Intractabilis
@intractabilis.bsky.social
Former baby. Now I just play one online.
Let Them Eat Ones and Zeros
Let Them Eat Ones and Zeros
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Hey look! Good news.
In an early, small, trial, a new gene-editing drug reduced cholesterol and triglycerides in high-risk heart-disease patients.
Early. Small. But still.
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
In an early, small, trial, a new gene-editing drug reduced cholesterol and triglycerides in high-risk heart-disease patients.
Early. Small. But still.
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
CRISPR gene-editing works to reduce high cholesterol in a new study
An experimental gene-editing treatment shows promise for permanently lowering levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, possibly helping cut the risk for heart disease.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hey look! Good news.
In an early, small, trial, a new gene-editing drug reduced cholesterol and triglycerides in high-risk heart-disease patients.
Early. Small. But still.
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
In an early, small, trial, a new gene-editing drug reduced cholesterol and triglycerides in high-risk heart-disease patients.
Early. Small. But still.
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
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I keep bringing it up but Julia Ioffe’s fantastic feminist history of Russia discusses how men in Russia basically saw any decline in their station as a personal affront and reacted accordingly (by drinking and doing nothing else)
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I keep bringing it up but Julia Ioffe’s fantastic feminist history of Russia discusses how men in Russia basically saw any decline in their station as a personal affront and reacted accordingly (by drinking and doing nothing else)
Does he accept London real estate?
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Does he accept London real estate?
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A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
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And people wonder aloud why we are at the point, where liberals will vote for a guy with a nazi tattoo.
Even the center is getting fed up with the charade, hence grabbing some of Trump’s Teflon is preferable to (social) media purity standards.
Even the center is getting fed up with the charade, hence grabbing some of Trump’s Teflon is preferable to (social) media purity standards.
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
And people wonder aloud why we are at the point, where liberals will vote for a guy with a nazi tattoo.
Even the center is getting fed up with the charade, hence grabbing some of Trump’s Teflon is preferable to (social) media purity standards.
Even the center is getting fed up with the charade, hence grabbing some of Trump’s Teflon is preferable to (social) media purity standards.
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Anyone reading this potential cave by Dems on the Government shutdown as “poor strategy” or Schumer’s failure is living in a professional wrestling scripted fantasy.
Dems know a “Repub promise” on healthcare is bullshit.
Dems know a “Repub promise” on healthcare is bullshit.
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Anyone reading this potential cave by Dems on the Government shutdown as “poor strategy” or Schumer’s failure is living in a professional wrestling scripted fantasy.
Dems know a “Repub promise” on healthcare is bullshit.
Dems know a “Repub promise” on healthcare is bullshit.
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It’s not just Schumer.
The Dems job is to cave,
come up one vote short,
get blocked by the parlementarian,
mired in committee, etc
It’s why large Corps, billionaires & foreign countries fund thrm.
If they didn’t cave, lose, come up short
the Corps/billionaires wouldn’t give them a dime.
The Dems job is to cave,
come up one vote short,
get blocked by the parlementarian,
mired in committee, etc
It’s why large Corps, billionaires & foreign countries fund thrm.
If they didn’t cave, lose, come up short
the Corps/billionaires wouldn’t give them a dime.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It’s not just Schumer.
The Dems job is to cave,
come up one vote short,
get blocked by the parlementarian,
mired in committee, etc
It’s why large Corps, billionaires & foreign countries fund thrm.
If they didn’t cave, lose, come up short
the Corps/billionaires wouldn’t give them a dime.
The Dems job is to cave,
come up one vote short,
get blocked by the parlementarian,
mired in committee, etc
It’s why large Corps, billionaires & foreign countries fund thrm.
If they didn’t cave, lose, come up short
the Corps/billionaires wouldn’t give them a dime.
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I didn't catch this until i saw @intense.wiggling.me 's post but he literally says "I, then say your name, do solemnly swear" oh my GOD
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I didn't catch this until i saw @intense.wiggling.me 's post but he literally says "I, then say your name, do solemnly swear" oh my GOD
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History repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce.
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
History repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce.
I love that antisemitism has gotten too popular so Kanye is pivoting to kabbalah by way of a convicted felon.
Also Lebron did it first. Find your own dodgy rabbi!
Also Lebron did it first. Find your own dodgy rabbi!
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I love that antisemitism has gotten too popular so Kanye is pivoting to kabbalah by way of a convicted felon.
Also Lebron did it first. Find your own dodgy rabbi!
Also Lebron did it first. Find your own dodgy rabbi!
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The highly skilled, downwardly mobile members of the working class tend to be the leaders of social democratic movements, yes.
Can Zohran Mamdani's largely educated, middle-income support base be explained - or even justified - from a Marxist perspective?
@dmk1793.bsky.social presents five (5) conflicting ways in which it can:
@dmk1793.bsky.social presents five (5) conflicting ways in which it can:
Is DSA the class party of the PMC?
Five Marxist perspectives on Zohran Mamdani’s electoral coalition
renewal.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The highly skilled, downwardly mobile members of the working class tend to be the leaders of social democratic movements, yes.
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Ethan Hawke is 55.
Here’s his 9min Ted Talk on creativity.
I’ve shown this to my students to inspire them to be true to themselves as artists now & in the future.
Refreshingly sincere & just great advice. youtu.be/WRS9Gek4V5Q
Here’s his 9min Ted Talk on creativity.
I’ve shown this to my students to inspire them to be true to themselves as artists now & in the future.
Refreshingly sincere & just great advice. youtu.be/WRS9Gek4V5Q
Give yourself permission to be creative | Ethan Hawke | TED
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Ethan Hawke is 55.
Here’s his 9min Ted Talk on creativity.
I’ve shown this to my students to inspire them to be true to themselves as artists now & in the future.
Refreshingly sincere & just great advice. youtu.be/WRS9Gek4V5Q
Here’s his 9min Ted Talk on creativity.
I’ve shown this to my students to inspire them to be true to themselves as artists now & in the future.
Refreshingly sincere & just great advice. youtu.be/WRS9Gek4V5Q
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Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
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this is very sweet (and Shawn is a long term socialist, I'm glad he's still out there on the streets in his, what, eighties?)
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
this is very sweet (and Shawn is a long term socialist, I'm glad he's still out there on the streets in his, what, eighties?)
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the most "I'd like to speak to the manager" anyone has ever I'd-like-to-speak-to-the-managered
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
the most "I'd like to speak to the manager" anyone has ever I'd-like-to-speak-to-the-managered
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what happened my queen…
“The KMT is fundamentally a party that doesn’t see Taiwanese people as people. At its root, it is an evil, brutal regime.” -Chun Li-wun 30 years ago
“The KMT is fundamentally a party that doesn’t see Taiwanese people as people. At its root, it is an evil, brutal regime.” -Chun Li-wun 30 years ago
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
what happened my queen…
“The KMT is fundamentally a party that doesn’t see Taiwanese people as people. At its root, it is an evil, brutal regime.” -Chun Li-wun 30 years ago
“The KMT is fundamentally a party that doesn’t see Taiwanese people as people. At its root, it is an evil, brutal regime.” -Chun Li-wun 30 years ago
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This is a phenomenal long read. The sort of article it's incredibly difficult to get permission and resources to write nowadays.
bloomberg ran an absolutely killer investigation this week into the Silicon Valley + Koch/Abundance forces running the show on nuclear deregulation this year:
The Risky Movement to Make America Nuclear Again
A Silicon Valley startup called Oklo is leading the charge to bring nuclear power back to the US with small reactors. Its backers have wealth and political connections that could undermine nuclear saf...
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is a phenomenal long read. The sort of article it's incredibly difficult to get permission and resources to write nowadays.
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I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
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Rapid progress in China’s underwater drone development, world leaders in most respects. Back in 2019 their first large one, HSU001, was very modest, far from world leading. Today they are building massive ones other nations can only dream of. www.hisutton.com/Chinese-XLUU...
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Rapid progress in China’s underwater drone development, world leaders in most respects. Back in 2019 their first large one, HSU001, was very modest, far from world leading. Today they are building massive ones other nations can only dream of. www.hisutton.com/Chinese-XLUU...
Looking forward to his ‘28 run.
“I can still touch ‘em by the pussy”
“I can still touch ‘em by the pussy”
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Looking forward to his ‘28 run.
“I can still touch ‘em by the pussy”
“I can still touch ‘em by the pussy”
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His was an incredibly rough story, hope he's at peace.
Björn Andrésen, Teen Actor in 1971’s ‘Death in Venice,’ Dies at 70
He was the subject of the 2021 documentary 'The Most Beautiful Boy in the World,' a quote about him from Luchino Visconti, his Italian director on the film.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
His was an incredibly rough story, hope he's at peace.
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The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.