* and is 3-for-3 in her first game playing with one. Incredibly cool.