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submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Zelenskyy flew to Washington and got a meeting with the Kremlin. A day of national shame.

submitted 9 days ago • 73 comments

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

submitted 10 days ago • 439 comments

We are, unequivocally, the Bad Guys. We have been before, and we will be again, no doubt, but this one is particularly repellent.

submitted 13 days ago • 92 comments

Garrett Graff is a former editor of Politico. Take note, scientists 🧪, he is deeply informed about politics. “American institutions [including science institutions] continue to underreact” to what is happening. Keeping our heads down won’t work. 1/

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

“That paragraph was gone as of Thursday afternoon, as was the assertion that Rubin shows what can happen when “more minds” participate in science. The word “more” was replaced with “many,” shifting the meaning.” 🧪 🔭 www.propublica.org/article/vera...

submitted 38 days ago • 11 comments

Here Senator John Stevens calls it a “historic day” because taxpayer dollars will now flow to private Christian schools, with @GovBillLee’s voucher scam passing today.

submitted 38 days ago • 156 comments

You may run into people who say that renewable energy is expensive. Here is an explanation of why that's not the case and how it actually saves the economy money. www.theclimatebrink....

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

A reminder that "Stockholm Syndrome" is a fake diagnosis, invented by a man who had never met the woman in question, for the purpose of shielding police from her criticism. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

submitted 43 days ago • 11 comments

My daughter lost her first tooth and put it under her pillow. I replaced it with an even bigger tooth. She wants to play tooth games? Let's dance.

submitted 45 days ago • 114 comments

I got to visit CU Boulder today for collections visits. I definitely needed to clear off this Monument and get a picture of it. 🧪

submitted 45 days ago • 9 comments

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

submitted 45 days ago • 2533 comments

Something many of us know but still it's useful to have it rigorously established and formalized in this manner:

submitted 53 days ago • 4 comments

Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right? Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.

submitted 72 days ago • 93 comments

WATCH: “Honor what everyone has said - to never forget.” Firefighter unions are upset after funding for a 9/11 health fund was stripped from the federal budget when Musk & Trump & Republicans killed the initial bipartisan bill.

submitted 75 days ago • 120 comments

Periodic table colored by lickability. 😛

submitted 76 days ago • 82 comments

Study finds Arctic warming tied to severe cold spells in UK, Europe phys.org/news/2024-12... Influence of high-latitude blocking and the northern stratospheric polar vortex on cold-air outbreaks under Arctic amplification of global warming iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #climate

submitted 87 days ago • 4 comments

Worried about the climate convo with your uncle at Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow? Jimmy and I have you covered.

submitted 102 days ago • 47 comments

A Brief History of Kids Today Are Too Soft 🧵

submitted 112 days ago • 11 comments

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines: Measles: Before: 530,000, After: 47 Mumps: Before: 160,000, After: 429 Rubella: Before: 50,000, After: 3 Diphtheria: Before: 20,000, After: 2 Smallpox: Before: 30,000, After: 0 Polio: Before: 16,000, After: 0

submitted 112 days ago • 663 comments

2024 will almost certainly be the hottest year on record. The most important thing you can do about it, if you can vote, is vote. www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-2... by @andreatweather.bsky.social with @unamandita.bsky.social 🧪

submitted 129 days ago • 10 comments

With each launch, SpaceX has been discharging tens of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater into sensitive wetlands. Environmentalists say an increase in launches will only make things worse.

submitted 149 days ago • 22 comments

Mitch McConnell and Mike Johnson: How dare Kamala Harris call Donald Trump a fascist! Donald Trump: I intend to persecute my political opponents, including opposition lawyers, political operatives, donors, voters and election officials on an unprecedented scale.

submitted 135 days ago • 32 comments

"Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, 'impacting the entire world for centuries to come,' leading climate scientists warn" by Sascha Pare for @livescience.com.web.brid.gy: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

submitted 138 days ago • 2 comments

Nearly 100,000 Asheville residents may not have access to water for weeks, according to a press release shared by the city on Sunday afternoon.

submitted 161 days ago • 27 comments

This Homeland Security report about how they helped Trump fake an Antifa conspiracy in cities like Portland is a bombshell, and yet completely unsurprising. Thank you @wyden.senate.gov for surfacing it.

submitted 171 days ago • 72 comments

so have libraries, immigrants, state bureaucrats, judges, judicial aides, abortion providers, poll workers, elementary school children with gay teachers,

submitted 172 days ago • 51 comments

Sweeeeet

submitted 174 days ago • 0 comments

Choosing to ignore science-based warnings is an active decision to increase people's vulnerability. In the case of hurricane-prone areas such as FL and TX, the consequences could be disastrous. We can say, "I don't believe in gravity," but if we step off the cliff we're going down just as fast.

submitted 279 days ago • 5 comments

This is why book bans are on such a steep incline. The far right extremists who organize them are capitalizing on easily inflamed bigotries to defund institutions of public learning bc it's the most effective and cheapest way to cling to their power.

submitted 279 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 281 days ago • 0 comments

Next week’s cover of The New Yorker just dropped.

submitted 283 days ago • 31 comments

A new study finds that "nature-based experiences, and birdwatching in particular, increase well-being and reduce distress" on college campuses. More of this, please! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 291 days ago • 9 comments

Housing people is cheaper than treating the effects of people being unhoused Free school lunches are cheaper than the consequences of children being hungry Free medical care is cheaper than the costs of people being sick Universal Basic Income increases productivity and makes people happy

submitted 509 days ago • 40 comments

🚨This powerful new paper from the US National Renewable Energy Lab shows that the waste and mining requirements for the energy transition are miniscule compared to those from fossil fuels.

submitted 518 days ago • 11 comments

With all of us coming here to Bluesky, we are all essentially hitting a big reset button. Twitter promoted a lot of toxic unhealthy traits in the pursuit for clout thanks to its awful algorithm. Here, those toxic fucks don't have an algorithm to push their bullshit. This is a huge chance for us.

submitted 530 days ago • 126 comments

Capricorn: You feel like your fears have been holding you back & it's true. They have been. They have been holding you back from being eaten by a bear. We don't know how it got into your attic but you need to call wildlife control.

submitted 539 days ago • 2 comments

Capricorn: Today is a day to forget past mistakes and move forward. But you’re still wanted by Interpol.

submitted 534 days ago • 1 comment

Capricorn: The fantasy baby you keep seeing in your dream symbolizes an actual baby who, like all babies, hates you.

submitted 532 days ago • 0 comments

New favourite example of structural ambiguity

submitted 540 days ago • 25 comments