Some people say the worst part of cosplaying Nazi salutes is the cosplaying, but I think the worst part is the Nazi salutes

So what's the legal deal with this? I thought the law only requires Apple and Google to take tiktok out of the app stores

The only billionaire who is an _existential_ threat to our future is Sam Altman

Academics from poorer socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to
- not publish
- have outstanding publication records
- introduce more novel scientific concepts
- less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards.
www.nber.org/papers/w33289

We finally have scientific proof that nerds buy Bitcoin! Just waiting for the one telling us normies watch football and we'll have society all figured out 🤣

This is so boring, I'm sorry. We all know why schools have to have bullet proof glass and metal detectors. It's not the world I want to live in, but it's the one we have. No use pretending it hasn't already been a national conversation for half a decade or maybe much more.

Remember that alarming story circulating recently about the dangers of black plastic utensils? Well, the risk they identified was 10 times higher than it actually is, because the authors of the study made a multiplication error.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Saw this on /r/philly and swelled with civic pride

One thing I still appreciate about X is Community Notes. This post by is clear misinformation (the debt forgiveness occured before the shooting) and yet it remains up without any clarification, and will do so until the overburdened blue sky moderation team fact-check it, if they ever do.

Interview with Louise Bourgeois

I enjoy the other place too but it seems like in principle there should be a major social media network for posting about news and politics that isn't run by a senior quasi-member of the incoming administration (or any administration). So here I am!

I thought the only people left identifying as a Greek letter are sigmas and omegas

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They say that in the solar vs nuclear energy zero-emissions debate, solar is winning, but still seems unclear how they smooth out power supply to times the sun isn't shining

Is letting kids go outside and play around the neighborhood an 80s things that's completely and irretrievably dead now? Seems like it would be hard to bring back because what's the point of your kid doing it if the other kids aren't out there playing too?