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my favorite part of the Corning Museum of Glass was this exhibit by Elinar and Jamex de la Torre. It's a lot "humans are weird gross goblins" and "you don't get to tell me how my world fits together"
November 10, 2024 at 8:12 PM
my favorite part of the Corning Museum of Glass was this exhibit by Elinar and Jamex de la Torre. It's a lot "humans are weird gross goblins" and "you don't get to tell me how my world fits together"
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This is one of the most disturbing paragraphs I’ve read in months, and I’m currently researching the history of enslavement in 18th century New England.
November 8, 2024 at 11:06 PM
This is one of the most disturbing paragraphs I’ve read in months, and I’m currently researching the history of enslavement in 18th century New England.
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One helluva story on the impacts of Bitcoin on the health of people in a Texas community after a local business invested in Bitcoin farming computers that run at all hours...
Sociology episky 🛟 policysky polisky lawsky 🧪 Medsky 📈🧭
Sociology episky 🛟 policysky polisky lawsky 🧪 Medsky 📈🧭
Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town
A Bitcoin mine moved to a small town in Texas. One by one, the residents fell ill.
time.com
July 9, 2024 at 5:51 PM
One helluva story on the impacts of Bitcoin on the health of people in a Texas community after a local business invested in Bitcoin farming computers that run at all hours...
Sociology episky 🛟 policysky polisky lawsky 🧪 Medsky 📈🧭
Sociology episky 🛟 policysky polisky lawsky 🧪 Medsky 📈🧭
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“It is possible-given absolute control over the media and the police-to rewrite the memories of hundreds of millions of people, if you have a generation to accomplish it in.”
- Carl Sagan, “The Demon-Haunted World”
He tried to warn us. 🥺🧪
- Carl Sagan, “The Demon-Haunted World”
He tried to warn us. 🥺🧪
July 10, 2024 at 12:16 AM
“It is possible-given absolute control over the media and the police-to rewrite the memories of hundreds of millions of people, if you have a generation to accomplish it in.”
- Carl Sagan, “The Demon-Haunted World”
He tried to warn us. 🥺🧪
- Carl Sagan, “The Demon-Haunted World”
He tried to warn us. 🥺🧪
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The Overview Effect:
“I saw an iridescent biosphere teeming with life [but] I didn't see the economy -- since our human systems treat everything, --, as the wholly owned subsidiary of the global economy, it's obvious from the vantage point of space that we're living a lie.”
“I saw an iridescent biosphere teeming with life [but] I didn't see the economy -- since our human systems treat everything, --, as the wholly owned subsidiary of the global economy, it's obvious from the vantage point of space that we're living a lie.”
Astronaut shares the profound 'big lie' he realized after seeing the Earth from space
Astronaut and humanitarian Ron Garan explained how man's perspective changes after venturing out into space. He believes this shift in perspective will help us fix our problems.
www.upworthy.com
July 7, 2024 at 4:21 PM
The Overview Effect:
“I saw an iridescent biosphere teeming with life [but] I didn't see the economy -- since our human systems treat everything, --, as the wholly owned subsidiary of the global economy, it's obvious from the vantage point of space that we're living a lie.”
“I saw an iridescent biosphere teeming with life [but] I didn't see the economy -- since our human systems treat everything, --, as the wholly owned subsidiary of the global economy, it's obvious from the vantage point of space that we're living a lie.”
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Two kinds of US presidential elections: "time for a change" and "don't fuck my life up" and I think you're insane if you think 2024 is gonna be in the former camp.
This is super important work. And it looks like it's actually having an effect. Normal people learn about Project 2025 and are scared as shitless as they should be. The Nation, The New Republic, Rolling Stone, Boston Review and others are doing the work that NYT and WaPo are neglecting.
We need more, but credit where due: both The Nation (June 2024 issue) and Boston Review have run a breakdown of the Project 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” document. Media Matters, too. Lots of good work going on digesting this.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins...
www.mediamatters.org/project-2025
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ins...
www.mediamatters.org/project-2025
July 7, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Two kinds of US presidential elections: "time for a change" and "don't fuck my life up" and I think you're insane if you think 2024 is gonna be in the former camp.
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I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:
July 6, 2024 at 12:31 AM
I will bang this drum forever: in THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE: THE GERMANS, 1933-45 Milton Mayer interviewed 10 ordinary Germans after WW2 to learn how fascism took hold. There was never a moment when everyone woke up:
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Gravity causes the density of a liquid mixture to stratify, introducing a previously unobserved depth dependence in the physics of an otherwise generic phase transition, Ostwald ripening, which is also behind freezer burn. physics.aps.org/articles/v17...
