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literal ham Jan 27, 2025

ok for the first time ive been stymied from finding an answer to a question on the internet due to AI slop. i was trying to find out whether "Talyn" was a real name or a made up space name for Farscape. This is the kind of question I've found answers to 100 times, usually on an etymology or a baby name website OR an answer by exclusion if all the top results were just about the TV show. But now the proliferation of bullshit articles on bullshit seo websites means i cannot find a reliable source

literal ham Jan 13, 2025

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thank you for having used cohost.

eggbug forever.

literal ham Jan 12, 2025

https://www.youcanknowthings.com/kids-dont-need-to-get-sick-to-be-healthy/

oh my god, so she doesnt put these two particular pieces together in this article, but this the first time i realized that the root of the perception that "kids used to be healthier" is literally survivorship bias. Its just literally a eugenicist interpretation of the data. Kids with underlying health conditions who would have died of infection 200 yrs ago now make it to adulthood, and those health conditions become starkly more prevalent in the population
i hate it here

Kids don't need to get sick to be healthy

The 'Make America Healthy Again' movement is tapping into the commonly held belief that children in our modern era are less healthy than they used to be. Fueling this sentiment is the 'Hygiene Hypothesis' – an idea postulated in the 1980's that modern, overly sterile environments are harmful, and exposure to

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literal ham Jan 9, 2025

hi friends! this wonderful human had some rare complications from surgery and needs some help getting through his recovery. Fundraiser is organized by my friend Laura, and she is trying to get the word out. Every small donation helps <3

https://gofund.me/5a4aae9d

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literal ham Jan 3, 2025

theres a preponderance of videos that are all generally titled "everything wrong with wind and truth" or whatever, each and every one with a thumbnail of a white dude , multiple explicitly using the word "woke". so like, no i have 0 interest in wading thru that sewer trying to find a good-faith interpretation of this book

literal ham Jan 3, 2025

i made A Mistake of searching yt for Wind and Truth to see if i could find a decent video just summarizing what happened. my advice: do not do this
relatedly, if you have a video or pod recommendation along these lines lmk, bc i am not about to wade through that river of sewage to find a normal fucking video

literal ham Jan 3, 2025

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Jan 3, 2025

the bee movie

literal ham Jan 1, 2025

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literal ham Dec 25, 2024

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Chess was the first Sokoban.

literal ham Dec 24, 2024

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