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9 votes
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Paris records its hottest day, 108.6° F / 42.6° C, as heat wave scorches Europe
28 votes -
To fight climate change, we should actually add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere: We should convert methane, a more powerful greenhouse gas, into CO2
4 votes -
Cities: Skylines | Power, Politics, & Planning: Episode 6: Public Housing Part 2
11 votes -
The Global Calculator - an interactive tool for climate change projections
4 votes -
Facebook connected her to a tattooed soldier in Iraq. Or so she thought.
5 votes -
How to answer tricky personal questions at a new job
5 votes -
Car-free in Los Angeles? Don't laugh
9 votes -
Ordinary Americans are using armies of phones to generate extra income for beer, diapers, and bills through ad fraud
8 votes -
Rammstein members kiss onstage in Russia to protest anti-LGBTQ laws
19 votes -
Third Crusade - The Beginning
5 votes -
Inside the broken case of David Ortiz's shooting in the Dominican Republic
5 votes -
Public Universal Friend, the genderless evangelist
11 votes -
Why does Celeste feel so good to play?
18 votes -
bűnös & fáj
i intended to actually post these like three days ago but that didn't happen because it has to be super fucking late for me to even want to post these and unfortunately they've now aged...
i intended to actually post these like three days ago but that didn't happen because it has to be super fucking late for me to even want to post these and unfortunately they've now aged sufficiently that i categorize them firmly in the "intensely mediocre" column with everything i ever do. unfortunate, tbh. anyways here's stuff:
bűnös
UP AGAINST THE WALL, MOTHERFUCKER—
or i'll shatter your bones
and crush your heart—
to dance with me is to dance
a fine line that wrenches two worlds apartfor on one side there is a hall of saints—
on the other
the brimstone of hell—
and to stay on the side of the hall of saints
is something you'd best do well.and brave souls that dare toe the line—
that cross it
are mighty thin—
and their ranks are made of anarchists
who commit most grievous sin.UP AGAINST THE WALL, MOTHERFUCKER—
state your allegiance
to the vaunted line—
or soon you too shall join the ranks
of those who deserve malign.
fáj
when i was seventeen
the panic attacks began.
the nightmares.
the violence. the violence. the violence.violence is a funny little thing—
insidious, slithering in through one grate
and out the other.
it always begins with little things,
little fantasies in one ear and out the other.
dreams here and there, manufacturing terror and hurt.
invasive thoughts, marching to an intensifying drumbeat.
one offs.it's not normal to
want to hurt so bad.
it's not normal to
want to cut yourself everywhere,
is it?
to feel those feelings,
to bear them like a cross shackled on your back?
to wish some days you could cut to the bone
even though you're afraid of blood?
to mutilate yourself until you can't feel anymore
even though you know those feelings are irrational?
to wish you could die violently, publicly
even though you're afraid of death?violence isn't a very funny little thing—
terrifying, inescapable and ever recurring
one night after the other.
it was the little things once,
the little fantasies that used to be but now
consume the dreams, the
waking thoughts, becoming a great crescendo.
every day.when i was nineteen
the panic attacks were normal.
the nightmares.
the violence.12 votes -
Iceland cuts teen drinking with curfews and youth centers
8 votes -
What the media get wrong in coverage of LGBTQ politicians
5 votes -
How scientists colorize photos of space
7 votes -
How Not to Regulate Social Media: Proposed privacy and bot laws don’t target real problems, and would cause needless harm
4 votes -
Mindhunter | Season 2 teaser
9 votes -
Twice a year this floating library delivers thousands of books to the remote islands of Stockholm's archipelago
4 votes -
Dispelling the myth of robotic efficiency
5 votes -
Donald Trump to be given official state visit to Denmark
4 votes -
Programming Algorithms: A Crash Course in Lisp
7 votes -
Alarming surge in drug-resistant HIV uncovered
12 votes -
Should political parties really let anyone run for president?
10 votes -
Donald Trump sent the US special presidential envoy for hostage affairs to Stockholm to monitor the A$AP Rocky court proceedings
16 votes -
Lullatone - Soundtracks for Everyday Adventures (Full Album)
3 votes -
A majority of Greenland's ice sheet is experiencing above-freezing temperatures this week, which could cause record melting and raise global sea levels
19 votes -
Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly went undercover in 1887 to expose the horrors of an insane asylum
9 votes -
US DOJ’s immigration office routinely distributing Breitbart articles
8 votes -
Everyone needs a stuntman
5 votes -
Georgia Gilmore, who fed and funded the Montgomery bus boycott
5 votes -
The "Prairie Generation": There’s a new generation of rural entrepreneur returning to the Great Plains
12 votes -
LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light
10 votes -
Virtual particles: What are they?
7 votes -
Calming the Persian Gulf: The experts on resolving the US-Iran standoff
5 votes -
What advice or wisdom would you give to someone 10 years younger than you?
It can be specific or broad, and it can be aimed at a particular type of person based on your experiences (e.g. people in my city, people with fibromyalgia, etc.) or just people at large. Also,...
It can be specific or broad, and it can be aimed at a particular type of person based on your experiences (e.g. people in my city, people with fibromyalgia, etc.) or just people at large.
Also, given that age is a very identifying piece of information, feel free to give a range if you're not comfortable sharing your exact age (e.g. "I'm in my 40s" rather than "I'm 42").
- What advice or wisdom would you give to someone 10 years younger than you?
- What would you have wanted to know 10 years ago that someone older could have shared with you?
- If you'd heard the kind of advice you're giving, would you have listened to it 10 years ago?
