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Has anybody heard of any violence in connection with any of yesterday's protests? I've seen none in any of the pictures or tapes I've seen. Which is as it should be.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Henry VIII ordered dissolution of the monasteries in 1500s England. The comparison is striking, and people then must have felt much like the way we feel: dazed, stunned, feeling as if their whole world has shifted and with no way to fight back. Nothing is ever new. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolu...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Due to recent layoffs & hiring freezes at NOAA, there are fewer weather balloons sampling this system as it moves & develops. The remaining meteorologists are warning that this system may be quite significant but advise that their datasets are incomplete at best & lack complete analysis.

submitted 30 days ago • 33 comments

Ugh I also didn’t think of this. In very rare circumstances, like severe DV or witness protection, we can issue entirely new SSNs to those people. And also, in that same vein, we, as well as DHS and USCIS, will have records for victims of severe human trafficking who immigrated here for safety.

submitted 32 days ago • 13 comments

He was always a used car salesman at heart.

submitted 34 days ago • 1081 comments

I would be happy to stay on Standard Time forever.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

So many examples of what Winston Churchill referred to as "terminological inexactitude."

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

party time!!

submitted 44 days ago • 817 comments

Hate that it has come to this, but it's time to consider PubMed vulnerable to enshittification. My latest post @plos.org discusses the lines we need to fight to hold – and alternatives we can rely on internationally: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w... #medlibs

submitted 60 days ago • 31 comments

Numb as a haddock

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments