Ro 'sauna
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Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
March 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
I like the idea, really
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
March 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I like the idea, really
Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won.
Here are the numbers...
www.gregpalast.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Does this count as levity?
christ
a good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC.
February 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Does this count as levity?
Some fun news. A reminder to read the classic foundational work.
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat...
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat...
Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture | Quanta Magazine
A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.
www.quantamagazine.org
February 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Some fun news. A reminder to read the classic foundational work.
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat...
www.quantamagazine.org/undergraduat...
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This is a comprehensive (and very bleak) summary of the current state of US science
Donald Trump’s second term as US President has begun with staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences in what some see as a new "dark ages" 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/us-science...
US science in chaos as impact of Trump's executive orders sinks in – Physics World
US science hit by staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences
physicsworld.com
February 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This is a comprehensive (and very bleak) summary of the current state of US science
At the same time as the Texas measles outbreak
If this reporting stands up (and it appears confirmed by multiple sources): devastating.
The EIS is the front-line SWAT team of disease detection in the US and globally, and also the training ground for new generations of public health workers.
No EIS, no boots on the ground for outbreaks. ->
The EIS is the front-line SWAT team of disease detection in the US and globally, and also the training ground for new generations of public health workers.
No EIS, no boots on the ground for outbreaks. ->
Major news:
Entire first-year class of the Epidemic Intelligence Service must be out by 5pm, sources say.
Also: a major CDC contractor "just let go." Others may follow.
This is an attack on our ability to detect outbreaks.
More, with quotes from CDC officials:
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Entire first-year class of the Epidemic Intelligence Service must be out by 5pm, sources say.
Also: a major CDC contractor "just let go." Others may follow.
This is an attack on our ability to detect outbreaks.
More, with quotes from CDC officials:
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
February 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
At the same time as the Texas measles outbreak
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ok, now i’m happy about computers again
Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it:
www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
ok, now i’m happy about computers again
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Tariffs are taxes.
"Trump insists that tariffs are paid for by foreign countries. In fact, its is importers — American companies — that pay tariffs, and the money goes to U.S. Treasury. Those companies, in turn, typically pass their higher costs on to their customers in the form of higher prices."
"Trump insists that tariffs are paid for by foreign countries. In fact, its is importers — American companies — that pay tariffs, and the money goes to U.S. Treasury. Those companies, in turn, typically pass their higher costs on to their customers in the form of higher prices."
Trump favors huge new tariffs. How do they work?
Former President Donald Trump has proposed a 60% tariff on goods from China and a 20% tariff on everything else the United States imports. This week, he raised the ante still higher.
www.pbs.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Tariffs are taxes.
"Trump insists that tariffs are paid for by foreign countries. In fact, its is importers — American companies — that pay tariffs, and the money goes to U.S. Treasury. Those companies, in turn, typically pass their higher costs on to their customers in the form of higher prices."
"Trump insists that tariffs are paid for by foreign countries. In fact, its is importers — American companies — that pay tariffs, and the money goes to U.S. Treasury. Those companies, in turn, typically pass their higher costs on to their customers in the form of higher prices."
For @echoweaver.klatch.club.ap.brid.gy @echoweavertoo.bsky.social : some of my mundane life. I've been making a go at teaching the local crows that peanuts are food (pigeons can't open them). 2/3 times, what started as two crows immediately became thirty, like something Hitchcock. I persevere.
January 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
For @echoweaver.klatch.club.ap.brid.gy @echoweavertoo.bsky.social : some of my mundane life. I've been making a go at teaching the local crows that peanuts are food (pigeons can't open them). 2/3 times, what started as two crows immediately became thirty, like something Hitchcock. I persevere.
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Dark commentary, but I guess it's good that my father's already dead.
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
January 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Dark commentary, but I guess it's good that my father's already dead.
Given for-profit prisons and prison labor, this has been compared to gulag treatment.
www.stlpr.org/government-p...
www.stlpr.org/government-p...
Missouri Senate hears bill on life imprisonment for people in U.S. without legal status
The legislation would also allow Missourians to collect a $1,000 bounty for reporting on people who are found to be in the United States without legal status to the Department of Public Safety.
www.stlpr.org
January 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Given for-profit prisons and prison labor, this has been compared to gulag treatment.
www.stlpr.org/government-p...
www.stlpr.org/government-p...
Turning up the academic suffering dial to 11. :/
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Turning up the academic suffering dial to 11. :/
Part of a deeper concern about the fragility of our digital knowledge base.
As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
January 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Part of a deeper concern about the fragility of our digital knowledge base.
Math humor. I'm fighting a head cold, so this is the depth I have today :)
January 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Math humor. I'm fighting a head cold, so this is the depth I have today :)
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I just realized how tense I have felt since I woke up.
So this is your reminder to relax your shoulders, unclench your jaw, and take some deep breaths.
Take care of yourself. Put your own mask on before assisting another passenger.
So this is your reminder to relax your shoulders, unclench your jaw, and take some deep breaths.
Take care of yourself. Put your own mask on before assisting another passenger.
January 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I just realized how tense I have felt since I woke up.
So this is your reminder to relax your shoulders, unclench your jaw, and take some deep breaths.
Take care of yourself. Put your own mask on before assisting another passenger.
So this is your reminder to relax your shoulders, unclench your jaw, and take some deep breaths.
Take care of yourself. Put your own mask on before assisting another passenger.
As everyone seems to be sick: head cold coping tips: (1) lanolin, not Vaseline, to protect your nose. No more cheese-grater nose skin after all the abuse.
(2) Miso + silken tofu egg drop soup. So easy! Cheap! Fast! Long-life ingredients that just chill in your fridge (eggs less than the others).
(2) Miso + silken tofu egg drop soup. So easy! Cheap! Fast! Long-life ingredients that just chill in your fridge (eggs less than the others).
January 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
As everyone seems to be sick: head cold coping tips: (1) lanolin, not Vaseline, to protect your nose. No more cheese-grater nose skin after all the abuse.
(2) Miso + silken tofu egg drop soup. So easy! Cheap! Fast! Long-life ingredients that just chill in your fridge (eggs less than the others).
(2) Miso + silken tofu egg drop soup. So easy! Cheap! Fast! Long-life ingredients that just chill in your fridge (eggs less than the others).
Today's earworm
open.spotify.com/track/3NxWJW...
open.spotify.com/track/3NxWJW...
Teeth
5 Seconds of Summer · CALM · Song · 2020
open.spotify.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today's earworm
open.spotify.com/track/3NxWJW...
open.spotify.com/track/3NxWJW...
The trouble with various Swiss German dialects is that some sound very cute to my ears. So it's some cognitive dissonance wearing a mask in a bus, having a drunk football hooligan notice, and aggro body language semi-melodically say to you "Corona Ziit is forbi, hey". (Zeee(t), 4+bee)
December 2, 2024 at 7:03 AM
The trouble with various Swiss German dialects is that some sound very cute to my ears. So it's some cognitive dissonance wearing a mask in a bus, having a drunk football hooligan notice, and aggro body language semi-melodically say to you "Corona Ziit is forbi, hey". (Zeee(t), 4+bee)
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Sunday comic: Haha, I can totally relate!
November 17, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Sunday comic: Haha, I can totally relate!
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Not sure how much I'll engage here, but it's nice to have something new and different that so far seems to have fewer trolls. The world is scary right now, building community is vital to our survival.
a poster that says " stay connected build community " on it
ALT: a poster that says " stay connected build community " on it
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Not sure how much I'll engage here, but it's nice to have something new and different that so far seems to have fewer trolls. The world is scary right now, building community is vital to our survival.