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This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This dramatically enhanced pressure on Europe/Denmark and the new outrageous sanctions on info researchers coming at a time when Putin is escalating his physical attacks on Ukraine suggests that the US is now *coordinating* with Russia to weaken Europe and Ukraine.
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
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Absolute insanity with records smashed with absurd margin in Oklahoma
89 Sand Springs
88 Shawnee
87 Tulsa
86 Okmlugee
85 Chandler
85 Muskogee
and HUNDREDS MORE
Nothing ever seen in 150+ years of US climatic history even remotely compares to this.
Summer will continue tomorrow with more 80/90s
89 Sand Springs
88 Shawnee
87 Tulsa
86 Okmlugee
85 Chandler
85 Muskogee
and HUNDREDS MORE
Nothing ever seen in 150+ years of US climatic history even remotely compares to this.
Summer will continue tomorrow with more 80/90s
Absolute madness in OKLAHOMA
86 at Tulsa is SIX DEGREES ABOVE ITS DECEMBER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE
Thousands and Thousands of recordss have been falling since day #1 in over 2 dozens of US States, several times more than any other month in history
Gonna get MUCH WORSE tomorrow
86 at Tulsa is SIX DEGREES ABOVE ITS DECEMBER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE
Thousands and Thousands of recordss have been falling since day #1 in over 2 dozens of US States, several times more than any other month in history
Gonna get MUCH WORSE tomorrow
SUMMER GOES ON: 94F in Texas
Records smashed by absurd margins up to 5F across several States
December records
KS
82 Coffeyville
81 Independence
79 Parsons
LA
88 Green Canyon
TN
78 Chattanooga
etc
Tomorrow will rewrite history across 2 dozen States with hundreds of records !
Records smashed by absurd margins up to 5F across several States
December records
KS
82 Coffeyville
81 Independence
79 Parsons
LA
88 Green Canyon
TN
78 Chattanooga
etc
Tomorrow will rewrite history across 2 dozen States with hundreds of records !
December 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Absolute insanity with records smashed with absurd margin in Oklahoma
89 Sand Springs
88 Shawnee
87 Tulsa
86 Okmlugee
85 Chandler
85 Muskogee
and HUNDREDS MORE
Nothing ever seen in 150+ years of US climatic history even remotely compares to this.
Summer will continue tomorrow with more 80/90s
89 Sand Springs
88 Shawnee
87 Tulsa
86 Okmlugee
85 Chandler
85 Muskogee
and HUNDREDS MORE
Nothing ever seen in 150+ years of US climatic history even remotely compares to this.
Summer will continue tomorrow with more 80/90s
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Ontario on path to lose 7,200 nurses and 2,400 hospital beds due to funding cuts www.thespec.com/news/hamilto... @jofrketich.bsky.social
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Ontario on path to lose 7,200 nurses and 2,400 hospital beds due to funding cuts www.thespec.com/news/hamilto... @jofrketich.bsky.social
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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Whole-body MRI provider loses bid to limit damages in high-profile malpractice case https://radiologybusiness.com/topics/healthcare-management/legal-news/whole-body-mri-provider-prenuvo-loses-bid-limit-damages-high-profile-malpractice-case
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More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Whole-body MRI provider loses bid to limit damages in high-profile malpractice case https://radiologybusiness.com/topics/healthcare-management/legal-news/whole-body-mri-provider-prenuvo-loses-bid-limit-damages-high-profile-malpractice-case
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More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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In my experience cancer patients want these three things in descending order:
1) to be cured
2) support to withstand potentially curative treatments
3) to live as long as possible as joyfully as possible
4) to have some of their terror about /& suffering at at end of life comforted.
1) to be cured
2) support to withstand potentially curative treatments
3) to live as long as possible as joyfully as possible
4) to have some of their terror about /& suffering at at end of life comforted.
