Norse Dog
@norsedog.bsky.social
A somewhat evolved ape curiously studying anthropology.
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Australia's wild flu season keeps going:
"Influenza activity continued to increase...very unusual for this time of year...driven predominantly by influenza A and in particular a new variant of subtype H3N2, subclade K."
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
(highlight & red circle my additions)
"Influenza activity continued to increase...very unusual for this time of year...driven predominantly by influenza A and in particular a new variant of subtype H3N2, subclade K."
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Australia's wild flu season keeps going:
"Influenza activity continued to increase...very unusual for this time of year...driven predominantly by influenza A and in particular a new variant of subtype H3N2, subclade K."
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
(highlight & red circle my additions)
"Influenza activity continued to increase...very unusual for this time of year...driven predominantly by influenza A and in particular a new variant of subtype H3N2, subclade K."
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
(highlight & red circle my additions)
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The entire health insurance business model is built on taking your money and not giving it back to you/giving you anything for it. Hopefully people are starting to realize that this is not actually something that benefits us!
www.wonkette.com/p/medicare-f...
www.wonkette.com/p/medicare-f...
Medicare For All Starting To Look Pretty Good To People As Premiumpocalypse Looms
It's almost as if people don't want to spend half of their income on health care?
www.wonkette.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The entire health insurance business model is built on taking your money and not giving it back to you/giving you anything for it. Hopefully people are starting to realize that this is not actually something that benefits us!
www.wonkette.com/p/medicare-f...
www.wonkette.com/p/medicare-f...
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And so the cycle continues: Trump wrecks the market with his own policies, then uses taxpayer money to bail out the damage, and somehow sells it back to voters as a win. Truly exhausting.
Trump is giving another $12 billion of taxpayer money to bail out farmers again from his disastrous policies. Just like he had to bail them out in his first term from his disastrous policies. But they will continue to vote Republican, as long as they keep getting their welfare checks.
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
And so the cycle continues: Trump wrecks the market with his own policies, then uses taxpayer money to bail out the damage, and somehow sells it back to voters as a win. Truly exhausting.
So, Grandma's XMas presents for our daughter have just been returned to her, because "packages to the US currently cannot be forwarded due to the highly dynamic tariff situation".
Of course they charged her for transport and are not returning the fare.
Of course they charged her for transport and are not returning the fare.
December 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So, Grandma's XMas presents for our daughter have just been returned to her, because "packages to the US currently cannot be forwarded due to the highly dynamic tariff situation".
Of course they charged her for transport and are not returning the fare.
Of course they charged her for transport and are not returning the fare.
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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A newly engineered catalyst with precisely positioned nickel and iron atoms significantly increases the efficiency and durability of hydrogen production through water splitting. doi.org/hbbmjw
Precise catalyst design boosts hydrogen gas production efficiency and affordability
A recent advance in the science of hydrogen fuel production could enable higher output and more sustainable production of this renewable energy source, researchers with Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology report.
phys.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A newly engineered catalyst with precisely positioned nickel and iron atoms significantly increases the efficiency and durability of hydrogen production through water splitting. doi.org/hbbmjw
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Every single "Dems need to be better at messaging" take has to bend over backwards and shove its head up its ass not to see every mainstream channel for delivering messaging is owned by billionaire Republicans with a vested interest in never allowing Dem messaging to spread.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Every single "Dems need to be better at messaging" take has to bend over backwards and shove its head up its ass not to see every mainstream channel for delivering messaging is owned by billionaire Republicans with a vested interest in never allowing Dem messaging to spread.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
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1. She was the only person legally eligible to the Biden war chest, campaign infrastructure, field offices, staffers etc whereas anyone else would have had to start from scratch with just 107 days *before* a convention?
2. Her job was literally to take over in case anything happened to him?
2. Her job was literally to take over in case anything happened to him?
Obama feebly tried to stage an open convention. That would have been much, much better.
It was never clear to me why Democrats rallied around Harris so immediately, except for some weird notion on appearing unified.
It was never clear to me why Democrats rallied around Harris so immediately, except for some weird notion on appearing unified.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. She was the only person legally eligible to the Biden war chest, campaign infrastructure, field offices, staffers etc whereas anyone else would have had to start from scratch with just 107 days *before* a convention?
