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So apparently there's a whole guy at the New Republic absolutely dedicated to minimizing the significance of actual Nazi tattoos. Gross. @alexshephard.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Graham Platner Isn’t Just Surviving. He’s Leading.
Having weathered last fall’s scandals, the oyster farmer is in a strong position against Governor Janet Mills as Maine’s Democratic Senate primary begins in earnest.
newrepublic.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM
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Not to mention the dude is also a former Blackwater mercenary and has a horrific internet history. But yeah sure ok let’s take his word for it that the Nazi tattoo was a whoopsie 🙄
February 15, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Our boss always looks
Like he’s fighting a poo
February 15, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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Our court system is largely working, with the exception of the most important court
February 15, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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Really interesting post from @asharangappa.bsky.social tackling the imponderably difficult task of restoration at DOJ once the cavalry finally arrives and exploring a process akin to the "denazification" sorting that took place after WWII.

open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
Excising the Cancer in Our Institutions
We need to start thinking about how we are going to separate the sheep from the wolves in sheep's clothing.
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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was looking for something else and found this important post deep in my files
February 15, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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“The Trump administration has eviscerated the National Science Foundation and its Antarctic science enterprise. The US no longer even has a research icebreaker thanks to the draconian, shortsighted cuts to federally funded science.”
#ClimateChange #Glaciers 🧪
milesobrien.substack.com/p/failure-da...
Failure, Data, and the Slow Truth of Thwaites
Even when the drilling stops, the science—and the stakes—keep moving beneath Antarctica’s most consequential glacier
milesobrien.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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Large language models (LLMs) can suggest hypotheses, write code and draft papers, and AI agents are automating parts of the research process.

Although this can accelerate science, it also makes it easy to create fake or low-quality papers, known as AI slop.

🧪🦠

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science
Preprint repositories and conference organizers are having to counter a tide of ‘AI slop’ submissions.
www.nature.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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I still think those that casually dismissed the idea that so much of the last ten years can be explained by blackmail, will ultimately be about as wrong as wrong can be.
February 15, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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You know what, good for them, I just know I could never pull this off www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/t...
They Are in Love but Don’t Speak the Same Language
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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Did you see the two U.S. Navy ships collide in Caribbean Sea?

The U.S. failed to produce weapons and ammunition fast enough to supply Ukraine, Mark Bowden writes. Could it equip its own armed forces in the event of war? theatln.tc/ZdFHh0A2
The Crumbling Foundation of America’s Military
The U.S. failed to produce weapons and ammunition fast enough to supply Ukraine. Could it equip its own armed forces in the event of war?
theatln.tc
February 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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this is unbelievable (to anyone who thinks serious people might be in charge of serious things)

gift article

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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Since 1970s, Earth … has been fueled by greenhouse gas emissions… at a steady rate.

But 2023, 2024 & 2025 were far higher than previous. A analysis shows rate over past decade increased by 42 % . wapo.st/4qv6eHn
February 15, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Morons

Morons are in charge

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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Other countries can do it, why can’t we?

www.france24.com/en/live-news...
February 15, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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"The Southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia is becoming less salty at an astonishing rate, largely due to #climate change, new research shows."
One of the saltiest parts of the ocean is getting fresher
Off the west coast of Australia, some seawater has lost nearly a third of its salty area in recent decades, as climate change-related current shifts push more
www.colorado.edu
February 15, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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New York Polling:

Governor Ballot:
🔵 Hochul: 47%
🔴 Blakeman: 34%

2022 Results:
🔵 Hochul: 53.1%
🔴 Zeldin: 46.7%

Hochul Approval:
⚫ Disapprove: 48%
🟢 Approve: 44%

MAD Global Strategy / Feb 6, 2026
February 15, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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"Who should control the Senate?"

🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 42%

Quantus / Feb 13, 2026

(Republican Pollster)
February 15, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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Europe has become the abused spouse grateful just not to be beaten. Believing this jellyfish is a fool's errand.

open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Rubio Calls For The End Of A Tolerant, Democratic Europe And The Crowd Goes Wild
Just over an hour ago, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe and its break-up into a disparate group of smaller, Trumpist states, and the Europeans in t...
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Lolololololol
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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Identifying and preparing for future threats to public safety and health is no longer a priority in our dysfunctional government. Cases in point: climate and health science.
Staff at NIAID have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the US institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained. Read more about the shift in direction for NIAID.

go.nature.com/4twztMV
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
go.nature.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:36 AM