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These are our most impressive institutions and crucial for our survival as a people and a species.
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
These are our most impressive institutions and crucial for our survival as a people and a species.
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This is completely unconscionable.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is completely unconscionable.
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This THREAD.
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This THREAD.
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can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
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Let's talk about barreleye fishes in family Opisthoproctidae. Take a minute to take in the image below.
What look like 'eyes' above the tiny toothless mouth are in fact chemosensory organs equivalent to nostrils.
The EYES are the green domes INSIDE THE TRANSPARENT HEAD. And they look *up*...
What look like 'eyes' above the tiny toothless mouth are in fact chemosensory organs equivalent to nostrils.
The EYES are the green domes INSIDE THE TRANSPARENT HEAD. And they look *up*...
November 6, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Let's talk about barreleye fishes in family Opisthoproctidae. Take a minute to take in the image below.
What look like 'eyes' above the tiny toothless mouth are in fact chemosensory organs equivalent to nostrils.
The EYES are the green domes INSIDE THE TRANSPARENT HEAD. And they look *up*...
What look like 'eyes' above the tiny toothless mouth are in fact chemosensory organs equivalent to nostrils.
The EYES are the green domes INSIDE THE TRANSPARENT HEAD. And they look *up*...
A Youtuber made a camera so fast it's able to watch light travel across his garage. Sort of.
Most of the video is the details of how he did it. Which is great if like me you enjoy that.
But aside from that ... holy crap, he can watch light travel across a room.
youtu.be/o4TdHrMi6do?...
Most of the video is the details of how he did it. Which is great if like me you enjoy that.
But aside from that ... holy crap, he can watch light travel across a room.
youtu.be/o4TdHrMi6do?...
A laser pointer at 2 billion fps makes the speed of light look... kinda weird
YouTube video by AlphaPhoenix
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A Youtuber made a camera so fast it's able to watch light travel across his garage. Sort of.
Most of the video is the details of how he did it. Which is great if like me you enjoy that.
But aside from that ... holy crap, he can watch light travel across a room.
youtu.be/o4TdHrMi6do?...
Most of the video is the details of how he did it. Which is great if like me you enjoy that.
But aside from that ... holy crap, he can watch light travel across a room.
youtu.be/o4TdHrMi6do?...
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check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby
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Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
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The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition…
We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.
We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.
Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."
October 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition…
We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.
We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.
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The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars
Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.
October 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars
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Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives
September 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Trump: everyone in the US died from drugs last week
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: so we must murder on the high seas
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: I caught Trix rabbit once
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: the cock on that bunny
Reporter: [nods]
Trump: bigger than you think
Headline: Trump Policy Seeks To Save Lives
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This is the shit they’re defunding. Scientists can make your teeth see so you can get back to balling and they want to take that away from you forever
TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
www.nbcboston.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is the shit they’re defunding. Scientists can make your teeth see so you can get back to balling and they want to take that away from you forever
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Grape Nuts (holding me back): Whoa whoa whoa, hey man, just let it go! This asshole isn't worth it!
December 4, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Grape Nuts (holding me back): Whoa whoa whoa, hey man, just let it go! This asshole isn't worth it!
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🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
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I think people really struggle w partially consolidated authoritarianism, either understating our problem or understating our power
It's like we're in a liminal fascist space. And not recognizing how far gone we are or thinking we're simply too far gone are both grave errors we can't afford to make
It's like we're in a liminal fascist space. And not recognizing how far gone we are or thinking we're simply too far gone are both grave errors we can't afford to make
any argument that trump has fully consolidated authoritarian power has to contend with the fact that the government wants to deport kilmar abrego garcia to uganda but hasn't done so, because a judge told them not to
I find this @donmoyn.bsky.social piece helpful in clarifying why I disagree with the "America is already in competitive authoritarianism" thesis.
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
August 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I think people really struggle w partially consolidated authoritarianism, either understating our problem or understating our power
It's like we're in a liminal fascist space. And not recognizing how far gone we are or thinking we're simply too far gone are both grave errors we can't afford to make
It's like we're in a liminal fascist space. And not recognizing how far gone we are or thinking we're simply too far gone are both grave errors we can't afford to make
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Oddly, when my wife pointed out the errors to it, it admitted in the text that it was wrong, and repeatedly said it could redo the image to label the bones correctly, and then repeatedly made new, weird errors until we gave up.
August 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Oddly, when my wife pointed out the errors to it, it admitted in the text that it was wrong, and repeatedly said it could redo the image to label the bones correctly, and then repeatedly made new, weird errors until we gave up.
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Correct spelling is always En Vogue.
August 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Correct spelling is always En Vogue.
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The person who named them woofers and tweeters should have named more stuff.
July 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The person who named them woofers and tweeters should have named more stuff.
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July 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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There is no covid without testing
There is no bad economy if we cook the books
Electing Trump in a free and fair election is one of the greatest own goals in human history
There is no bad economy if we cook the books
Electing Trump in a free and fair election is one of the greatest own goals in human history
August 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There is no covid without testing
There is no bad economy if we cook the books
Electing Trump in a free and fair election is one of the greatest own goals in human history
There is no bad economy if we cook the books
Electing Trump in a free and fair election is one of the greatest own goals in human history
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Republican politicians hate everything that is decent and good about this country.
August 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Republican politicians hate everything that is decent and good about this country.