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Steve Conklin @nondim.com · Aug 9
If you follow me but have zero posts and zero profile info, I'm much more likely to block you out the gate.
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Anxiety disorders linked to low Choline levels. Not mentioned in this study, but some studies have linked pesticide exposure with reduced brain Choline levels in humans.
Transdiagnostic reduction in cortical choline-containing compounds in anxiety disorders: a 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy meta-analysis - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Transdiagnostic reduction in cortical choline-containing compounds in anxiety disorders: a 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy meta-analysis
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The President's national emergency being used to bypass environmental permitting to build a Uranium enrichment plant.
A Public Notice from the US Army Corps of Engineers granting a request to fill wetlands without the normal permitting process, in order to build a Uranium enrichment plant in Paducah, KY. Justified by a national emergency declared by President Trump.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Charlie Brown spins through the air because Lucy has again pulled away the football he was trying to kick.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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suzannealdrich.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy Suzanne Aldrich (she/her) @suzannealdrich.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 5d
Thurston Co. Scanner, News, &
Weather Blog: A trooper with the Washington State Patrol just
called out a traffic stop on a semi that's towing a semi, which is towing a box truck that's also towing two vehicles on I-5 south at Pacific Avenue. The trooper reported […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Thurston Co. Scanner, News, & Weather Blog: A trooper with the Washington State Patrol just called out a traffic stop on a semi that's towing a semi, which is towing a box truck that's also towing two vehicles on I-5 south at Pacific Avenue. The trooper reported that he has no idea what's going on here and will be conducting an inspection.
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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OII | Study identifies weaknesses in how AI systems are evaluated
Largest systematic review of AI benchmarks highlights need for clearer definitions and stronger scientific standards.
www.oii.ox.ac.uk
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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An U.S. citizen of Indian descent being questioned about Zohran Mamdani (as if there is something wrong with knowing who the mayor-elect of NYC is) by masked men.
chicago.suntimes.com Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d
Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was 'aware' of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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My lifelong friend Kitty Bryan just released a book. She's an accomplished engineer and fiber artist, and I highly recommend her book, which I had the good fortune to read in an earlier draft form.
Knitting Variegated Yarn: Gestalt Techniques
Amazon.com: Knitting Variegated Yarn: Gestalt Techniques: 9781737193043: Bryan, Kitty: Books
www.amazon.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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[P] HECK YEAH!
mc.frontalot.com MC Frontalot @mc.frontalot.com · 6d
Nerdcore superstar @megaran.com had earned a Grammy nom for his second kids record, Buddy's Magic Treehouse! BIG CONGRATS!!
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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I remember the "Billy Beer Scandal".
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d
(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡

@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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chriswarcraft.bsky.social
If they’re comparing it to themselves, sure. If they’re comparing it to someone capable of putting on their pants without crying, probably not.
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Happy f'ing Holidays!
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November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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This is fine.
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
www.npr.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
three sheets of paper are taped to the outside of a building. they have the words "The Oval Office" in gold script
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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mrscrabapple.bsky.social
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Trumpsgiving: a box of Saltines and a jar of Peanut Butter.
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor (2018)
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor - Longreads
It's a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.
longreads.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Wow — Fox News fell for a racist AI video about SNAP recipients with “7 baby daddies”… then when called out changed the story to be about AI videos going viral 🤔
November 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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"Silverman: . . . tendency in tech in some areas of finance that they think that they’ve discovered ideas for themselves or they have very little respect for experts. . . . They don’t really entertain a lot of outside knowledge and they think that they’ve discovered ideas for the first time"
Gilded Rage: Talking With Jacob Silverman
Why Silicon Valley went from libertarian to authoritarian
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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I looked it up...over 48,000 of those SNAP households are in Clay Higgins' district.

That's around 126,000 of his constituents, or 16% of the entire population of LA-03.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14d
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
Rep. Clay Higgins: There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average. Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries. Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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warondumb.bsky.social
That’s not just a White House demolition. That’s Southern-style middle-finger politics in action.
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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"The phenomenon is so widespread some economists have coined a new term—the “Great Freeze”—to describe the dismal labor market conditions."
Jerome Powell says the AI hiring apocalypse is real: 'Job creation is pretty close to zero.’ | Fortune
Powell said the Fed is walking a tightrope as AI-fueled investment props up growth but erodes hiring.
fortune.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Over on Whatever, I offer some thoughts on the new "Grokipedia," through the lens of the article it has up about... me.

(Spoiler, it's not great, for the reasons you probably suspect)

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/30/a...
A Review of Grokipedia, Using Myself as Test Subject
What? You didn’t know that Grokipedia exists? Well, it does, and it’s Elon Musk’s attempt to run Wikipedia out of town on a rail: An “AI”-generated compendium of infor…
whatever.scalzi.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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rokhanna.bsky.social
Trump’s pardon is blatant corruption. I’m introducing legislation this week that calls for banning presidents, elected officials, and their families from trading crypto.
October 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app?

What?
josephcox.bsky.social Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 15d
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM