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Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
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In just the first three months of his second term, Trump has destabilized eight decades of government support for science. His administration has fired thousands of government scientists, bringing large swathes of the country’s research to a standstill and halting many clinical trials.
#News
#News
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. What are the long-term impacts f...
go.nature.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In just the first three months of his second term, Trump has destabilized eight decades of government support for science. His administration has fired thousands of government scientists, bringing large swathes of the country’s research to a standstill and halting many clinical trials.
#News
#News
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Proposal to dismantle NCAR would have space science impacts
A proposal by the Trump administration to dismantle a leading atmospheric science center would also have implications for space science.
A proposal by the Trump administration to dismantle a leading atmospheric science center would also have implications for space science.
Proposal to dismantle NCAR would have space science impacts
A proposal by the Trump administration to dismantle a leading atmospheric science center would also have implications for space science.
spacenews.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Proposal to dismantle NCAR would have space science impacts
A proposal by the Trump administration to dismantle a leading atmospheric science center would also have implications for space science.
A proposal by the Trump administration to dismantle a leading atmospheric science center would also have implications for space science.
The only dinner worse than one where Elon Musk fights Nikola Tesla while William Shakespeare and Ben Franklin look on is one where Katie Miller and Queen Victoria try to carry on a conversation while Stephen Miller sits silently next to them, eating mayonnaise.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
A 2025 Ranking You Won’t Read Anywhere Else
Salmon with Abraham Lincoln and Jesus, plus other hypothetical dinner parties from The Katie Miller Podcast
www.theatlantic.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The only dinner worse than one where Elon Musk fights Nikola Tesla while William Shakespeare and Ben Franklin look on is one where Katie Miller and Queen Victoria try to carry on a conversation while Stephen Miller sits silently next to them, eating mayonnaise.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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You’ve got a few days left to get your annual National Parks pass without Trump’s face on it.
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
You’ve got a few days left to get your annual National Parks pass without Trump’s face on it.
One example of many. Seems to me it will be hard to reset US research when and if the current mess is over.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/s...
She Studied the Health Effects of Wildfires
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
One example of many. Seems to me it will be hard to reset US research when and if the current mess is over.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/s...
So, this is all very encouraging. Please let us have intelligent leadership before it's too late.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
How Trump’s First Year Reshaped U.S. Energy and Climate Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
So, this is all very encouraging. Please let us have intelligent leadership before it's too late.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts Continue
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I guess we’re supposed to use our imaginations.
December 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I guess we’re supposed to use our imaginations.
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DOJ won’t meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files. They’ve been redacting Trump’s name all year in 24 hour overtime shifts and it still wasn’t enough time.
December 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
DOJ won’t meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files. They’ve been redacting Trump’s name all year in 24 hour overtime shifts and it still wasn’t enough time.
A useful compilation, I think. I really have no idea how much of what he says he actually believes versus makes up on the spot.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Trump Relies on Distortions to Support His Pressure Campaign on Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A useful compilation, I think. I really have no idea how much of what he says he actually believes versus makes up on the spot.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Not good news. For example:
-- Arctic surface air temperatures Oct '24 -Sept '25 were warmest recorded since 1900.
-- March '25, Arctic winter sea ice lowest annual maximum extent in the 47-year record.
-- Acidity and elevated toxic metals compromise river habitats.
arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
-- Arctic surface air temperatures Oct '24 -Sept '25 were warmest recorded since 1900.
-- March '25, Arctic winter sea ice lowest annual maximum extent in the 47-year record.
-- Acidity and elevated toxic metals compromise river habitats.
arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
December 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Not good news. For example:
-- Arctic surface air temperatures Oct '24 -Sept '25 were warmest recorded since 1900.
-- March '25, Arctic winter sea ice lowest annual maximum extent in the 47-year record.
-- Acidity and elevated toxic metals compromise river habitats.
arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
-- Arctic surface air temperatures Oct '24 -Sept '25 were warmest recorded since 1900.
-- March '25, Arctic winter sea ice lowest annual maximum extent in the 47-year record.
-- Acidity and elevated toxic metals compromise river habitats.
arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...
Seasonal blooms.
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Seasonal blooms.
Just minding our own bizness, that's all.
I had tamales the other night but neglected the ritual, am I in trouble?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
I had tamales the other night but neglected the ritual, am I in trouble?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
‘Voodoo Rituals’ and Banana Wars: U.S. Military Action in Latin America
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Just minding our own bizness, that's all.
I had tamales the other night but neglected the ritual, am I in trouble?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
I had tamales the other night but neglected the ritual, am I in trouble?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
""Judge Saris ... said the Interior Department had not provided a “reasoned explanation” ... Instead, she said, the “agency defendants candidly concede that the sole factor they considered in deciding to stop issuing permits was the president’s direction to do so.”"
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/c...
Federal Judge Finds Trump’s Halt on Wind Energy Is Illegal
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
""Judge Saris ... said the Interior Department had not provided a “reasoned explanation” ... Instead, she said, the “agency defendants candidly concede that the sole factor they considered in deciding to stop issuing permits was the president’s direction to do so.”"
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/c...
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Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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Regarding the orange one's latest outrage, which you can read about elsewhere - what would be appropriate activities to "celebrate" his birthday? Talk-like-DJT oratorial contests? Shooting contests where you have to nick a target just so? Prizes for the tackiest interior decoration ideas?
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Regarding the orange one's latest outrage, which you can read about elsewhere - what would be appropriate activities to "celebrate" his birthday? Talk-like-DJT oratorial contests? Shooting contests where you have to nick a target just so? Prizes for the tackiest interior decoration ideas?
I think I'm on the "Well, maybe" side, but all for an article that gets to use the phrase "trampled by turtles".
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/s...
Stampeding Turtles Might Have Made Fossil Tracks in Italian Cliffs
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I think I'm on the "Well, maybe" side, but all for an article that gets to use the phrase "trampled by turtles".
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/s...
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How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters - WhoWhatWhy
If the cold weather makes it harder for you to argue with climate change deniers about the existence of global warming, this story is for you.
whowhatwhy.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...