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I would love to see *all* guns banned. I would. But we can certainly start by banning the ones that can kill so very many people so very, very quickly, so a mental health crisis doesn't become a massacre.

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It's probably always been the case that a few folks who set out to commit suicide by cop try to take as many others with them as possible before dying themselves... but it's only in the last few years or so that we've made it *so. fucking. easy.*

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I've been thinking about her lately because [a] it probably should have been social workers/a mental health crisis team that responded, and [b] suicide by cop happens so regularly now that I bet everyone knows the term.

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I've been thinking a lot about a former hockey teammate lately. She died in... 2005? It was a "suicide by cop," as someone explained to me—a term I'd never heard before. Apparently she'd locked herself in a closet with a gun, police responded, she shot through the door at them, and they fired back, killing her.

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Republicans will force a 10-year-old to carry her rapist’s baby to term, let a 6-year-old carry a gun, permit a 12-year-old to work an 8-hour shift in a meat packing plant and allow a grown man to marry a 14-year-old with a Judge’s consent, all while telling us that the reason they’re banning drag queens, gender-affirming care and books about Rosa Parks is that they want to "protect our kids."

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Instagram is so infested with crap spammy accounts. And reporting each one is a four-tap process. It’s like Meta is begging people to abandon it

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Can you imagine having the hubris to reverse a two-decade-old FDA approval of a life-saving abortion medication without any medical knowledge?

That’s some Olympic-level mansplaining.

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Forced birth in a country with:

—No universal healthcare
—No universal childcare
—No paid family & medical leave
—One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations

This isn't about "life." It's about control.

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The future of urban mobility is already among us (in Paris 🇫🇷)

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Outrageous! There is no precedent for what has happened to Black voters in Memphis TN, Jackson MS, or Charlotte NC!

🤔Well, unless you know anything at all about reconstruction. Then there's like, lots of precedent. Reconstruction 2.0.

But other than that, no precedent at all!

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North Dakota politicians just raised their meal reimbursement to $45 while rejecting a bill for free school lunch, which costs only $3 per meal. That means, for the price of one politician's lunch, you could feed 15 low-income kids — socialism for me, but not for thee.

inforum.com/news/north-dakota/

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My daughter, who has had a degree in computer science for 25 years, posted this observation about ChatGPT on Facebook. It's the best description I've seen:

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) has introduced a bill that would end corporate personhood with the goal of reversing #citizensunited

Thank you,
thank you, thank you @RepJayapal
We should keep pushing this until it is impossible to ignore.

truthout.org/articles/corporat

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i am a cis woman. i support trans rights. this is unequivocal. you will not , in my name, endanger & denigrate my trans brothers & sisters.
#transRights are #humanRights

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Since I often re-toot other folks’ jobs listings, here’s one for my team… like literally, my 10-person team… in Developer Publications. Software Engineering Authors write API docs, feature articles, and sample code. And we’re increasingly closely embedded with the framework engineers as the platforms evolve, so you get to play a role in the future of iOS/macOS/watchOS/tvOS. Sounds fun, right?

jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/2

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If you're a student, I _highly highly highly_ encourage you to submit a project for the #WWDC23 #Swift Student Challenge. It's such a great opportunity to learn, show off your skills, and potentially be recognized. It was a great experience for me back in 2018 and 2019 developer.apple.com/wwdc23/swi

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🧭 🧩 Cool jobs Apple!

The Safari team is hiring a “Core Technologies” engineer. Role is in Cupertino, reporting to my former manager and decade-long mentor, who I personally vouch for. jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/2

The Safari Search team is also hiring! This role is in San Diego. jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/2

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