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Please, please, please for the love of god, if you encounter something on the internet that makes you think “wow, is that real?!” don’t just assume it must be

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Where’s that “sic semper tyrannus” energy? 🤔🤔

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We have been careful to avoid using the word coup, but it’s time to call it what it is—this is a coup. Trump signed an executive order granting only the attorney general or the president the authority to interpret laws executed by the executive branch.

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"they're drinking vodka straight out of the bottle tonight..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.

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General (adjective) Generalize (verb): to make general (or generally applicable) Generalizable (adjective): able to be generalize Generalizability (noun): the ability to become generalized NOT to be confused with Generalization (noun): the process of generalizing

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💰 Cutting billions in programs for regular people while passing trillions in tax cuts for the rich while pretending to care about the debt. Pay attention.

submitted 11 days ago • 173 comments

We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.

submitted 11 days ago • 740 comments

These are research grants awarded through evaluation of their merits by scientific peers, in which the investigators are carrying out important, ground-breaking work. They're being targeted because, as required by NSF guidelines, they include some investment in benefits for the broader community.

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Is it just me, or is calling something a “derangement syndrome” just gaslighting in 100% of cases? Seems to be a popular form of denial

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We’re done here. Right?

submitted 12 days ago • 3517 comments

That’s already more than they were claiming NPR cost 🙄

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Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

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Imagine if they gave him another Pulitzer 👀

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Kendrick just explained in detail what it's like to be Black [and an entertainer/artist] in America. If your biggest takeaway is his beef with Drake, you missed the point.

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Kendrick Lamar has 22 Grammies and a damn Pulitzer if you don’t know who he is that’s a You problem

submitted 14 days ago • 467 comments

Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize

submitted 14 days ago • 231 comments

“The revolution’s about to be televised, you picked the right time but the wrong guy”

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probably the most mischievous grin ever

submitted 14 days ago • 241 comments

“And it’s probably a minoooooooooooorrr”

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This is really extremely bad: withholding urgent public health studies because they’re not convenient for the president’s political narrative.

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The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.

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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

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👇👇

submitted 16 days ago • 1264 comments

Almost certainly being paranoid, but astronomers: someone outside the US has ADS backed up, right?

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Holy shit, FOX is STILL running with the narrative that Imane Khleif was trans 🤦🏽

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So uh… I applied to the NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship. I got an email today saying my application was rejected. I have a suspicion… (For reference, all applications required a “broader impacts” section that usually means some kind of DEI work or outreach 🤦🏽)

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The “free speech / anti-cancel culture” party now literally firing people for thoughtcrime

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NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.

submitted 23 days ago • 2580 comments

God, I hate hate HATE how my home town is in Matt Gaetz’ district and the absolute whiplash of seeing my HS acquaintance’s dad in an article about Gaetz’ resignation

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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

submitted 23 days ago • 3627 comments

"If you get tired Learn to rest Not to quit" Credit Banksy Fox Friday

submitted 23 days ago • 104 comments

You can't make this stuff up.

submitted 23 days ago • 417 comments

@corybooker.com hello I used to run the Wendy’s Twitter account and I am begging you to let me help you with the dems social media strategy, I will literally do it for free at this point

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It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives

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Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇

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