D. Lovell
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She/Her. “They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.” - Sir Terry Pratchett. Trekkie. Bookworm. Mildly cranky computer geek. I am no Jedi. Ivanova is always right. Woo pig!
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The administration's foreign policy is to performatively murder the weak and defenseless to distract from the fact that it is abandoning U.S. strategic interests worldwide.
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The administration's foreign policy is to performatively murder the weak and defenseless to distract from the fact that it is abandoning U.S. strategic interests worldwide.
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It will never cease to amaze me that so many tech bros read Lord of the Rings, decided the hobbits were the bad guys and Sauron and his forces were the good guys, and have built their entire personalities around being corporate ring wraiths.
My rule of thumb is if the company is named after something in Lord of the Rings, it’s almost certainly evil.
Since its founding in 2017, Anduril Industries has become one of the hottest companies in a crowded field of defense-tech startup.
Its fast-moving approach comes with its share of setbacks.
Its fast-moving approach comes with its share of setbacks.
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It will never cease to amaze me that so many tech bros read Lord of the Rings, decided the hobbits were the bad guys and Sauron and his forces were the good guys, and have built their entire personalities around being corporate ring wraiths.
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I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
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Holy fucking shit this is a *real* image from a *real* (presumably peer-reviewed) paper in [Nature] Scientific Reports.
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Holy fucking shit this is a *real* image from a *real* (presumably peer-reviewed) paper in [Nature] Scientific Reports.
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
How many people had to sign off on this figure?
The editor, one hopes, the reviewer(s)? The copy editor?
What had to happen for THIS to get published?
Great thread! In an earlier Usenet era, my main (sysadmin) concern was having enough spindles to distribute I/O. Those were the proverbial good old days before ever-escalating spam campaigns destroyed the experience for admins and users alike.
Hell, even in the last few years before Usenet functionally died outside of moderated newsgroups (and by "last few years before Usenet died" I mean "shortly after Cantor & Siegel's green-card spam in 1994/Sanford Wallace era") even spam moderation was becoming largely automated (cancelbots)
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November 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Great thread! In an earlier Usenet era, my main (sysadmin) concern was having enough spindles to distribute I/O. Those were the proverbial good old days before ever-escalating spam campaigns destroyed the experience for admins and users alike.
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This sums up the verifiable impact of DOGE.
In the end, it didn’t cut government spending, and there was no promised “savings.” In the end, DOGE destroyed countless lives, ravaged American soft power, killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world (soon millions), & stole your data.
Elon Musk should be on trial.
Elon Musk should be on trial.
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This sums up the verifiable impact of DOGE.
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BREAKING: DOGE Dissolves After Successfully Stealing Confidential Information and Taxpayer Data on Every American
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
BREAKING: DOGE Dissolves After Successfully Stealing Confidential Information and Taxpayer Data on Every American
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We are doing 25% off in the shop this week, for all your stocking stuffer and fidget toy and geeky rainbow needs!
And because they might be our most popular item of 2025 (can't guess why) I made A LOT of clicky dumpster fires!
thebrokencircle.etsy...
And because they might be our most popular item of 2025 (can't guess why) I made A LOT of clicky dumpster fires!
thebrokencircle.etsy...
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We are doing 25% off in the shop this week, for all your stocking stuffer and fidget toy and geeky rainbow needs!
And because they might be our most popular item of 2025 (can't guess why) I made A LOT of clicky dumpster fires!
thebrokencircle.etsy...
And because they might be our most popular item of 2025 (can't guess why) I made A LOT of clicky dumpster fires!
thebrokencircle.etsy...
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Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
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Living through history is not fun
Do you all feel absolutely crazy as I do with everything going on? Please say yes
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Living through history is not fun
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I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be?
Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it
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This is my first story for CIDRAP News, which has hired me as its first investigative reporter. Look for lots of enterprise and investigative stories on infectious disease from me in coming weeks!
Experimental mRNA flu vaccine is more effective than conventional flu shot, but causes more side effects
In a phase 3 trial, participants who received the shot were 29% less likely to be diagnosed with flu than those who received a conventional flu shot.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
In a phase 3 trial, participants who received the shot were 29% less likely to be diagnosed with flu than those who received a conventional flu shot.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is my first story for CIDRAP News, which has hired me as its first investigative reporter. Look for lots of enterprise and investigative stories on infectious disease from me in coming weeks!
