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Thought for today

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August 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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At least nine states are considering mid-cycle redistricting efforts in an attempt to gerrymander new congressional seats.
Texas Battle Triggers National Gerrymandering War—These States Could Redistrict Next
At least nine states are considering mid-cycle redistricting efforts in an attempt to gerrymander new congressional seats.
www.forbes.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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According to federal documents, Jared Wise shouted at the rioters battling police:

“Yeah, fuck them! Yeah, kill ‘em!” “Kill ‘em! Kill ‘em! Kill ‘em!”

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
August 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Watch Out!
August 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Kennedy is a moron!
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."

It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.

I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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August 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Owl Core. Good Morning Blue Sky
August 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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It's official: The lunatics are now running the asylum.
March 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM