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elon musk might be one of the most paranoid weirdos out there

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Awful: “The professor said that their department — which submitted its choices for admits to its graduate program on Feb. 14 — will be forced to rescind the acceptances of 10 of the 17 students.”

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

The United States appears to be in violation of the Budapest Memorandum which disarmed Ukraine of nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees. The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.

submitted 18 hours ago • 74 comments

So when are they reconstituting Standard Oil?

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Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself ‘king’

submitted 2 days ago • 66 comments

Climate change denial has got “denial” in it for a reason. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Climate change denier accusations of Lysenkoism masked that it was their aspiration. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Have you heard of vegetative electron microscopy? retractionwatch.com/2025/02/10/v...

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‘What a lie’: Danish astronaut responds to Musk claim that Biden abandoned ISS pair on purpose www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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For those unfamiliar, General Charles Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is Black. Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the Chief of Naval Operations, is a woman.

submitted 2 days ago • 20 comments

Posted minutes after the Commander of the ISS said Musk lied about the stranded astronauts in his Fox interview with Trump.

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Scotland Frees Hundreds Of Inmates To Ease Overcrowding theonion.com/scotlan...

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If I had known that my both-siding and obsessive focus on “cancel culture” would lead to the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, I might’ve done things differently. No, who am I kidding, I would’ve done things exactly the same.

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

"Operation Whirlwind" sounds like some kind of Soviet military action designed to crush a Warsaw Pact state trying to get its freedom. Because that's exactly what it was:

submitted 3 days ago • 58 comments

Are lives being lost on the road because dangerous driving is normalised in the comments section of Aussie Dashcams etcetera on Facebook?

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As expected paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-to-n...

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Trump blames Ukraine over war with Russia, saying it could have made a deal www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Gulf of…

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Craziest thing about this graphic Albanese shared is the premise that the median mortgage is $750,000. Just insane and unsustainable.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

Genuinely curious who the overlooked PhD student (who did all the work) is in this life imitates art scenario.

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Hey, I know her! Time to dig out this old meme I made as advice to lawyers about social media.

submitted 4 days ago • 47 comments

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submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard

submitted 5 days ago • 451 comments

A lesson Australian Labor, UK Labor, and US Democrats desperately need to learn

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Horse races

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As usual, Masha Gessen gets it exactly right. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o... Excerpts:

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

This is true. A pal of mine who is a policeman went to a Scottish island recently to investigate a missing person and when the locals found out he was a Christian they stuck him in a giant human-shaped willow branch construction and burned him alive.

submitted 5 days ago • 166 comments

I’ve a suggestion to keep you all occupied:

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Successful job interview. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has confirmed she asked former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce to join her party after the episode in February last year in which he was filmed mumbling obscenities while sprawled on a Canberra footpath… www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Software Bisque having a bad day?

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

These families never imagined their loved ones would be drawn to Neo-Nazi groups. Now they're fighting to get them back and begging the government to help.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

They went from CRT to Woke to DEI to don't mention us negros real quick.

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

among the things wrong with this: -"since this event is organized as part of Black History Month" it was honoring his birthday, excuse the man for being born in February? - "colorblindness" means "if you're a person of color I don't wanna see shit by, about, or with you" - these are segregationists

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

…putting pronouns in their e-mail signature does not restrict someone else’s free speech. When researchers are blocked from accessing and reliably sharing publicly funded research, this is censorship, and it raises questions about government control… www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Bob's follow-up post shows this pic of the same river today and holy shit, what a difference. The EPA is good and necessary! These are the sorts of striking images the Democrats should be publicizing at every opportunity!

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

What’s happening in Sicily, Italy 🇮🇹 is absolutely extraordinary! Mount Etna is erupting while its summit remains covered in snow—an incredible clash of fire and ice. Here are some explorers skiing between lava flows and snowy slopes—a truly unprecedented sight! ⛷🔥❄️

submitted 8 days ago • 101 comments

The elite war against public wellbeing proceeds.

submitted 7 days ago • 31 comments

Junk academic journals pushing discredited claims made an appearance at RFK’s confirmation hearings. apple.news/A43sNRnxFSB-...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

The NRO info is readily findable. While I have concerns about the military-industrial complex being hidden from scrutiny, this is about incompetence rather than transparency.

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Recent events remind me that buying battleships in 1935 for delivery in 1950 would have been a bad idea.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

What do you mean they’ve all got jobs in Canada?

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Seriously, these are the stupidest people in America, and that's saying a lot

submitted 8 days ago • 22 comments

Today's executive order from President Trump is intended to halt federal funding for schools and universities with covid vaccine mandates, White House official says. Breitbart first reported the planned executive order.

submitted 8 days ago • 29 comments