Jeff McNeill
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he/him born at 321 ppm
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he/him born at 321 ppm
black & trans lives will always matter
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https://hachyderm.io/@jeffmcneill
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Jeff McNeill
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"Talent vs Luck", published in 2018 (and later awarded an Ig Nobel Prize), is still one of the most downloaded and most-read articles, ever, in the journal "Advances of Complex Systems"
www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Trump in 2024: I "was never on Epstein’s Plane".
Trump DOJ 5 years ago: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)".
Stop breaking the the law.
Release ALL the Files.
Trump DOJ 5 years ago: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)".
Stop breaking the the law.
Release ALL the Files.
Trump flew on Epstein jet eight times in the '90s, according to prosecutor email
President Donald Trump flew on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's private jet "many more times than previously has been reported," according to an email from a New York prosecutor that forms par...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Trump in 2024: I "was never on Epstein’s Plane".
Trump DOJ 5 years ago: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)".
Stop breaking the the law.
Release ALL the Files.
Trump DOJ 5 years ago: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)".
Stop breaking the the law.
Release ALL the Files.
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I try to find positive or amusing things to post, at least from time to time, because there's so much dark news. I address a lot of it. I think there's a responsibility to do that. But still--I wish I didn't have to put up this story. I, for one, think it's terrifying...The implications...
How the global fish trade is spreading 'forever chemicals' around the world
Eating fish may well be good for you, but it carries a hidden risk of exposure to so-called "forever chemicals." A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that the global seafood trade...
phys.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I try to find positive or amusing things to post, at least from time to time, because there's so much dark news. I address a lot of it. I think there's a responsibility to do that. But still--I wish I didn't have to put up this story. I, for one, think it's terrifying...The implications...
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“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
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Former slave states in the Deep South have the nation's lowest minimum wages or none at all, meaning some workers rely on the federal minimum wage, $7.25/hr.
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Former slave states in the Deep South have the nation's lowest minimum wages or none at all, meaning some workers rely on the federal minimum wage, $7.25/hr.
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Black art is revolutionary because we live in a society that seeks to keep us so busy we can't reflect and produce art.
November 26, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Black art is revolutionary because we live in a society that seeks to keep us so busy we can't reflect and produce art.
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These cowardly German banks are permitting Donald Trump to determine who they work with—despite the fact that the Trump administration has made it clear that not only do they oppose anti-fascism in general, they explicitly consider those who resisted the rise of Hitler to be "terrorists."
Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.
December 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
These cowardly German banks are permitting Donald Trump to determine who they work with—despite the fact that the Trump administration has made it clear that not only do they oppose anti-fascism in general, they explicitly consider those who resisted the rise of Hitler to be "terrorists."
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it's Christmas Eve but it's also the 16 year anniversary of the time an art historian for the Hungarian National Gallery spotted a long lost painting while watching Stuart Little with his 3-year-old daughter, recognizing it in the movie set
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
it's Christmas Eve but it's also the 16 year anniversary of the time an art historian for the Hungarian National Gallery spotted a long lost painting while watching Stuart Little with his 3-year-old daughter, recognizing it in the movie set
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A dangerous path the United States is going down: US seizure of China-bound tanker near Venezuela escalates US conflict with Beijing countercurrents.org/2025/12/us-s...
US seizure of China-bound tanker near Venezuela escalates US conflict with Beijing | Countercurrents
The US Coast Guard seized an oil tanker bound for China off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday, in the second tanker seizure in two weeks, as Washington escalates a naval blockade aimed at…
countercurrents.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A dangerous path the United States is going down: US seizure of China-bound tanker near Venezuela escalates US conflict with Beijing countercurrents.org/2025/12/us-s...
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
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The guy who famously crosses every border in one night without documentation?
ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The guy who famously crosses every border in one night without documentation?
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I spent time in a hospice in Roscommon and it was very sad but also moving and strangely life affirming.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Inside a hospice at Christmas: ‘I didn’t know it was going to be like this. It’s beautiful here’
Patients and staff describe a day in the life inside Roscommon Hospice
www.irishtimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I spent time in a hospice in Roscommon and it was very sad but also moving and strangely life affirming.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Didn't Trump pardon a man who defrauded thousands of Americans of more than a billion dollars?
And pardon the ex-President of Honduras who worked with drug cartels?
And pardon CZ, a money launderer?
And pardon insurrectionists, including the violent ones?
And pardon the ex-President of Honduras who worked with drug cartels?
And pardon CZ, a money launderer?
And pardon insurrectionists, including the violent ones?
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Didn't Trump pardon a man who defrauded thousands of Americans of more than a billion dollars?
And pardon the ex-President of Honduras who worked with drug cartels?
And pardon CZ, a money launderer?
And pardon insurrectionists, including the violent ones?
And pardon the ex-President of Honduras who worked with drug cartels?
And pardon CZ, a money launderer?
And pardon insurrectionists, including the violent ones?
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Hegseth. Patel. Bongino. And now Bhattacharya ("too busy podcasting").
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
And this will drive him *crazy*.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Hegseth. Patel. Bongino. And now Bhattacharya ("too busy podcasting").
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
When you hire people based on their social media profiles, you get.... content creators.
But we need DOD, the FBI, and the NIH to *work*.
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This is metal
ICE voodoo doll discovered in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues
A handmade “voodoo doll” portraying an ICE agent was found in Uptown New Orleans as federal immigration enforcement continues across south Louisiana.
www.fox8live.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is metal
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NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
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NEW RESEARCH: UK heat pumps can perform far better than many think.
Our analysis of HeatPumpMonitor.org data shows well-designed systems achieve ~40% higher efficiency than past trials (SCoP 3.86 vs 2.81), cutting bills (~£224/yr) and emissions.
Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our analysis of HeatPumpMonitor.org data shows well-designed systems achieve ~40% higher efficiency than past trials (SCoP 3.86 vs 2.81), cutting bills (~£224/yr) and emissions.
Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW RESEARCH: UK heat pumps can perform far better than many think.
Our analysis of HeatPumpMonitor.org data shows well-designed systems achieve ~40% higher efficiency than past trials (SCoP 3.86 vs 2.81), cutting bills (~£224/yr) and emissions.
Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our analysis of HeatPumpMonitor.org data shows well-designed systems achieve ~40% higher efficiency than past trials (SCoP 3.86 vs 2.81), cutting bills (~£224/yr) and emissions.
Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I would like to let you know that I am reviewing Sarkozy's prison memoir for the Observer and reading it is making me lose my mind, he wrote a 213-page book about being in prison for twenty (20) days, the minutiae of it is exactly as agonising as you'd imagine, fucking *hell*
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I would like to let you know that I am reviewing Sarkozy's prison memoir for the Observer and reading it is making me lose my mind, he wrote a 213-page book about being in prison for twenty (20) days, the minutiae of it is exactly as agonising as you'd imagine, fucking *hell*
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Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.