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It’s like having one of those cop business cards you can show an officer when you get stopped for speeding.

submitted 6 days ago • 11 comments

Im looking at this data for my state. I guess medicaid is the first target the musk-o-trumpublicans are going after. Red districts, Red states are going to hurt themselves.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Canadian Tiktok has made making fun of Donald Trump a whole genre 🤣 now with crafted puppets.

submitted 18 days ago • 12 comments

Are we having a coup right now ? Lots of coup like quacking and coup like walking, can we admit that this is coup-ish-adjacent so much so that we just say its a coup? It doesnt originate from the Coup'e region of France so we say its only sparkling insurrection or something. Fuck it, its a coup

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submitted 24 days ago • 6 comments

This is a worthy update of the Dorthy Thompson piece: buttondown.com/theswordandt... The original is a classic: harpers.org/archive/1941...

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Last Days of Pompeo? So, far, Washington is fiddling while Emperor Donald burns it. But if Iranian gladiators send his former SoS on a permanent Roman holiday, would the eruption be big enough to send us all over the Rubicon? by Maureen Dowd

submitted 30 days ago • 20 comments

I have made huge amount of people read this --- and it leads into a good discussion of the 'Paradox of Tolerance'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox... Another good one from back in the day is the '27 % crazification factor' kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunc...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Spring is coming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvM_...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Some good charts here about media, misinformation and political identity. 'Bothsides' is bullshit. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

who needs some Siberian folk metal?

submitted 48 days ago • 5 comments

So Adrian Dittman is the Pierre Delecto of John Barron's.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 51 days ago • 724 comments

So, Isuldur cut Saurons One Ring and that finger off, but if Sauron got that ring back, wouldn't he have to wear it on a different finger? Would wearing it on another finger affect how it worked ? Enquiring Minds DEMAND to know !

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Merry Christmas #crustmas

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

A useful bit of data about US debt: uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a3c8d...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

New paper alert Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales by @alaskaraven.bsky.social , Els Vermeulen, and me. 2 messages: ♀Southern rights could live much longer than we thought (10% >130); ♀North Atlantic rights' lives are truncated (10%>47) 🐳🌍🦑

submitted 64 days ago • 2 comments

youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA

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J.J. Thomson was born #OTD in 1856. He discovered the electron, developed experimental techniques that led to mass spectroscopy, and trained physicists like Rutherford and Bohr. He was later BETRAYED by his own son, in the ultimate act of 20th century filial physics rebellion. (1/n) 🧪 ⚛️ 🎢

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Saturn's moon Hyperion looks like there's something wrong with it and it's contagious

submitted 72 days ago • 19 comments

Very nice post by Noah Smith about my favorite subject: Me! www.noahpinion.blog/p/how-paul-k...

submitted 74 days ago • 33 comments

I am currently on a short trip to ground zero of today's current crop of evil billionaire super villains have come from, and I just read @scalzi.com 's book 'Starter Villain' -- very fun read and lots of sweary words in it. Nice work @scalzi.com

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

🦦🌊 Have you ever wondered how #seaotters could transform #Oregon’s coastal ecosystems and economy? This captivating video dives into the incredible ecological benefits of these keystone species, as well as their economical benefits through wildlife tourism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y65... #kelp

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional

submitted 79 days ago • 356 comments