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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
We create vector graphics of model organisms and emerging biological research organisms to enhance our publications. We’re sharing these editable graphics under a CC0 license for other scientists to...
doi.org
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication
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This is a photo of the surface of an asteroid
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
December 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is a photo of the surface of an asteroid
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
It was taken from the *surface*I of that asteroid
By a *bouncing rover* the size of a lunchbox
(1/2)
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Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
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slate.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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So, if I'm reading this correctly, recent USPS reforms are making it logistically impossible for the agency to postmark all letters on the date received, and services that rely on postmarks to prove deadline adherence shouldn't do so anymore.
Important US Postal Service change regarding postmarks and deadlines. Effective Dec 24, mail may receive a postmark several days after it has been received.
www.currentfederaltaxdevelopments.com/blog/2025/12...
www.currentfederaltaxdevelopments.com/blog/2025/12...
USPS Changes to Postmark Date System Taking Effect December 24, 2025 — Current Federal Tax Developments
Summary of the Final Rule The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule ( FR Doc. 2025-20740 ) adding Section 6 08.11, "Postmarks and Postal Possession," to the Domestic Mail Manu...
www.currentfederaltaxdevelopments.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So, if I'm reading this correctly, recent USPS reforms are making it logistically impossible for the agency to postmark all letters on the date received, and services that rely on postmarks to prove deadline adherence shouldn't do so anymore.
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For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI.
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10 Hours Hypnotic Fireplace Ambiance – 4K Macro Slow-Motion Color Flames, Crackling Fire (No Music)
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI.
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!
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New post!
There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.
Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.
Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
Medical breakthroughs in 2025
... and a happy new year.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev
December 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New post!
There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.
Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.
Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
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A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
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Read Jim's whole thread! I also want to add some historical context. During the 1918 pandemic, there was so much confusion because many scientists still thought that a bacteria, not a virus caused the flu (because, as Jim notes, we couldn't even see viruses under a microscope yet).
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Read Jim's whole thread! I also want to add some historical context. During the 1918 pandemic, there was so much confusion because many scientists still thought that a bacteria, not a virus caused the flu (because, as Jim notes, we couldn't even see viruses under a microscope yet).
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One more pelican before I put my phone down down for the night.
Taken this morning. 🪶
Taken this morning. 🪶
December 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
One more pelican before I put my phone down down for the night.
Taken this morning. 🪶
Taken this morning. 🪶
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The city can’t renovate this pool because landmarks got wind of the plan and quickly designated this unremarkable building so now they are plowing over the kids playground to build a new pool building
In 2022, the city dropped its plan to build a brand new swimming pool for Green Lake's community center. Now the idea has floated back to the surface.
Where Seattle plans to build a new public pool
www.seattletimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The city can’t renovate this pool because landmarks got wind of the plan and quickly designated this unremarkable building so now they are plowing over the kids playground to build a new pool building
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I found a Screaming Tree Frog in the garden tonight.
December 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I found a Screaming Tree Frog in the garden tonight.
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In 2019, the rate of fatal police shootings in the US was 3.1 per million residents. By contrast, the rate in France was 0.14 per million, and in Germany, it was lower.
In Germany, police officers discharged a total of 85 bullets at people in the entire year of 2011.
In Germany, police officers discharged a total of 85 bullets at people in the entire year of 2011.
I’ve said it and I believe it is true
There is a willful forgetting and suppression of the memory of the hundreds of protests that shook this nation for the past decade and a half. So while Canadians and European laypeople whine “Americans don’t do anything,” the Americans are actively suppressed
There is a willful forgetting and suppression of the memory of the hundreds of protests that shook this nation for the past decade and a half. So while Canadians and European laypeople whine “Americans don’t do anything,” the Americans are actively suppressed
December 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
In 2019, the rate of fatal police shootings in the US was 3.1 per million residents. By contrast, the rate in France was 0.14 per million, and in Germany, it was lower.
In Germany, police officers discharged a total of 85 bullets at people in the entire year of 2011.
In Germany, police officers discharged a total of 85 bullets at people in the entire year of 2011.
