Every time I see a new US article about estranged parents doing the social media rounds, I think of something from 2015 "Down the Rabbit Hole: The world of estranged parents' forums" which now reads like one of many precursors to a certain MAGA mindset. issendai.com/psychology/e...

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Related, from 2016 - on the confusion of public transport with tourism, history or character (which is why buying a new bus just because it looks like the old ones is a recurring problem ) thebeautyoftransport.com/2016/11/30/t... by @danielhwright.bsky.social

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Somebody I used to know has posted on Facebook about a dream they'd had and used generative AI to create a picture of it, and it's really sad on a load of levels. Apart from the obvious one, it's totally wrecked my own mental image of what it looked like based on their description.-

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The people quoted in the Atlantic story are not "Trump advisors." They're professional election denier cranks that even the rest of the administration is actively shunning. Trump is not going to declare martial law and cancel the election. That doesn't exist in this country.

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"But is trust in science really that weak? Researchers studying this have reached some surprising conclusions. From a global perspective, public trust in science and scientists is high, they say." www.nature.com/articles/d41... archive version: archive.is/95ezs

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