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1/28 New preprint up, which I think is the best theoretical idea I've ever had. We asked a simple question: what are the costs of investment into non-reproductive somatic cells? Turns out these costs decrease with the *logarithm* of organism size!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The fitness costs of reproductive specialization scale inversely with organismal size
The evolution of reproductive specialization represents a fundamental innovation in multicellular life, yet the conditions favoring its evolution remain poorly understood. Here, we develop a populatio...
www.biorxiv.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
1/28 New preprint up, which I think is the best theoretical idea I've ever had. We asked a simple question: what are the costs of investment into non-reproductive somatic cells? Turns out these costs decrease with the *logarithm* of organism size!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Why homelessness is not a choice - and providing housing actually saves you money overall in the long run.
It's more expensive to be cruel and dehumanizing
It's more expensive to be cruel and dehumanizing
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Why homelessness is not a choice - and providing housing actually saves you money overall in the long run.
It's more expensive to be cruel and dehumanizing
It's more expensive to be cruel and dehumanizing
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I was having a rough time with lettering on these samplers I started months ago that I just stopped doing them all together. Then yesterday @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social taught me that the key was smaller stitches on curved letters. Progress has been made
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I was having a rough time with lettering on these samplers I started months ago that I just stopped doing them all together. Then yesterday @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social taught me that the key was smaller stitches on curved letters. Progress has been made
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The most depressing lesson of the Trump era is that scandals don’t matter if the perpetrator and their supporters don’t feel shame.
Shamelessness is now a political superpower.
Shamelessness is now a political superpower.
December 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
The most depressing lesson of the Trump era is that scandals don’t matter if the perpetrator and their supporters don’t feel shame.
Shamelessness is now a political superpower.
Shamelessness is now a political superpower.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Funny how 7-10 million of us managed to gather all over the country without a single violent incident that was not instigated by MAGA. But the minute a few hundred of us gather to protest ICE we turn into violent rioters who need to be pepper sprayed?
Smells like, complete and utter bullshit.
Smells like, complete and utter bullshit.
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Funny how 7-10 million of us managed to gather all over the country without a single violent incident that was not instigated by MAGA. But the minute a few hundred of us gather to protest ICE we turn into violent rioters who need to be pepper sprayed?
Smells like, complete and utter bullshit.
Smells like, complete and utter bullshit.
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Wow, actual chills. This is so powerful. Amazing work @handsoffnyc.bsky.social.
December 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Wow, actual chills. This is so powerful. Amazing work @handsoffnyc.bsky.social.
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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The UFW has sued the Trump Administration ... again. Why? Because they are trying to steal wages from farm workers and we are not going to let that happen. #WeFeedYou
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The UFW has sued the Trump Administration ... again. Why? Because they are trying to steal wages from farm workers and we are not going to let that happen. #WeFeedYou
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Read @brittnymejia.bsky.social's first-person dispatch from the fields as she reports on the undocumented workers who plan to keep working despite the ongoing immigration raids. @latimes.com
Hard lives in California's fields: 'The American dream eats us alive'
Immigrant farmworkers toil, season after season, in jobs that most Americans wouldn't endure for a week. It's a rough life that takes a heavy toll.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Read @brittnymejia.bsky.social's first-person dispatch from the fields as she reports on the undocumented workers who plan to keep working despite the ongoing immigration raids. @latimes.com
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This is the only good reoccurring internet thing. Please donate to UFW so they can hire a photographer and I can sleep more!!!
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is the only good reoccurring internet thing. Please donate to UFW so they can hire a photographer and I can sleep more!!!
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Windmill Farms workers are fighting for a union! Support their boycott. This holiday season, don’t buy Windmill mushrooms!
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Windmill Farms workers are fighting for a union! Support their boycott. This holiday season, don’t buy Windmill mushrooms!
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
¡Los trabajadores de Windmill Farms están luchando por una Unión! Apoya su boicot. ¡Estas fiestas, no compres hongos Windmill!
#BoycottWindmillMushrooms
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Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
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He just keeps claiming Biden's accomplishments.
Sad little, lying, ignorant man doesn't have any of his own. 💥💯💥🖕🖕🖕🖕
Sad little, lying, ignorant man doesn't have any of his own. 💥💯💥🖕🖕🖕🖕
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
He just keeps claiming Biden's accomplishments.
Sad little, lying, ignorant man doesn't have any of his own. 💥💯💥🖕🖕🖕🖕
Sad little, lying, ignorant man doesn't have any of his own. 💥💯💥🖕🖕🖕🖕
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A tractor driver prepares to begin spraying pistachio trees in McFarland, Ca. While the trees may not produce nuts for 5-8 years, care during this developmental period ensures a healthy production in its later stages of life. #WeFeedYou
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A tractor driver prepares to begin spraying pistachio trees in McFarland, Ca. While the trees may not produce nuts for 5-8 years, care during this developmental period ensures a healthy production in its later stages of life. #WeFeedYou
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Poetry Comics Month, Day 22
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Poetry Comics Month, Day 22
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As you're making the BIG grocery list this weekend, consider buying union-made. When you buy union, you're supporting:
✨ Good jobs in U.S. communities
💵 Living wages
🩺 Good benefits
🦺 Safe working conditions
🫶 Dignity and respect for workers
These quality products are produced by union members 🧵
✨ Good jobs in U.S. communities
💵 Living wages
🩺 Good benefits
🦺 Safe working conditions
🫶 Dignity and respect for workers
These quality products are produced by union members 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
As you're making the BIG grocery list this weekend, consider buying union-made. When you buy union, you're supporting:
✨ Good jobs in U.S. communities
💵 Living wages
🩺 Good benefits
🦺 Safe working conditions
🫶 Dignity and respect for workers
These quality products are produced by union members 🧵
✨ Good jobs in U.S. communities
💵 Living wages
🩺 Good benefits
🦺 Safe working conditions
🫶 Dignity and respect for workers
These quality products are produced by union members 🧵
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Republicans can't seem to decipher Epstein's emails, so Jon Stewart does it for them
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Republicans can't seem to decipher Epstein's emails, so Jon Stewart does it for them
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Phillip, the Desolate Tower
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Phillip, the Desolate Tower
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Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
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JD Vance is very consistent… in saying or doing whatever it takes to get ahead politically.
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
JD Vance is very consistent… in saying or doing whatever it takes to get ahead politically.
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@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is,quite frankly,a hero,even though she’d never accept that title. She has stood up for science and the American people & spoken out with incredible bravery,while still scared. She refuses to back down. She is also an incrdible,incredible leader & example for us all.
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is,quite frankly,a hero,even though she’d never accept that title. She has stood up for science and the American people & spoken out with incredible bravery,while still scared. She refuses to back down. She is also an incrdible,incredible leader & example for us all.
They just think we're stupid.
My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
They just think we're stupid.
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With Trump’s massive tax cuts for the wealthy currently exploding the deficit, and now this, Trump and his oligarch cronies want to make us debt slaves from birth to death while truly owning nothing, while they buy bigger yachts and more mansions.
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
With Trump’s massive tax cuts for the wealthy currently exploding the deficit, and now this, Trump and his oligarch cronies want to make us debt slaves from birth to death while truly owning nothing, while they buy bigger yachts and more mansions.