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MD/PhD in a brainy field, but this BlueSky is for things that capture my interest more generally #NeuroSky
Lovely poem and a really fun interactive breakdown of it
I Think This Poem Is Kind of Into You
Our critic A.O. Scott feels the heat of a wintry lyric by the Nobel laureate Louise Glück.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Lovely poem and a really fun interactive breakdown of it
Jay Bhattacharya is useless at his job and I will never forgive him for killing the NIH
Imagine you're overseeing the termination of clinical trials, the destruction of people's livelihoods, the dismantling of scientific research in the US, and you're complaining that Twitter didn't give you a blue check 4 years ago.
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Jay Bhattacharya is useless at his job and I will never forgive him for killing the NIH
He really has no idea how dumb and infantile this makes him look does he?
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
He really has no idea how dumb and infantile this makes him look does he?
By extension, if a group of suspected but unconfirmed drug dealers and pushers were in a car together, possibly with drugs in the car that they were going to distribute but no firm evidence of it, Tom Cotton thinks blowing that car up and everybody in it would NOT constitute murder
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
By extension, if a group of suspected but unconfirmed drug dealers and pushers were in a car together, possibly with drugs in the car that they were going to distribute but no firm evidence of it, Tom Cotton thinks blowing that car up and everybody in it would NOT constitute murder
This is an old article but a great article that someone here posted about bus stigma. I proudly declare my near-daily bus ridership specially to do my part to counteract the stigma. Even if my local bus does leave me high and dry basically once every other week #DoBetterMARTA
Why We Should Stop Talking About 'Bus Stigma'
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is an old article but a great article that someone here posted about bus stigma. I proudly declare my near-daily bus ridership specially to do my part to counteract the stigma. Even if my local bus does leave me high and dry basically once every other week #DoBetterMARTA
Excellent use of presidential pictures on this one
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Excellent use of presidential pictures on this one
I love a bidet, I think they’re easier, gentler, and cleaner than toilet paper. But, I mean, humans fart 🤷♂️
Like Fancy Japanese Toilets? You’ll Love the Sound of This.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I love a bidet, I think they’re easier, gentler, and cleaner than toilet paper. But, I mean, humans fart 🤷♂️
If this guy honestly believes any money in Trump’s hands will go to anyone other than Trump, let alone a children’s charity, then I’ve got a bridge to sell him too
Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children’s Accounts
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If this guy honestly believes any money in Trump’s hands will go to anyone other than Trump, let alone a children’s charity, then I’ve got a bridge to sell him too
Oh. They ran the fake currency exchange and are now super wealthy. How…convenient…
After 13 years of running South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Song Chi-hyung and Kim Hyoung-nyon have cemented their spots among the world’s wealthiest. bloom.bg/48QJ0oz
📷: Dunamu Inc.
📷: Dunamu Inc.
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Oh. They ran the fake currency exchange and are now super wealthy. How…convenient…
Huh, I think there’s a word for this. Maybe the tech bros can ask ChatGPT what it is
Silicon Valley sets its sights on building the perfect baby | Fortune
Tech-savvy parents to be are using IVF and screening embryos to build families in ways that were unimaginable a few short years ago.
fortune.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Huh, I think there’s a word for this. Maybe the tech bros can ask ChatGPT what it is
When even Bill Kristol thinks you’re a war criminal, that says a lot…
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
When even Bill Kristol thinks you’re a war criminal, that says a lot…
Wonder if he’ll get a presidential pardon too
Son of 'El Chapo' pleads guilty in US drug prosecution reut.rs/48MiH3O
Son of 'El Chapo' pleads guilty in US drug prosecution
A son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Monday pleaded guilty in a U.S. drug trafficking case, months after his brother struck a similar deal.
reut.rs
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Wonder if he’ll get a presidential pardon too
“I only ordered the extrajudicial killing of some people” is apparently the only defense he has. Let’s see how that plays out for him!
Hegseth Ordered a Lethal Attack but Not the Killing of Survivors, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
“I only ordered the extrajudicial killing of some people” is apparently the only defense he has. Let’s see how that plays out for him!
For all those who celebrate
‘Joe Bob’s Cold Cruel Christmas’ – ‘The Last Drive-In’ Annual Christmas Special Announced
Joe Bob’s Cold Cruel Christmas, this year’s “The Last Drive-In” Christmas special, will air December 12 at 9pm ET on Shudder before debuting on-demand on December 14. Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail...
bloody-disgusting.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
For all those who celebrate
Yeah ok, color me worried
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Yeah ok, color me worried
As a neuro person, I don’t know what this means
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
As a neuro person, I don’t know what this means
When you’re an even bigger D-Bag than your political opponents…
Senators to investigate Pete Hegseth ‘kill everybody’ allegations
GOP Senator Roger Wicker, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Democratic Senator Jack Reed, announced the investigation in a joint statement
www.independent.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
When you’re an even bigger D-Bag than your political opponents…
Pancaking fascists. A time-honored tradition
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Pancaking fascists. A time-honored tradition
So why are we bombing Venezuelan boats and threatening war again? Apparently it’s not because of drug trafficking #ItsAboutTheOil
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So why are we bombing Venezuelan boats and threatening war again? Apparently it’s not because of drug trafficking #ItsAboutTheOil
The bus in Atlanta is infrequent and not always reliable. But I’ll be damned if I give up on it
Public transit is nation-building. Our federal budget should reflect that
If the federal government truly believes in building communities that work for everyone, it needs to stop treating transit as secondary and start treating it as what it is: vital national infrastructu...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The bus in Atlanta is infrequent and not always reliable. But I’ll be damned if I give up on it
This is good for the soul
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is good for the soul
What was that about being too old and demented for the presidency? Who droned on and on about that again?
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
What was that about being too old and demented for the presidency? Who droned on and on about that again?
Too sick to go to prison (apparently bouts of hiccups and vomiting) but not too sick to try soldering off his ankle monitor and fleeing. Bolsonaro gets very little sympathy from me
How a Sabotaged Ankle Monitor Ended Bolsonaro’s House Arrest
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Too sick to go to prison (apparently bouts of hiccups and vomiting) but not too sick to try soldering off his ankle monitor and fleeing. Bolsonaro gets very little sympathy from me