Ethan
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New article! I wrote about Epstein and the difference between vindication and justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/shipwreck-...
Shipwreck on Zombie Road
Vindication means nothing without justice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison.

Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water.

Our priorities are so fucked.
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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Since the start of Trump’s second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold.

In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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Side note: really feel like we need to just call dumb things dumb more. We went off track with being nice about dumbness
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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If you answer “No” you get an invitation to Mar-a-Lago
Dept. of Justice over here like pornhub
January 30, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Imagine what life would be like if…
In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood.

12K people
6K homes
1.8K social rental homes
1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes
21.5K bike parking spaces
250 shared cars
2 parcel hubs
Parking structures on the edge.
Utrecht to start construction on largest car-free neighborhood in the country next week
Construction of a new neighborhood is set to begin in Utrecht next week. The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes. The ar...
nltimes.nl
January 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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7 democrats made this bill pass.

If they all voted “no” it would’ve failed 213-214.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207

7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez

One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Vance: If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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This is a more accurate metric of impending bad weather than the Waffle House Index
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was spotted earlier today, January 20, 2026, on a plane heading to Laguna Beach as the state of Texas braces for a rare ice threat and arctic cold front.
January 21, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Terrible restaurant could close unless people enthusiastically embrace bad food, complains chef.
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Good night, and good lush.
New: CBS News seems to be preparing a new segment called "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil," per sources.

Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
January 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
What a great listen, very informative!
Thanks to @sciam.bsky.social for having me on Science Quickly to talk about GLP-1s!

They even got in the part where I talk about WHY the side effects are so bad.

The area postrema sounds like a terrible form of MMA. And TBH for your GI, I suppose it is. www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
The Weight-Loss Drug Revolution—Shots, Pills and the Science behind the Hype
Behind the hype of GLP-1 medications lies complex science, serious side effects and a pharmaceutical arms race.
www.scientificamerican.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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It’s wild that this is empirically true but not part of any political narrative.
every republican president destroys the economy
2025 is now, officially, the worst year for job creation outside of recession since 2003.

@byheatherlong.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Danish guy gets it
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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New post!

There was a lot of innovation in medicine and biomedical research this year, and I've tried to summarize the biggest ones in this blogpost.

Medical breakthroughs in 2025. Plus a serious note at the end.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/medical-br...
Medical breakthroughs in 2025
... and a happy new year.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev
December 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I wonder, if inconveniently, if Epstein's victims are able to compartmentalize well enough to have a happy Christmas. In that vein, here is a deeply poignant read by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social because we must't look away or become distracted.

Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here

Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻‍♂️
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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We all know people who tried the damndest to get sober, who managed for a while, who relapsed, even though the cost was unimaginable. We can't judge, and we can't condemn. We can only express the deepest sympathy for those who struggle, and for those who fail, and for all those who pay the price.
December 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM