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Trump releases the Epstein Files.
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Trump releases the Epstein Files.
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My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
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Saluting the Commander in Chief.
August 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Saluting the Commander in Chief.
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(long, reluctant sigh)
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sub-terfuge
Attorney General Pam Bondi says that the "Subway Slinger" who chucked a sandwich at a federal agent in DC the other night is actually a DOJ employee. She describes him as an "example of the deep state."
August 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
(long, reluctant sigh)
sub-terfuge
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1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
Fascinating!
We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following.
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
It still became a polarization machine.
Then we tried six interventions to fix social media.
The results were… not what we expected.
arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385
Can We Fix Social Media? Testing Prosocial Interventions using Generative Social Simulation
Social media platforms have been widely linked to societal harms, including rising polarization and the erosion of constructive debate. Can these problems be mitigated through prosocial interventions?...
arxiv.org
August 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Fascinating!
Sad
"Terence Tao said he’s already getting feelers from institutions in other countries, as are other senior scholars." Trump's university funding cuts will result in our country losing brilliant researchers: www.thebulwark.com/p/terence-ta...
August 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Sad
How can anyone take her seriously?
Mace: I would support any action to remove fluoride from the water. And ban also chemtrails
August 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
How can anyone take her seriously?
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New “Dictator Approved” statue appears in DC
WaPo: It sits at the same location as the poop statue did last fall.
The artwork's creators intended "Dictator Approved" as a response to the June 14 military parade and authoritarianism, according to a permit issued by the National Park Service.
WaPo: It sits at the same location as the poop statue did last fall.
The artwork's creators intended "Dictator Approved" as a response to the June 14 military parade and authoritarianism, according to a permit issued by the National Park Service.
June 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
New “Dictator Approved” statue appears in DC
WaPo: It sits at the same location as the poop statue did last fall.
The artwork's creators intended "Dictator Approved" as a response to the June 14 military parade and authoritarianism, according to a permit issued by the National Park Service.
WaPo: It sits at the same location as the poop statue did last fall.
The artwork's creators intended "Dictator Approved" as a response to the June 14 military parade and authoritarianism, according to a permit issued by the National Park Service.
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Rubio would’ve sent Hitler a birthday card in 1943.
June 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Rubio would’ve sent Hitler a birthday card in 1943.
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Pretty remarkable!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
Inside the Secret Meeting Where Mathematicians Struggled to Outsmart AI
The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs
www.scientificamerican.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Pretty remarkable!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...
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“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
June 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
By Ruben Bolling
Genius. Click in.
Hannibal may have conquered the world at 22, but Master Fugate ain’t no Hannibal…
NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
June 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Hannibal may have conquered the world at 22, but Master Fugate ain’t no Hannibal…
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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Boss move would be for the EU to offer him an Airbus.
May 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Boss move would be for the EU to offer him an Airbus.
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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Trump/Musk and the entire GOP has spent the last four months systematically liquidating disease cure research in the United States. Lots of critical cure studies shuttered mid-way through. Research shutdown everywhere. It's all hands on deck to prevent new treatments for cancer, ahlzeimers etc.
You start to get why they're the pro-cancer party
Markwayne Mullin: "It's interesting the timing of them releasing the cancer. It seems like since the Hur tapes were released, they're like, 'Hey wait, it might be a good time to distract the American people and talk about his cancer.'"
May 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trump/Musk and the entire GOP has spent the last four months systematically liquidating disease cure research in the United States. Lots of critical cure studies shuttered mid-way through. Research shutdown everywhere. It's all hands on deck to prevent new treatments for cancer, ahlzeimers etc.
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Vance: “We should be able to move beyond the mistakes that have been made in the past…If Russia is not willing to do that, then we’re eventually just going to say, ‘This is not our war. It’s Joe Biden’s war, it’s Vladimir Putin’s war. It’s not our war.’"
May 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Vance: “We should be able to move beyond the mistakes that have been made in the past…If Russia is not willing to do that, then we’re eventually just going to say, ‘This is not our war. It’s Joe Biden’s war, it’s Vladimir Putin’s war. It’s not our war.’"
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If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
May 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.
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I’m reliably told this is cutting edge research with lots of commercial and defense applications that no one in their right mind would shutter.
May 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I’m reliably told this is cutting edge research with lots of commercial and defense applications that no one in their right mind would shutter.