@acidfast.bsky.social
Why would hospitals close? Is there any evidence that hospitals close in public healthcare systems?
How much are you going to pay doctors?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Which current hospitals get shut down ?
What happens if doctors opt out of the system ? Who is going to invest in new curative therapies. You ?
How much in taxes pr year do you think it's possible to collect if you took every penny from billionaires?
Half the amount that everyone currently pays could provide universal healthcare. Private health companies don’t need to exist. Eliminate them. And use your collective buying power and economies of scale to get it done. Every cent of their profit is healthcare denied.
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Why would hospitals close? Is there any evidence that hospitals close in public healthcare systems?
This is bad, but I also think it’s incumbent on the publishers to check that each reference is real. Peer review can check for soundness of methods and ensure that the conclusions follow from the results. It should be the publishers who need to check that the references are correct.
Fake references should lead to academic sanctions for the researchers involved, from both industry as well as from institutions. It needs to happen now, before every norm of academic integrity ends up sacrificed on the altar of production.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is bad, but I also think it’s incumbent on the publishers to check that each reference is real. Peer review can check for soundness of methods and ensure that the conclusions follow from the results. It should be the publishers who need to check that the references are correct.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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People often want simple answers to the question of why transit is worse in North America (US especially) than other places. A transit agency voluntarily slowing it’s trains down for dubious “safety” benefits, as the government bans speed cameras says a lot.
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
People often want simple answers to the question of why transit is worse in North America (US especially) than other places. A transit agency voluntarily slowing it’s trains down for dubious “safety” benefits, as the government bans speed cameras says a lot.
@joshgondelman.bsky.social Hey Josh, I just watched your comedy special and it was very good! Thank you for making it.
July 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
@joshgondelman.bsky.social Hey Josh, I just watched your comedy special and it was very good! Thank you for making it.
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Next time a publication publishes a piece about "ideological diversity" simply google if they have any trans writers or editors on staff (they don't)
I've said this before, but so-called ideological diversity only runs rightward, and it never means arguing about economics or something. I already know the conservative position on, for instance, my existence. I'm not going to snap out of being trans because seventeen more people call me a man.
June 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Next time a publication publishes a piece about "ideological diversity" simply google if they have any trans writers or editors on staff (they don't)
The other part of this is that mistakes have consequences. If a an agent of the US mistakenly brought Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, they should face commensurate consequences for their actions.
Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or it isn’t.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
April 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The other part of this is that mistakes have consequences. If a an agent of the US mistakenly brought Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, they should face commensurate consequences for their actions.
@hankgreen.bsky.social Really liked your video today. In case you haven't seen it, the reason that gambling is everywhere is explored in this podcast www.fivefourpod.com/episodes/mur...
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You may have noticed that sports betting apps have taken over the world in just a few short years. Blame the Supreme Court.
www.fivefourpod.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@hankgreen.bsky.social Really liked your video today. In case you haven't seen it, the reason that gambling is everywhere is explored in this podcast www.fivefourpod.com/episodes/mur...
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Whether it's students at Oberlin complaining about banh mi or administrators at NYU cancelling a speech for fear of offending Donald Trump, both schools have fraught relationship with freedom of expression.
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Whether it's students at Oberlin complaining about banh mi or administrators at NYU cancelling a speech for fear of offending Donald Trump, both schools have fraught relationship with freedom of expression.
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The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
March 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where
With such a bold claim, you would think there would be more evidence that progressives are removing books from libraries. Instead we are told about one school board decision which sparked an outcry and was reversed by the premier immediately. This isn’t the same as US Republicans’ book banning.
“Whether it's for progressive values or for conservative values, we should not be treating libraries as simply the PR department for the kind of ideology that we believe in, and trying to ban everything else.” - Ira Wells, author of “On Book Banning”
buff.ly/wfwRldG
buff.ly/wfwRldG
March 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
With such a bold claim, you would think there would be more evidence that progressives are removing books from libraries. Instead we are told about one school board decision which sparked an outcry and was reversed by the premier immediately. This isn’t the same as US Republicans’ book banning.
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Free Mahmoud Khalil.
March 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Free Mahmoud Khalil.
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Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
www.npr.org
March 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
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Take back your attention.
January 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Take back your attention.
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Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
January 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed
Clip of Donald trump: we are going to deport all immigrants
Michael barbaro: so Peter baker, what do you think the president *means*
Michael barbaro: so Peter baker, what do you think the president *means*
January 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Clip of Donald trump: we are going to deport all immigrants
Michael barbaro: so Peter baker, what do you think the president *means*
Michael barbaro: so Peter baker, what do you think the president *means*
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The TTC ordered 60 new streetcars, when what it really needs is to fix the streetcar network, not more streetcars to rattle along and get stuck in traffic.
December 24, 2024 at 4:48 AM
The TTC ordered 60 new streetcars, when what it really needs is to fix the streetcar network, not more streetcars to rattle along and get stuck in traffic.
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Japanese government to populace: Go fuck yourselves.
Tokyo government gives workers 4-day workweek to boost fertility, family time | CNN
The Japanese capital is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees, in its latest push to help working mothers and boost record-low fertility rates.
www.cnn.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Japanese government to populace: Go fuck yourselves.
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Imagine the outrage if this headline was
“Massachusetts Education Board to Vote on Koran-Infused Lessons in Public Schools”
There’s a reason we need separation of church and state.
If you want religious education for YOUR kids, go for it. Don’t force-feed it to mine.
“Massachusetts Education Board to Vote on Koran-Infused Lessons in Public Schools”
There’s a reason we need separation of church and state.
If you want religious education for YOUR kids, go for it. Don’t force-feed it to mine.
November 19, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Imagine the outrage if this headline was
“Massachusetts Education Board to Vote on Koran-Infused Lessons in Public Schools”
There’s a reason we need separation of church and state.
If you want religious education for YOUR kids, go for it. Don’t force-feed it to mine.
“Massachusetts Education Board to Vote on Koran-Infused Lessons in Public Schools”
There’s a reason we need separation of church and state.
If you want religious education for YOUR kids, go for it. Don’t force-feed it to mine.
@rmcelreath.bsky.social I re-listened to your "Horoscopes" lecture again recently and am very motivated to rid myself of MS Excel. Do you have a good alternative CSV app you would recommend? Or do you just use Excel in CSV mode and deal with the annoying banners/pop-ups?
October 14, 2024 at 9:59 PM
@rmcelreath.bsky.social I re-listened to your "Horoscopes" lecture again recently and am very motivated to rid myself of MS Excel. Do you have a good alternative CSV app you would recommend? Or do you just use Excel in CSV mode and deal with the annoying banners/pop-ups?
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