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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
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The idea that depression stems primarily from a lack of serotonin has lost much of its support. Scientists are rethinking the causes — and definition — of the illness.
The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think | Quanta Magazine
Depression has often been blamed on low levels of serotonin in the brain. That answer is insufficient, but alternatives are coming into view and changing our understanding of the disease.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The idea that depression stems primarily from a lack of serotonin has lost much of its support. Scientists are rethinking the causes — and definition — of the illness.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The Supreme Court Enabled Revenge Prosecutions
Chief Justice John Roberts said sweeping immunity was necessary to avoid a president who would “prosecute his predecessors."
In the year since, rather than preventing the weaponization of prosecutions, the court has unleashed it.
Gift Article
Chief Justice John Roberts said sweeping immunity was necessary to avoid a president who would “prosecute his predecessors."
In the year since, rather than preventing the weaponization of prosecutions, the court has unleashed it.
Gift Article
Opinion | How the Supreme Court Paved the Way for Revenge Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The Supreme Court Enabled Revenge Prosecutions
Chief Justice John Roberts said sweeping immunity was necessary to avoid a president who would “prosecute his predecessors."
In the year since, rather than preventing the weaponization of prosecutions, the court has unleashed it.
Gift Article
Chief Justice John Roberts said sweeping immunity was necessary to avoid a president who would “prosecute his predecessors."
In the year since, rather than preventing the weaponization of prosecutions, the court has unleashed it.
Gift Article
i may not have agreed with much, if any, of charlie’s political beliefs, and at times i even found him repulsive, but i remain firmly convinced that he died a patriot. let’s drop the sloganeering. charlie wasn’t a “fascist” or a “nazi.” charlie was a man, a father, and a son, who loved his country.
September 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
i may not have agreed with much, if any, of charlie’s political beliefs, and at times i even found him repulsive, but i remain firmly convinced that he died a patriot. let’s drop the sloganeering. charlie wasn’t a “fascist” or a “nazi.” charlie was a man, a father, and a son, who loved his country.
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The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
September 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
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At 26, during the Reign of Terror in France, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier narrowly avoided the guillotine. A decade later, he made a discovery that changed mathematics forever. @shalmawegs.bsky.social reports:
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-...
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-...
What Is the Fourier Transform? | Quanta Magazine
Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics. The calculation, called the Fourier transform, de...
www.quantamagazine.org
September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
At 26, during the Reign of Terror in France, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier narrowly avoided the guillotine. A decade later, he made a discovery that changed mathematics forever. @shalmawegs.bsky.social reports:
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-...
www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-...
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Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures.
Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims.
Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims.
Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
September 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures.
Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims.
Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims.
Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
i don’t have the necessary language skills to describe the horrors i have witnessed… to describe this scale of violence… this banality of evil…
i am so ashamed to have ever believed we had the so-called “human rights.”
i am so ashamed to have ever believed we had the so-called “human rights.”
August 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
i don’t have the necessary language skills to describe the horrors i have witnessed… to describe this scale of violence… this banality of evil…
i am so ashamed to have ever believed we had the so-called “human rights.”
i am so ashamed to have ever believed we had the so-called “human rights.”
if our leaders cannot stand against the most live-streamed genocide in all of history, then what can they stand for? how can our leaders stand for anything, let alone human rights, when they cannot even stand for basic principles of decency? how have they rationalized this?
August 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
if our leaders cannot stand against the most live-streamed genocide in all of history, then what can they stand for? how can our leaders stand for anything, let alone human rights, when they cannot even stand for basic principles of decency? how have they rationalized this?
little children asking themselves… if there is food in heaven, folks… asking themselves why they didn’t die with their parents… why!? why must little ones ponder such things? why must they ponder this theology born of starvation and death?
we’ve failed… we’ve failed the little ones of palestine
we’ve failed… we’ve failed the little ones of palestine
August 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
little children asking themselves… if there is food in heaven, folks… asking themselves why they didn’t die with their parents… why!? why must little ones ponder such things? why must they ponder this theology born of starvation and death?
we’ve failed… we’ve failed the little ones of palestine
we’ve failed… we’ve failed the little ones of palestine
“never again” seems to have devolved into this unending salvo of again, and again, and—that’s right—again. but did we not say “never again,” folks? did we not stand over the graves and told ourselves never again?
was that hollow rhetoric?
truly, i am embarrassed and ashamed to be alive
was that hollow rhetoric?
truly, i am embarrassed and ashamed to be alive
August 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“never again” seems to have devolved into this unending salvo of again, and again, and—that’s right—again. but did we not say “never again,” folks? did we not stand over the graves and told ourselves never again?
was that hollow rhetoric?
truly, i am embarrassed and ashamed to be alive
was that hollow rhetoric?
truly, i am embarrassed and ashamed to be alive
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Israel’s own figures suggest there has been an unusually high civilian death rate in Gaza.
