Robert J. Warren II
@rjwarrenii.bsky.social
Professor, Buffalo State University
Who knew that Neanderthals had vaccines?
Breakthrough discovery links Neanderthal DNA and autism
New research links inherited Neanderthal DNA to increased autism susceptibility, revealing insights into ancient human genetics.
www.thebrighterside.news
July 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Who knew that Neanderthals had vaccines?
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Texas lawmakers will shout about being tough on immigration but quietly refuse to pass laws requiring that employees verify workers are authorized to work in the US.
Why?
Because they know what it would do to an economy that relies on underpaid migrant workers.
New, @lomikriel.bsky.social
Why?
Because they know what it would do to an economy that relies on underpaid migrant workers.
New, @lomikriel.bsky.social
Texas Talks Tough on Immigration. But Lawmakers Won’t Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization.
Texas’ conservative Legislature has again and again refused to mandate that most private businesses use E-Verify. Experts say that Republican resistance is rooted in how the system could impact the st...
www.propublica.org
June 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Texas lawmakers will shout about being tough on immigration but quietly refuse to pass laws requiring that employees verify workers are authorized to work in the US.
Why?
Because they know what it would do to an economy that relies on underpaid migrant workers.
New, @lomikriel.bsky.social
Why?
Because they know what it would do to an economy that relies on underpaid migrant workers.
New, @lomikriel.bsky.social
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From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
Opinion | Selfishness Is Not a Virtue
Evangelical Christianity has taken a wrong turn.
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.
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JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Successful allelopathic competition is not limited to non-native plants
Mimi Byrne, @rjwarrenii.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience
Successful allelopathic competition is not limited to non-native plants
Mimi Byrne, @rjwarrenii.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
May 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Successful allelopathic competition is not limited to non-native plants
Mimi Byrne, @rjwarrenii.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience
Successful allelopathic competition is not limited to non-native plants
Mimi Byrne, @rjwarrenii.bsky.social
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
#PlantScience
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This is the simplest and most obvious explanation.
March 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is the simplest and most obvious explanation.
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His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.
March 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.
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Turnabout is fair play.
March 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Turnabout is fair play.
He has no business acumen. He is a rich kid that got a tv show. A total fraud.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump’s business acumen has long been his armor. It’s being put to the test.
The normally bullish Trump over the weekend declined to rule out the possibility of a full-blown recession as his tariff policies threaten to spark a massive global trade war.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
He has no business acumen. He is a rich kid that got a tv show. A total fraud.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Republicans were awestruck by their leader’s ability, at the age of 78, to give such a sustained fact-free oration.
Trump Sets Record for Longest Speech Without Single Fact
Republicans were awestruck by their leader’s ability, at the age of 78, to give such a sustained fact-free oration.
www.borowitzreport.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Republicans were awestruck by their leader’s ability, at the age of 78, to give such a sustained fact-free oration.
Extreme passion for an ideal is very different that a passion for extreme ideals
March 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Extreme passion for an ideal is very different that a passion for extreme ideals
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literally every time I talk to friends
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
literally every time I talk to friends
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
theonion.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
J.D. Vance would be this generation's Dan Quayle if it was not so hard to look dumb compared to Donald Trump
February 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
J.D. Vance would be this generation's Dan Quayle if it was not so hard to look dumb compared to Donald Trump
New paper
The role of preadapted traits and turfgrass community resistance in Taraxacum officinale invasion success - Plant Ecology
Invasive non-native species often exhibit traits in their invaded range that differ from those of the conspecifics in their home range, and this difference may contribute to success in invaded habitat...
links.springernature.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New paper
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
"Live steady. Don’t fuck around. Give anything weird a wide berth—including people. It’s not worth it. I learned this the hard way, through brutal overindulgence"
-- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72"
-- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72"
February 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Live steady. Don’t fuck around. Give anything weird a wide berth—including people. It’s not worth it. I learned this the hard way, through brutal overindulgence"
-- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72"
-- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72"