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Stop Prioritizing Veterans Over Other Homeless People

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Stop Prioritizing Veterans Over Other Homeless People Charity should be based on need, not merit. Heather Holmes 3 min read · Jun 26, 2025 Tent camping beneath a starry sky Homelessness is on the rise. Certain demographic groups, such as military veterans and disabled people, are at least twice as likely to experience homelessness, through no fault of their own. They deserve better. The more someone deserves help, the more help they usually get. Most people will favor a disabled veteran over a drug addict when choosing who to help, even though addicts face the highest mortality risk. The people who deserve help the least get the least amount of help — even though they are most in need of it. Stop only helping the people who deserve it the most. Help the people who deserve it the least. People tend to reward traits they admire, but charity isn’t a medal ceremony. Those traits often correlate with greater access to help already. The “undeserving” typically have less resources and are sic...
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Reflections on silence

There's always some reason I'm not allowed to speak, some reason my particular perspective is invalid or why my opinion doesn't count--because I'm: a girl / woman / mom / wife too young or too old too pretty (and thus too dumb) too ugly to be seen/heard too fat to have value bad/no teeth bisexual not full lesbian or straight cis not trans divorced a single mother neurodivergent not educated / successful enough poor/broke/low income/underemployed too direct too loud too emotional too aggressive too angry Well, I'm gonna keep talking anyway.
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Michael Jackson Didn’t Molest Any Kids: The Case for His Innocence

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Member-only story Michael Jackson Didn’t Molest Any Kids: The Case for His Innocence It has never been anything more than a racist witch hunt. Heather Holmes 4 min read · Just now Pixel art of Michael Jackson’s iconic moonwalk fedora tip pose More than a decade after his death, Michael Jackson’s legacy remains under attack. The accusations that once dominated headlines have resurfaced again and again, most recently in the documentary  Leaving Neverland . Yet despite the emotional weight of that film, the actual evidence does not support the narrative of guilt. A closer look reveals a pattern of opportunism, contradictions, and media manipulation. The 1993 Case: Extortion, Not Evidence The first case never even resulted in criminal charges. Jackson submitted to a full-body strip search. According to multiple sources, the boy’s description of Jackson’s body did not match. Jordan’s father, Evan Chandler, had been recorded on tape before the accusation saying, “Everything is going acco...
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poem: after

after i make things i stare at them until i hate them it doesn't take long lately i stare at the things i've made and i expect to hate them, eventually but i don't it never happens i think that's more beautiful than anything i could ever make "after" - hh
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Is That Writer Using AI -- or Are You Mediocre and Jealous? Writers Who Hate AI Usually Just Hate Competition

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Is That Writer Using AI or Are You Mediocre and Jealous? Writers say they hate AI because it’s low quality, but what they actually hate is competition. Heather Holmes 4 min read · Just now AI-generated 8bit pixel art of a princess adjusting another’s crown and the words “Your success doesn’t detract from mine!” (words that most of the anti-AI crowd should take to heart) I am old hat at SEO writing. It is odd to me for a platform to frown upon writing processes that actually bring in Google search traffic. These days, people are always asking, “Was this written to make money?” The answer is: of course. It’s a monetized site. That’s why we’re publishing here. It’s always been about money, but we are now expected to pretend that it’s not, even though that actually tanks traffic. If you ask me, the only question anybody should be asking is, “Was this written well?” I’m Basically a Glitchy Android in a Human Body It is a strange time to be a girl with an English degree who scored in the 99t...
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