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In my experience cancer patients want these three things in descending order:
1) to be cured
2) support to withstand potentially curative treatments
3) to live as long as possible as joyfully as possible
4) to have some of their terror about /& suffering at at end of life comforted.
1) to be cured
2) support to withstand potentially curative treatments
3) to live as long as possible as joyfully as possible
4) to have some of their terror about /& suffering at at end of life comforted.
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Changes & contributions to the gender pay gap in surgery in Canada
“women receive fewer procedural payments than men & tend to perform lower paying procedures. Reforms to referral systems & billing codes can help [address] the gender pay gap in surgery”
@docmcohen.medsky.social
“women receive fewer procedural payments than men & tend to perform lower paying procedures. Reforms to referral systems & billing codes can help [address] the gender pay gap in surgery”
@docmcohen.medsky.social
Changes and contributions to the gender pay gap in surgery in Canada: a repeated cross-sectional analysis from 1996 to 2020
Objectives Occupational gender segregation is a contributing factor to gender pay inequity in medicine but has not been thoroughly characterised. We assessed the historical relationship between surgeo...
bmjopen.bmj.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Changes & contributions to the gender pay gap in surgery in Canada
“women receive fewer procedural payments than men & tend to perform lower paying procedures. Reforms to referral systems & billing codes can help [address] the gender pay gap in surgery”
@docmcohen.medsky.social
“women receive fewer procedural payments than men & tend to perform lower paying procedures. Reforms to referral systems & billing codes can help [address] the gender pay gap in surgery”
@docmcohen.medsky.social
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December 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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The median family income in the U.S. has gone from $10,000 in 1970 to $106,000 today, an increase of 10x.
However, the median cost of a house has gone from $25,000 to $445,000, an increase of 17x.
And the median cost of a car has gone from $3,600 to $50,000, an increase of 14x.
However, the median cost of a house has gone from $25,000 to $445,000, an increase of 17x.
And the median cost of a car has gone from $3,600 to $50,000, an increase of 14x.
December 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The median family income in the U.S. has gone from $10,000 in 1970 to $106,000 today, an increase of 10x.
However, the median cost of a house has gone from $25,000 to $445,000, an increase of 17x.
And the median cost of a car has gone from $3,600 to $50,000, an increase of 14x.
However, the median cost of a house has gone from $25,000 to $445,000, an increase of 17x.
And the median cost of a car has gone from $3,600 to $50,000, an increase of 14x.
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"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.” - Carrie Fisher
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.” - Carrie Fisher
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“Your trauma made you stronger!”
Nope! It made me weaker and funnier
Nope! It made me weaker and funnier
February 9, 2024 at 12:31 PM
“Your trauma made you stronger!”
Nope! It made me weaker and funnier
Nope! It made me weaker and funnier
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“Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner accused other companies like Google and Microsoft of ‘reshaping the address bar into an assistant prompt, turning the joy of exploring into inactive spectatorship.’”
Well, Vivaldi. You had my interest; now you have my attention
Well, Vivaldi. You had my interest; now you have my attention
After Outcry, Firefox Promises "Kill Switch" That Turns Off All AI Features
Mozilla's new CEO announced that Firefox would become a "modern AI broswer." Its most diehard fans are revolting.
futurism.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner accused other companies like Google and Microsoft of ‘reshaping the address bar into an assistant prompt, turning the joy of exploring into inactive spectatorship.’”
Well, Vivaldi. You had my interest; now you have my attention
Well, Vivaldi. You had my interest; now you have my attention
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I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
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It's extra hard to pour my joy into a bottomless chasm when I have only a thimble to spare, but I try.
And that’s resistance, too.
Make joy where you are and hope it radiates to people who need it even more than you, even when you need it too.
And that’s resistance, too.
Make joy where you are and hope it radiates to people who need it even more than you, even when you need it too.
December 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
It's extra hard to pour my joy into a bottomless chasm when I have only a thimble to spare, but I try.
And that’s resistance, too.
