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someotherjazz.bsky.social
Gen X, pro-🇮🇱, 🏳️‍🌈, Covid conscious, dog lover, computer nerd, Digital Accessibility Specialist.
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arguably the funniest gif

submitted 188 days ago • 7 comments

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

submitted 19 days ago • 764 comments

🙌 Great news in New Scientist. An experimental study shows that air filters in classrooms: Reduced absence by: 👩‍🏫 12.5% or 1.3 days per pupil Reduced PM2.5 by: 🚸 32% Air filtration is a simple way to improve life for everyone. So what's stopping the government?!

submitted 31 days ago • 6 comments

I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.

submitted 33 days ago • 172 comments

Anything that isn't about elephants is irrelephant.

submitted 54 days ago • 19 comments

It is difficult to convey how monumentally idiotic Trump’s tariffs are. Allow me to try. Let’s begin with Adam Smith. In the 200 years prior to Smith’s 1776 “Wealth of Nations” Mercantilism was the dominant view of trade.

submitted 55 days ago • 10 comments

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.

submitted 59 days ago • 300 comments

We don't need vaccines because we don't see widespread disease We don't need clean water regulations because we have clean water We don't need bank regulation because we haven't had a financial crisis since 2008 We don't need NATO/US hegemony because Europeans haven't killed each other since WWII

submitted 61 days ago • 5 comments

France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.

submitted 61 days ago • 381 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have developed a groundbreaking UNIVERSAL coronavirus vaccine that triggers STONG immune responses AND shows promise in neutralizing MULTIPLE coronaviruses, including those responsible for causing COVID-19, MERS, AND even the “common cold.” 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 65 days ago • 290 comments

they made cherry tomatoes so you have something to heckle babies with

submitted 68 days ago • 6 comments

Hounds 🤌🏿

submitted 71 days ago • 24 comments

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

submitted 74 days ago • 1680 comments

Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants." In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.

submitted 81 days ago • 419 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 83 days ago • 588 comments

After years of alarm over unelected bureaucrats pulling the strings, what better example can you find than this moment the US government is in? DOGE is the thing it claims to fear the most. Elon Musk is the problem he purportedly wants to solve. Doge *is* the Deep State. @brbarrett.bsky.social:

submitted 86 days ago • 49 comments

The answer is "no". Covid-cautious folk, regardless of your personal preference of vaccine platforms, please don't fuel the "traditional is better than mRNA" BS in these contexts. You're not going to win, long-term, with antivaxxers with such approaches. Fight antivax disinformation consistently.

submitted 87 days ago • 2 comments

I just want a healthy mutual connection where we’re both 100% into each other.

submitted 93 days ago • 9 comments

I'm just going to leave this here: More people have measles than than there were trans athletes competing in the NCAA. Like, a lot more.

submitted 93 days ago • 4 comments

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

submitted 97 days ago • 103 comments

Why do I still wear a mask? My New Year’s resolution 4 years ago was to give up catching viruses like Covid, that damage the immune system, brain, heart, lungs, and pretty much entire body. Oh and because I like pretending I’m a ninja. But mostly the virus thing. #MaskUp #Covid19  #LongCovid

submitted 99 days ago • 3 comments

BREAKING: Doomsday Clock Resigns From Post, Issues Statement That Just Says “You Know What, This Used to Be Fun, But Fuck This Shit”

submitted 104 days ago • 5 comments

I spent some time reading Elon’s tweets this morning (one of my least favorite activities) and it’s hard to overstate how much he and his allies have constructed an alternate reality for their audience to believe in. In their world, Elon is a superhero fighting government fraud, like fanfiction

submitted 105 days ago • 282 comments

Great, inspiring thread here from the guy who knows more about Elon Musk than anyone on Earth. The way to end this nightmare is to topple Musk's house of cards he calls his business empire.

submitted 105 days ago • 19 comments