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For the Epsteinth time, Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.
September 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
For the Epsteinth time, Tylenol doesn’t cause autism.
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remember when we all started boycotting Target in Jan bc they ACTIVELY jumped on the anti-dei (being all sad about diversity helping businesses) knobjob train? And then they lost 12Billion dollars? Remember that was Black Activism that told us what to do. And it worked. Credit where credit is due.
August 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
remember when we all started boycotting Target in Jan bc they ACTIVELY jumped on the anti-dei (being all sad about diversity helping businesses) knobjob train? And then they lost 12Billion dollars? Remember that was Black Activism that told us what to do. And it worked. Credit where credit is due.
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🧪 New study: Learning about economic impact of NIH funding motivates action to oppose funding cuts.
Evidence from two preregistered, randomized experiments with >5,000 U.S. adults.
Similar change for liberals and conservatives. Preprint from @asinclair.bsky.social et al:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Evidence from two preregistered, randomized experiments with >5,000 U.S. adults.
Similar change for liberals and conservatives. Preprint from @asinclair.bsky.social et al:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
![Study 2 Intervention Materials
Base Intervention Text
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide funding for scientific research that
leads to major breakthroughs for cancer, diabetes, dementia, heart disease, infectious
diseases, stroke, mental illness, and more.
NIH funding is also an excellent financial investment. For every dollar NIH invests in
research, an average of $2.56 of economic activity is returned–a gain of over 250%.
The White House recently ordered major changes to NIH funding, which would take
back funds already promised to the states. States have sued to challenge the order,
arguing that the changes are unlawful.
[page break]
There are two major sources of cuts to NIH funding, which will result in current and
future losses.
First, many NIH grants for health research have already been cancelled, interrupting
ongoing studies and clinical trials. These cancelled grants are projected to result in
economic losses of $4.9 Billion and over 21,000 jobs.
Second, another change would greatly reduce NIH funding that covers “indirect
costs” of research. These funds help pay for essential facilities, equipment, skilled staff,
and safety checks needed across many research projects. Medical research would not be
possible without funding to cover indirect costs. In the future, this proposed change to
funding for indirect costs of research would reduce the U.S. economy by about $16
Billion and over 68,000 jobs every year.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c5xrowexysrnn6rn6piltqjz/bafkreid62fezp32bbl53u4iwhrwttks7rwcdbbfqatklh35wmyxzq6o73i@jpeg)
August 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🧪 New study: Learning about economic impact of NIH funding motivates action to oppose funding cuts.
Evidence from two preregistered, randomized experiments with >5,000 U.S. adults.
Similar change for liberals and conservatives. Preprint from @asinclair.bsky.social et al:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Evidence from two preregistered, randomized experiments with >5,000 U.S. adults.
Similar change for liberals and conservatives. Preprint from @asinclair.bsky.social et al:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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The best response to Abundance talk is a single tweet from Ruairi Wood, RIP brother.
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The best response to Abundance talk is a single tweet from Ruairi Wood, RIP brother.
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Do you imagine god as a top or a bottom?
July 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Do you imagine god as a top or a bottom?
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before?
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
July 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The right-wing backlash against #Superman this week got me thinking: Has this happened before?
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
That led to the discovery of these headline — from April 1940, when the official newspaper of the SS took umbrage at the comic book hero and ridiculed its creators.
My how times change ...
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my chiropractor just went for two nights with his new girlfriend to Las Vegas and he said “ the locals were talking about how tourism is down so much.” And I said yeah nobody wants to go to Germany in 1934
July 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
my chiropractor just went for two nights with his new girlfriend to Las Vegas and he said “ the locals were talking about how tourism is down so much.” And I said yeah nobody wants to go to Germany in 1934
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A seven year old piece that is as informative now as it was then.
Really well written and I recommend you read it.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
Really well written and I recommend you read it.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
A personal reminiscence from 2018 about getting polio, 1948: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018...
June 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A seven year old piece that is as informative now as it was then.
Really well written and I recommend you read it.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
Really well written and I recommend you read it.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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more of this
keep at them
keep at them
"You're an embarrassment to this country ... There's been bipartisan members of Congress that have called for your resignation. You should just get the hell out and let somebody competently lead this department."
Rep. Salud Carbajal is a former Marine Corps reservist. WOOF.
Rep. Salud Carbajal is a former Marine Corps reservist. WOOF.
Congressman tells Hegseth to "get the hell out" of Pentagon in tense hearing
The congressman grilled Hegseth on issues including Marines' deployment to LA, the Signal chat leak and Russia-Ukraine war.
www.axios.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
more of this
keep at them
keep at them
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i’m a very well kept secret and show business. So if anybody lives in Minneapolis or the surroundings I’m at my home club next Wednesday through Saturday June 11-14. JackieKashian.com feel free to repost this and tell your dad. dads love me.
June 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
i’m a very well kept secret and show business. So if anybody lives in Minneapolis or the surroundings I’m at my home club next Wednesday through Saturday June 11-14. JackieKashian.com feel free to repost this and tell your dad. dads love me.
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Tabletop makers are pushing back against Trumps' tariffs with honesty, but also calls for direct political action. @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social spoke with publishers who say the economic chaos has fostered solidarity -- and a will to fight.
