The Monarch Diaries
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Map to the corners; all of them. Life in the science mines.
Pinned
my first test of a social science hypothesis:
If you leave a sizable bucket near a public path people will fill it with small bags of shit.
If you leave a sizable bucket near a public path people will fill it with small bags of shit.
Trump: “Get me someone from central casting!”
Central casting: *sends Capt. America McGraw from Generation Kill*
Central casting: *sends Capt. America McGraw from Generation Kill*
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Trump: “Get me someone from central casting!”
Central casting: *sends Capt. America McGraw from Generation Kill*
Central casting: *sends Capt. America McGraw from Generation Kill*
Having to put white mommy into their brown mommy prison camp is clearly hitting these ICE chuds where it hurts.
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Having to put white mommy into their brown mommy prison camp is clearly hitting these ICE chuds where it hurts.
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
However the vast majority of these secret agents are Maxwell Smart
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
However the vast majority of these secret agents are Maxwell Smart
“Diplomacy is the gentle art of letting people have it your way.”
Daniele Vare
Daniele Vare
Zelensky announced that a meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing” will take place today. Following the Geneva talks, he said there’s real momentum toward peace, with solid results already achieved and more work ahead. Key priorities and next steps have been coordinated among the partners.
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Diplomacy is the gentle art of letting people have it your way.”
Daniele Vare
Daniele Vare
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Turns out the deal Trump bragged about, the one where China would buy 12 million metric tons of US soybeans by year end, was never an actual deal.
It was a “concept” of a deal.
It was a “concept” of a deal.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Turns out the deal Trump bragged about, the one where China would buy 12 million metric tons of US soybeans by year end, was never an actual deal.
It was a “concept” of a deal.
It was a “concept” of a deal.
This is madness.
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is madness.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
I think it's important to appreciate the achievement here: everyone thought Elon couldn't suck more at comedy, that it would be physically impossible, but we were wrong
www.cracked.com/article_4927...
www.cracked.com/article_4927...
Against All Odds, Elon Musk is Getting Even Worse at Comedy
Grok's new "Epic Vulgar Roast" setting is downright sad
www.cracked.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I think it's important to appreciate the achievement here: everyone thought Elon couldn't suck more at comedy, that it would be physically impossible, but we were wrong
www.cracked.com/article_4927...
www.cracked.com/article_4927...
but why is Bhattacharya withholding MedBeds we developed that cure all ailments with special electromagnetic waves
The NIH director told attendees the NIH doesn't do enough innovative research.
“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”
“What puts lives at risk is doing research that’s incremental,” Bhattacharya said. “All it does is advance the careers of the researchers that do it. It results in publications that don’t get used and aren’t replicable.”
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
but why is Bhattacharya withholding MedBeds we developed that cure all ailments with special electromagnetic waves
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I heard on the radio that millennials are having to care for aging parents, a shocking development that has never happened before in the history of generations.
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I heard on the radio that millennials are having to care for aging parents, a shocking development that has never happened before in the history of generations.
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We’re proud to have contributed to this important investigative series on the dangerous journeys that migrants face across the Americas. Read our investigation into one suspicious TikTok account openly promoting people-smuggling services: www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04...
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We’re proud to have contributed to this important investigative series on the dangerous journeys that migrants face across the Americas. Read our investigation into one suspicious TikTok account openly promoting people-smuggling services: www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04...
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He got stuck in an anti drone net look at him
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
He got stuck in an anti drone net look at him
Criminal real estate scammers…now where have we heard that before?
Most know Kirill Dmitriev as the Russian president’s envoy. But to more than 200 investors in Ukraine, he is known for taking part in a Kyiv real estate project that ended in a fraud and criminal case. Using articles from 2011, I was able to find more details. 🧵Thread:
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Criminal real estate scammers…now where have we heard that before?
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So a bunch of people who want enormous financial bribes from Russia bypassed the man who REMAINS both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to capitulate to Russia.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
So a bunch of people who want enormous financial bribes from Russia bypassed the man who REMAINS both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to capitulate to Russia.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
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Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
🧪 1/
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
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relinquish this turbulence
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
relinquish this turbulence
“What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a good idea”
M. K. Gandhi
M. K. Gandhi
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a good idea”
M. K. Gandhi
M. K. Gandhi
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a recent New Yorker reject, for you.
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
a recent New Yorker reject, for you.
Russia’s frank policy goal is genocidal destruction of Ukraine.
Russian philosopher Dugin on Ukraine.Russia doesn't hide its true intentions
"Ukraine will be ours entirely within a maximum of two years.Possibly much sooner.There will be no sovereignty left there at all,since Ukrainians are absolutely incapable of using it.They never have been and never will be⤵️
"Ukraine will be ours entirely within a maximum of two years.Possibly much sooner.There will be no sovereignty left there at all,since Ukrainians are absolutely incapable of using it.They never have been and never will be⤵️
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Russia’s frank policy goal is genocidal destruction of Ukraine.
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Withholding our own tax dollars from us. Intolerable.
Trump refused to send disaster aid to Chicago after 2 devastating storms
The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance, former FEMA officials said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance, former FEMA officials said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump refused to send disaster aid to Chicago after 2 devastating storms
The destruction caused by the summer storms was enough that past presidents likely would have approved requests for federal assistance, former FEMA officials said.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Withholding our own tax dollars from us. Intolerable.
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I tried an even harder example on Gemini Pro image generation and this is quite scary/amazing. I asked for a microscopy image of around 20 HeLa cells, GFP tagged 20% nuclear, 10% membrane, +1 nuclear staining, + overlap. Image below and prompt in the following post.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I tried an even harder example on Gemini Pro image generation and this is quite scary/amazing. I asked for a microscopy image of around 20 HeLa cells, GFP tagged 20% nuclear, 10% membrane, +1 nuclear staining, + overlap. Image below and prompt in the following post.
America has ever been a nation of imperatives
Every “this 90s video game soundtrack did NOT have to go this hard” video essay fails to note President Clinton’s pledge that by the end of the decade, America would create a video game soundtrack that “goes extremely hard”
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
America has ever been a nation of imperatives
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twitter briefly allowed people to see where each account was operated from. turns out, the official DHS account is run from Tel Aviv
From the LateStageCapitalism community on Reddit: twitter briefly allowed people to see where each account was operated from. turns out, the official DHS account is run from Tel Aviv
Explore this post and more from the LateStageCapitalism community
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November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
twitter briefly allowed people to see where each account was operated from. turns out, the official DHS account is run from Tel Aviv