BigScienceDragon
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I don’t want to harsh anyone’s mellow, but the most common ways authoritarian governments respond when they realize the civilian courts are unwilling to enable them is that they cook up some kind of tribunals to replace the courts, or they just start taking people into the woods and executing them.
NEW: DC grand jurors reject more Justice Dept cases
Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”
www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...
Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”
www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...
D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests
One former federal prosecutor said of the indictment denials by D.C. grand juries that he's "never heard of this happening."
www.cbsnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I don’t want to harsh anyone’s mellow, but the most common ways authoritarian governments respond when they realize the civilian courts are unwilling to enable them is that they cook up some kind of tribunals to replace the courts, or they just start taking people into the woods and executing them.
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Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. In response, over 85 scientists have come together to write a comprehensive review, which is
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September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
September 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
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He’s banning books and replacing them with guns.
Let me say that again for the people in the back: HE IS BANNING BOOKS AND REPLACING THEM WITH GUNS.
I cannot.
Let me say that again for the people in the back: HE IS BANNING BOOKS AND REPLACING THEM WITH GUNS.
I cannot.
September 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
He’s banning books and replacing them with guns.
Let me say that again for the people in the back: HE IS BANNING BOOKS AND REPLACING THEM WITH GUNS.
I cannot.
Let me say that again for the people in the back: HE IS BANNING BOOKS AND REPLACING THEM WITH GUNS.
I cannot.
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Pritzker: Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next
September 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Pritzker: Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next
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if you’re getting domestically deployed for 29 days at a time there’s reasons
September 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
if you’re getting domestically deployed for 29 days at a time there’s reasons
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Once the lifeblood of online creativity—from silly games to iconic animations—Flash has all but disappeared from the live web. 🕳️
In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, free-range archivist Jason Scott @textfiles.com explores why Flash deserves to be preserved.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/08/06/v...
In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, free-range archivist Jason Scott @textfiles.com explores why Flash deserves to be preserved.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/08/06/v...
August 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Once the lifeblood of online creativity—from silly games to iconic animations—Flash has all but disappeared from the live web. 🕳️
In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, free-range archivist Jason Scott @textfiles.com explores why Flash deserves to be preserved.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/08/06/v...
In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, free-range archivist Jason Scott @textfiles.com explores why Flash deserves to be preserved.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2025/08/06/v...
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hoping that when they say the LLM talks like a Ph.D.-level expert, they mean "holds indecipherable decades-long academic grudges expressed largely in the form of questions that are actually more of a comment"
August 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
hoping that when they say the LLM talks like a Ph.D.-level expert, they mean "holds indecipherable decades-long academic grudges expressed largely in the form of questions that are actually more of a comment"
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I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it
July 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
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yeah this one is very bad rn. it's not funny or cute or "wow, these guys are wild" that there's a concentration camp in Florida. it's a horror. It's "the concentration camp at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport," but all major news outlets are going with "Alligator Alcatraz" in quotes.
One of the most frustrating things about this era, they will mock the dumb administration talking points all day but they will not fail to report on them and use the language the administration prefers. It's happening again with the concentration camp in Florida. They refuse to not use the name.
July 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
yeah this one is very bad rn. it's not funny or cute or "wow, these guys are wild" that there's a concentration camp in Florida. it's a horror. It's "the concentration camp at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport," but all major news outlets are going with "Alligator Alcatraz" in quotes.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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While Republicans celebrate the passage of the largest Medicaid cut in history, the Curtis Medical Center in Nebraska announced it will shut down as a result of these horrific cuts — the first of many hospitals to close.
This is a dark day for rural America and for our country.
This is a dark day for rural America and for our country.
July 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
While Republicans celebrate the passage of the largest Medicaid cut in history, the Curtis Medical Center in Nebraska announced it will shut down as a result of these horrific cuts — the first of many hospitals to close.
This is a dark day for rural America and for our country.
This is a dark day for rural America and for our country.
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The death of Harambe was a pivotal point in history and our society has only gone downhill since
July 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The death of Harambe was a pivotal point in history and our society has only gone downhill since
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Folks, can we please get this funded! This is a VERY reasonable goal for a whole anthology of fantasy comics by Black women, and LOOK HOW COOL IT IS.
