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At some point we need to have a discussion about the ethics of participation in press releases as scientists. From today’s K2-18b saga, Nikku Madhusudhan in the press release says ‘The signal came through loud and clear’ (1/n)

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I don’t understand why the Harry Potter enjoyers don’t just go read faerie smut like the rest of us. The authors are generally better people and the books aren’t filled with characters named “Racial McStereotype”

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Fun fact, JK—who is English—single-handedly funded the Scotland remain movement during the referendum, and called separatists “bigots”. She’s the reason there’s no independent Scotland. She throws her money and clout around like she’s fucking Nigel Farage. She’s a billionaire corrupting politics.

submitted 16 hours ago • 24 comments

The K2-18 b paper just dropped. I will say, the peaks at ~9.8 microns do look pretty convincing, so this may very well be a high-confidence detection of DMS. However, given that's there still debate if there's water present on the planet, I'm not getting too excited. I

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Another advantage of prosecuting Trump right away in 2021 is that it would have been popular and drawn the public toward that position. Nobody was under any doubts about what Jan 6 meant at the time

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I am beating your swords into ploughshares I am un sowing every dragon's tooth I am floating cedars back up the Euphrates I am putting the Bull of Heaven to pasture I am unwinding the noose of borders I am walking you down from the gallows I am holding your hand I am holding your hand

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

It’s not life. It’s not a biosignature. I’m so tired.

submitted 6 hours ago • 13 comments

The latest episode from @translash.org explains a lot--I knew Yarvin was primarily motivated by a deep fear of poor people coming and taking his stuff, but I didn't realize it originated from a libertarian screed written in 1997

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

Rowling spends her money on things that have made the lives of trans people worse. At this point HP is a transphobic fundraiser you're choosing to fund with your purchases. When you talk about HP stuff you're providing free advertising for the transphobic fundraiser.

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Honestly I'm glad they picked Harvard to try out this novel "we're mad" legal theory of revoking tax-exempt status, given its infinite resources, deep network of powerful alumni, and law school attended by 142 sitting federal judges. Good luck! 🫡

submitted 9 hours ago • 352 comments

the plan is to end American science research all of it, no exceptions other countries simply will not be able to fill the gaps here, this is just a shocking devastation of human scientific progress as a whole

submitted 6 hours ago • 34 comments

Saaaame

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Wait, hold on, didn't the maybe-detection of DMS come out last year? Why is everyone getting excited about it now?

submitted 6 hours ago • 3 comments

The funniest and most telling thing about this part is the implication that Musk thinks he's one of the "real men", and not an insecure little twerp

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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

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I'm not going to kick Universities while they are down. I support the promise of public Universities. I hope that there might be a reckoning about need for Universities to be FREE and for them to be embracing of their local communities rather than antagonistic [which many are, unfortunately].

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Should we wander the wildlands under the dim light of stars? Should we sharpen our antlers & fangs with enchanted daggers? Should we cast dark spells and release the ancient forest gods from their hidden tombs? The answer is always yes.

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okay, folks you’re out there is no more access journalism, you have lost your access to the Christian Broadcast Network go all in on adversarial journalism, it’s all you’ve got left

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It’s eugenics. They believe disease is good and wipes out the “feeble” underclasses.

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an unironic thing i genuinely hold after reading skocpol is that we need more left-coded third spaces union halls used to be this

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Fox News is now on their second week of covering a female fencer who took a knee rather than compete against her trans opponent. But the story isn't what it appears. Here are three facts that you might have missed: 🧵

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Progressives should have already been flooding their local school boards to run for election. People have been trying to get people to do this for the past 25 years. And yet...

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

Expanding on this, since Barnett's comment isn't just about speech, the conception of freedom is "obedience to your betters" Isaiah Berlin writes eloquently about this, it's the idea of self-mastery applied to the nation as a single entity

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Anyone who tells you that you have no power to effect change is trying to prevent you from effecting change. ✨

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