Kaitlin Moore
@gingeraffe.com
human (she/they) | lover of giraffes, science fiction, math, languages | autistic
Shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
“Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Mr. Musk himself.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
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You can access the article for free here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy - Nature
Rapidly growing satellite constellations pose a substantial threat to astronomical observations, with projections indicating that future space telescopes will have more than 96% of their exposures aff...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You can access the article for free here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(Sorry for the previous link which is broken!)
Fellow Pittsburghers who drive, please—I am begging you—STAY. IN. YOUR. FUCKING. LANE. This is not a euphemism. Literally every day, driving in both directions, multiple cars both in opposite and parallel directions of travel occupy the lane I am in from adjacent lanes. It's madness.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Fellow Pittsburghers who drive, please—I am begging you—STAY. IN. YOUR. FUCKING. LANE. This is not a euphemism. Literally every day, driving in both directions, multiple cars both in opposite and parallel directions of travel occupy the lane I am in from adjacent lanes. It's madness.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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the avg special swing for special elections in the 2026 cycle is 13 points to the left, according to The Downballot -- so we are seeing an above average shift here in TN-07, even with Trump's late intervention docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The Downballot's special elections Big Board for the 2025-26 cycle
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
the avg special swing for special elections in the 2026 cycle is 13 points to the left, according to The Downballot -- so we are seeing an above average shift here in TN-07, even with Trump's late intervention docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Let's do a giveaway for my new #Apollo11 bootprint hoodies! 🚀
Enter for a chance to win a #bootprint hoodie! Available in 5 colors. ✨
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🚨 P.S. Hoodies for sale here:
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Enter for a chance to win a #bootprint hoodie! Available in 5 colors. ✨
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3) Like & repost
🚨 P.S. Hoodies for sale here:
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December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Let's do a giveaway for my new #Apollo11 bootprint hoodies! 🚀
Enter for a chance to win a #bootprint hoodie! Available in 5 colors. ✨
💫 How to participate:
1) Follow me
2) Enter here sciencesocks.com/giveaway
3) Like & repost
🚨 P.S. Hoodies for sale here:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
🔭🐡🧪🎨
Enter for a chance to win a #bootprint hoodie! Available in 5 colors. ✨
💫 How to participate:
1) Follow me
2) Enter here sciencesocks.com/giveaway
3) Like & repost
🚨 P.S. Hoodies for sale here:
sciencesocks.co/products/apo...
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Show me th fucking receipts. @profanity.accountant
November 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Show me th fucking receipts. @profanity.accountant
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life
BOSTON—Prematurely assuming he had reached the end of the 1977 rock masterpiece, local man Peter Verran, who thought Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” was over, was reportedly in for the thrill of his fucki...
theonion.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life
APPLETV IS MAKING NEUROMANCER. !!!!!!!!!
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
APPLETV IS MAKING NEUROMANCER. !!!!!!!!!
Hot fruit is an abomination. Homogenous pie filling texture supremacy. Cold apple pie is still gross because the fruit already entered hot goo state. There is no turning back. Pumpkin pie is a rare pie that is excellent at all temperatures.
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Hot fruit is an abomination. Homogenous pie filling texture supremacy. Cold apple pie is still gross because the fruit already entered hot goo state. There is no turning back. Pumpkin pie is a rare pie that is excellent at all temperatures.
!!!!!!! This is fucking amazing.
I have posted about this before, but...
Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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Researchers at Pitt School of Public Health (with NIH funding) developed Project Tycho where they digitized reportable disease data from across the country going back to ~1900.
graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
graphics.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
!!!!!!! This is fucking amazing.
Learning about bees is a dangerous game. They will blow your mind over and over. It's one of those learning rabbit holes that needs to come with a warning.
Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
edition.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Learning about bees is a dangerous game. They will blow your mind over and over. It's one of those learning rabbit holes that needs to come with a warning.
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omg they made Jeffrey Epstein Inbox Simulator '25 jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
omg they made Jeffrey Epstein Inbox Simulator '25 jmail.world
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
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The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit mechanical forces for growth and development. www.wired.com/story/how-ge...
How Genes Have Harnessed Physics to Grow Living Things
The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit mechanical forces for growth and development.
www.wired.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit mechanical forces for growth and development. www.wired.com/story/how-ge...
There are baby capybaras at the Cape May Zoo! www.phillyvoice.com/cape-may-cou...
Which is why my 9-year-old had us out of the house at 6AM to catch the Lewes-Cape May Ferry.
Which is why my 9-year-old had us out of the house at 6AM to catch the Lewes-Cape May Ferry.
Cape May County zoo announces birth of baby capybaras — with more on the way
Two pups are already roaming the enclosure with mom Buttercup. Their half-siblings are expected to arrive in a few weeks.
www.phillyvoice.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Oh my god French 75 gummy bears!
French 75 Gummy Bears
Thank you for making 2017 so memorable! I am raising a glass to all of you, with a sweet twist on my favorite champagne cocktail, French 75 Gummy Bears.
poshlittledesigns.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Oh my god French 75 gummy bears!
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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The aurora borealis is usually seen near the Arctic, but solar winds and magnetic turbulence are sparking some of the best light shows in centuries throughout the US. www.wired.com/story/the-ph...
What Causes the Northern Lights?
The aurora borealis is usually seen near the Arctic, but solar winds and magnetic turbulence are sparking some of the best light shows in centuries throughout the US.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The aurora borealis is usually seen near the Arctic, but solar winds and magnetic turbulence are sparking some of the best light shows in centuries throughout the US. www.wired.com/story/the-ph...
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NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
"You better FUCKING NOT let them eat cake! Reach into their mouths and get it back. I wont tolerate my citizens eating anything."
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"You better FUCKING NOT let them eat cake! Reach into their mouths and get it back. I wont tolerate my citizens eating anything."
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference