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Epstein and Maxwell funded and were on the board of Seed Media Group, which created and ran Science Blogs.
The Science Blogs. The premier network of science communicators.
The Science Blogs. The premier network of science communicators.
hasn't been enough reporting on his creepy science funding, tbh.
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Epstein and Maxwell funded and were on the board of Seed Media Group, which created and ran Science Blogs.
The Science Blogs. The premier network of science communicators.
The Science Blogs. The premier network of science communicators.
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hasn't been enough reporting on his creepy science funding, tbh.
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
hasn't been enough reporting on his creepy science funding, tbh.
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if there's one thing we know about computer users, it's that they love computers shaped like the platonic solids
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
if there's one thing we know about computer users, it's that they love computers shaped like the platonic solids
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"[AMOC collapse] is a direct threat to national resilience and security" the Icelandic Climate Minister said
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"[AMOC collapse] is a direct threat to national resilience and security" the Icelandic Climate Minister said
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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attempt at full epstein dump to torrent:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:8c6aa712c99d1240bc116447d6ec67d08cb16913&xt=urn:btmh:1220b5e28de225fe8035e9ec46fb41adb3a4898680c6b0085e5895e911f8ef4000ab&dn=Epstein%20Estate%20Documents%20-%20Seventh%20Production
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November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
attempt at full epstein dump to torrent:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:8c6aa712c99d1240bc116447d6ec67d08cb16913&xt=urn:btmh:1220b5e28de225fe8035e9ec46fb41adb3a4898680c6b0085e5895e911f8ef4000ab&dn=Epstein%20Estate%20Documents%20-%20Seventh%20Production
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The total US force off Venezuela is now 15,000 troops. (NYT)
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The total US force off Venezuela is now 15,000 troops. (NYT)
I bet there's an innocent explanation for all this. I mean, just think how many people would have had to keep it secret
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I bet there's an innocent explanation for all this. I mean, just think how many people would have had to keep it secret
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Deepak Chopra asking Epstein if Trump is crazy in March 2017 (after the "Obama wiretapped Trump Tower" nonsense).
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Deepak Chopra asking Epstein if Trump is crazy in March 2017 (after the "Obama wiretapped Trump Tower" nonsense).
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Stay classy Larry
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Stay classy Larry
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NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:
“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"
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people will use this to abuse others and the way to deal with that issue is to not collect thisdata at all, not to keep it inaccessible to anyone other than police
New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
www.404media.co/judge-rules-...
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
people will use this to abuse others and the way to deal with that issue is to not collect thisdata at all, not to keep it inaccessible to anyone other than police
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Profits from scientific publishing are eye-watering, costing us billions. In ‘The Drain of Scientific Publishing’ (arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820), (building on ‘The Strain of Scientific Publishing’ doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327) we show how it is harmful – and unnecessary.
The Drain of Scientific Publishing
The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science. We need the most powerful members of the research community, funders, governments and ...
arxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Profits from scientific publishing are eye-watering, costing us billions. In ‘The Drain of Scientific Publishing’ (arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820), (building on ‘The Strain of Scientific Publishing’ doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327) we show how it is harmful – and unnecessary.
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Donald Trump ist ein Elefant im Raum bei den #COP30 Verhandlungen. Doch gestern nahm sich ein anderer den Raum, um deutlich zu machen: Nein, die USA stehen auch weiter für Klimaschutz: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
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Umweltschutz - Wie Kalifornien für die USA die Klimaflagge hoch hält
share.deutschlandradio.de
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Donald Trump ist ein Elefant im Raum bei den #COP30 Verhandlungen. Doch gestern nahm sich ein anderer den Raum, um deutlich zu machen: Nein, die USA stehen auch weiter für Klimaschutz: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
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“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Spurred on by new pterosaur paper. I‘ve been meaning to draw something like this for a while now and I wanted to get it down on paper. Pretty rough, may or may not clean it up later on.
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Spurred on by new pterosaur paper. I‘ve been meaning to draw something like this for a while now and I wanted to get it down on paper. Pretty rough, may or may not clean it up later on.
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One idea I’ve been playing with about our current moment is that part of the impetus for Trumpism comes from a critical fraction of capital owners who decided that dealing with climate isn’t worth the costs. But *not* dealing with it requires rejecting the whole principle of rational policymaking.
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
One idea I’ve been playing with about our current moment is that part of the impetus for Trumpism comes from a critical fraction of capital owners who decided that dealing with climate isn’t worth the costs. But *not* dealing with it requires rejecting the whole principle of rational policymaking.
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The abundance of evidence of the Biden administration just looking the other way and being willing to supply arms to actions they knew violated international law will continue to grow
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The abundance of evidence of the Biden administration just looking the other way and being willing to supply arms to actions they knew violated international law will continue to grow
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‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
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the south is a neo-colony
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November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
the south is a neo-colony
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I went back and watched this exchange today, and the response to Smith’s questions (from her colleagues and the O) encapsulates something that holds Portland back.
It is absolutely insane that the City Administrator, who makes $300K+/yr, couldn’t answer this question.
youtu.be/MoMbQ4PMRA4
It is absolutely insane that the City Administrator, who makes $300K+/yr, couldn’t answer this question.
youtu.be/MoMbQ4PMRA4
Portland councilor erupts over homeless budget, looming layoffs
YouTube video by The Oregonian
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I went back and watched this exchange today, and the response to Smith’s questions (from her colleagues and the O) encapsulates something that holds Portland back.
It is absolutely insane that the City Administrator, who makes $300K+/yr, couldn’t answer this question.
youtu.be/MoMbQ4PMRA4
It is absolutely insane that the City Administrator, who makes $300K+/yr, couldn’t answer this question.
youtu.be/MoMbQ4PMRA4
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UCPD has charged four UC Berkeley undergrads with *felony vandalism* because they attempted to hang a cardboard bug on Sather Gate.
4 UC Berkeley students arrested on felony vandalism charges for anti-TPUSA art installation
UCPD arrested four students early Monday morning for felony vandalism, according to information from campus administrators.
www.dailycal.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
UCPD has charged four UC Berkeley undergrads with *felony vandalism* because they attempted to hang a cardboard bug on Sather Gate.
I think cable is very bad and drives partisan divisions but imo early cable was also the *end* of the historic post 60s era of cultural fragmentation in the US. The personalization aspect of cable was aimed at existing world of magazine based subculture, which cable embrace-extend-extinguished.
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I think cable is very bad and drives partisan divisions but imo early cable was also the *end* of the historic post 60s era of cultural fragmentation in the US. The personalization aspect of cable was aimed at existing world of magazine based subculture, which cable embrace-extend-extinguished.
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Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
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Zoo of Centralities: Encyclopedia of Node Metrics in Complex Networks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05122
Centrality is a fundamental concept in network science, providing critical insights into the structure and dynamics of complex systems such as social, transportation, biological and financia...📈🤖
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05122
Centrality is a fundamental concept in network science, providing critical insights into the structure and dynamics of complex systems such as social, transportation, biological and financia...📈🤖
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Zoo of Centralities: Encyclopedia of Node Metrics in Complex Networks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05122
Centrality is a fundamental concept in network science, providing critical insights into the structure and dynamics of complex systems such as social, transportation, biological and financia...📈🤖
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05122
Centrality is a fundamental concept in network science, providing critical insights into the structure and dynamics of complex systems such as social, transportation, biological and financia...📈🤖