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@adorkable1973.bsky.social

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Canadian. Struggles with anxiety and depression, but trying my best. ❤️ Loves Japanese culture and people ❤️ 50 something dude trying to figure out where he fits in still. Rediscovering hobbies and learning new skills.

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 38m

Brain-training firm struggles to remember who it has worked with.

Brain-training firm struggles to remember who it has work...

Lovebrain claimed a dazzling array of global brands as clients. It wasn’t all true – and the booming brain fitness industry is built on shaky science

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 53m

But you don't need an education or hold any legitimate degree to be the president of the USA. Don't need military service. You can have a criminal record. You can have lots of fraud cases against you and tons of bankruptcies against your holdings.

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Is This the Study That Rewrites IQ Theory?

New research suggests that education can raise IQ by up to 15 points—even among identical twins—challenging determinism and revealing intelligence to be more malleable than we once believed.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 4d

Last I checked the GOP controls all branches of our government.

Tweet from MeidasTouch: “Wow that’s crazy. Who’s running the federal government?”
Below, Acyn’s tweet quotes Rep. Mike Johnson: “If you look at polling, people’s faith in the federal government is at an all-time low. Why? Because they don’t see that it’s being done well.”
A C-SPAN screenshot shows Johnson speaking with another man standing beside him.

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 3h

My sperm is already anxious. It really didn't need to hear that news.
Sorry buddies.

IFLScience @iflscience.com · 1d

Results in mice have worrying implications for the human population, if they can be replicated.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, Nazi kids.

An official-looking setting with a man in a suit and tie, speaking animatedly at a table with a microphone. U.S. flags are visible in the background. The text says: “JD Vance on Young Republicans' leaked group chat that joked about gas chambers, slavery and more: ‘That's what kids do’”.

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 3h

Calcium Supplements and Dementia: Major Study Busts Long-Held Myth

Calcium supplements do not appear to raise dementia risk. Long-term data support their safety for older women. New findings from Edith Cowan University (ECU), Curtin University, and the University of ...

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 5h

A new analysis by Consumer Reports found some popular protein powder brands contain elevated levels of lead. Should you stop drinking protein shakes? Here's what to know.

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 6h

‘Fun is how you feel alive again,' says podcaster Mel Robbins

Mel Robbins: 'Life just isn’t fun anymore'—here's a simple way to 'feel alive again'

On the October 6 episode of "The Mel Robbins Podcast," the author takes on the topic of fun and why we all need to have more of it.

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 1d

"Did You Ever Know That You're My Frodo?" - Bette Midler Serenades Stephen Colbert

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 2d

“I was just a paediatrician, just trying to find something [with] literally no rocket science to it.”

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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍 @riolindamex.bsky.social · 1d

SEE YOU SATURDAY!

#NoFuckingKings

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

A government that targets citizens against fascism and dictatorships, isn’t a government worth keeping.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨🚨 Governor Hochul holds nothing back in a sharp, yet poetic response to a question about exposed texts. 1/2

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 1d

It's not a hate America rally. It's hate what the Republican party is doing or allowing the president to do with uncheck balances.

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 2d

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 1d

"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the Church and for society, if we can only set ourselves free of our self-centeredness and open our ears to their cry (7)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor

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Talib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 1d

A bottle of water can be $1
at the market,
S3 at a restaurant, $4 at the movies and $6 in an airport. It's the same exact water. The only thing that changed it's value, was the place. So, the next time you feel like you have no value, maybe you're in the wrong place.

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Dr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll leave the detailed analysis to people like Prof Ursula Cheer, but I want to acknowledge something simple: speech can absolutely be harmful. It can humiliate, damage reputation, isolate, and endanger. These harms are social and structural, not just merely emotional.
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Winston Peters accuses Broadcasting Standards Authority of 'Soviet era stasi' censorship

It follows a decision to begin regulating podcasts and online media.

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 1d

What a friggin moron.

aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 1d

Oh those rules only applies to Democrats you see. There are a complete different set of rules for Republicans which basically equates to "Do as I say"

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 1d

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 1d

OMG! The deadly clarinet! Someone needs to break out the bag pipes.

aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 1d

Manitoba paid outgoing provincial politicians more than $400K in severance benefits | CBC News

Manitoba politicians paid $400K in severance on way out of provincial politics last year | CBC News

Former Manitoba politicians who have retired or were defeated in the 2023 election received more than $400,000 in severance and transition payments in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

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aDORKable @adorkable1973.bsky.social · 1d

Good night everyone. I couldn't fall asleep last night, and I felt like death all day. Going to get an earlier night (for me) sleep. Have to drive to gimili to pick up my mother and take her for a medical appointment. Gonna be a long day of driving back and forth.

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IsThatDonHeath? @donjheath.bsky.social · 2d

Far Side

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