Tabletop makers push back against tariffs with honesty and direct political action
"I urge everyone to do the same, because it’s important in times like these to speak up and to voice your concerns, your dissent.”
www.rascal.news
May 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tabletop makers are pushing back against Trumps' tariffs with honesty, but also calls for direct political action. @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social spoke with publishers who say the economic chaos has fostered solidarity -- and a will to fight.
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If you know anyone who still supports this rambling loon, play this audio for them and then ask them to guess the event he’s speaking at.
Trump's West Point commencement audience is totally silent as he rants about trophy wives and yachts
May 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you know anyone who still supports this rambling loon, play this audio for them and then ask them to guess the event he’s speaking at.
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The Speaker's last-minute prayer before the 1am House Rules Committee hearing.
We're awake and watching, Mike.
We're awake and watching, Mike.
May 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The Speaker's last-minute prayer before the 1am House Rules Committee hearing.
We're awake and watching, Mike.
We're awake and watching, Mike.
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Meet one of the largest and most powerful owls on Earth — with eyes that pierce straight into your soul! - Eurasian Eagle-Owl. Photo📸 zahnete
May 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Meet one of the largest and most powerful owls on Earth — with eyes that pierce straight into your soul! - Eurasian Eagle-Owl. Photo📸 zahnete
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This is nonsense
TAPPER: The one thing I hear from almost every small business owner is the uncertainty. They don't know how to plan for the future because they have no idea what's gonna come.
BESSENT: Strategic uncertainty is a negotiating tactic
BESSENT: Strategic uncertainty is a negotiating tactic
May 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is nonsense
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According to a 2021 report, the University of California system:
• generated $82B in economic activity in California
• supported 529K jobs in the state
• generated $21 in economic output for every $1 received
Public divestment from higher ed makes no sense, even in the narrowest economic terms.
• generated $82B in economic activity in California
• supported 529K jobs in the state
• generated $21 in economic output for every $1 received
Public divestment from higher ed makes no sense, even in the narrowest economic terms.
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
According to a 2021 report, the University of California system:
• generated $82B in economic activity in California
• supported 529K jobs in the state
• generated $21 in economic output for every $1 received
Public divestment from higher ed makes no sense, even in the narrowest economic terms.
• generated $82B in economic activity in California
• supported 529K jobs in the state
• generated $21 in economic output for every $1 received
Public divestment from higher ed makes no sense, even in the narrowest economic terms.
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Flexible/remote work is good, actually! When executives can’t make it work for their company, that’s a problem of leadership. Return to office mandates are about real estate costs and shitty bosses covering their asses - no matter what excuse they give. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier."
An Australian study, conducted over four years and starting before the pandemic, has come up with some enlightening conclusions about the impact of working from home. The researchers are unequivocal: ...
farmingdale-observer.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Flexible/remote work is good, actually! When executives can’t make it work for their company, that’s a problem of leadership. Return to office mandates are about real estate costs and shitty bosses covering their asses - no matter what excuse they give. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
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"We need to strengthen our ability to use antisemitism accusations as a cudgel against the leftist enemy within while also codifying our right to be raging antisemites."
It's just so perfect. What an ugly farce this all is.
It's just so perfect. What an ugly farce this all is.
SCOOP: The Antisemitism Awareness Act — up for vote in Senate committee tomorrow — now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements by Christian conservatives.
New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
More ⬇️
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New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.
More ⬇️
forward.com/fast-forward...
Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements
The Antisemitism Awareness Act's added language says it would not infringe on religious liberty to protect the claim that Jews killed Jesus.
forward.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"We need to strengthen our ability to use antisemitism accusations as a cudgel against the leftist enemy within while also codifying our right to be raging antisemites."
It's just so perfect. What an ugly farce this all is.
It's just so perfect. What an ugly farce this all is.
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in madison wisconsin- i liked the gyro place that isn’t the Parthenon - it was right across the street bc the guys were related, had a fight, opened up another gyro place across the street - i don’t know which was first - but the one i drunkenly liked is gone.
I don't want to hear about your lost loves, tell me about the restaurant food that haunts you because you'll never be able to taste it again
April 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
in madison wisconsin- i liked the gyro place that isn’t the Parthenon - it was right across the street bc the guys were related, had a fight, opened up another gyro place across the street - i don’t know which was first - but the one i drunkenly liked is gone.
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tomorrow jackieandlaurieshow.com w @anylaurie16.bsky.social and our first guest - Garafalo from live show @moontowercomedy.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
tomorrow jackieandlaurieshow.com w @anylaurie16.bsky.social and our first guest - Garafalo from live show @moontowercomedy.bsky.social
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Folks, we can do better than 300%.
“Our ICE officers are facing 300% increase in assaults while carrying out enforcement operations.”
April 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Folks, we can do better than 300%.
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Off a cliff?
Lutnick on CBS: "You're going to see employment leaping starting today."
April 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Off a cliff?
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Bill advancing in Statehouse would take state funding from libraries involved with American Library Association (via @iowapublicradio.org) www.iowapublicradio.org/state-govern... #libraries
Bill advancing in Statehouse would take state funding from libraries involved with American Library Association
Libraries in Iowa would not receive state assistance if they're dues-paying members of a national nonprofit like the American Library Association, according to a bill advancing in the state House and ...
www.iowapublicradio.org
March 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Bill advancing in Statehouse would take state funding from libraries involved with American Library Association (via @iowapublicradio.org) www.iowapublicradio.org/state-govern... #libraries