Roy Porter is the only name on here that surprises me (but in a good way)

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I listened to a podcast yesterday about a guy who purchased peptides on the internet. Then he grew paranoid, separated from his wife whom he was convinced was conspiring against him, blew all of his money, became severely depressed, etc. Turns out the “peptides” were anabolic steroids.

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The American right is obsessed with the white nationalist “great replacement theory” - the racist belief that white Americans are being replaced by immigrants of color The actual data on immigration show why it’s not just racist - it’s hysterically wrong. @davidjbier.bsky.social on the data:

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Charlie Brown was bald and adults gave him rocks instead of candy during Trick Or Treat, it's no wonder he ended up dying in a shootout with police after robbing the Pep Boys

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El-Sayed was captain of his high school football team and I'm obliged to note this sort of obvious lying isn't new at all, which is why we had to hear about George W Bush the war hero (never deployed, went AWOL from TANG) and John Kerry the coward (Silver Star, Bronze Star, 3 Purple Hearts).

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