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For all you origins of life and vesicle groupies, new paper at PNAS on that www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Turns out yesterday's Evolution Hour glitched & never ended up on Restream. So will bump the content to next week's show

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So Miller incited these protests by ordering officials he’d no authority over to ditch the administration’s stated policy of only seeking undocumented persons with criminal records and instead demanding they raid—yes, he specifically ordered this—Home Depots to get the max number of nonviolent folks

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There it is. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) says Republicans’ next goal is to kick seniors off Social Security: “Get off of Social Security. Get back into the workforce.”

submitted 3 days ago • 1641 comments

In just 130 days, Elon... -Secured even more contracts -Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations -Gutted agencies that regulate his business -Installed loyalists throughout the government Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.

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For all you origin of life groupies, new paper on training wheel nucleotides in early life open access in PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Source links in for tonight's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdXm...

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This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again.

submitted 14 days ago • 679 comments

Happy Memorial Day! Links in for yesterday's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNJz... with some sneak peaks on the Anthropic Principle section of Rocks Were There vol 2

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What is a nation supposed to do when its leader is publicly committing impeachable offenses on a daily basis and the impeachment process is utterly broken due to slightly more than half of the nation's Congress being members of a cult dedicated to destroying rule of law

submitted 18 days ago • 605 comments

Links in for yesterday's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIap... more fun paleontology & developmental biology info creationists are mangling

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Don't let any creationist try to bluff you on the science facts, www.amazon.com/dp/154073629... & www.amazon.com/Rocks-Were-T... with @jacksonwheat1.bsky.social (we're hot at work on Vol 2)

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2025 getting too hectic for you? Take a trip in Phileas Fogg's time machine to Jules Verne's 1870s reimagined www.amazon.com/Paralogs-Phi... & www.amazon.com/Paralogs-Phi... the 3rd in the series ("Jewels to the Flame") is in the works.

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Tonight only: Get a first look at our explosive interview with Senator Elizabeth Warren. Warren holds NOTHING back - from Trump’s crypto scams to a wild moment on the Secretary of Education. Watch before the full story breaks everywhere: youtu.be/jWdRdFfimzM?...

submitted 27 days ago • 10 comments

Strains bounds of propriety? Strains…bounds…of…proprietary? Am I having a stroke? What is happening?

submitted 28 days ago • 1941 comments

Links now in for yesterday's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrzO... creationist mass graves taking it on the Chinle, & another Luskin list installment

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Do you agree Trump should be impeached and removed? Tell Congress here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

submitted 29 days ago • 14 comments

Elon donated $291 million to Trump. Then, Trump’s administration didn’t take action on 40 investigations and killed cases involving Tesla, Space X, and Neuralink — saving Elon billions. The $291 million was a bribe. This is what corruption looks like.

submitted 29 days ago • 30 comments

A true scandal. One of the biggest free speech violations of our lifetimes and yet the people who screamed about free speech on campus for the past decade were either responsible for the violation (Trump, GOP) or ran cover for it and enabled it (Bari Weiss, Fox, etc).

submitted 32 days ago • 50 comments

Oh this absolutely sucks. Carla Hayden was an amazing Librarian of Congress, and a massive improvement over her predecessor who was there forever and was terrible.

submitted 32 days ago • 14 comments

Q: “What’s the difference between Donald Trump and trans people?” A: “There are trans people courageous enough to serve in our military.”

submitted 34 days ago • 69 comments

Sure, why not wreck another great American institution that has been a beacon of light around the world for decades and replace it MAGA’s North Korean style channel. www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...

submitted 34 days ago • 119 comments

ICYMI: We analyzed the first 100 days of Trump’s 2nd term through the 6 tactics of the authoritarian playbook. While it’s both true that the authoritarian movement is stumbling badly & it's making alarming progress, we also know our fate is not sealed. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/day-100-wh...

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Source links in for yesterday's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Fc...

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More info James Tour may not like www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... "Assembly of catalytic complexes from randomized oligonucleotides"

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Gosh, ALL the components of the Krebs cycle can be generated abiotically in interstellar ices exposed to ionizing radiation, www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @jacksonwheat1.bsky.social & I will of course be alluding to this in Vol 2 of "The Rocks Were There" (currently in the works)

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🧵 NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night. Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.” She’s a constituent. Not a threat. Fascism again.

submitted 36 days ago • 904 comments

Beneath the dignity of the White House doesn’t even begin to describe the @WhiteHouse accounts

submitted 37 days ago • 372 comments

Dear scholars and science communicators 🧪 This video addresses the anti-intellectual climate and challenges we face in our world today with a focus on the attacks on archaeology It also provides clear actionable strategies for impactful public engagement youtu.be/F5PvwzgfKKw?...

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

For some history (that MAGA seems dedicated to forget), and a fictional parallel to the grim reality of Trump 2.0 favs.news/trump-turns-... my current Favs News commentary

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My latest Favs News commentary favs.news/trump-turns-... if we don't watch out all of Zuzu's petals will be gone forever.

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"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." —MLK

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My latest Favs News commentary: favs.news/trump-turns-...

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submitted 39 days ago • 29 comments

"Paramount Set to Pay Mobster After Shakedown for Protection Money."

submitted 40 days ago • 966 comments

This!! 👇👇

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Links now in for yesterday's Evolution Hour www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeIb...

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What could go wrong with having a scientific illiterate (who literally pulls fake numbers out of his ass) in a position of vital importance for AMERICAN'S HEALTH & SAFETY? John Oliver lays out the grim fallout of RFK Jr www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...

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