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September 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
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The media environment in the US has degraded so quickly. While Dowd's remarks weren't laudatory, they weren't crass or cheap. Compare this with the Fox News anchor suggesting *this morning* that we should murder ("involuntary lethal injection; just kill 'em") people experiencing mental health crises
Political analyst Matthew Dowd has been fired from MSNBC after his comments about the death of Charlie Kirk, Variety reports
Matthew Dowd Fired From MSNBC For Charlie Kirk Comments
Political analyst Matthew Dowd has been fired from MSNBC after his comments about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
variety.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The media environment in the US has degraded so quickly. While Dowd's remarks weren't laudatory, they weren't crass or cheap. Compare this with the Fox News anchor suggesting *this morning* that we should murder ("involuntary lethal injection; just kill 'em") people experiencing mental health crises
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Chicago keeping art alive:
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Chicago keeping art alive:
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Eugenics is wrong on so many levels. I would find it really depressing to think that my children are simply automatons rotely following their genetic programming to fulfill their predestined future as opposed to individuals with agency and their own accomplishments to be proud of.
Nazi nerd eugenicists:
Inside Silicon Valley’s Growing Obsession With Having Smarter Babies
www.wsj.com/us-news/sili...
Inside Silicon Valley’s Growing Obsession With Having Smarter Babies
www.wsj.com/us-news/sili...
Inside Silicon Valley’s Growing Obsession With Having Smarter Babies
Tech execs are paying tens of thousands to find brilliant dates or select high-IQ embryos. “They want to raise high-performing children.”
www.wsj.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Eugenics is wrong on so many levels. I would find it really depressing to think that my children are simply automatons rotely following their genetic programming to fulfill their predestined future as opposed to individuals with agency and their own accomplishments to be proud of.
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I keep seeing this circulating, and I'm disappointed in my colleagues in the natural sciences who think if they can "shed" enough of their humanity they will some how be protected from fascism.
Scientists who are bending to jingoism to try and protect funding aren't asking the right questions.
Scientists who are bending to jingoism to try and protect funding aren't asking the right questions.
In which a Yale prof calls for jettisoning humanities to make way for science-only universities.
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities
Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?
thedispatch.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I keep seeing this circulating, and I'm disappointed in my colleagues in the natural sciences who think if they can "shed" enough of their humanity they will some how be protected from fascism.
Scientists who are bending to jingoism to try and protect funding aren't asking the right questions.
Scientists who are bending to jingoism to try and protect funding aren't asking the right questions.
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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
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Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on:
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
June 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on:
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
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The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.
Administration to phase out NIH support of HIV clinical guidelines
The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.
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Is this the world that Rufo and Weiss and company want? Students winning awards for saying the constitution should only apply to white people?
If one believes “institutional neutrality” means there are *no* positions that the institution can hold, that feels more like nihilism than neutrality.
If one believes “institutional neutrality” means there are *no* positions that the institution can hold, that feels more like nihilism than neutrality.
A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Is this the world that Rufo and Weiss and company want? Students winning awards for saying the constitution should only apply to white people?
If one believes “institutional neutrality” means there are *no* positions that the institution can hold, that feels more like nihilism than neutrality.
If one believes “institutional neutrality” means there are *no* positions that the institution can hold, that feels more like nihilism than neutrality.
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What does it take, man. They’ve arrested mayors, broken into Congressman’s offices. Does anyone doubt they would arrest governors or Senators? What line needs to be crossed before we all recognize this as lawless authoritarianism?
JUST NOW — Trump says Homan should arrest Governor Gavin Newsom: "I would do it if I were Tom. I think it's great. I think it would be a great thing.”
June 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What does it take, man. They’ve arrested mayors, broken into Congressman’s offices. Does anyone doubt they would arrest governors or Senators? What line needs to be crossed before we all recognize this as lawless authoritarianism?
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One of the most interesting and eye-opening things I learned at the Simons Foundation art/science retreat over the weekend was just how small arts grants are.
The *entire budget* of the NEH, which is set to be shut down in 2026, is ~$207 million.