Did you know that you can get a hardback edition of the anthology? And it's only available in the kickstarter! Secure your copy today and join in the adventure!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...
June 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Folks, can we please get this funded! This is a VERY reasonable goal for a whole anthology of fantasy comics by Black women, and LOOK HOW COOL IT IS.
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You are not more likely to be killed by a coconut than a shark. This is a statistical error.
Coconuts Georg, who lives under a coconut tree and is killed by 10,000 coconuts a year is an outlier and should not have been counted.
Coconuts Georg, who lives under a coconut tree and is killed by 10,000 coconuts a year is an outlier and should not have been counted.
June 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
You are not more likely to be killed by a coconut than a shark. This is a statistical error.
Coconuts Georg, who lives under a coconut tree and is killed by 10,000 coconuts a year is an outlier and should not have been counted.
Coconuts Georg, who lives under a coconut tree and is killed by 10,000 coconuts a year is an outlier and should not have been counted.
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So just to recap:
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
June 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So just to recap:
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
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If you read one paper this year, it should be this one: how to make scientific narratives more impactful and engaging by using storytelling.
It's written in accessible way, with examples, and it makes a strong case for new, better communication in science.
🧪🌏 #Academicsky
doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
It's written in accessible way, with examples, and it makes a strong case for new, better communication in science.
🧪🌏 #Academicsky
doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
June 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you read one paper this year, it should be this one: how to make scientific narratives more impactful and engaging by using storytelling.
It's written in accessible way, with examples, and it makes a strong case for new, better communication in science.
🧪🌏 #Academicsky
doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
It's written in accessible way, with examples, and it makes a strong case for new, better communication in science.
🧪🌏 #Academicsky
doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
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A man stirs the pot. “It’s a metaphor,” he says.
The frog is sweating.
The frog is informed that this is due to a natural variation in temperature.
“He’s clearly boiling the frog,” say the other frogs.
All books about frogs have vanished from the library.
The frog is sweating.
The frog is informed that this is due to a natural variation in temperature.
“He’s clearly boiling the frog,” say the other frogs.
All books about frogs have vanished from the library.
Signs the Frog Has Been Boiled
A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it. Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT F...
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June 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A man stirs the pot. “It’s a metaphor,” he says.
The frog is sweating.
The frog is informed that this is due to a natural variation in temperature.
“He’s clearly boiling the frog,” say the other frogs.
All books about frogs have vanished from the library.
The frog is sweating.
The frog is informed that this is due to a natural variation in temperature.
“He’s clearly boiling the frog,” say the other frogs.
All books about frogs have vanished from the library.
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A student doing work this shoddy for a class presentation would fail. Shouldn't the standards be even higher for people making decisions about the health of all Americans?
Slides posted for thimerosal presentation at ACIP included citation of study that appears not to exist
“I don’t have a publication in Neurotoxicology by that title,” the apparent lead author told us
Slide has since been removed
First spied by @drboulware.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
“I don’t have a publication in Neurotoxicology by that title,” the apparent lead author told us
Slide has since been removed
First spied by @drboulware.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/h...
June 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A student doing work this shoddy for a class presentation would fail. Shouldn't the standards be even higher for people making decisions about the health of all Americans?
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I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA
The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for the space agency
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
🔭 🧪
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
🔭 🧪
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I'm not a songwriter or anything but the new lyrics to We Didn't Start the Fire are kinda weird, right?
May 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'm not a songwriter or anything but the new lyrics to We Didn't Start the Fire are kinda weird, right?
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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 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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.
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It’s weird because for my whole career I was assured that a rising anti-intellectual fringe wasn’t really a problem because those people had no power to make any decisions that impacted my life
Huh
Huh
Couched in all those sciencey sounding words is that the people who believe the Earth is 6k years old will be appointing officers at each agency to evaluate if research is “Gold Standard Science” or not. They will have the power to call anything fraud.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It’s weird because for my whole career I was assured that a rising anti-intellectual fringe wasn’t really a problem because those people had no power to make any decisions that impacted my life
Huh
Huh