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
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NEW: I wrote about attacks on federal oversight of special ed and what it means for families like mine. I went into this thinking maybe MN kids would be ok, but "As I spoke to experts in federal disability education policy, I began to see the cracks."
www.startribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW: I wrote about attacks on federal oversight of special ed and what it means for families like mine. I went into this thinking maybe MN kids would be ok, but "As I spoke to experts in federal disability education policy, I began to see the cracks."
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I am shooting my shot.
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I am shooting my shot.
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
I love writing op-eds.
@teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you.
Signed,
A Black woman who writes for the public
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Seeing a few comments about “dead rapists bringing down living rapists”.
Let’s be clear.
It’s not Epstein that has Trump and MAGA on the defensive. It’s not Epstein that had a former Prince stripped of his title.
It’s the survivors of Epstein’s abuse. It’s the women who refused to be silent.
Let’s be clear.
It’s not Epstein that has Trump and MAGA on the defensive. It’s not Epstein that had a former Prince stripped of his title.
It’s the survivors of Epstein’s abuse. It’s the women who refused to be silent.
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Seeing a few comments about “dead rapists bringing down living rapists”.
Let’s be clear.
It’s not Epstein that has Trump and MAGA on the defensive. It’s not Epstein that had a former Prince stripped of his title.
It’s the survivors of Epstein’s abuse. It’s the women who refused to be silent.
Let’s be clear.
It’s not Epstein that has Trump and MAGA on the defensive. It’s not Epstein that had a former Prince stripped of his title.
It’s the survivors of Epstein’s abuse. It’s the women who refused to be silent.
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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It is is... grimly funny none of these fuckers are bothering to hide their flagrant disregard for anything but their bottomline. The Emperor has no clothes, the cabinet has no clothes, the top military brass has no clothes-
An entire administration of corrupt nudists, all the way down.
An entire administration of corrupt nudists, all the way down.
During his campaign, Trump (& RFK) promised to rein in the use of dangerous pesticides, but the EPA has loosened oversight and is accelerating pesticide approvals.
Notably, the top 4 positions in the new Trump EPA’s chemical safety office are held by former pesticide and chemical industry lobbyists
Notably, the top 4 positions in the new Trump EPA’s chemical safety office are held by former pesticide and chemical industry lobbyists
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It is is... grimly funny none of these fuckers are bothering to hide their flagrant disregard for anything but their bottomline. The Emperor has no clothes, the cabinet has no clothes, the top military brass has no clothes-
An entire administration of corrupt nudists, all the way down.
An entire administration of corrupt nudists, all the way down.
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Okay, so fantasy football is a thing.
But doesn't that imply the existence of mystery football, horror football and the like? Maybe Regency football, screwball football, Ruritanian football and more?
But doesn't that imply the existence of mystery football, horror football and the like? Maybe Regency football, screwball football, Ruritanian football and more?
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Okay, so fantasy football is a thing.
But doesn't that imply the existence of mystery football, horror football and the like? Maybe Regency football, screwball football, Ruritanian football and more?
But doesn't that imply the existence of mystery football, horror football and the like? Maybe Regency football, screwball football, Ruritanian football and more?
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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.
🧪🧬🧫
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.
www.statnews.com
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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If you donate to your local food bank remember your employer might match your donations and double them. Every month I send $50 and they get $100
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you donate to your local food bank remember your employer might match your donations and double them. Every month I send $50 and they get $100
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Verge Ausberry was suspended less than five years ago for not reporting abuse cases and skirting reporting policies. Now he’s LSU’s interim AD, tasked with finding the next football
coach.
But tell me again why women don’t report and feel ignored by the system.
coach.
But tell me again why women don’t report and feel ignored by the system.
Did LSU learn from sex abuse scandal? Apparently not, given interim AD choice | Opinion
LSU elevates Verge Ausberry, who was suspended for 30 days for ignoring abuse complaints and skirting mandatory reporting policies.
www.usatoday.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Verge Ausberry was suspended less than five years ago for not reporting abuse cases and skirting reporting policies. Now he’s LSU’s interim AD, tasked with finding the next football
coach.
But tell me again why women don’t report and feel ignored by the system.
coach.
But tell me again why women don’t report and feel ignored by the system.
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"who radicalized you"
Nothing radicalized me, I was born with basic empathy. The world decided that was radical.
Nothing radicalized me, I was born with basic empathy. The world decided that was radical.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"who radicalized you"
Nothing radicalized me, I was born with basic empathy. The world decided that was radical.
Nothing radicalized me, I was born with basic empathy. The world decided that was radical.