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Researchers at Uppsala University have successfully created the world's first paper battery
6 votes -
When having friends is more alluring than being right
14 votes -
Those complicit with oppression have no place at Pride
7 votes -
How health officials in pro-life states are quietly dismantling abortion access
6 votes -
Learn, reset, repeat: The intricacy of time loop games
6 votes -
Burnt!
Burnt! You embraced me with your apple-pie grin as I tumbled through the door caked in sun, and the larks and the orioles who titter their King George behind us are snuffed with the slam of the...
Burnt!
You embraced me with your apple-pie grin
as I tumbled through the door caked in sun,
and the larks and the orioles who titter their King George
behind us are snuffed with the slam of the castle gate.
We are alone in the fragrant silence of our shared universe,
your heartbeat against my cheek nuzzles
like the murmur of some public radio presenter.
I float along helplessly like a kitten held by its scruff
until the slasher-scream of a Janet Leigh smoke detector,
brutally gored by the twirling swirling aerial dancers,
beckons you away to some Burning of Washington, 1814,
its desolation likewise impeded by a timely sprinkle.
In the black ash-pile is the monomania of the Cosmos,
circling like a hyena for any vulnerability
to consume everything it touches
so that we all might become dark and vacuous like it.
The cosmos and its baggage are swept away,
its might and vastness no match for a love as true as ours.This was my attempt at writing a poem in the style of Pamela Miller, a feminist and often zany poet from my native Chicago.
Please let me know what you think.
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Daily Tildes discussion - proposals for "trial groups", round 1
This was something that we discussed a couple of weeks ago, and I want to try it out for the first time today. I'll wait about 3 days to see how this thread progresses (through the weekend), and...
This was something that we discussed a couple of weeks ago, and I want to try it out for the first time today. I'll wait about 3 days to see how this thread progresses (through the weekend), and then decide if we should try creating any of these groups, based on responses.
Overall, I think it's probably more useful to propose groups that are not currently very well-represented by posts being made on Tildes. It might be good to try adding things that feel "too specific" right now, where people might be hesitating to post topics about the subject because they feel like it's too niche to really fit into the general groups that we have.
I don't want to make this too complex initially, so let's try with a very simple method for this first round:
Proposing a group
If you want to propose an idea for a new group (either a new top-level group or a sub-group of an existing one), make a top-level comment with the following information:
- The proposed name for the group, and a short description of its purpose/subject.
- 3 examples of topics that would be appropriate to be posted in that group. These can be existing posts already on Tildes, or hypothetical new ones. Just example titles/links is sufficient, it should just give an idea of what sort of posts you're expecting the group to get.
- A "failure plan" - if the trial group doesn't work out, what should we do with the posts from it? For example, should they be moved into an existing group or groups, with a particular tag?
Supporting a proposal
To express your support for a proposal that someone else made, post a reply to it, saying something like "I would post in this group" (assuming you actually believe you will). I don't want to interpret votes on a proposal as support, and for a group to be successful it really needs people to post to it, so I think it's most important to get at least some indication that there are users that will post in the group if it's created.
Feel free to ask questions or provide other examples of content for proposals and such as well, this thread doesn't need to be only proposals and comments expressing support.
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Democratic Debate #2 Thread (Night 1)
welcome to debate #2, night 1. after a margin-moving first set of debates, the bar has been set for candidates. some candidates tonight are probably in a fight for their campaign hopes, while...
welcome to debate #2, night 1. after a margin-moving first set of debates, the bar has been set for candidates. some candidates tonight are probably in a fight for their campaign hopes, while others are mostly looking to not get obliterated and stay the course. here are all the details you'd ever need, and probably then some:
i recommend you sort by newest first (or order posted) instead of the default since this thread will likely be semi-active and covering a live event.
How to Watch:
The debate each night will start at 8 p.m. ET and last two hours.
TV broadcast: CNN
Free online stream: CNN.com, CNN apps
Additional coverage: CBS News, NBC NewsCNN's stream is here, ABC stream which may or may not be meta commentary
The Candidates:
The second Democratic presidential debate: July 30-31, 2019
Night 1 (Tuesday, July 30): Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, author Marianne Williamson, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock.
Night 2 (Wednesday, July 31): Former Vice President Joe Biden, California Sen. Kamala Harris, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, business leader Andrew Yang, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet.The Rules:
A candidate "who consistently interrupts" on Tuesday and Wednesday nights will be penalized by having his or her time reduced.
Campaign representatives have also been told there will be no "lightning round"-type questions requiring a show of hands or one word responses.
The debate will be moderated by Dana Bash, Don Lemon and Jake Tapper. Each of the 10 candidates each night will be allowed to make brief opening and closing statements, the network said.The Analysis:
NPR has 5 questions for this debate:
- Will there be any distinctions drawn between Sanders and Warren?
- Will some of the air be taken out of Sanders' sails because Biden isn't onstage?
- How is race raised?
- Who breaks out?
- Without hand-raising, will we get answers that are as clear?
other pre-debate analysis pieces that may be pertinent to you:
- Refinery 29: Everything You Need To Know About The Second Presidential Primary Debate
- Vox: What to expect at the second Democratic presidential debate
- the Guardian: Democratic debates, round two: Sanders and Warren to face off for first time
- POLITICO: Speak up, stand out, get Iowa's attention: What each Dem needs out of Tuesday's debate
- CNN: Progressive frontrunners face off at CNN debate which may also offer opening for centrists
31 votes -
A visualization of overnight stays at US National Parks, broken down by park, time of year, and type of accommodation
7 votes -
The US Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier has only two of its eleven munitions elevators installed, despite a 2017 deadline
17 votes -
Wolfmother - Joker and the Thief (2005)
16 votes -
We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture
8 votes