Gaza: civilian death toll outpaces other modern wars
Israel’s own figures suggest there has been an unusually high civilian death rate in Gaza.
tcnv.link
August 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Israel’s own figures suggest there has been an unusually high civilian death rate in Gaza.
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Israel murdered 4 journalists and a dozen civilians by bombing a hospital, then they massacred the first responders with a double tap drone strike. Now they’re like TEHEHE OOPS! And that’ll be that. They’ll do it again tomorrow and get away with it. Demon state.
August 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Israel murdered 4 journalists and a dozen civilians by bombing a hospital, then they massacred the first responders with a double tap drone strike. Now they’re like TEHEHE OOPS! And that’ll be that. They’ll do it again tomorrow and get away with it. Demon state.
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A devastating new milestone: key indicators confirm that conditions have officially reached famine levels in the #GazaStrip.
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
Famine Confirmed in Gaza
UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire and safe, sustained humanitarian access to deliver urgently needed supplies.
www.unicefusa.org
August 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A devastating new milestone: key indicators confirm that conditions have officially reached famine levels in the #GazaStrip.
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted
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Palantir has a contract with the Israel military.
“Palantir last year introduced its AIP, or Artificial Intelligence Platform, an intelligence and decision-making system that can analyze enemy targets and propose battle plans.”
“Palantir last year introduced its AIP, or Artificial Intelligence Platform, an intelligence and decision-making system that can analyze enemy targets and propose battle plans.”
August 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Palantir has a contract with the Israel military.
“Palantir last year introduced its AIP, or Artificial Intelligence Platform, an intelligence and decision-making system that can analyze enemy targets and propose battle plans.”
“Palantir last year introduced its AIP, or Artificial Intelligence Platform, an intelligence and decision-making system that can analyze enemy targets and propose battle plans.”
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Lots of butterflies on our Joe Pye weed. Mostly Tiger swallowtails but also a lone Monarch! 🦋
#nativeplants #monarchbutterfly #tigerswallowtail #joepyeweed
#nativeplants #monarchbutterfly #tigerswallowtail #joepyeweed
August 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Lots of butterflies on our Joe Pye weed. Mostly Tiger swallowtails but also a lone Monarch! 🦋
#nativeplants #monarchbutterfly #tigerswallowtail #joepyeweed
#nativeplants #monarchbutterfly #tigerswallowtail #joepyeweed
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The Texas gerrymander is funny because Republicans are banking on Hispanics voting in the same margins at 2024 (51 D - 48 R)
Polling averages from earlier this month, that I covered on my Substack (Link below), has the Republicans down quite a bit so far
Polling averages from earlier this month, that I covered on my Substack (Link below), has the Republicans down quite a bit so far
August 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Texas gerrymander is funny because Republicans are banking on Hispanics voting in the same margins at 2024 (51 D - 48 R)
Polling averages from earlier this month, that I covered on my Substack (Link below), has the Republicans down quite a bit so far
Polling averages from earlier this month, that I covered on my Substack (Link below), has the Republicans down quite a bit so far
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August 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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📣 #ZcavengerHunt:
🕵🏽♂️ The final stop opens at 5:30pm! If you arrive early, please enjoy local neighborhood offerings until then 🙂
🕵🏽♂️ Only players with clue cards will be able to access the final stop. We couldn’t have imagined how many New Yorkers would be ready to Zcavenge!
🕵🏽♂️ The final stop opens at 5:30pm! If you arrive early, please enjoy local neighborhood offerings until then 🙂
🕵🏽♂️ Only players with clue cards will be able to access the final stop. We couldn’t have imagined how many New Yorkers would be ready to Zcavenge!
August 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
📣 #ZcavengerHunt:
🕵🏽♂️ The final stop opens at 5:30pm! If you arrive early, please enjoy local neighborhood offerings until then 🙂
🕵🏽♂️ Only players with clue cards will be able to access the final stop. We couldn’t have imagined how many New Yorkers would be ready to Zcavenge!
🕵🏽♂️ The final stop opens at 5:30pm! If you arrive early, please enjoy local neighborhood offerings until then 🙂
🕵🏽♂️ Only players with clue cards will be able to access the final stop. We couldn’t have imagined how many New Yorkers would be ready to Zcavenge!
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The 6th busy beaver number is so big that even if you somehow carved a digit into every atom in the cosmos, you’d run out of atoms before making any measurable progress. www.quantamagazine.org/busy-beaver-...
August 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The 6th busy beaver number is so big that even if you somehow carved a digit into every atom in the cosmos, you’d run out of atoms before making any measurable progress. www.quantamagazine.org/busy-beaver-...