Autumn Returns to the Dark Night
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A little while ago I found a stack of early 70s Vogue magazines in a secondhand shop and challenged myself to write short stories around six of the adverts in them. This is what I came up with...
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The True Stories Behind The Photos In Some Of The Vogue Magazine Adverts Of The Late 1960s And Early 1970s
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November 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A little while ago I found a stack of early 70s Vogue magazines in a secondhand shop and challenged myself to write short stories around six of the adverts in them. This is what I came up with...
www.tom-cox.com/the-true-sto...
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every single one of these emails is someone I already hate messaging a notorious pedophile to say "Thanks for the great time! I had fun doing pedophile stuff with you. P.S. Trump was there with us the whole time"
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
every single one of these emails is someone I already hate messaging a notorious pedophile to say "Thanks for the great time! I had fun doing pedophile stuff with you. P.S. Trump was there with us the whole time"
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hung out with some beetle people, mentioned fairy shrimp, and they mentioned a specialist ground beetle which is a fairy shrimp predator. how can you know that much of the story and then not know the best part, which is that the beetles only hunt at night because the shrimp GLOW IN THE DARK
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
hung out with some beetle people, mentioned fairy shrimp, and they mentioned a specialist ground beetle which is a fairy shrimp predator. how can you know that much of the story and then not know the best part, which is that the beetles only hunt at night because the shrimp GLOW IN THE DARK
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At what point does the New York Times get charged as organizationally conspiring to abet human trafficking of minors.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
At what point does the New York Times get charged as organizationally conspiring to abet human trafficking of minors.
They've apparently learned a lot about how Epstein-Barr can trigger some people to get lupus. Interesting article. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Stanford researchers solve medical enigma in major new study
The Epstein-Barr virus is extremely common and can spread through saliva.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
They've apparently learned a lot about how Epstein-Barr can trigger some people to get lupus. Interesting article. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Add this to the list of reasons to be uncomfortable with ChatGPT: the New York Times will be reading your chats to determine if you tried to get around their paywall. Just think of the fun ways your conversations can be shared to other potential plaintiffs! arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
OpenAI slams court order that lets NYT read 20 million complete user chats
OpenAI: NYT wants evidence of ChatGPT users trying to get around news paywall.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Add this to the list of reasons to be uncomfortable with ChatGPT: the New York Times will be reading your chats to determine if you tried to get around their paywall. Just think of the fun ways your conversations can be shared to other potential plaintiffs! arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Every single religious group in Chicago has such an opportunity here. Nazis might be among us, but we have them surrounded.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Every single religious group in Chicago has such an opportunity here. Nazis might be among us, but we have them surrounded.
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i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
Dreamed I was on public transit sitting across from someone whose phone I could see playing the music in their headphones, a playlist called “Sad Songs About Holidays.”
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Dreamed I was on public transit sitting across from someone whose phone I could see playing the music in their headphones, a playlist called “Sad Songs About Holidays.”
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TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
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Even 2,500 years ago, people loved a novelty cup! 🦞 🍷 😄
It’s suggested this Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a lobster claw was used as a drinking horn at parties!
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#Archaeology
It’s suggested this Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a lobster claw was used as a drinking horn at parties!
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Even 2,500 years ago, people loved a novelty cup! 🦞 🍷 😄
It’s suggested this Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a lobster claw was used as a drinking horn at parties!
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
It’s suggested this Ancient Greek terracotta vessel in the shape of a lobster claw was used as a drinking horn at parties!
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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You know it’s late when you Google: “would Harley Quinn be a Juggalo?”
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
You know it’s late when you Google: “would Harley Quinn be a Juggalo?”
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“A team led by UC San Diego was able to mass-produce a key pigment, xanthommatin, that occurs in the psychedelic skin of many cephalopods. Until now, xanthommatin has proven impractical to collect from animals or make in a lab.”
#scicomm
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#scicomm
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Scientists Recreate Rare Pigment Behind Octopus 'Superpowers'
Octopuses and other cephalopods are masters of camouflage, thanks largely to color-changing skin that can help them seemingly vanish into the background.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“A team led by UC San Diego was able to mass-produce a key pigment, xanthommatin, that occurs in the psychedelic skin of many cephalopods. Until now, xanthommatin has proven impractical to collect from animals or make in a lab.”
#scicomm
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🧪 🐙 🦑
#scicomm
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This is an excellent, excellent essay. Highly recommended.
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is an excellent, excellent essay. Highly recommended.
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Honestly, plasma is just a fundamentally unserious state of matter.
Calm down & control your electrons first, then we’ll circle back to this.
Calm down & control your electrons first, then we’ll circle back to this.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Honestly, plasma is just a fundamentally unserious state of matter.
Calm down & control your electrons first, then we’ll circle back to this.
Calm down & control your electrons first, then we’ll circle back to this.
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#TransnationalRepression is reshaping how authoritarian regimes project power & target critics abroad. @marcuskolga.bsky.social @imleeszefung.bsky.social @kentonthibaut.bsky.social @nosumacero.bsky.social & @lisandranovo.bsky.social introduce a framework to counter these operations: bit.ly/3Xgfz9I
Authoritarian reach and democratic response: A tactical framework to counter and prevent transnational repression
When foreign governments conduct surveillance, intimidation, or enforcement actions, they undermine state sovereignty and threaten to erode public trust in institutions, representing a significant nat...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
#TransnationalRepression is reshaping how authoritarian regimes project power & target critics abroad. @marcuskolga.bsky.social @imleeszefung.bsky.social @kentonthibaut.bsky.social @nosumacero.bsky.social & @lisandranovo.bsky.social introduce a framework to counter these operations: bit.ly/3Xgfz9I
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Harding literally died from stress at the prospect of facing accountability for an infinitesimal slice of the corruption that happens every day in this administration.
We sent the presidencies of Harding and Nixon straight to hell for a fraction of the corruption that happens every hour of every day on camera in this regime
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Harding literally died from stress at the prospect of facing accountability for an infinitesimal slice of the corruption that happens every day in this administration.
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This is such a great paper. We make endless small steps ahead in archaeology every week. I remember when I was starting out and the number of colleagues who told
me not to waste my time with satellite imagery analysis. Now, it's used by everyone. Tremendous use case here. 🏺
me not to waste my time with satellite imagery analysis. Now, it's used by everyone. Tremendous use case here. 🏺
These are chacus: funnel-shaped hunting traps used in the high altitudes of northern Chile to capture vicuña, a wild relative of the alpaca. Even after herding and agropastoralism was adopted, chacus continued to be used by persevering forager groups.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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🏺 #Archaeology
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is such a great paper. We make endless small steps ahead in archaeology every week. I remember when I was starting out and the number of colleagues who told
me not to waste my time with satellite imagery analysis. Now, it's used by everyone. Tremendous use case here. 🏺
me not to waste my time with satellite imagery analysis. Now, it's used by everyone. Tremendous use case here. 🏺
Hugely relieved to hear that Californians with SNAP benefits have full EBT cards today! I've been so worried, especially for the folks in my neighborhood who I know have been so scared.
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hugely relieved to hear that Californians with SNAP benefits have full EBT cards today! I've been so worried, especially for the folks in my neighborhood who I know have been so scared.
Someone on a post about Mamdani just used poor grammar and ableist slurs to insult me and included a meme pic of the Mayor-elect saying “IM GOING TO FUCK NEW YORK CITY LIKE I DO MY GOAT” - and I’m thinking - so, not at all, then? Ugh. Racists are so gross & so useless.
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Someone on a post about Mamdani just used poor grammar and ableist slurs to insult me and included a meme pic of the Mayor-elect saying “IM GOING TO FUCK NEW YORK CITY LIKE I DO MY GOAT” - and I’m thinking - so, not at all, then? Ugh. Racists are so gross & so useless.
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Never thought I’d get to sing “if we’re banned, we’ll be banned together” and “trans rights are human rights!” as part of a church hymn 😭🥹
The composer/author is Pax Ressler:
The composer/author is Pax Ressler:
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Never thought I’d get to sing “if we’re banned, we’ll be banned together” and “trans rights are human rights!” as part of a church hymn 😭🥹
The composer/author is Pax Ressler:
The composer/author is Pax Ressler:
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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm an avid user of some moderation settings for my own sanity, but I had no idea this stuff was on. Highly recommend you check out the Bluesky moderation service settings!