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Random acts of public service

Photo by Kate Tee Hair via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/) On Ask MetaFilter, spamandkimchi wants to know what your random, but regular, act of public service is. Come chime in or get ideas from others!

The Friendly Skies?

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If you're looking for objective data on incivility in public spaces, the FAA's Unruly Passenger Statistics provide a surprisingly detailed view ... I EAT TAPAS offers some crunchable numbers in dubious_dude's question about the seeming trend of people behaving badly in public.

07/09/23
by taz

"living the dream"

photo of Lizzo playing crystal flute in a casual setting with staff at Library of Congressphoto via loc.gov

adamsc links to a super secret stash of cunningly hidden Library of Congress cultural treasure in the Lizzo LOC thread

10/02/22
by taz

Manifesto Quest-o

Manifesto Di PropagandaManifesto Di Propaganda by mariko2 (cc by)

But I'm also morbidly interested in the manifestos of evil and ill individuals - I poured over Elliot Rodger's manifesto looking for clues as to what went wrong, but also out of pure morbid curiosity: why was he so hateful? What drove him to do what he did?

Dressed to Kill wants manifestos: Feminist manifestos. Communist manifestos. Murder manifestos. The more the merrier. Send me your most interesting manifestos.

03/17/16
by taz

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