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6 feet tall and water resistant, computer programmer with background in physics and math, speak German, some other languages, violinist, doting grandpa.
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First signs of spring in my back yard!

This, precisely, is what I think Dem voters want from their representatives: direct confrontation with people who are used to bullying others both as a matter of substance and style. You don't have to back down to these fucking clowns.

Anyway Gavin Newsom’s podcast is premised on this concept “I will bring on people I disagree with and have conversations with them and that’s good for Discourse” and then he invites Charlie Kirk, Steve Bannon, and Michael Savage. This is the thing about “Discourse among people who disagree:” /1

There are some words that I know, but that are always difficult for me to recall. I have no idea why. Palimpsest is one of them. What is one of yours?

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

I'm a bit frustrated at the cavalier way we toss around the word "consciousness." There are also the words sentient, intelligent, and self aware. And none of them really entail cognitive capacity, though it seems that's somehow implied. scienceblog.com/researchers-...

As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

This video kicks ass: youtu.be/o2jzKo1RqWU?...

Reasons why tech bros are blowing smoke up or collective asses.

A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . . www.history.com/this-day-in-...