(Source: www.neh.gov/sites/defaul...)
The *entire budget* of the NEH, which is set to be shut down in 2026, is ~$207 million.
(Source: www.neh.gov/sites/defaul...)
BREAKING: The Pentagon said the deployment of National Guard members and Marines to protests over immigration raids in LA will cost $134 million.
Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to Los Angles and Pentagon chaos
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been quickly met with sharp questions and criticism by lawmakers who pressed him about his early moves to fire key military leaders and and purge diversity programs.
bit.ly
June 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One of the most interesting and eye-opening things I learned at the Simons Foundation art/science retreat over the weekend was just how small arts grants are.
The *entire budget* of the NEH, which is set to be shut down in 2026, is ~$207 million.
(Source: www.neh.gov/sites/defaul...)
The *entire budget* of the NEH, which is set to be shut down in 2026, is ~$207 million.
(Source: www.neh.gov/sites/defaul...)
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Let’s be very clear: Los Angeles is the perfect place for this to play out for the Trumpists. The Trumpists hate California and hate Los Angeles and a vast amount of their base feels the same — even the Trumpists here, who wallow in hating the place they live.
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The administration gets closer to using the military to crush civilian dissent. Expect deaths, disappearances, and lawless detentions.
Tom Homan: We are making Los Angeles safer. Mayor Bass should be thanking us. She says they are going to mobilize—guess what? We are already mobilizing. We are going to bring the National Guard in tonight
June 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Let’s be very clear: Los Angeles is the perfect place for this to play out for the Trumpists. The Trumpists hate California and hate Los Angeles and a vast amount of their base feels the same — even the Trumpists here, who wallow in hating the place they live.
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Last week, NASA and NSF released their FY26 budget requests. We list the detailed impacts on the astronomical sciences in this blog post, and share how you can take action today.
aas.org/posts/news/2...
@policy.aas.org
aas.org/posts/news/2...
@policy.aas.org
June 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Last week, NASA and NSF released their FY26 budget requests. We list the detailed impacts on the astronomical sciences in this blog post, and share how you can take action today.
aas.org/posts/news/2...
@policy.aas.org
aas.org/posts/news/2...
@policy.aas.org
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Nobel Prize Laureate Kip Thorne speaking yesterday at the Albert Einstein Institute in Postdam, Germany:
"Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪
"Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪
June 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Nobel Prize Laureate Kip Thorne speaking yesterday at the Albert Einstein Institute in Postdam, Germany:
"Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪
"Donald Trump is destroying America's capacity for [leading science]. We are counting on Europe to take over here and elsewhere." ⚛️ 🧪
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"Why should my tax dollars go to fund your astrophysics research?" A thread. 🔭🧪
Brushing aside how absurdly little of the federal budget goes to science (according to the Planetary Society NASA accounts for only 0.3% of federal spending), the benefits of funding astronomy fall into two camps. (1/n)
Brushing aside how absurdly little of the federal budget goes to science (according to the Planetary Society NASA accounts for only 0.3% of federal spending), the benefits of funding astronomy fall into two camps. (1/n)
May 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Why should my tax dollars go to fund your astrophysics research?" A thread. 🔭🧪
Brushing aside how absurdly little of the federal budget goes to science (according to the Planetary Society NASA accounts for only 0.3% of federal spending), the benefits of funding astronomy fall into two camps. (1/n)
Brushing aside how absurdly little of the federal budget goes to science (according to the Planetary Society NASA accounts for only 0.3% of federal spending), the benefits of funding astronomy fall into two camps. (1/n)
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There is a lot of science we can still do with just one LIGO site. Please don't think that only having one is useless. It is immeasurable better than having none!
We are lucky that we do have an international network of observatories. This needs at least one LIGO to support the field
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We are lucky that we do have an international network of observatories. This needs at least one LIGO to support the field
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Not good news for gravitational-wave or multimessenger astronomy "In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two [LIGO] sites and will support a reduced level for technology development"
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Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There is a lot of science we can still do with just one LIGO site. Please don't think that only having one is useless. It is immeasurable better than having none!
