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In 1963 the US govt spent 2.5% GDP on research in America. This was on top of what business spent on research, and was not conflated with business "spending" on research by bundling in expenses like advertising into their research budgets.
That spike in 1963 has driven our economy for decades.
That spike in 1963 has driven our economy for decades.
Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.
November 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In 1963 the US govt spent 2.5% GDP on research in America. This was on top of what business spent on research, and was not conflated with business "spending" on research by bundling in expenses like advertising into their research budgets.
That spike in 1963 has driven our economy for decades.
That spike in 1963 has driven our economy for decades.
@jackerhack.ing I came across this service recently: jace.ai 😂
October 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@jackerhack.ing I came across this service recently: jace.ai 😂
@zigzackly.bsky.social Saw this pic of Remo Fernandes recently and you could pass as a reasonable double for him. 🤣
September 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
@zigzackly.bsky.social Saw this pic of Remo Fernandes recently and you could pass as a reasonable double for him. 🤣
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“Any selective admissions process that ignores income, privilege & structural access while targeting race‑based efforts to increase diversity isn’t leveling the playing field. It’s cementing it.”
Trump’s Deals With Top Colleges May Give Rich Applicants a Bigger Edge www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
Trump’s Deals With Top Colleges May Give Rich Applicants a Bigger Edge www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
Trump’s Deals With Top Colleges May Give Rich Applicants a Bigger Edge
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“Any selective admissions process that ignores income, privilege & structural access while targeting race‑based efforts to increase diversity isn’t leveling the playing field. It’s cementing it.”
Trump’s Deals With Top Colleges May Give Rich Applicants a Bigger Edge www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
Trump’s Deals With Top Colleges May Give Rich Applicants a Bigger Edge www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
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Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
Sugarcane burning is a plague on these Black Floridians
“I like to call it 'structured' racism.”
www.motherjones.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
I used to be starry-eyed about the Internet. Not so much anymore but the worst thing about the Internet is that it made this asshole a billionaire.
"The investor described a 'counterattack' against universities in his messages and called for the National Science Foundation, a federal research funding agency, to receive 'the bureaucratic death penalty.'" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreesen says universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI
Tech investor and Trump adviser Marc Andreessen in a private group chat attacked colleges for promoting diversity, saying they had discriminated against “native born kids.”
www.washingtonpost.com
July 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I used to be starry-eyed about the Internet. Not so much anymore but the worst thing about the Internet is that it made this asshole a billionaire.
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Professor and C4R coLAB, Aparna Shah (@neuromusings.bsky.social), discusses our new unit on establishing proper experimental controls. Check out her blog post at bit.ly/4eAIxcl and play with the Controls unit at c4r.io/units
July 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Professor and C4R coLAB, Aparna Shah (@neuromusings.bsky.social), discusses our new unit on establishing proper experimental controls. Check out her blog post at bit.ly/4eAIxcl and play with the Controls unit at c4r.io/units
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They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
June 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
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When students were attacked by cops in the México City protests of 68, UNAM’s Rector - Javier Barros Sierra - stayed silent for fear of jeopardizing university funding.
Just kidding. He ordered all flags to 1/2 mast, led 80,000 down Av. Insurgentes, & gave an epic speech defending free expression
Just kidding. He ordered all flags to 1/2 mast, led 80,000 down Av. Insurgentes, & gave an epic speech defending free expression
March 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When students were attacked by cops in the México City protests of 68, UNAM’s Rector - Javier Barros Sierra - stayed silent for fear of jeopardizing university funding.
Just kidding. He ordered all flags to 1/2 mast, led 80,000 down Av. Insurgentes, & gave an epic speech defending free expression
Just kidding. He ordered all flags to 1/2 mast, led 80,000 down Av. Insurgentes, & gave an epic speech defending free expression
@jackerhack.ing I bet you want one these! (If you don't already have one...) flipperzero.one
Flipper Zero — Portable Multi-tool Device for Geeks
Based on an ultra-low-power STM32 MCU for daily exploration of access control systems and radio protocols. Open-source and customizable
flipperzero.one
February 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
@jackerhack.ing I bet you want one these! (If you don't already have one...) flipperzero.one
Growing in my backyard, SW Virginia. 🍄📷
October 20, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Growing in my backyard, SW Virginia. 🍄📷
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Bellingcat’s Pooja Chaudhuri identified four Indian far-right media outlets that are receiving non-transparent foreign donations. Two sites could be linked to a US-based group associated with the RSS, the group that birthed far-right Hindu ideology. www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/05...
How Four Hindu Nationalist Websites Make Their Money - bellingcat
Open sources reveal how four far-fight Indian websites receive foreign currency donations.
www.bellingcat.com
May 28, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Bellingcat’s Pooja Chaudhuri identified four Indian far-right media outlets that are receiving non-transparent foreign donations. Two sites could be linked to a US-based group associated with the RSS, the group that birthed far-right Hindu ideology. www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/05...
@styler.bsky.social Are you still reading Order of the Stick? The latest page is quite cool!
February 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
@styler.bsky.social Are you still reading Order of the Stick? The latest page is quite cool!
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We stopped by to check out the wonderful 2023 St Pancras International train station Christmas tree, which is a tower of books created by Hatchards that features 3,800 hand-painted books.
November 26, 2023 at 4:08 PM
We stopped by to check out the wonderful 2023 St Pancras International train station Christmas tree, which is a tower of books created by Hatchards that features 3,800 hand-painted books.
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Oh and btw the solution to "not everyone has the time to dedicate to art, you classist" is not "AUTOMATE ALL THE THINGS AND DON'T PAY ARTISTS" it's "VALUE ALL LABOR SO THAT PEOPLE ARE PAID FAIRLY AND CAN LIVE AND MAKE ART IF THEY WANT YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE"
September 27, 2023 at 4:07 PM
Oh and btw the solution to "not everyone has the time to dedicate to art, you classist" is not "AUTOMATE ALL THE THINGS AND DON'T PAY ARTISTS" it's "VALUE ALL LABOR SO THAT PEOPLE ARE PAID FAIRLY AND CAN LIVE AND MAKE ART IF THEY WANT YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE"
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When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is: Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem-- which did we fail?
September 13, 2023 at 6:37 PM
When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is: Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem-- which did we fail?
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'The next time Timbo chunters on about any aspect of economic policy, or about the current predicament of employer-employee relationships, he should be forced to staple to his forehead how he really “made it”. Lord knows there’s enough room'
twitter.com/FinancialRev...
'The next time Timbo chunters on about any aspect of economic policy, or about the current predicament of employer-employee relationships, he should be forced to staple to his forehead how he really “made it”. Lord knows there’s enough room'
twitter.com/FinancialRev...
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September 13, 2023 at 1:09 PM
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'The next time Timbo chunters on about any aspect of economic policy, or about the current predicament of employer-employee relationships, he should be forced to staple to his forehead how he really “made it”. Lord knows there’s enough room'
twitter.com/FinancialRev...
'The next time Timbo chunters on about any aspect of economic policy, or about the current predicament of employer-employee relationships, he should be forced to staple to his forehead how he really “made it”. Lord knows there’s enough room'
twitter.com/FinancialRev...
Ziggy enjoys a sunny day in the yard.
August 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Ziggy enjoys a sunny day in the yard.
It's amazing to me how "unsocial" many social media services have become.
August 30, 2023 at 1:33 PM
It's amazing to me how "unsocial" many social media services have become.