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I think a lot about how Crazy Rich Asians made a ton of money, huge hit, beloved movie. Sequel, guaranteed hit. And then the Asian woman cowriting the script asked to be paid the same amount as the white man they paired her with, and the studio completely abandoned the sequel rather than do that

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BEYOND BEST BEFORE. Newtown.

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We tried out the new productivity app Touch Grass, which just came out for iOS. It blocks apps of your choosing and only unblocks them after you take a picture of your hand literally touching grass.

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I’m struck by how close we’re getting to finally curing some of the world’s worst diseases—sickle cell, Alzheimers, pancreatic cancer, etc.—at the same time that the world’s worst people are destroying medical research and care around the world.

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Everyone’s too polite to say it in their “what Democrats should do to win elections” posts but the obvious answer is lie and make a bunch of crazy promises because most voters are morons

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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

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One more--this is just so cool: Firefly Aerospace has released the full image sequence of a solar eclipse from the surface of the Moon. The dark object moving in front of the Sun is Earth. The lunar landscape is lit red by all the sunrises & sunsets in the world. 🧪 fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh...

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#Tanzania: MSF teams have supported Tanzania's health response to the Marburg virus outbreak by sharing technical expertise with medical staff and strengthening Infection Prevention and Control measures to help contain the disease Read more: msf.or.ke/news-and-res...

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Bill Gates has liquidated his climate policy and advocacy organization, laying off dozens of staff in Washington, Brussels, and elsewhere. It’s another giant retrenchment for the billionaire, who had already slashed his climate grant budget last month. heatmap.news/climate/brea...

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My column on the impossibility saving for a deposit that keeps getting bigger the longer you save. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

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“Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature” theconversation.com/australias-s...

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This is how your email finds me.

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They did it. They finally invented an actual torment nexus

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If you’re in NSW, the description of what has happened in WA for health workforce is unimaginable with the current govt’s attitude to the doctors, nurses and allied health.

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Really wish people would stop talking about the problem with Science under Trump as “budget cuts”. No. Budgets are set deliberatively by elected members of congress. Budgets haven’t been cut. What’s happening are purges and censorship.

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Let's debunk this whole "space is hard" mantra. Looking at all NASA-led missions launched since 2000, only 4 out of ~60 missions experienced total failures. Two of these were due to issues with the commercial launch vehicle, & two were spacecraft issues. That is a 93% success rate. (1/n)

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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

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Australia's privacy commissioner giving a pretty firm rebuke to Peter Dutton's claim that public servants working from home hurts the agency's efficiency

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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

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National Tragedy: Big Prawn has lost an antenna due to Cyclone Alfred. Now can only receive AM.

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www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 🧪

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I'd like to announce that I'm pivoting to media criticism. Here is my critique of the media. It sucks ass. Having registered this critique I'm now pivoting back to songs about the true nature of prophecy & books where there was maybe a ghost but you're not entirely sure

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The most extraordinary thing about James Harrison, who donated his rare plasma every 2 weeks for over 60 years and saved the lives of an estimated 2.4 million babies, is that he had to overcome a FEAR OF NEEDLES. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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I turned away from drinking in the firehose of bad news last night to take my telescope out to a dark clearing in the forest. It was a bit cold, 4 degrees F, but stars shined bright overhead.🔭🧪

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Making public servants work 5 days from the office will not improve productivity, will disadvantage parents and carers and no doubt increase the gender pay gap!

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SUNDAY BEAVER NEWS “They are just extraordinary” says Chris Jones, who is very proud of his beavers. Since 2017 they have saved his farm from drought, prevented the local village flooding, boosted the local economy & even improved oyster beds in Falmouth Bay. 🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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A collection of Doctors Without Borders accounts, including staff accounts. Personal accounts reflect individual views and do not necessarily represent the organization’s positions or imply endorsements. #starterpack go.bsky.app/Ttgzjd6

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The whole thread.

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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.

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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions. On @therecordmedia.bsky.social therecord.media/hegseth-orde...

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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”

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This aged well. Or badly, if you are now at the Washington Post. The paperback of Burn Book is coming out in March with a new afterword that is 100 percent burnier and with a new title: Mendacious Fucks I Have Known nymag.com/intelligence...

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Elsevier rewrites academic papers with AI — without telling editors or authors pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/05/e...

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The second half of this quote deserves to be remembered in the history books

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Its well know that exhaust emissions are a significant contributor to cardiovascular diseases, but new link found linking air pollution with.. Dementia . Encouraging #EV use isn't just about the climate, it has a direct impact on health outcomes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The music is mysterious, and important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnD...

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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