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" The imbalance between the rich and the poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics."
--Plutarch
--Plutarch
December 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
" The imbalance between the rich and the poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics."
--Plutarch
--Plutarch
December 1, 1955
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
December 1, 1955
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Increasingly challenging to politely dismiss these given the volume, variety, and velocity.
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Increasingly challenging to politely dismiss these given the volume, variety, and velocity.
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This Texas woman developed preeclampsia, leading to still-birth. She DIED, leaving her young son behind.
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
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This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This Texas woman developed preeclampsia, leading to still-birth. She DIED, leaving her young son behind.
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
This happens while an all-male panel in South Carolina is deciding whether women should be charged w/ murder for their pregnancies.
Abortion is healthcare.
How many more women have to die?
🧪
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Pretty neat model of a PWR from the 1965 Boy Scouts Atomic Energy merit badge book. Honestly, building this would help kids understand quite a bit about a reactor.
August 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Pretty neat model of a PWR from the 1965 Boy Scouts Atomic Energy merit badge book. Honestly, building this would help kids understand quite a bit about a reactor.
A Eulogy for the Primary Care Physician meridian.allenpress.com/jgme/article...
A Eulogy for the Primary Care Physician
We are gathered here today to bid farewell to a pillar of American health care—the primary care physician (PCP). The role of the PCP was born from a simple, noble idea: that every patient deserves a t...
meridian.allenpress.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A Eulogy for the Primary Care Physician meridian.allenpress.com/jgme/article...
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Up On The Roof
🎶When my poll numbers start getting me down
And reality is just too much for me to face
I'm pulled right up to the top of the stairs
To get away from my splintering base
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there, mean facts below can't bother me🎶
(Apologies to Gerry Goffin)
🎶When my poll numbers start getting me down
And reality is just too much for me to face
I'm pulled right up to the top of the stairs
To get away from my splintering base
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there, mean facts below can't bother me🎶
(Apologies to Gerry Goffin)
August 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Canada to Recognize Palestinian State at the U.N. General Assembly
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
General Dwight D. Eisenhower famously wrote to his brother at the outset of World War II
“Hitler should beware the fury of an aroused democracy.”
“Hitler should beware the fury of an aroused democracy.”
July 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
General Dwight D. Eisenhower famously wrote to his brother at the outset of World War II
“Hitler should beware the fury of an aroused democracy.”
“Hitler should beware the fury of an aroused democracy.”
"Let freedom Read" Dress
June 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"Let freedom Read" Dress
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It is #ShowYourStripes Day! Warming stripes for Memphis, TN are below. Each stripe represents the annual average temperature anomaly from 1850-2024. You can create your own at the website below. 1/2 🧪
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
showyourstripes.info
June 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It is #ShowYourStripes Day! Warming stripes for Memphis, TN are below. Each stripe represents the annual average temperature anomaly from 1850-2024. You can create your own at the website below. 1/2 🧪
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BTW, our new guide on protesting safely in the age of surveillance is unpaywalled.
From phone safety tips to just how much law enforcement can track your movements, take a look at the guide:
From phone safety tips to just how much law enforcement can track your movements, take a look at the guide:
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
BTW, our new guide on protesting safely in the age of surveillance is unpaywalled.
From phone safety tips to just how much law enforcement can track your movements, take a look at the guide:
From phone safety tips to just how much law enforcement can track your movements, take a look at the guide:
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This method is fundamental to how modern displays, including computer monitors, TVs, and smartphone screens, produce color images. By varying the intensity of these three primary colors, screens can create millions of different colors.
May 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This method is fundamental to how modern displays, including computer monitors, TVs, and smartphone screens, produce color images. By varying the intensity of these three primary colors, screens can create millions of different colors.
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🚨…WE ARE BEING TOLD THE FRONT LINE OF THE INSURRECTION HAS MOVED TO THE HOME DEPOT PAINT AISLE. MARINES SUBDUED ONE DIY HOMEOWNER WHO WAS BROWSING CEILING PRIMERS AND TWO SUSPECTED CRAFTERS CARRYING A SUSPICIOUSLY LARGE NUMBER OF BEHR PAINT SWATCHES…SUPPORT DRONES REMAIN STUCK IN THE GARDEN SECTION…
June 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🚨…WE ARE BEING TOLD THE FRONT LINE OF THE INSURRECTION HAS MOVED TO THE HOME DEPOT PAINT AISLE. MARINES SUBDUED ONE DIY HOMEOWNER WHO WAS BROWSING CEILING PRIMERS AND TWO SUSPECTED CRAFTERS CARRYING A SUSPICIOUSLY LARGE NUMBER OF BEHR PAINT SWATCHES…SUPPORT DRONES REMAIN STUCK IN THE GARDEN SECTION…
Quote of the day-courtesy of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
June 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Quote of the day-courtesy of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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This ad aired in 2002….they have been trying to warn us and we weren’t paying attention
May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This ad aired in 2002….they have been trying to warn us and we weren’t paying attention
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DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
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May 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
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For more on Pogo oscillations, check out this great video from @csi-starbase.bsky.social, which really lays it out in incredible detail. Yes. I watched ALL of it.
youtu.be/GkqWhHvfAXY?...
youtu.be/GkqWhHvfAXY?...
POGO: The 63-Year-Old Problem Threatening Starship's Success
YouTube video by CSI Starbase
youtu.be
May 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
For more on Pogo oscillations, check out this great video from @csi-starbase.bsky.social, which really lays it out in incredible detail. Yes. I watched ALL of it.
youtu.be/GkqWhHvfAXY?...
youtu.be/GkqWhHvfAXY?...
13 Ways to Save Health and Science
The future is uncertain, but decline isn’t inevitable. Experts from across disciplines share concrete ways that individuals, organizations and local leaders can keep science and health efforts moving forward. Here are their ideas:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
The future is uncertain, but decline isn’t inevitable. Experts from across disciplines share concrete ways that individuals, organizations and local leaders can keep science and health efforts moving forward. Here are their ideas:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
Opinion | 13 Ways to Save Health and Science
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
13 Ways to Save Health and Science
The future is uncertain, but decline isn’t inevitable. Experts from across disciplines share concrete ways that individuals, organizations and local leaders can keep science and health efforts moving forward. Here are their ideas:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
The future is uncertain, but decline isn’t inevitable. Experts from across disciplines share concrete ways that individuals, organizations and local leaders can keep science and health efforts moving forward. Here are their ideas:
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o...
Good to see that Nova (PBS) taking responsibility for side effects from watching their liberal, right wing presentations!
Awaiting a similar warning for Sesame Street..
(screen grab)
Awaiting a similar warning for Sesame Street..
(screen grab)
May 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Good to see that Nova (PBS) taking responsibility for side effects from watching their liberal, right wing presentations!
Awaiting a similar warning for Sesame Street..
(screen grab)
Awaiting a similar warning for Sesame Street..
(screen grab)
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