Gravity Alters the Dynamics of a Phase Transition
An experiment uncovers the role played by gravity in Ostwald ripening, a spontaneous thermodynamic process responsible for many effects such as the recrystallization of ice cream.
physics.aps.org
July 3, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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Something I* keep struggling with is how bonkers one probably sounds when trying to explain the reality of the situation to anyone who hasn’t been paying attention
The fact that it sounds completely unbelievable feels to me like part of the strategy
*me and fuckin everyone
The fact that it sounds completely unbelievable feels to me like part of the strategy
*me and fuckin everyone
Things are going very well when we've reached the "Don't worry, the military won't obey orders to kill civilians" stage of democratic backsliding. It's the sweet spot, where good things happen. Right where we want to be.
July 2, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Something I* keep struggling with is how bonkers one probably sounds when trying to explain the reality of the situation to anyone who hasn’t been paying attention
The fact that it sounds completely unbelievable feels to me like part of the strategy
*me and fuckin everyone
The fact that it sounds completely unbelievable feels to me like part of the strategy
*me and fuckin everyone
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even the dating apps know I’m hopeless and are telling me to find god instead
June 29, 2024 at 5:39 PM
even the dating apps know I’m hopeless and are telling me to find god instead
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"Oh, shit, that was my job?"
Stressed-Out God Didn’t Realize He Was Supposed To Reincarnate All Those Dead People
THE HEAVENS—Groaning as He surveyed the massive piles of souls, a stressed-out God confirmed Tuesday that He had not realized He was supposed to reincarnate all those dead people. “Oh, shit, that was ...
www.theonion.com
July 2, 2024 at 5:36 PM
"Oh, shit, that was my job?"
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"We have entered an uncertain new era. The door is now wide open to the kinds of fascism and authoritarianism we spent much of the 20th century and hundreds of thousands of American lives combatting overseas."
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
The Supreme Court Took A Sledgehammer To American Democracy
This is special hair-on-fire edition of TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 2, 2024 at 5:12 PM
"We have entered an uncertain new era. The door is now wide open to the kinds of fascism and authoritarianism we spent much of the 20th century and hundreds of thousands of American lives combatting overseas."
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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This is a proven technique.
July 2, 2024 at 6:01 PM
This is a proven technique.
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Harpo: 100+
Ahab: 0
Ahab: 0
July 2, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Harpo: 100+
Ahab: 0
Ahab: 0
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I just bought this and can report that the illustrations are fantastic and the first story, "Vera", is a creepy banger. Buy this book!
Last chance!
I just realized there are actually 19 stories and 20 illustrations so an even better deal 😂
books2read.com/ABrokenThing
I just realized there are actually 19 stories and 20 illustrations so an even better deal 😂
books2read.com/ABrokenThing
June 30, 2024 at 3:57 PM
I just bought this and can report that the illustrations are fantastic and the first story, "Vera", is a creepy banger. Buy this book!
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As soon as the FDA approves it, I’m sure the 6 fascist priest-emperors of the SCOTUS will review it with their unparalleled scientific acumen and find a reason to not let us have it (unless we’re rich).
"Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised."
Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains
Scientists at UC Riverside have devised a vaccine that targets a part of the viral genome that is common to all strains of a given virus.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
June 29, 2024 at 5:57 PM
As soon as the FDA approves it, I’m sure the 6 fascist priest-emperors of the SCOTUS will review it with their unparalleled scientific acumen and find a reason to not let us have it (unless we’re rich).
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For some reason Kardashev never envisioned a civilization that could harness all of the sunlight that falls on their planet but uses most of it to create pictures of extremely busty ladies with three knees and fourteen fingers.
"can we harvest the sun faster than we can make computers squander all that energy" is a short summary of the 21st century
June 28, 2024 at 4:30 AM
For some reason Kardashev never envisioned a civilization that could harness all of the sunlight that falls on their planet but uses most of it to create pictures of extremely busty ladies with three knees and fourteen fingers.
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Wirecutter calls Alito the best budget pick but notes that Roberts is fully tricked out with all the bells and whistles
can someone please rank the republican supreme court justices by affordability
June 27, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Wirecutter calls Alito the best budget pick but notes that Roberts is fully tricked out with all the bells and whistles
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Fact-check: Real (& delightful)
Source: einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol8-trans/34
Additional context:
www.vox.com/xpress/2014/...
Source: einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol8-trans/34
Additional context:
www.vox.com/xpress/2014/...
June 27, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Fact-check: Real (& delightful)
Source: einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol8-trans/34
Additional context:
www.vox.com/xpress/2014/...
Source: einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol8-trans/34
Additional context:
www.vox.com/xpress/2014/...