Make joy where you are and hope it radiates to people who need it even more than you, even when you need it too.
And that’s resistance, too.
Make joy where you are and hope it radiates to people who need it even more than you, even when you need it too.
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The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
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Gifting this article on the CECOT story in which Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent on the story, is reported as writing: “It [the story] is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Gifting this article on the CECOT story in which Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent on the story, is reported as writing: “It [the story] is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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So interesting I bookmarked it.
"Men experience aging changes too, obviously. But women tend to report this shift more dramatically, and there’s a reason for that."
"Men experience aging changes too, obviously. But women tend to report this shift more dramatically, and there’s a reason for that."
December 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
So interesting I bookmarked it.
"Men experience aging changes too, obviously. But women tend to report this shift more dramatically, and there’s a reason for that."
"Men experience aging changes too, obviously. But women tend to report this shift more dramatically, and there’s a reason for that."
Lo for the tiding of the long night moon
May the harvest last until the springtime bloom
Home is our comfort at the winter's height
Sing for the coming of the longest night
HALSWAY CAROL
(lyrics by Iain Frisk, tune by Nigel Eaton)
recording: Jackie Oates (2015) [YouTube]
youtu.be/jpwwO2kJOlg
May the harvest last until the springtime bloom
Home is our comfort at the winter's height
Sing for the coming of the longest night
HALSWAY CAROL
(lyrics by Iain Frisk, tune by Nigel Eaton)
recording: Jackie Oates (2015) [YouTube]
youtu.be/jpwwO2kJOlg
The Halsway Carol
YouTube video by Jackie Oates - Topic
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Lo for the tiding of the long night moon
May the harvest last until the springtime bloom
Home is our comfort at the winter's height
Sing for the coming of the longest night
HALSWAY CAROL
(lyrics by Iain Frisk, tune by Nigel Eaton)
recording: Jackie Oates (2015) [YouTube]
youtu.be/jpwwO2kJOlg
May the harvest last until the springtime bloom
Home is our comfort at the winter's height
Sing for the coming of the longest night
HALSWAY CAROL
(lyrics by Iain Frisk, tune by Nigel Eaton)
recording: Jackie Oates (2015) [YouTube]
youtu.be/jpwwO2kJOlg
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Data poem: Family tree of languages
Interactive, expanded. Click the + to grow each branch :)
dr.eamer.dev/datavis/poem...
Interactive, expanded. Click the + to grow each branch :)
dr.eamer.dev/datavis/poem...
December 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Data poem: Family tree of languages
Interactive, expanded. Click the + to grow each branch :)
dr.eamer.dev/datavis/poem...
Interactive, expanded. Click the + to grow each branch :)
dr.eamer.dev/datavis/poem...
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"In other words, once the four AI tools locked onto a person’s age, race, or gender, those factors would form the backbone of the tissue analysis. In effect, AI would go on to replicate bias resulting from gaps in AI training data."
December 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"In other words, once the four AI tools locked onto a person’s age, race, or gender, those factors would form the backbone of the tissue analysis. In effect, AI would go on to replicate bias resulting from gaps in AI training data."
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I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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It is totally possible for data to be wrong. You cannot make definitive conclusions about it’s relative wrongness from your personal experiences when the universe the data is attempting to represent is “an economy composed of 340mn people”. You are not a serious person if you think you can.
This is a toddlers interpretation of the discussion. People are very clearly saying that the data doesn’t seem to line up with their experience. The enlightened centrist answer is “social media is lying to you”. Stancil is the cringiest of them because early on he explicitly went after
Literally a toddler’s understanding of the world. “Overall, a thing is not happening more than it has in the past.” interpreted as “oh so you think it happens to no one?! you think the people that it’s happening to are lying?!”
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It is totally possible for data to be wrong. You cannot make definitive conclusions about it’s relative wrongness from your personal experiences when the universe the data is attempting to represent is “an economy composed of 340mn people”. You are not a serious person if you think you can.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM