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Loops by Pixelfed • Public beta launching in a week
  • Creator coops like nebula are absolutely where things need to end up on the higher usage end.

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    2 life pro tips in one meme!
  • Ok but for real tho. The average American severely underestimates how far you can get on rice, beans, lentils and chickpeas.

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    The Waveform explains the Fediverse and the protocol war
  • It's honestly so hard to take them seriously.

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    A symbol for the ⁂ fediverse
  • On top of that, it's apparently used in astronomy to represent clusters of stars, like a constellation.

    Isn't that kind of perfect though

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  • theconversation.com Why does traditional masculinity have such longevity, even among younger boys?

    Boys who live in an environment which values traditional masculinity are more likely to lash out.

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    Meta Hires Project 2025 Co-Author
  • Literally billions of people.

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    Meta Hires Project 2025 Co-Author
  • He's credited as the author of Chapter 7 (Intelligence) on their website. https://www.project2025.org/policy/

    The information regarding his position is from linkedIn.

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    Meta Hires Project 2025 Co-Author
  • For his authorship or his new position?

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  • greatergood.berkeley.edu Why “Boy” Culture Is Hurting Boys and Everyone Else

    Psychologist Niobe Way argues that we need to pay better attention to what boys and men say they need socially and emotionally.

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    Meta Hires Project 2025 Co-Author

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    Meta Hires Project 2025 Co-Author
  • If you think it's news that Meta's new public policy director, Dustin Carmack, is a Project 2025 co-author,

    Consider dropping a tip to your preferred news outlet. I've already sent an email to The Verge's tipline and I implore you to do the same.

    https://www.theverge.com/c/tech/22579076/how-to-tip-the-verge-email-signal-and-more

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    Staffers Were Told Biden Was Leaving Race In Email Telling Them to Check X
  • The platform has changed fundamentally. Its not Twitter anymore. Its the Nazi bar.

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  • www.pbs.org New AP-NORC poll finds nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw

    The new survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, conducted two weeks after Biden’s debate flop, also found that only about 3 in 10 Democrats are extremely or very confident that Biden has the mental capability to serve as president, down from 40% in an AP-NORC poll from February.

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    Biden is losing in every swing state now. Oof.
  • Looks like the datasets consist of every poll from October and November. Would love to see a time axis.

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    Biden is losing in every swing state now. Oof.
  • I think the consensus is generally that it's better data analysis but most of the journalistic team is gone. Still plenty of solid stuff. I would say it's probably competitive with a couple of other similarly lightweight models and teams/individuals. Nate Silver's kind of gone off the deep end since he least.

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    Biden News Conference Megathread:
  • His facts weren't wrong. The UAW has just changed their tune since yesterday.

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    Over half of Dems say Biden should drop out after debate
  • This is about polls. Not democrats speaking publicly.

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    Over half of Dems say Biden should drop out after debate
  • Calling the progressive wing of the party corporate democrats is just straight up in denial.

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    Over half of Dems say Biden should drop out after debate
  • This argument is nonsense. It works for them and not for us because they are FASCISTS. This relationship with the truth and cult of personality are essential tenants of fascism. No amount of whataboutism will solve the Biden's electoral issues.

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    Kamala Harris surges as top choice to replace Joe Biden: Poll
  • doesn’t even care if their candidate raped a child and tried to overthrow their government

    It's right there. It's because his voters don't care. Calls to drop out from a faction Trump calls 'the enemy of the people', is a huge waste of time.

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    Kamala Harris surges as top choice to replace Joe Biden: Poll
  • Yes but she's capable of actually campaigning. Expectations have been clear since the debate. If he got right out there and started campaigning immediately, he'd probably be doing fine. It's becoming clear however that he can't.

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    Biden blasts ‘elites’ urging him to exit race in surprise interview
  • The party leaders aren't the ones preventing a move on Biden. Basic support for Biden is tantamount to no action at this point but they are generally taking a wait and see approach. Im mostly taking about the political influencers telling you not to believe your eyes and ears.

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  • blog.joinmastodon.org Highlighting journalism on Mastodon

    Today we're launching a new feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their their articles are being shared.

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    blog.joinmastodon.org Highlighting journalism on Mastodon

    Today we're launching a new feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their their articles are being shared.

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    www.nytimes.com Boys Are Struggling. Male Kindergarten Teachers Are Here to Help.

    Only around 3 percent of kindergarten teachers are men. We interviewed a dozen of them about the joys of the job and the challenges boys face today.

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    www.insidehook.com A Family Virtue That Men Are Pretty Bad at Protecting

    We can get a lot better at "kinkeeping," fellas. Here's how it works.

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    www.newamerica.org Examining Why Men Stopped out of Community College

    This blog post considers reasons that men stopped out of community college, their likelihood of re-enrolling, and their attitudes about online learning.

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    www.psypost.org Conformity to masculine norms tied to higher stress and reluctance to seek mental health help

    A recent study found that men who more strongly endorse traditional masculine norms experience higher stress and are less likely to seek mental health help, emphasizing the need to address gender-specific barriers and promote positive masculine traits.

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    This discussion was inspired by discussion on this post.

    > Toxic man: oh guess I am just gunna keep doing what I am doing if you aren’t going to tell me what to do.

    The reason this comes up is that masculinity is largely based around externally conferred social status. You have to constantly be doing something to maintain an image of masculinity. Often this means some sort of social or physical violence in the right time or place (beat up the mugger to defend your partner, call out your boss when you're being treated unfairly, put rival men in their place). Just as frequently, however, it is the expectation of a certain amount of self sacrifice (paying for meals, military service).

    What they don't understand is how anyone can expect them to maintain their social status when they are avoiding this role that they have been explicitly shown that there will be consequences if they fail to meet. The answer is simple: once you're out of the masculinity rat race, you're out. By refusing to take part in the hierarchy of dominance you will eventually be subject to a more general and, frankly, human set of standards.

    The only problem is that all of these pressures are external in the first place and this whole dynamic creates strong social gender boundaries. It is very easy for a lot of men to look at their social circles and see exclusively people who punish them for a failure to live up to a masculine ideal.

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    msmagazine.com Men Need a New Narrative. The Future of U.S. Democracy Depends on It - Ms. Magazine

    Regressive ideas about manhood underlie the anti-democracy movement plaguing the U.S. Men need feminist models of masculinity.

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    www.sheknows.com How Sexist Men See Themselves As the 'Good Guys' — & Why So Many Boys Are Listening

    Believing the myths that the Harrison Butkers and the Andrew Tates are selling allows boys and men to feel like heroes, even as they're hurting the women on whose backs they stand.

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    apnews.com 'Ultimate surprise': How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed scores of Palestinians in Gaza

    They arrived in the middle of the day, when the squat concrete buildings of the Nuseirat refugee camp are stifling and the narrow streets outside are filled with people.

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