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How are humans so just awful to each other. It’s beyond comprehension

The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.

This is Capitol Hill Oceans Week, a big DC ocean science and conservation policy conference that usually attracts at least nominal bipartisan support. I was not sure how to convey the absurdity of the moment we’re currently in while still supporting the mission of CHOW…

Just awful www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

Star Trek TNG, S4E24: Geordi murders O'Brien, ruins the chief's uniform, and ineptly tries to frame Miles for weapons trafficking—in that order. Through cunning detective work, Data establishes that Geordi's girlfriend on Risa does not exist 6/10 above average Geordi episode

We've had several "red scares" in American history, but Nazis and Monarchists are allowed to run free

So I prepped spinach + tomato chopped salad yesterday with my chopper. Then today I put a small amount into a sauce bowl, mixed in a little bit of cream, shredded cheese, blue cheese dressing, and microwaved it. Then I served it on garlic/butter toast. It was good!

“The group estimated that reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service… we would be witnessing the dismantling of a century-old system”

Rams owner & Wal-Mart Heiress’s yacht (allegedly). Wondering how many people are actually on that boat? 2+crew? Wait until you hear how much gas it uses. Cartoonish

arrived home to discover my kids had created a new currency (called Timmybucks). I was issued 3 Timmybucks, which I found generous, and then promptly taxed 1 Timmybuck, because it was the end of the month

Watching “This is what happens to your friends and neighbors” on AppleTV. Starring John Hamm

Peter Watts type future

Bloomberg: Why the Boats Got Bigger as the Rich Got Richer (Gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I think we were all a little too eager to see him leave so we celebrated prematurely. He's an oligarch w/ government contracts who invested US$100M+ to ensure a Trump win. He's inextricably linked to this administration, especially now that he's placed all his goons in charge of various agencies.

I thought we wanted kids to not be helicopter parented/participation trophied and let them fall and get scratched up, etc. Also, no charges to the driver? This country is so gone

Cute educational place mat/poster on the California Delta water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-...

A reminder, in case you need one, that women are incredible athletes

I still want to see a King of The Hill / Booondocks crossover.

Looking forward to the @nytimes.com both-siding this in multiple op-eds

Cool Worlds argues that Dark Forest theory has a blind spot: Mutually Assured Destruction youtu.be/X0SvgT9Lc2M?...

The lesson people infuriatingly never seem to master is that there is no creating a police state just for other people. If you create a police state with no due process for immigrants or accused criminals, then that's the system you've created for yourself.

When someone’s GMC Sierra is a nicer shade of gray than my gray GMC truck

Honolulu police say they are launching a review after attorneys accused officers of arresting sober drivers to meet quotas. The ACLU of Hawaii says it has identified at least 127 people arrested from 2022 through 2024 who had blood alcohol levels of 0.00.

STRONG M8.2 solar flare just occurred from AR 4100 and a CME that likely has an Earth-directed component is now leaning the Sun. We need to wait for more images and models to determine when it will impact us, but this is an evolving situation, so stay tuned!

“Health officials have linked the outbreak to Bedner Growers, a cucumber grower based in Boynton Beach, Fla., that sells to wholesale distributors and directly to consumers. Potentially contaminated cucumbers, distributed between April 29 and May 19, were sold widely to stores and restaurants”

NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...

ICE's posture is that you're an immigrant until proven citizen, and that immigrants have no rights. They decide who's a citizen, since there's no due process. It's an erosion of everyone's rights.

Federal immigration agents raid San Diego restaurants. Staff were handcuffed and pressed against the wall. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fF1...

Ian starred in a British sitcom about an older gay couple www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0m1...

This is why power has loved Christianity for millennia. “Yes, your life is shit, but instead of you asking for a more equal share of the pie we’re hoarding, remember there’s a mansion waiting for you in heaven.”

Interview with Vivian Wilson (Elon Musk's disowned daughter) www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7QS...

"ICE officers tossed two flash bangs to back the crowd off. Black remnants of the bangs remained visible on the pavement outside the restaurant."

I think about this scene a lot

Last day at the GISS building (Wed. May 28th). 🥲