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@haggis222.bsky.social
Curious writer and editor
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Girls typically stick to the classic math formulas while boys wing it with shortcuts — and researchers say that difference may help explain why men still dominate high-stakes tests and #STEM. buff.ly/Gu59lvr
Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short-term results but different long-term outcomes
The reasons are not yet fully understood, but researchers consider societal influences that encourage greater compliance among girls as a potential cause.
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Trump‘s announced “enemy list“ is growing.
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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“All good cons [or bad cons with easy marks] eventually crumble, and we’re starting to see the earliest signs that the MAGA movement – one of the greatest [dumbest] and most destructive cons in American history – may be poised to fall.

It’s coming, I tell you. And it’s going to be spectacular.”
Trump is horrendously unpopular. Even MAGA is catching on. | Opinion
All good cons eventually crumble, and we're starting to see the earliest signs that the MAGA movement may be poised to fall.
www.usatoday.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Idk about you, but since Maga is boycotting Costco, I can't think of a more enjoyable shopping experience.
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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A true mystery.

Could be that the post-Christian Right, is well, post-Christian.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Opinion | Why Is Christianity So Hard to Find in the Trump Administration?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
How to throw a good party - and why you should.

www.atvbt.com/21-facts-abo...
21 Facts About Throwing Good Parties
Parties are a public service; here's how to throw them.
www.atvbt.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Uh oh 😸 Mom Dog I’m just kissing the baby 🥰 #FridayFeeling
December 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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I can never unsee this so neither can you
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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No. They’re fine. This is just their highest reading level.
December 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Trump has asked Republican-led states to redraw their maps in order to preserve the narrow GOP majority in Congress when voters head to the polls in November 2026. The Texas effort could flip as many as five seats for the party.
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Release the Epstein files.
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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We can't have nice things, because a large portion of voters in this country, don't understand that they're voting for their enemy unawares.

Learn, dammit learn.

Stop voting for poverty.

It's insane. 🤦

Kick out these parasitic crooks!!
(they're feeding on us all)

Life can be so much more....
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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It would seem that those US lawmakers reminding their military that they have a duty to refuse illegal orders wasn't seditious at all, but rather timely and apposite.

Mayhap they were onto something?
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Every American who wore the uniform from Valley Forge to now took an oath against tyranny, making them textbook antifascists. The military's entire purpose is defending democracy from authoritarianism. Declaring antifa "domestic terrorism" means our founding principle is now a prosecutable offense.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:

1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)

2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Since we can’t ever expect Mike Johnson to do the right thing, we’re forcing a vote on extending ACA tax credits. And we only need four more members to sign the petition to make it happen.

Help us move the needle!
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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It's been over two weeks now and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM