Microblogging
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Abolition
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Women’s suffrage
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Access to birth control
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Interracial marriage
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Marriage equality
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The 40 hour work-week
In a year on Micro.blog I’ve only blocked two people: one was a wealthy blogger who posts nothing but his own paywalled content and the other was attacking people for calling out the fash. I think that’s a pretty good record.
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. - Dorothy Parker
A lack of curiosity is the most unattractive thing I can think of in a person. One of the things I love the most about the Internet is the all you can eat information smorgasbord. I just want to know more, more, more and it is never, ever enough.
Some really hot takes in this article on web design!
Those who continue to host one on their own domain like this site tend to treat it as a “hire me!” billboard or fill it with boring think pieces. If this site weren’t proof enough, have a gander at what comes up when you browse the … Bearblog.dev index.
It is because the only people making websites anymore are those that look to monetize it in some way. Personal websites are becoming a historical artifact rather than being part and parcel of the web itself.
President Joe Biden will issue a proclamation giving mass clemency to US service members convicted of charges under a Cold War-era purge of gay and lesbian people, reversing a decades-long policy of discrimination that forced an estimated 100,000 people from the military.
Lots of things that were wildly unpopular and sneered at in the past are now part of ordinary life:
Shopping in America Q- Can I get three boxes of Sudafed? A - No, by law that’s too much Q - OK, well, can I get three guns and a pallet of bullets? A - Sure, coming right up.