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17 votes
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How a protest in Seattle turned from peaceful to violent in sixty seconds
9 votes -
Family buys all of a Chicago paletero’s ice pops on Father’s Day, collects nearly $40K for him: ‘He refuses to stop working’
4 votes -
You want a Confederate monument? My body is a Confederate monument (sexual assault trigger warning)
20 votes -
Will places that depend on tourism be more open to high tech, given that remote work is more accepted?
5 votes -
What the Dutch can teach the world about remote work
5 votes -
Why America's police look like soldiers
12 votes -
Your Black Friends Are Busy - A growing resource for learning about anti-racism, and supporting the people & organizations doing important work for the Black Lives Matter movement
If, like me, you'd like to learn more about how to be an ally to your black friends, but feel awkward bringing it up, this is a cool little web app that has a bunch of literature and links you can...
If, like me, you'd like to learn more about how to be an ally to your black friends, but feel awkward bringing it up, this is a cool little web app that has a bunch of literature and links you can read to find out more about the black experience and how to help.
12 votes -
Flirting for morons
29 votes -
YouTube brings summer camp home to kids. Experience adventure, arts, sports or STEM camp at home with #CampYouTube
3 votes -
Reflections on being a female founder
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Why Finnish people tell the truth – in Finland, people are assumed to be honest all the time, and trust is implicit unless proven otherwise
13 votes -
Welcome to Laufskálarétt – The autumn ritual of wild horse herding in Iceland's Kolbeinsdalur Valley
9 votes -
What is Juneteenth and why is everybody talking about it this year?
17 votes -
The social codes of the crazy rich
6 votes -
Thirty years ago, Romania deprived thousands of babies of human contact. Here's what's become of them
18 votes -
Telecommuting requires new interpersonal skills, especially if you’re trying to stay on the boss’s radar. So what’s the best approach?
7 votes -
San Francisco tenants break leases in startling numbers, giving renters upper hand
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Why are we so quick to scrutinise how low-income families spend their money?
19 votes -
The death of expertise
9 votes -
The coronavirus has hastened the post-human era
5 votes -
Sam Harris - Can we pull back from the brink?
7 votes -
The elevator arises as the latest logjam in getting back to work
9 votes -
In Alabama, if the cops kill someone committing a crime, their accomplice goes to jail for murder (2018)
13 votes -
It's time to kick police unions out of the labor movement. They aren't allies
19 votes -
Thirteen virtual festivals and events this summer
5 votes -
Confessions of a former bastard cop - An essay by a former police officer on why police are like this
29 votes -
Black Lives Matter protests spark reminder of 'deeply rooted' racial injustice towards West Papuans
4 votes -
How many hours per day are you working?
If you are tracking your time, how many hours of focused work are you doing per day on average? What I mean with focused work is only the time that you are working. Not counting the time you take...
If you are tracking your time, how many hours of focused work are you doing per day on average?
What I mean with focused work is only the time that you are working. Not counting the time you take a break, not counting the time you go to the bathroom, not counting the time you get up to drink water, etc. If you don't stop your time-tracker during non-work activities, please mention it.
14 votes -
Inside Seattle's Autonomous Zone
9 votes -
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
18 votes -
"All Gas No Brakes" is capturing America's weird underbelly on an RV road trip
14 votes -
Police
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When it's time to put your dog down?
She is a mixed breed (more pinscher) and is perhaps 16 or 17 years old. She simply doesn't eat anymore. She went to the vet when this started and they found nothing. Gave her some appetite...
She is a mixed breed (more pinscher) and is perhaps 16 or 17 years old.
She simply doesn't eat anymore. She went to the vet when this started and they found nothing. Gave her some appetite injection, she would eat for two days and stop. Went again and same thing.
I changed vets and he did blood work and everything was fine. He examined her throat with his hands because he didn't want to anesthetize a senior dog for a scan. He discovered a throat and ear infection. Treated and she started eating again, but only for a few weeks. She never gained her weight back.