We are lucky that we do have an international network of observatories. This needs at least one LIGO to support the field
☄️⚛️🧪🔭
We are lucky that we do have an international network of observatories. This needs at least one LIGO to support the field
☄️⚛️🧪🔭
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In 2023, four of the seven US-based Nobel laureates were immigrants.
That’s a wonderful thing for Americans. It has nothing to do with saying that Americans aren’t good at stuff.
It means that America is a place where the best Americans and best immigrants work together to do great things.
That’s a wonderful thing for Americans. It has nothing to do with saying that Americans aren’t good at stuff.
It means that America is a place where the best Americans and best immigrants work together to do great things.
May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In 2023, four of the seven US-based Nobel laureates were immigrants.
That’s a wonderful thing for Americans. It has nothing to do with saying that Americans aren’t good at stuff.
It means that America is a place where the best Americans and best immigrants work together to do great things.
That’s a wonderful thing for Americans. It has nothing to do with saying that Americans aren’t good at stuff.
It means that America is a place where the best Americans and best immigrants work together to do great things.
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Some of the most elite colleges in the US are making “civility transcripts” part of the admissions process.
Tone-policing as university policy.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Tone-policing as university policy.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
May 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Some of the most elite colleges in the US are making “civility transcripts” part of the admissions process.
Tone-policing as university policy.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Tone-policing as university policy.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Virtually all HR training — not specifically DEI — is annoying and worthless to many, maybe even most, employees; it's very important for minority of employees who happen to be the source of a majority of the HR problems (and therefore it's important for the organization).
"DEI is pointless rather than menacing" seems like a reasonable take to me, but if that's the case it's still bad.
why are these guys all so mad about HR trainings. how is that supposed to be a roadblock for young men. my company's yearly DEI training is an hour they pay me to not work followed by a test with questions you can pass without reading the actual questions.
May 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Virtually all HR training — not specifically DEI — is annoying and worthless to many, maybe even most, employees; it's very important for minority of employees who happen to be the source of a majority of the HR problems (and therefore it's important for the organization).
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This is all part of a false nostalgia sales pitch — we need to return to being a country defined by trade careers and manufacturing — to distract from a huge attempted transfer of wealth from the masses to the 1%.
Leavitt: "Electricians, plumbers -- we need more of those in our country, and less LGBTQ graduate majors from Harvard University. And that's what this administration's position is."
May 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This is all part of a false nostalgia sales pitch — we need to return to being a country defined by trade careers and manufacturing — to distract from a huge attempted transfer of wealth from the masses to the 1%.
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The Vietnam War was 20 years long.
By 1973, almost 60,000 Americans had been killed and over 3 million Americans had been stationed there. And the US was losing most of the time.
This context is important for evaluating why Americans turned against the war. It was self preservation, not empathy.
By 1973, almost 60,000 Americans had been killed and over 3 million Americans had been stationed there. And the US was losing most of the time.
This context is important for evaluating why Americans turned against the war. It was self preservation, not empathy.
May 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The Vietnam War was 20 years long.
By 1973, almost 60,000 Americans had been killed and over 3 million Americans had been stationed there. And the US was losing most of the time.
This context is important for evaluating why Americans turned against the war. It was self preservation, not empathy.
By 1973, almost 60,000 Americans had been killed and over 3 million Americans had been stationed there. And the US was losing most of the time.
This context is important for evaluating why Americans turned against the war. It was self preservation, not empathy.
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Me, hearing someone say during a college class that Africans were involved in the slave trade: he’s so brave for voicing this universally accepted and well-documented fact that in no way changes either the morality and horrors of chattel slavery or the guilt of the slavers in the US
amazingly fucked up that the NYT is uncritically publishing the claim, “Race has some biological reality.”
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
May 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Me, hearing someone say during a college class that Africans were involved in the slave trade: he’s so brave for voicing this universally accepted and well-documented fact that in no way changes either the morality and horrors of chattel slavery or the guilt of the slavers in the US
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