I did it slowly over time. Every time reddit made a site wide change that worsened the user experience (which has been a lot since I joined a decade ago), I'd take one step to distance myself. First it was unsubscribing from major subreddits and engaging less, then staying logged out, then deleting the app but browsing on the web, and finally reddit pissed me off enough to try an alternative. So far I've already spent much less time doomscrolling online since this place isn't filled with rage-baiting bot content.
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I've never met someone who decided to write a history book as a hobby. Just wanted to say that's awesome, hopefully you can make it accessible online to other history buffs who may enjoy it!
It's weird because terminally online people forget that profound autism exists but most irl people I talk to have no concept of autism besides profound autism.
Otoh, I think most people irl and online think of ADHD as quirky distracted ball of energy meanwhile severe ADHD is not actually seen as a disability but a personal failing or mistaken for the classic depression+anxiety combo.
A 2023 state law prohibited drivers from parking within the 20 feet of curb space approaching an intersection, a practice known in traffic safety circles as “daylighting” the corners.
But the law didn’t come with any funding to mark those spaces off-limits, leaving it up to cities and other local governments to pay for the work out of their own budgets. As a result, many haven’t — Oakland officials said last fall that they don’t have the staff or funding to implement the law, with just two employees responsible for street-painting work throughout the city.
Berkeley has become one of the first cities in California to finish painting its curbs to comply with the law, City Manager Paul Buddenhagen wrote in a memo this week, after public works staff and a contractor applied the treatment at nearly 1,700 intersections.
So California passed this law and Berkeley is patting themselves on the back for actually following through 3 years later when the law actually became enforceable. A lot of CA cities (definitely parts of LA) already had this law in place like decades ago, so Berkeley is just trying to take credit for the party they showed up late to.
Maybe the interests we serve are the friends we made serving another's interests along the way...to serve interests? Or something like that
"Just try to advocate for yourself," she said. "Stand up for yourself the best that you can … I guess it didn't go great for me, so — have better luck."
That made me chuckle. Yeah pretty much. I've seen a lot of doctors for chronic issues over the years and it's just really hard to know when to be pushy and when to shut up and trust them or give up and just get a second opinion. Although this was pretty blatant negligence. The guy didn't even look at her head ffs.
Lyft already has this feature, it's called women+
I don't think this issue is reflective of American gender wars in particular. I can think of dozens of countries I'd be way more terrified of being in a car alone with an unknown man as a woman. I've never had a bad encounter with any uber drivers in the US, but I have heard directly from drivers that drunk riders can be a fucking menace, so I don't mind if female drivers would rather take their chances with drunk women vs drunk men.
There is no point in being scared and stressed for the sake of it. If you're not channeling those emotions into real action, you're really just better off chilling tf out until there is some real and immediate threat to stress about.
If you have ever tasted the defensive secretions ladybugs make when they feel threatened, you know what these worms taste like.
You say that like it's a normal thing to have tasted. Please don't tell me I've also been unknowingly eating ladybug secretions this whole time😭
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Sometimes I can't tell if these animal studies are conceived based on actual scientific necessity or someone's torture fantasy that happens to provide some useful info.