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A 23-Year-Old Crypto Bro Is Now Vetoing NSF Grants While Staring At His Water Bottle Picture this: You're a researcher who has spent years developing a grant proposal, gone through layers of expert review, and received National Science Foundation (NSF) approval. Then some kid barely out of college…

Partisan officials censoring government scientists from explaining to the public about the effects of public policy.

lemony snicket’s a series of unfortunate cardiovascular events

The FDA has updated an ongoing recall of tomatoes distributed in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to its most severe warning, saying there is a higher probability that potential salmonella contamination could lead to “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

when i tweeted this eight years ago IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE

Breaking News: The CDC kept Covid shots on an updated vaccination schedule for children, days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they would be taken off.

being an academic in 2025 means setting up google alerts for your name to make sure government robots aren't hallucinating citations to nonexistent papers to legally justify their new Make Everyone Dead policy

The most perfect album ever made. No skips.

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NYT has jumped the shark, the couch, and the Grand Canyon with this one

TWITTER IS DOWN. INFLUX COMING. CALL THEM SKEETS.

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The HHS Secretary doesn't think you should take his medical advice. I don't either.

Feed your kids properly so they can go die in pointless wars. Ok buddy.

Michelle Obama looking at the camera like Jim from the Office

In March, our documents formed the basis of a @404media.co story about how Clearview AI was attempting to buy Social Security Numbers and other sensitive data. www.404media.co/facial-recog... bsky.app/profile/hype...

This is called predatory lending. If this happens to you, please consult an attorney.

A mermaid sketch for #mermay, pulling elements from the Owl Service plates, requested by @lucysussex.bsky.social

Congratulations @katiehonan.bsky.social on writing the best piece of predictive science fiction of all time

Breaking News: Boeing reached a deal with the Justice Dept. that would spare the company from taking criminal responsibility for two deadly 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019. The deal was opposed by the families of those who died in the crashes.

“On April 1, the staff of the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was terminated as part of the agency's reduction in force, according to NPR. The staff included epidemiologists, statisticians, and advisors who specialized in lead exposures and responses.”

how many pictures of 15-year-old me do you have saved on your phone

House chores maxxing

I hope more Dems turn their focus to safeguarding elections. I feel like this doesn't get enough attention from electeds.

New, from me: Quick explainer on why the Supreme Court (likely) decision to overturn Humphrey's Executor and move toward unitary executive theory will undermine any future efforts to rebuild state capacity. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-the-su...

Tapper is just showing his true colors. He is relieved he doesn't have to pretend anymore.

Adrienne Adams delivered a tearful campaign speech that drew a line between her father's death from Covid & what she described as mismanagement by then governor, Andrew Cuomo, her opponent and front-runner in the Democratic mayoral primary w/ @mayaaking.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/n...

But walkable cities are evil according to them

I've never seen it so well put before.

Are we great yet?

This is correct.

This is the GOP’s plan for schools once they destroy the Department of Education: push kids into low-wage labor, kill critical thinking, and let the wealthy profit off a powerless workforce. Listen in as former Sec of Education Betsy DeVos explains 👇

...wat???

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Oh so suddenly a woman’s not allowed to learn to code anymore

Bank analyst here - this seems cute but it isn't. Wall Street banks only do this when they're very stressed about domestic revenue

“.. Charles’ trip will mark the first time a British monarch has delivered a so-called ‘Speech from the Throne’ since 1977 — a highly public show of support for Ottawa at a time when the U.S. president has ramped up the hostile rhetoric ..” 🇨🇦 @politico.com www.politico.eu/article/uk-u...