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Mods are asleep, post blobby Qing dynasty cats
December 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Mods are asleep, post blobby Qing dynasty cats
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Previewing prefiled bills in #waleg before the 2026 session—here are some of the bills I found interesting: the new AI regulation bill HB 2157 app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/... which looks stronger than previous proposals, but I need to look more closely;
December 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Previewing prefiled bills in #waleg before the 2026 session—here are some of the bills I found interesting: the new AI regulation bill HB 2157 app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/... which looks stronger than previous proposals, but I need to look more closely;
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Physicists explore the formation and behavior of “sandballs”—the peanuts, doughnuts, and orbs of sand and water that form when raindrops hit a sandy slope. Sandballs have implications for bioengineering, pharmaceuticals, and snow physics. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/aitg50XOW8U
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Physicists explore the formation and behavior of “sandballs”—the peanuts, doughnuts, and orbs of sand and water that form when raindrops hit a sandy slope. Sandballs have implications for bioengineering, pharmaceuticals, and snow physics. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/aitg50XOW8U
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Laughing at my own joke like
December 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Laughing at my own joke like
What a thread
"Why Peter Thiel is leaving Silicon Valley" (2018)
December 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What a thread
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Great thread.
Also, in my ever so humble opinion, WWD2’s Albertosaurus is the most compelling and beautifully depicted tyrannosaurid in all of palaeomedia.
Also, in my ever so humble opinion, WWD2’s Albertosaurus is the most compelling and beautifully depicted tyrannosaurid in all of palaeomedia.
Before we close out 2025, here is Walking with Dinosaurs thread number 4 (and a bit) – this time, The Pack, my personal favourite episode. It follows the young Albertosaurus Rose as she faces the trials and tribulations of the ancient Horseshoe Canyon– will she succeed? (1/60)
December 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Great thread.
Also, in my ever so humble opinion, WWD2’s Albertosaurus is the most compelling and beautifully depicted tyrannosaurid in all of palaeomedia.
Also, in my ever so humble opinion, WWD2’s Albertosaurus is the most compelling and beautifully depicted tyrannosaurid in all of palaeomedia.
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What an incredible development! Agreed, TA was jarring and 他 wasn't quite right either. Happy to see X也 getting a space for itself. I know it'll get used immediately by many.
Soon you may be able to type a new Chinese character: the gender-neutral pronoun
Soon you may be able to type a new Chinese character: the gender-neutral pronoun | CNN
Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward.
edition.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
What an incredible development! Agreed, TA was jarring and 他 wasn't quite right either. Happy to see X也 getting a space for itself. I know it'll get used immediately by many.
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Each Friday, we’re sharing highlights from our Top of the Charts, a look back at our most popular charts, articles, & more in 2025.
Today we give you our top 5 most-read topic pages this year. 🧵
1. CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
→ ourworldindata.org/co2-and-gree...
Today we give you our top 5 most-read topic pages this year. 🧵
1. CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
→ ourworldindata.org/co2-and-gree...
December 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Each Friday, we’re sharing highlights from our Top of the Charts, a look back at our most popular charts, articles, & more in 2025.
Today we give you our top 5 most-read topic pages this year. 🧵
1. CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
→ ourworldindata.org/co2-and-gree...
Today we give you our top 5 most-read topic pages this year. 🧵
1. CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
→ ourworldindata.org/co2-and-gree...
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Finally, someone called out my favorite obsession on TikTok. The White River should go north. King and Pierce Counties had a 100-year agreement to manage it. You will not be surprised that King never fulfilled their contractual obligations. 1/4 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr3vNrEk/
Back in 1906 the flooding in Washington state was so intense that Tukwila was under 10’ of water, until White River accidentally changed course. #wa #history #explorewashington #trivia
TikTok video by Pretty Gritty Tours
www.tiktok.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Finally, someone called out my favorite obsession on TikTok. The White River should go north. King and Pierce Counties had a 100-year agreement to manage it. You will not be surprised that King never fulfilled their contractual obligations. 1/4 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTr3vNrEk/
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Hello new followers! If you're bored and like free webcomics, here's mine!
It's a complete short story about a ruined world full of alternative energy...and magic doom eels.
(Includes detailed transcripts on every page)
amphiox.hmcgill.art/comic/amphio...
#webcomics #amphiox #comics #indie
It's a complete short story about a ruined world full of alternative energy...and magic doom eels.
(Includes detailed transcripts on every page)
amphiox.hmcgill.art/comic/amphio...
#webcomics #amphiox #comics #indie
June 2, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Hello new followers! If you're bored and like free webcomics, here's mine!
It's a complete short story about a ruined world full of alternative energy...and magic doom eels.
(Includes detailed transcripts on every page)
amphiox.hmcgill.art/comic/amphio...
#webcomics #amphiox #comics #indie
It's a complete short story about a ruined world full of alternative energy...and magic doom eels.
(Includes detailed transcripts on every page)
amphiox.hmcgill.art/comic/amphio...
#webcomics #amphiox #comics #indie
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OSHA has a nice "Woodworking eTool" for anyone interested in woodworking safety
eTool : Woodworking | Occupational Safety and Health Administration
www.osha.gov
December 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
OSHA has a nice "Woodworking eTool" for anyone interested in woodworking safety