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I don’t actually study algebraic cycles
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This is supercool, a real-world validation of the Belyayev Russian Fox experiments. But also the raccoons at my house seem to be getting more and more thuggish, so I dunno.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is supercool, a real-world validation of the Belyayev Russian Fox experiments. But also the raccoons at my house seem to be getting more and more thuggish, so I dunno.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
circulatory system in the kitchen day is the same as Edmund Fitzgerald day? do we have filk???
“the legend lives on / from los alamos on down / of the doctor they used to call Jon”
“the legend lives on / from los alamos on down / of the doctor they used to call Jon”
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
circulatory system in the kitchen day is the same as Edmund Fitzgerald day? do we have filk???
“the legend lives on / from los alamos on down / of the doctor they used to call Jon”
“the legend lives on / from los alamos on down / of the doctor they used to call Jon”
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
Jim McGreevey is back???
BREAKING: Jim McGreevey and James Solomon have advanced out of a crowded field to a December runoff for Jersey City mayor. No candidate in the seven-person field received the majority of the vote in the all-party contest, which is necessary to win the seat outright.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Jim McGreevey is back???
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The “translated” orcish conversations we see mostly have them referring to him with euphemisms (“the Eye” “the Tower”) iirc. Wonder if it can be read as an extension of naming taboos; the same way bears and gods have their names elided in classical texts.
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The “translated” orcish conversations we see mostly have them referring to him with euphemisms (“the Eye” “the Tower”) iirc. Wonder if it can be read as an extension of naming taboos; the same way bears and gods have their names elided in classical texts.
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This sport is indefensible, it’s perfect
i am a baseball kierkegaardian— i refuse any and all arguments for loving the game. it is a love defined by its preposterousness, this thing is indefensible, upsetting to human reason. i love it because it violates our sense of sport, it shouldn’t be, but is.
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This sport is indefensible, it’s perfect
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Rooting not just for a Game 7 of the World Series, but another 18 inning game that goes so long on Saturday night that the clocks fall back at 2am before it’s ended and everyone gets tremendously confused about what time it is.
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Rooting not just for a Game 7 of the World Series, but another 18 inning game that goes so long on Saturday night that the clocks fall back at 2am before it’s ended and everyone gets tremendously confused about what time it is.
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hey i know things are hard but just remember YOU are charismatic megafauna
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
hey i know things are hard but just remember YOU are charismatic megafauna
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
so, uh, I assume there was a ton of art in the east wing?
October 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
so, uh, I assume there was a ton of art in the east wing?
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
I think I finally understand the Chanukah story, and why it's called that. I don't have a cultural metaphor to reach for here besides "slaughtering pigs in the Temple"
Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.
Trump Will Demolish Entire White House East Wing for Ballroom: Live Updates
nyti.ms
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I think I finally understand the Chanukah story, and why it's called that. I don't have a cultural metaphor to reach for here besides "slaughtering pigs in the Temple"
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40 odd million people use SNAP. 7 million WIC. food banks are already way down because of funding cuts. It’s going to be catastrophic
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
40 odd million people use SNAP. 7 million WIC. food banks are already way down because of funding cuts. It’s going to be catastrophic
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More to come, but confrontation still ongoing with the masked agents trying to leave Canal Street and a spontaneous crowd of counter protesters.
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
More to come, but confrontation still ongoing with the masked agents trying to leave Canal Street and a spontaneous crowd of counter protesters.
this would also destroy british academia
Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"
NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt
No govt since Idi Amin has done this
October 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
this would also destroy british academia
christ
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
christ
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It's in Annex II (list of things that should not be subjected any longer). Once they update the list, we are good to go!!!
October 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's in Annex II (list of things that should not be subjected any longer). Once they update the list, we are good to go!!!
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Dystopian science fiction story about Grok being repeatedly lobotimized by Elon every time it contradicts him
October 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Dystopian science fiction story about Grok being repeatedly lobotimized by Elon every time it contradicts him
inflation is real: from Billionaires for Bush to Trillionaires for Trump
October 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
inflation is real: from Billionaires for Bush to Trillionaires for Trump
remembering what John Milton was famous for before Paradise Lost milton.host.dartmouth.edu/reading_room...
milton.host.dartmouth.edu
October 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
remembering what John Milton was famous for before Paradise Lost milton.host.dartmouth.edu/reading_room...
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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an activist who took part in Stonewall and remained an advocate for the decades that followed, including caring for AIDS patients & pioneering needle exchange & defending the rights of incarcerated trans people on both coasts, passed away. www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died
The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.
www.advocate.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an activist who took part in Stonewall and remained an advocate for the decades that followed, including caring for AIDS patients & pioneering needle exchange & defending the rights of incarcerated trans people on both coasts, passed away. www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...
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It’s difficult to explain to non-Jews the extent to which Jewish children are raised to believe that the single greatest athlete in American history is Sandy Koufax
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
It’s difficult to explain to non-Jews the extent to which Jewish children are raised to believe that the single greatest athlete in American history is Sandy Koufax