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Maddog Mendelson
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Emmy-winning film and television editor, sitar player, TED Fellow.
Our only hope may be that this administration is (once again) too incompetent to accomplish its authoritarian agenda.
First off, Pete Hegseth is a disgrace and should be fired.

Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.
March 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If you want to know what really happened in the oval yesterday, consider this:

Putin has never been weaker. His economy is on life-support. He’s been humiliated by the catastrophe he started in Ukraine. He’s overseen more Russian deaths than in any Russian conflagration since Stalin.
March 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reposted by Maddog Mendelson
Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Today, Hamas celebrated their brutal kidnapping and murder of Shiri Bibas, her infant son Kfir, and his 4-year-old brother Ariel, parading their tiny coffins like trophies for a cheering crowd.

Israel doesn’t dehumanize Palestinians. They dehumanize themselves.

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LIVE: Hamas Returns Bodies Of Bibas Family To Israel | Gaza Ceasefire | Israel Hamas War
YouTube video by Firstpost
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February 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Vaccinate your kids now before it’s too late. Measles is no joke. It can cause blindness, brain damage and destroy the “memory” of your immune system against diseases to which you were previously immune.
The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state’s worst in nearly 30 years.

State health officials said Friday in a news release that those who are infected are either unvaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown.
Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years
The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years.
apnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yikes. We could really use a functioning CDC and NIH right now. Trump’s brought the plague again.

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BREAKING: VIRUS FROM NEVADA DAIRY WORKER WITH BIRD FLU HAS THE SAME GENETIC MUTATION seen in the Nevada cows – a change of PB2 D701N that has previously been assoc with more efficient virus replication in ppl & mammals.

CDC told Fortune that the D1.1 variant in this worker is the same strain of
February 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Reposted by Maddog Mendelson
Can you imagine the courage it took to preach this message directly to the president? This is what a follower of Jesus looks like. (Partial transcript below.)
1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
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January 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Sure, democracy is dying, authoritarianism’s on the rise, climate change is raging, AI is taking over humanity, new pandemics are bubbling up everywhere, but it’s not like everything’s upside down.

Scratch that.

www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/s...
Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move, and scientists just updated its position | CNN
Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.
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January 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
For all those who want to help victims of the devastating fires in LA, I recommend this organization.

enla.org
Emergency Network Los Angeles (ENLA)
Providing assistance to individuals, communities, and organizations following emergencies and disasters.
enla.org
January 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’ve got great news, and I’ve got terrible news, and they’re both the same news. Looks like the Singularity is about 18 years early. Good luck, humans.

arstechnica.com/information-...
OpenAI CEO: We may have AI superintelligence in “a few thousand days”
Altman says “deep learning worked” and will lead to “massive prosperity.”…
arstechnica.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The key to happiness: turn off motion smoothing.

That’s it.
December 26, 2024 at 1:16 AM
This is some next-level pro-Palestine advocacy. So effective. Anyone else want to share how good the Nazis were to Jews?
December 24, 2024 at 8:42 PM