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Geologist, percussionist, general hammer-wielding troublemaker; hydrologic modeler. ELCA. She/they. Ace. Walking SW Wisconsin stereotype, flatlanded. Avatar: Functionally unidentifiable in snow gear Banner: Hailstones and engineering ruler
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i know its a stupid thing to say but like what the fuck is israels fucking problem. did they not already have enough going on????? got bored and decided to go do a different flavor of mass-murder for variety? these are rhetorical but also like what the fuck its all so stupid and horrific

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Can we get some action in the #UglyDogs feed, friends? The world is awful, and there’s no shame in having a warm, fluffy place to retreat and recharge for a little while.

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The latest from our star Boeing reporter Maureen Tkacik: turns out a whistleblower said it would take 10-12 years for 787s to start failing. The one that crashed into an Indian hospital today was built in 2014. prospect.org/economy/2025...

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Shit's gettin' real at the Central Iowa Water Works

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wickson says yeah it’s been that sort of week take care of yourselves everyone #WicksonWednesday

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I can still remember when Republican Gov. Mike Johanns and conservative Catholic leaders expressed concern about the wages and working conditions of immigrant workers in Nebraska packing plants.

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For, um, absolutely no reason at all, let’s do a thread about the biggest scandal in the history of mining and the reason that Canada regulates professional geology and protects investors in mineral projects.

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So, why is Iowa's attorney general sticking her filthy fingers in Vermont's foster care system? Does she not have actual issues to deal with here?

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Today I opened up a “lab equipment disposal form” to get the paperwork started for a centrifuge that kicked the bucket a month ago. And Box wanted to know if I wanted an “AI summary” of my form. What ARE the key takeaways of the lab equipment disposal form, robot?

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

in my city which is apparently in a state of extended military occupation due to extreme and widespread unrest a really kind sanitation worker saw me sitting out front with my kids and gave them free toy trash cans and we talked about recycling

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‘Bout time!

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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. There is no reason to believe they have any mineable REEs and this is being presented as a mine that’s going to supply the US with a lot of REEs. It at be all lies or over-exaggeration since there’s no drill results!

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Someone smarter than me should analyze how similar this administration is to the long history of looting of Indigenous sites in Latin America. They really do seem convinced that monuments were designated to obstruct mining or something. Weird parallels to the treasure hunting in ex.: Peru.

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read this thread when you need a break from current events. It's charming.

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What a disturbingly intricate scam: Immigrants end up paying thousands of dollars and attending fake virtual immigration hearings over many months—all the while jeopardizing their real immigration cases by missing the real hearings.

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

hardcore misogynist tilts to the right, whatever could his motivation be? waiting for the powderpuff profile on the hardworking ethic of a guy with a wallet inspection business who is against regulations

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You know what? No. Just no. No to this whole story. I *do* want to shame Dave Portnoy. He deserves to be shamed. He’s done plenty of shameful things. Someone needs to, since he and men like him can’t seem to sort it out on their own. It’s not “woke” to say rape and rape jokes aren’t funny.

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This is the way! Hate has no home in Wisconsin. #Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #Milwaukee

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This has been under the radar, but the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies dissolved a lot of their committees recently. On equity, energy, alt fuels, and more. Just gone. The conference is the main transportation conference where our students would present their research.

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Two hours left to comment on Schedule F, the OMB rule to put large swaths of the civil service in political hands. Among other things, this takes science away from merit-based and toward political decisionmaking. Read, then comment: samwang.substack.com/p/saturday-n...

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