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Always keep watch. Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly. Then we'll know. 👽🛸
Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮
Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮
April 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Always keep watch. Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly. Then we'll know. 👽🛸
Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮
Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮
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young men don’t need a “left Joe Rogan” they need sports betting regulation
April 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
young men don’t need a “left Joe Rogan” they need sports betting regulation
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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This is nonsense. A district court decision holds just as much legal weight as a Supreme Court decision. The only difference is the district court’s ruling is appealable. But until you WIN an appeal a district court’s decision binds all parties, including the executive branch.
WATCH: Schumer says "our democracy will be at stake" if Trump disobeys the Supreme Court—but "we're not there yet."
March 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is nonsense. A district court decision holds just as much legal weight as a Supreme Court decision. The only difference is the district court’s ruling is appealable. But until you WIN an appeal a district court’s decision binds all parties, including the executive branch.
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🎶Ooh baby do you know that’s worth, Ayden Heaven left the town of his birth, he loves Man United and that comes first, Ayden Heaven is the best on earth.
March 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🎶Ooh baby do you know that’s worth, Ayden Heaven left the town of his birth, he loves Man United and that comes first, Ayden Heaven is the best on earth.
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The Supreme Court's first and only opinion today is San Francisco v. EPA. The majority substantially weakens the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge. It is 5–4 in relevant part, with Barrett, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissenting. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
March 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Supreme Court's first and only opinion today is San Francisco v. EPA. The majority substantially weakens the Clean Water Act's limitations on raw sewage discharge. It is 5–4 in relevant part, with Barrett, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissenting. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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I’m pissed that I have to ❤️ this to indicate that I’ve read it and support that it’s even getting reported.
Women deserve better
Women deserve better
February 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I’m pissed that I have to ❤️ this to indicate that I’ve read it and support that it’s even getting reported.
Women deserve better
Women deserve better
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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Here’s another way to think about it.
We import roughly $3.25 trillion in goods every year.
Income tax receipts total roughly $2.2 trillion.
So we’d need a universal tariff rate of, give or take, 65% to be able to do away w the IRS.
But…
1/2
We import roughly $3.25 trillion in goods every year.
Income tax receipts total roughly $2.2 trillion.
So we’d need a universal tariff rate of, give or take, 65% to be able to do away w the IRS.
But…
1/2
A 10% universal tariff on $3.25 trillion of annual US merchandise imports would potentially raise ~$300 billion.
Last year, US personal income tax brought in nearly 30x that.
Last year, US personal income tax brought in nearly 30x that.
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick says President Trump’s goal is to abolish the IRS and “let all the outsiders pay.”
February 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Here’s another way to think about it.
We import roughly $3.25 trillion in goods every year.
Income tax receipts total roughly $2.2 trillion.
So we’d need a universal tariff rate of, give or take, 65% to be able to do away w the IRS.
But…
1/2
We import roughly $3.25 trillion in goods every year.
Income tax receipts total roughly $2.2 trillion.
So we’d need a universal tariff rate of, give or take, 65% to be able to do away w the IRS.
But…
1/2
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BREAKING:
Manchester United.
Manchester United.
February 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
BREAKING:
Manchester United.
Manchester United.
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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With Zirkzee adjusted, he looks better every game, there is a good argument for all our summer signings to be in our first 11. A few more windows like that.
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
With Zirkzee adjusted, he looks better every game, there is a good argument for all our summer signings to be in our first 11. A few more windows like that.
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Federal funding will cease for all art and media programs other than a new streaming series that spotlights the week's funniest animal deaths
February 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Federal funding will cease for all art and media programs other than a new streaming series that spotlights the week's funniest animal deaths
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If they wanted to take over the country, they only had to wait like three weeks until every technocratic nerd was unreachably distracted.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
February 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If they wanted to take over the country, they only had to wait like three weeks until every technocratic nerd was unreachably distracted.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
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Sorry to come across as a know-it-all. I haven't met someone with a shared interest in 15 years.
February 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Sorry to come across as a know-it-all. I haven't met someone with a shared interest in 15 years.
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There is a button on the copier / printer labelled Release All. If I press it then I am worried that there may be hounds, kraken, and inhibitions all over the place.
February 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
There is a button on the copier / printer labelled Release All. If I press it then I am worried that there may be hounds, kraken, and inhibitions all over the place.
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If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.
February 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.
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Current pop country music captures the movement of the right. Hardly any singing about poverty, relationships, or making one’s way in a tough world, but countless songs that go like “I don’t give a fuck if you hate my fifty thousand dollar truck.” No one even knew about your truck bro, relax
January 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Current pop country music captures the movement of the right. Hardly any singing about poverty, relationships, or making one’s way in a tough world, but countless songs that go like “I don’t give a fuck if you hate my fifty thousand dollar truck.” No one even knew about your truck bro, relax
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When scientists said the Universe is made up of protons, neutrons and electrons, they forgot to mention morons.
January 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
When scientists said the Universe is made up of protons, neutrons and electrons, they forgot to mention morons.
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Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
January 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
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Monarchy speedrun is already at “meddlesome priest,” pretty good time
January 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Monarchy speedrun is already at “meddlesome priest,” pretty good time
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I teach a class called "Politics of the Internet," and one thing I end up talking about is internet adages. The list I cover:
Godwin's Law
Poe's Law
The Streisand Effect
Don't feed the trolls
The Rule of Goats
Any big ones I missed? Things along those lines I should add?
Godwin's Law
Poe's Law
The Streisand Effect
Don't feed the trolls
The Rule of Goats
Any big ones I missed? Things along those lines I should add?
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I teach a class called "Politics of the Internet," and one thing I end up talking about is internet adages. The list I cover:
Godwin's Law
Poe's Law
The Streisand Effect
Don't feed the trolls
The Rule of Goats
Any big ones I missed? Things along those lines I should add?
Godwin's Law
Poe's Law
The Streisand Effect
Don't feed the trolls
The Rule of Goats
Any big ones I missed? Things along those lines I should add?
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I don't think I need to clarify my stance on the topic but these soccer folks summed it up
January 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I don't think I need to clarify my stance on the topic but these soccer folks summed it up
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kiddo pipes up at breakfast: "do you know the difference between a boss and a leader?" and launches into a LinkedIn essay. i briefly panic that I'm hallucinating. turns out he had nothing to read in the car yesterday but an old HBR mag. I've accidentally made the world's smallest McKinsey consultant
January 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
kiddo pipes up at breakfast: "do you know the difference between a boss and a leader?" and launches into a LinkedIn essay. i briefly panic that I'm hallucinating. turns out he had nothing to read in the car yesterday but an old HBR mag. I've accidentally made the world's smallest McKinsey consultant