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New study:
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
Your brain undergoes four dramatic periods of change from age 0 to 90
Our brain wiring seems to undergo four major turning points at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83, which could influence our capacity to learn and our risk of certain conditions
www.newscientist.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New study:
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
"Our brains go through 4 turning points as we age, changing the way we learn, plan & remember.
Researchers studied brain scans from 3k people, examining how white matter tracts exchange information.
The range and efficiency of those connections change around ages 9, 32, 66, and 83."
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There's no shame in it; "AI"-generated text is a moving target and it does improve over time. At the end of the day, there is no intentionality behind an LLM, just statistical pattern-matching, and that fact, and how it expresses itself, is going to be the giveaway, iteration after iteration.
I've had one or two things catch me off-guard lately, to my shame.
December 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
There's no shame in it; "AI"-generated text is a moving target and it does improve over time. At the end of the day, there is no intentionality behind an LLM, just statistical pattern-matching, and that fact, and how it expresses itself, is going to be the giveaway, iteration after iteration.
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Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
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December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
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PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
December 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
PSA: You don’t owe anyone an explanation about the health reasons why you are wearing a mask.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
Badgering others about the tools they need to survive is stigmatizing and ableist, and should have no place in decent society.
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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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The only time I think soup is an acceptable dinner option is when I’m sick. Other than that, strictly a lunch option. I will not be taking questions at this time 😂
December 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The only time I think soup is an acceptable dinner option is when I’m sick. Other than that, strictly a lunch option. I will not be taking questions at this time 😂
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FDA grifter Tracy Beth Hoeg loves to crow about the flawless nature of Denmark’s public health system.
Does she know that the Danish government was forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women in Greenland without their knowledge or consent up until the 1990’s?
Does she know that the Danish government was forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women in Greenland without their knowledge or consent up until the 1990’s?
Denmark to compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland over forced contraception
The Danish health ministry said Wednesday that women who were given contraception against their knowledge or consent between 1960 and 1991 can apply for individual payouts of 300,000 Danish kroner (ab...
www.pbs.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
FDA grifter Tracy Beth Hoeg loves to crow about the flawless nature of Denmark’s public health system.
Does she know that the Danish government was forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women in Greenland without their knowledge or consent up until the 1990’s?
Does she know that the Danish government was forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women in Greenland without their knowledge or consent up until the 1990’s?
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If you missed the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium (theme: how microbial metabolites influence the brain, the immune system, & metabolism), the videos of the talks and the panel discussion are now available here:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
2025 ISB Microbiome Symposium - YouTube
The 2025 ISB Microbiome Symposium was a virtual scientific event hosted by the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) on December 12, 2025. The symposium brough...
youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you missed the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium (theme: how microbial metabolites influence the brain, the immune system, & metabolism), the videos of the talks and the panel discussion are now available here:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
Amazing
and the winner of the "2025 best thing on Internet" has just arrived
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
Size of Life
From an amoeba to a blue whale
neal.fun
December 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Amazing
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Isn’t that kind of the point?
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Isn’t that kind of the point?
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
Opinion | I Was the President’s Pardon Attorney. He’s Making a Mockery of the Pardon Process.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
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Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”
December 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”
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boy, I dunno about this
Any skilled masters-level cell biologist would likely be able to carry out molecular genetics on yeast and/or bacteria in a home lab setup, and generate an arbitrary antigen in a beer / broth / yogurt, but it should be obvious why we don’t do published research this way
Any skilled masters-level cell biologist would likely be able to carry out molecular genetics on yeast and/or bacteria in a home lab setup, and generate an arbitrary antigen in a beer / broth / yogurt, but it should be obvious why we don’t do published research this way
He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing
An NIH scientist’s maverick approach reveals legal, ethical, moral, scientific and social challenges to developing potentially life-saving vaccines.
www.sciencenews.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
boy, I dunno about this
Any skilled masters-level cell biologist would likely be able to carry out molecular genetics on yeast and/or bacteria in a home lab setup, and generate an arbitrary antigen in a beer / broth / yogurt, but it should be obvious why we don’t do published research this way
Any skilled masters-level cell biologist would likely be able to carry out molecular genetics on yeast and/or bacteria in a home lab setup, and generate an arbitrary antigen in a beer / broth / yogurt, but it should be obvious why we don’t do published research this way
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We bombed Nigeria in Christmas.
What the actual fuck???????
What the actual fuck???????
December 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
We bombed Nigeria in Christmas.
What the actual fuck???????
What the actual fuck???????
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I’m going to need to see the declination memos from DoJ where they declined to prosecute the Epstein co-conspirators, and I’m gonna need to see them for every single person they declined to prosecute.
December 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I’m going to need to see the declination memos from DoJ where they declined to prosecute the Epstein co-conspirators, and I’m gonna need to see them for every single person they declined to prosecute.
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Funny how that works, huh? [Cartoon by Joe Heller]
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Funny how that works, huh? [Cartoon by Joe Heller]
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Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
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The DOJ is lying when it says they *just now* received Epstein files from the Southern District of New York.
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The DOJ is lying when it says they *just now* received Epstein files from the Southern District of New York.
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THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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NEW: Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Officer Danny Hodges have filed their response to the government's arguments against hanging the January 6th plaque in the Capitol pursuant to federal law. I'll post a link to the full filing once it's on the docket.
December 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
NEW: Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Officer Danny Hodges have filed their response to the government's arguments against hanging the January 6th plaque in the Capitol pursuant to federal law. I'll post a link to the full filing once it's on the docket.
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Some good news, and from SCOTUS no less.
December 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Some good news, and from SCOTUS no less.
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I can't wait until I see a headline "Nightmare News for Trump", to find out; the US military has finally arrested him and removed him from office.
December 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I can't wait until I see a headline "Nightmare News for Trump", to find out; the US military has finally arrested him and removed him from office.
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20 State AGs have sued Russell Vought for trying to starve the CFPB of funding.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
December 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
20 State AGs have sued Russell Vought for trying to starve the CFPB of funding.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
Since 2011, the CFPB has returned over $20B to consumers.
Without the Bureau, financial predators and scammers will have an easier time picking your pocket.
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"Copaganda leaves the public in a vague state of fear. It manufactures suspicion against poor people, immigrants, and racial minorities rather than, say, bankers, pharmaceutical executives, fraternity brothers, landlords, employers, and polluters."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/what...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/what...
How Does Copaganda Work and Why Is It Harmful? | Common Dreams
Copaganda contributes to a cycle in which the root causes of our safety problems never get solved even though people in power constantly claim to be trying.
www.commondreams.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Copaganda leaves the public in a vague state of fear. It manufactures suspicion against poor people, immigrants, and racial minorities rather than, say, bankers, pharmaceutical executives, fraternity brothers, landlords, employers, and polluters."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/what...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/what...