2. Her job was literally to take over in case anything happened to him?
2. Her job was literally to take over in case anything happened to him?
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AOC has said this about Marjorie Taylor Greene retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
AOC has said this about Marjorie Taylor Greene retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
Weirdly enough, this years COVID and Flu shots (same arm, Pfizer) were a complete non-event. Barely any nausea or feverish feeling, soreness subsided within two days.
For comparison, all last four knocked me out for a day.
For comparison, all last four knocked me out for a day.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Weirdly enough, this years COVID and Flu shots (same arm, Pfizer) were a complete non-event. Barely any nausea or feverish feeling, soreness subsided within two days.
For comparison, all last four knocked me out for a day.
For comparison, all last four knocked me out for a day.
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"last person to talk to him" theory of policy development is looking like an absolute lock
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"last person to talk to him" theory of policy development is looking like an absolute lock
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This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station in the harshness of space
Researchers hope findings can be applied to humans living in space
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Researchers hope findings can be applied to humans living in space
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station in the harshness of space | CBC News
Space is a harsh environment: it's a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type of moss that doesn...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station in the harshness of space
Researchers hope findings can be applied to humans living in space
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Researchers hope findings can be applied to humans living in space
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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"Deadly U.S. plane crashes in 2025: Timeline"
Published: May 6, 2025
“There have been 60 deadly aviation crashes in the United States in 2025. Before 2025, the most recent deadly plane crash involving a U.S. airliner was in 2009. At least 188 people have died in the 2025 aviation crashes"🤔
Published: May 6, 2025
“There have been 60 deadly aviation crashes in the United States in 2025. Before 2025, the most recent deadly plane crash involving a U.S. airliner was in 2009. At least 188 people have died in the 2025 aviation crashes"🤔
Deadly U.S. plane crashes in 2025: Timeline
Since the beginning of 2025, at least 188 people have died in 60 U.S. aviation incidents.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"Deadly U.S. plane crashes in 2025: Timeline"
Published: May 6, 2025
“There have been 60 deadly aviation crashes in the United States in 2025. Before 2025, the most recent deadly plane crash involving a U.S. airliner was in 2009. At least 188 people have died in the 2025 aviation crashes"🤔
Published: May 6, 2025
“There have been 60 deadly aviation crashes in the United States in 2025. Before 2025, the most recent deadly plane crash involving a U.S. airliner was in 2009. At least 188 people have died in the 2025 aviation crashes"🤔
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These are the living conditions ICE/border patrol provides for the children they kidnap.
Does this look pro-Life to you?
Does this look pro-Life to you?
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
These are the living conditions ICE/border patrol provides for the children they kidnap.
Does this look pro-Life to you?
Does this look pro-Life to you?
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The reason why socialism is no longer taboo in America is that our elites have successfully rebranded it as “any attempt by the state to function beyond semi-random violence“ while trying to combat it.
Everyone has lost their minds
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The reason why socialism is no longer taboo in America is that our elites have successfully rebranded it as “any attempt by the state to function beyond semi-random violence“ while trying to combat it.
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic that is 100x STRONGER than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA and VRE. Hiding in a well-known soil bacterium, pre-methylenomycin C lactone KILLS drug-resistant bacteria WITHOUT triggering resistance.
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I'd like to go back to a time when the country isn't run by the biggest hypocrites in the world being propped up by the biggest hypocrites in journalism and promoted by the biggest hypocrites on social media.
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I'd like to go back to a time when the country isn't run by the biggest hypocrites in the world being propped up by the biggest hypocrites in journalism and promoted by the biggest hypocrites on social media.
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This is a heist, plain and simple. Just nonstop grift and corruption from this crooked President and his administration.
They're doing nothing to make life more affordable for regular people, but they ARE working overtime to get rich using taxpayer dollars and resources.
They're doing nothing to make life more affordable for regular people, but they ARE working overtime to get rich using taxpayer dollars and resources.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is a heist, plain and simple. Just nonstop grift and corruption from this crooked President and his administration.
They're doing nothing to make life more affordable for regular people, but they ARE working overtime to get rich using taxpayer dollars and resources.
They're doing nothing to make life more affordable for regular people, but they ARE working overtime to get rich using taxpayer dollars and resources.
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
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So… mortgage fraud?
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So… mortgage fraud?