Now she is only losing weight and not eating, it's been five days since she last eat something.
She sleeps almost all the time and is so thin and her back is so curved that when she drops her head to drink water her rear legs go up and she falls. We had to put the food and water up so she doesn't have any accidents.
She is so frail it's breaking my heart. I'm so afraid.
Update in the comments below, but I'm going to put it here too
Updating here: it happened today.
She got a little better and we didn't had the courage to do it when I made this thread. She was eating better.
But now she started having difficulties lying down and standing up. She would fall, couldn't lie down by herself. I had to help her.
This night her bed was a little wet and I figured she might have pissed while lying down.
Talked to the vet and she is gone forever.
But I didn't had the courage to watch and be with her during the procedure. I am dying inside because of this. I loved her so much, she was with us for almost 18 years...
I will never see her again.
Thanks for everything Meg and sorry for letting you down.
34 votes -
RCMP adding incels to terrorism awareness guide
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Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change
21 votes -
A man emerges from a 75-day silent retreat in Vermont
21 votes -
What kind of man only works part time?
9 votes -
How do you get a promotion when you work in a remote office?
Some years ago, I wrote a book about telecommuting, including a section about the reasons people don't want to be remote workers. High on the list was, "It's too hard to move up in the company"...
Some years ago, I wrote a book about telecommuting, including a section about the reasons people don't want to be remote workers. High on the list was, "It's too hard to move up in the company" because if you're out of sight, you're out of mind.
Well, now suddenly nearly everybody is a telecommuter, whether or not they like the idea. So that particular skill is particularly relevant. And I've been assigned an article on "How to 'manage up' when you work from home." I'd like your input.
My article is meant to compile practical how-to tips for people working from home on “how to stay on your boss's radar.” What advice do you have to share?
Ideally: Give me a bullet point (“Do XYZ”), why (“It accomplishes this”), and perhaps an anecdote sharing how it made a difference.
Please don’t expend energy telling me why it’s important, or what the barriers are. Take that as a given. I’m looking for solid “Do this” suggestions.
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For those in marriages or long-term relationships, what do you do with mementos of previous relationships?
I recently went through some old boxes and found my collection of mementos - birthday cards, love letters, ticket stubs, etc. - from years gone by. I'm not convinced marriage will ever be for me,...
I recently went through some old boxes and found my collection of mementos - birthday cards, love letters, ticket stubs, etc. - from years gone by. I'm not convinced marriage will ever be for me, but I've always imagined if I were to get to that point, I'd want to show such a collection to my SO as a way for them to fully understand my story, so to speak. On the one hand, I think of it as a pretty powerful expression of trust in your partner... but I realize the potential for that to massively backfire by introducing jealousy and insecurities. At the same time, I'm very strongly of the belief that what is shared within a relationship is not to be shared with others outside it without mutual consent. I hate gossip, and have had my share of conflict throughout the years over desiring more privacy and discretion in my various SO's conversations with their friends and family about us. That means I would probably choose to leave aside certain things out of respect for my exes, but then I'm not sure if that devalues the gesture.
Any thoughts?
24 votes -
What an economic liberal and conservative learned from their friendship
5 votes -
Colleges face student lawsuits seeking refunds after coronavirus closures
12 votes -
Internal fighting among gun owners has led to one of the dumbest memes of all time
20 votes -
Seventy-five things white people can do for racial justice
11 votes -
Philip Manshaus's trial raises important questions about the role of freedom of speech in enabling far-right extremism
5 votes -
The success of nonviolent civil resistance | Erica Chenoweth
2 votes -
A group of Copenhagen residents sued the Danish government Wednesday over legislation that authorized dismantling neighborhoods designated as ghettos
5 votes -
Why humans totally freak out when they get lost
12 votes -
White woman who called police on a black man bird-watching in New York's Central Park has been fired
15 votes -
Thousands of people queue up online for drive-thru ‘safari’ at Toronto Zoo
6 votes