we've apparently only seen what we think was a newborn LAST YEAR what the FUCK

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wait WHAT — we've NEVER seen a great white shark give birth???

after 500 boosts and 750+ likes i think its time for me to mute this

dear mastodon, i know it goes against your ethos but you could really group notifs together, it wouldnt hurt.

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there's something especially funny about the way certain circles talk about which softwares or products they use - an infinite circle of boycotts

shamelessly stealing this from a law professor on twitter

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every disaster that shakes the core of industrial-connectivity makes my brain go "death stranding"

civilization's role for vampirism has never been presented more clearly

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watching "Bram Stoker's Dracula" and holy shit

this is also the first time ive heard of shotspotter - evil technology

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i think there's something to be said about public discourse taking on a similar form. it sometimes feels like all discourses are trending towards "child-friendly" and "morally performative" version of themselves

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something i've noticed about my experience attending different Protestant churches growing up is how it legitimately feels like the adults are mostly passing on memetic "sunday school" versions of the stories, and not at all interested in searching for meanings in the stories, but instead hoping to connect their memetic-sunday-school versions to current events.

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growing up christian, i remember the teachings about Jesus and Pontius Pilate, about the other people Jesus was arrested and held with being "robbers" - i didn't realize some translations call the "robbers" "revolutionaries" and "insurrectionists" and "rebels" and "one who had taken part in an uprising

among us and its clones typically don't have anywhere near the same tension this game does. the necessity of voice chat and the inclusion of non-slackers to have slacker tasks is so fun

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dale and dawson is genuinely one of the most fun games of its kind

i want to interact with people at "home" not have it clouded out by publications and info-bots and activism. it would be so nice to look at the curated collection of each of those on their own.

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the main 2 features i want that hometown has are "local-only posts" and lists that don't need you to follow the person on your list

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