Chris Catania
@chriscatania.bsky.social
Heme/Onc researcher, gaymer, SFF enjoyer
Gift link. Pervasive sports betting is only the tip of the iceberg
Philly is now the No. 1 market for online gambling companies — and addiction helplines are ringing off the hook
Advertisers spent $37 million on the Philadelphia market in 2025. Online gambling help calls and texts have more than doubled in Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 2021.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Gift link. Pervasive sports betting is only the tip of the iceberg
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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He's the largest right wing streamer yet you've probably never heard of him. While everyone is asking for the liberal Joe Rogan the radicalization reaching youth is far more traceable to the roach king. His own journey hasn't been told before... Until now
youtu.be/HG9AbAeIA_E?...
youtu.be/HG9AbAeIA_E?...
Asmongold: Biggest influencer on the internet
YouTube video by The Serfs
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October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
He's the largest right wing streamer yet you've probably never heard of him. While everyone is asking for the liberal Joe Rogan the radicalization reaching youth is far more traceable to the roach king. His own journey hasn't been told before... Until now
youtu.be/HG9AbAeIA_E?...
youtu.be/HG9AbAeIA_E?...
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Too many amazing stories from Gallup, and almost none I will repeat here. However I will talk about what I myself experienced. There was Something in the basement at the Old Rehoboth Church
October 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Too many amazing stories from Gallup, and almost none I will repeat here. However I will talk about what I myself experienced. There was Something in the basement at the Old Rehoboth Church
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this is a recipe for a four year government shutdown
you simply cannot make deals with people who are telling you up front they are going to break those deals and claw back everything you won in them
you simply cannot make deals with people who are telling you up front they are going to break those deals and claw back everything you won in them
Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?
JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process
JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process
October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
this is a recipe for a four year government shutdown
you simply cannot make deals with people who are telling you up front they are going to break those deals and claw back everything you won in them
you simply cannot make deals with people who are telling you up front they are going to break those deals and claw back everything you won in them
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NTSB sliding in at the buzzer before government shutdown recommending SEPTA sideline all silverliner IVs (2/3rds of the regional rail fleet) until they can stop them from catching fire
October 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
NTSB sliding in at the buzzer before government shutdown recommending SEPTA sideline all silverliner IVs (2/3rds of the regional rail fleet) until they can stop them from catching fire
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Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial
: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
www.theregister.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
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The NIH’s 2024 budget of just under $37B generated $95B in economic activity in 2024 alone. 99.4% of new pharmaceuticals approved from 2010-2019 came from NIH-funded research. I’m hard pressed to think of anything that generates as much direct economic benefit as our NIH did before they destroyed it
TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
July 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The NIH’s 2024 budget of just under $37B generated $95B in economic activity in 2024 alone. 99.4% of new pharmaceuticals approved from 2010-2019 came from NIH-funded research. I’m hard pressed to think of anything that generates as much direct economic benefit as our NIH did before they destroyed it
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia accounts for 20-30% of all cancer cases in kids. A new study finds that kids whose parents lived within 2 km of an unconventional oil or gas well (aka a fracking site) between conception and birth were 2.8 times more likely to develop ALL.
July 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia accounts for 20-30% of all cancer cases in kids. A new study finds that kids whose parents lived within 2 km of an unconventional oil or gas well (aka a fracking site) between conception and birth were 2.8 times more likely to develop ALL.
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one of the stranger phenomena in American life is that hate is supposed to flow in one direction (rural people get to hate urban people, Republicans get to hate Democrats) and if the hate goes the other way people pretend as if this is very upsetting.
The media made a HUGE deal out of "basket of deplorables" and "cling to their guns or religion."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
in addition to his "shylocks" comment, i can't imagine the media backlash if Biden said anything like from this screenshot - that he "hates Republicans" - and i'm also tired of having this "IMAGINE IF BIDEN!" thought experiment but it's just a constant reminder of the double standards
July 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
one of the stranger phenomena in American life is that hate is supposed to flow in one direction (rural people get to hate urban people, Republicans get to hate Democrats) and if the hate goes the other way people pretend as if this is very upsetting.
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A U.S. citizen on their way to work abducted by ICE then locked in a basement, with federal government employees refusing to consider indisputable proof of citizenship.
Congress endorses it. SCOTUS keeps thwarting judges from even slowing it.
What more is there to say? We live under fascism now.
Congress endorses it. SCOTUS keeps thwarting judges from even slowing it.
What more is there to say? We live under fascism now.
I spoke to employers who were seeking to help employees abducted by ICE - including one boss seeking freedom for a U.S. citizen staffer who was arrested in the space between their uber and the front door of their workplace.
Their boss had their U.S. passport in hand, pleading for their release.
Their boss had their U.S. passport in hand, pleading for their release.
June 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A U.S. citizen on their way to work abducted by ICE then locked in a basement, with federal government employees refusing to consider indisputable proof of citizenship.
Congress endorses it. SCOTUS keeps thwarting judges from even slowing it.
What more is there to say? We live under fascism now.
Congress endorses it. SCOTUS keeps thwarting judges from even slowing it.
What more is there to say? We live under fascism now.
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BREAKING: Reuters has published video images of Marines carrying out the first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles
June 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
BREAKING: Reuters has published video images of Marines carrying out the first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles
Weren't they immediately decommissioning themselves anyway?
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Weren't they immediately decommissioning themselves anyway?
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Massachusetts decided to tax the rich, and collected $2.6 billion over the last 10 months.
That’s $2.6 billion more to spend on transportation and education.
That’s $2.6 billion more to spend on transportation and education.
May 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Massachusetts decided to tax the rich, and collected $2.6 billion over the last 10 months.
That’s $2.6 billion more to spend on transportation and education.
That’s $2.6 billion more to spend on transportation and education.
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
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May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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First known American citizen to be deported.
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
First known American citizen to be deported.
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I think it’s fine to bully people for reading Harry Potter in 2025 actually
If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.
If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.
April 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I think it’s fine to bully people for reading Harry Potter in 2025 actually
If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.
If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.
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“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.
April 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.
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2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
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markets soar as investors realize that mommy didn't actually disappear, she was just hiding behind her hands
April 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
markets soar as investors realize that mommy didn't actually disappear, she was just hiding behind her hands
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again