Just another Bill
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Frequently curmudgeonly and proud of it. Somehow I went from being a scientist to the “dad/designated asshole/adult in the room” for a whole bunch of people at a startup. “Why is that duck in the ceiling?” -every scientist everywhere
Pinned
"Look up-not down, Look out-not in, And lend a hand." - Edward Everett Hale
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It’s like a wake, where everyone takes turns saying a nice word about the dearly departed.
Trump's periods of wakefulness during this cabinet meeting are becoming less frequent
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It’s like a wake, where everyone takes turns saying a nice word about the dearly departed.
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This World AIDS Day we are grateful for the heroic folks at Takalani Sesame and @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social for helping children remember parents and siblings lost to AIDS.
This is the humanities at its best.
This is the humanities at its best.
Making a Memory Box
YouTube video by Sesame Workshop
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This World AIDS Day we are grateful for the heroic folks at Takalani Sesame and @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social for helping children remember parents and siblings lost to AIDS.
This is the humanities at its best.
This is the humanities at its best.
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When I was at NC state, I had lunch with a visiting scholar from Sweden who was visiting US universities for the first time. He described his experience as touring “hedge funds with football teams.”
That is so much money
5:45 pm on Thanksgiving Eve?
Now THIS is how you news dump.
Now THIS is how you news dump.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When I was at NC state, I had lunch with a visiting scholar from Sweden who was visiting US universities for the first time. He described his experience as touring “hedge funds with football teams.”
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This is what we’re rejiggering the economy for?
HSBC forecasts that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is what we’re rejiggering the economy for?
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📌They appease Vladimir Putin and come after Mark Kelly.
Traitors. All of ‘em.
Traitors. All of ‘em.
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
📌They appease Vladimir Putin and come after Mark Kelly.
Traitors. All of ‘em.
Traitors. All of ‘em.
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DOGE hasn’t gone away, it’s metastasized.
The Reuters article is more illustrative than the headline of course, but “DOGE doesn’t exist anymore” is a misleading premise because more than 100 former DOGErs have become deeply embedded in federal agencies to generally fuck around with our data and arbitrarily disrupt budgets.
UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
DOGE hasn’t gone away, it’s metastasized.
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An infomercial pitchman who made headlines for getting into a violent altercation with a sex worker?
Running as a Republican? Hmm, seems like a stretch
Running as a Republican? Hmm, seems like a stretch
The Shamwow Guy just announced that he is running for Texas’ 31st Congressional District.
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
An infomercial pitchman who made headlines for getting into a violent altercation with a sex worker?
Running as a Republican? Hmm, seems like a stretch
Running as a Republican? Hmm, seems like a stretch
Theology? Really? But not nurses who do the heavy lifting?
Nursing is no longer considered a ‘professional degree’ by Trump administration under new bill
Nursing has been excluded as a “professional degree” by the Trump administration as the Department of Education prepares to make massive cuts to providing student loans.
www.wkyt.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Theology? Really? But not nurses who do the heavy lifting?
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Mani’s writhing, relentless bass was the Stone Roses’ secret sauce – it taught indie kids how to dance | Alexis Petridis
Mani’s writhing, relentless bass was the Stone Roses’ secret sauce – it taught indie kids how to dance | Alexis Petridis
His love of ‘good northern soul and funk’ was always in evidence and had a lasting impact on alternative music
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Mani’s writhing, relentless bass was the Stone Roses’ secret sauce – it taught indie kids how to dance | Alexis Petridis
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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A new Coast Guard policy recasts swastikas and nooses as merely “politically divisive," deletes protections for transgender men and women, and suggests hazing has military utility
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Coast Guard Softens Stance on Hate and Hazing
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A new Coast Guard policy recasts swastikas and nooses as merely “politically divisive," deletes protections for transgender men and women, and suggests hazing has military utility
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Karoline Leavitt is the Eva Braun among the Housewives of the Fourth Reich.
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Karoline Leavitt is the Eva Braun among the Housewives of the Fourth Reich.
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
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This is such a loss.
Alice taught with profound wisdom.
Rest in power.
Alice taught with profound wisdom.
Rest in power.
So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is such a loss.
Alice taught with profound wisdom.
Rest in power.
Alice taught with profound wisdom.
Rest in power.
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My three-year-old was reading the Epstein emails when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why is the nice orange man joking with the sex offender on his computer?" And when I told her "Because women made it impossible to joke in the workplace," she started crying.
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
My three-year-old was reading the Epstein emails when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy, why is the nice orange man joking with the sex offender on his computer?" And when I told her "Because women made it impossible to joke in the workplace," she started crying.
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The Patron Saints of Wraparound Oakleys and Indictable Hard Drives are having one helluva time right now
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The Patron Saints of Wraparound Oakleys and Indictable Hard Drives are having one helluva time right now
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It didn’t go far enough. It never went far enough.
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It didn’t go far enough. It never went far enough.
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The Gospel of Professional Christian Mike Johnson:
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Gospel of Professional Christian Mike Johnson:
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Deception!
Cartoon by @garthtoons.bsky.social
Cartoon by @garthtoons.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Deception!
Cartoon by @garthtoons.bsky.social
Cartoon by @garthtoons.bsky.social
Musk's self evisceration would be great!
We now go live to Isaac Chotiner as he reaches out to Elon Musk offering an interview to clear up this whole Joyce Carol Oates "doesn't read" thing.
three penguins peeking out of a hole with the words " come on take the bait "
Alt: Three penguins peeking out of a hole with the words "Come on, take the bait "
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Musk's self evisceration would be great!
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Okay man.
Call for Schumer’s ouster as senate minority leader or this post means nothing.
Call for Schumer’s ouster as senate minority leader or this post means nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Okay man.
Call for Schumer’s ouster as senate minority leader or this post means nothing.
Call for Schumer’s ouster as senate minority leader or this post means nothing.
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ICE is paying a $50,000 sign-on bonus to get you to turn on your neighbors
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICE is paying a $50,000 sign-on bonus to get you to turn on your neighbors