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Everyone needs to understand that right this second, in real time, the U.S. government is throwing away the next generation of brilliant scientists.

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I find this so ugly and pernicious. These two aren't pursuing principled, independent scholarship. They're racing to build intellectual scaffolding for Trump's lawless order by skimming the history books and cherry-picking quotes out of context. The most intellectually bankrupt form of originalism.

submitted 16 days ago • 81 comments

You may wonder why altCDC is so political. Public health is as much about the disease as it is about the society in which that disease occurs. We are battling an admin that wants to dismantle US public health, sow misinformation, devalue science, and cripple our ability to respond to health threats.

submitted 16 days ago • 29 comments

mind you, this "doge official" IS A FRESHMAN AT NORTHEASTERN

submitted 19 days ago • 459 comments

Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election. She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”

submitted 19 days ago • 207 comments

So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.

submitted 22 days ago • 476 comments

"Common sense" is what you invoke when you cannot support your beliefs with either real arguments or real data. Common sense is the sound of frustration that comes out of you when all you've got is the vague sense that you must be right--somehow--but even you don't know why you think that.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

people who have been consuming nothing but law, policy, and robert’s rules of order since they were on student council in high school are unprepared to meet this moment.

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

There was already a great comedy Star Trek. It was called The Orville. And, bluntly, it was way better than most of the contemporaneous ST properties at the time.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Not gonna lie, you may have to zoom in on this one. #AI #genAI #SamAltman #copyright #deepseek #chatGPT

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Glad I've deleted the last connection to Meta that I had... #meta #facebook #trump #bent #theTent

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Good. I deleted Meta years ago. I hope more people will do the same. If anyone on Facebook really matters to you, you probably already have their phone numbers. If not, get them first.

submitted 24 days ago • 7 comments

People keep saying it but Tommy Tuberville, who probably can't tie his own shoes, held up military appointees for like ten months. We are always learning that - oh, Rand Paul can just keep something from coming to the floor. I have never seen a Dem involved in any story like this.

submitted 24 days ago • 21 comments

I think it might be getting harder for the administration to pretend that their motivations aren't flatly racist. Some might argue about DEI--I wouldn't, I have eyes that work and I can look around me--but some might try. But what the fuck is this?

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

the united states’ crisis of trust, charted (2006-2024)

submitted 24 days ago • 13 comments

This is worth looking at. Everything fades, if you want your work to survive it has to become a living and breathing being. It has to become a self-replicating machine. That's not exactly what the article says, but that's what it made me think. #archives #libraries #copies #sharing #preservation

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We've spent--what, how many millions of dollars--on #algorithms that can determine human #preferences. And yet, YouTube's best guest for what to show me next is pretty much the same video it just showed me and that's all. No wonder the ads I see are always irrelevant. #ads #advertising

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

almost every single word that Sen. John Kennedy says about Dr. Fauci and covid in this clip is false. It's remarkable how Trumpers have concocted a completely fictional history of the pandemic.

submitted 26 days ago • 2268 comments

1984 / 2025

submitted 28 days ago • 32 comments

Nothing makes any sense anymore. We are in the exponential expansion phase of system collapse. We've crossed the Vantasner Danger Meridian.

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Amazing how these people are suddenly experts in everything. Anyone who knows anything about the biology of aging realizes that doubling human lifespan is not going to be a matter of a few miracle drugs. This is complete and utter snake oil, and they sound increasingly desperate by the day.

submitted 29 days ago • 67 comments

Elon Musk giving a Sieg Heil to a cheering crowd raises a lot of questions, but not about Elon Musk. We know who he is. The question is who are we? Will we speak up? Will we demonstrate courage and moral clarity? Hatred must be opposed in all times, in all places. That includes here and now.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

We absolutely didn't ask for the heated seats and steering wheel, but they've never been more essential. #littlethings #smallcomforts #fuckingcold #weather

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

hey guess what www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 30 days ago • 8 comments

Wait? Is this all due to Elon Musk seeing that Nazi Star Trek episode when he was a kid? #uspol #musk #trump #missingthepoint #elonmusk #nazis

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

I don't even really know how to set this up for you, it's just, er--it's just a nexus of stupid that you might never escape if you start working backwards through the links. #politics #uspol #ai #wikipedia #republicans #jan6 #betterhelp #genai #bullshit

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

submitted 31 days ago • 51 comments

Watching a video on why the 12 tone scale is what it is and I came across this quote: "As with all things in music theory, it's not instruction, it's insight." Given the number of people who view #music theory as prescriptive, I think that quote is excellent. #musictheory #psychoacoustics

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

. “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” ― George Carlin

submitted 32 days ago • 13 comments

What a steaming pile of horseshit on.substack.com/p/now-is-the...

submitted 33 days ago • 8 comments

This. Totally.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Seems that not enough people remember Bill Cooper and his ilk. Allow us to suggest some background reading.

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

let’s not forget: Trump started this TikTok ban thing

submitted 34 days ago • 100 comments

Congratulations, Democrats. The TikTok ban was initiated by Trump, passed through the House and Senate along bipartisan lines, yet because President Biden signed the bill into law, Democrats allowed Trump to be the hero on this, politically. Absolute malpractice by leadership.

submitted 34 days ago • 104 comments

Awwwww. Poor baby!

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

In honor of Monday's inauguration I've been making cocktails. Specifically the "Lite Treason" (by Beau Burtnick @ Kask , Portland Oregon). Modified White Russian (vodka, coffee liqueur, Cynar) under sweetened Mezcal hand whipped cream. A good drink for a bad day. #uspol #politics #cocktails

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments