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Congressional R’s better do something about this, lest they want their states to suffer a similar fate in the next administration.
Trump administration to freeze billions in childcare funding in five blue states (CA, CO, IL, MN, NY) without evidence just for partisan reasons
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/05/t...
Trump administration to freeze billions in childcare funding in five states
The White House is pointing to reports of social services fraud in Minnesota to threaten funding for child care around the country.
www.axios.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Congressional R’s better do something about this, lest they want their states to suffer a similar fate in the next administration.
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Yes that's about right
Trump to NBC News:
“MAGA loves it. MAGA loves what I’m doing. MAGA loves everything I do. MAGA is me. MAGA loves everything I do, and I love everything I do, too." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“MAGA loves it. MAGA loves what I’m doing. MAGA loves everything I do. MAGA is me. MAGA loves everything I do, and I love everything I do, too." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says US will have to pay oil companies to rebuild Venezuela
Donald Trump said that the US must 'nurse' Venezuela back to health for the foreseeable future and may offer taxpayer-funded subsidies to oil companies to help rebuild.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Yes that's about right
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“Shading the science to favor the corporate interest,” he said, was likely “the rule rather than the exception.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
“Shading the science to favor the corporate interest,” he said, was likely “the rule rather than the exception.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
We should get some clarity on who was raping and trafficking girls more now then ever since so many people in those files might still be in the government and might be leading aggression against foreign and domestic citizens.
January 4, 2026 at 2:43 AM
We should get some clarity on who was raping and trafficking girls more now then ever since so many people in those files might still be in the government and might be leading aggression against foreign and domestic citizens.
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I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
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The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment
Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...
www.nature.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
How much longer will it take to release the Epstein files?
January 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
How much longer will it take to release the Epstein files?
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Bill Clinton Just Created a Legal Trap Trump Can’t Escape. Watch What Happens Next wendy664.substack.com/p/bill-clint...
Bill Clinton Just Created a Legal Trap Trump Can’t Escape. Watch What Happens Next
Bill Clinton.
wendy664.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Bill Clinton Just Created a Legal Trap Trump Can’t Escape. Watch What Happens Next wendy664.substack.com/p/bill-clint...
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So this piece of crap squatting in the White House has decided to engage us in war to gain oil. This is not about drugs. This is about control. This is about him not being held accountable for his crimes. How much does it take until we act against him?
January 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
So this piece of crap squatting in the White House has decided to engage us in war to gain oil. This is not about drugs. This is about control. This is about him not being held accountable for his crimes. How much does it take until we act against him?
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first, though, the joy of cracking open the new year's hobonichi techo
January 2, 2026 at 5:42 PM
first, though, the joy of cracking open the new year's hobonichi techo
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This incredibly stupid anti-science administration will stop at nothing to make this the dumbest country on the planet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This incredibly stupid anti-science administration will stop at nothing to make this the dumbest country on the planet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
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New study:
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
Your brain undergoes four dramatic periods of change from age 0 to 90
Our brain wiring seems to undergo four major turning points at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83, which could influence our capacity to learn and our risk of certain conditions
www.newscientist.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New study:
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
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There's no shame in it; "AI"-generated text is a moving target and it does improve over time. At the end of the day, there is no intentionality behind an LLM, just statistical pattern-matching, and that fact, and how it expresses itself, is going to be the giveaway, iteration after iteration.
I've had one or two things catch me off-guard lately, to my shame.
December 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
There's no shame in it; "AI"-generated text is a moving target and it does improve over time. At the end of the day, there is no intentionality behind an LLM, just statistical pattern-matching, and that fact, and how it expresses itself, is going to be the giveaway, iteration after iteration.
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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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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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Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
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PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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The only time I think soup is an acceptable dinner option is when I’m sick. Other than that, strictly a lunch option. I will not be taking questions at this time 😂
December 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The only time I think soup is an acceptable dinner option is when I’m sick. Other than that, strictly a lunch option. I will not be taking questions at this time 😂
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FDA grifter Tracy Beth Hoeg loves to crow about the flawless nature of Denmark’s public health system.
Does she know that the Danish government was forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women in Greenland without their knowledge or consent up until the 1990’s?
Does she know that the Danish government was forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women in Greenland without their knowledge or consent up until the 1990’s?
Denmark to compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland over forced contraception
The Danish health ministry said Wednesday that women who were given contraception against their knowledge or consent between 1960 and 1991 can apply for individual payouts of 300,000 Danish kroner (ab...
www.pbs.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
FDA grifter Tracy Beth Hoeg loves to crow about the flawless nature of Denmark’s public health system.
Does she know that the Danish government was forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women in Greenland without their knowledge or consent up until the 1990’s?
Does she know that the Danish government was forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women in Greenland without their knowledge or consent up until the 1990’s?
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If you missed the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium (theme: how microbial metabolites influence the brain, the immune system, & metabolism), the videos of the talks and the panel discussion are now available here:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
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Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
2025 ISB Microbiome Symposium - YouTube
The 2025 ISB Microbiome Symposium was a virtual scientific event hosted by the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) on December 12, 2025. The symposium brough...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you missed the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium (theme: how microbial metabolites influence the brain, the immune system, & metabolism), the videos of the talks and the panel discussion are now available here:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
Amazing
and the winner of the "2025 best thing on Internet" has just arrived
neal.fun/size-of-life/
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neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
Size of Life
From an amoeba to a blue whale
neal.fun
December 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Amazing
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Isn’t that kind of the point?
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Isn’t that kind of the point?
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Opinion | I Was the President’s Pardon Attorney. He’s Making a Mockery of the Pardon Process.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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