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This lab is coming together…gotta nail the dismount but feeling hopeful
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This lab is coming together…gotta nail the dismount but feeling hopeful
Like, say explicitly this third party is to peel off/trick white people. The problem has never been Black workers in these issues. But it’s frustrating to see this proffered as speaking to all of the working class when you frame it as *convincing Trump voters*. This matters for *who* represents
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Like, say explicitly this third party is to peel off/trick white people. The problem has never been Black workers in these issues. But it’s frustrating to see this proffered as speaking to all of the working class when you frame it as *convincing Trump voters*. This matters for *who* represents
Even in a piece like this that I find myself sympathetic to it is incredibly frustrating that Nolan won’t name the target of these campaigns: poor and working class *white* people. The use of “working class” here, especially in southern states does a huge disservice to actual Black labor members.
"Red states are full of working people who are getting screwed by Republican policies yet vote Republican anyhow because they loathe the [Dems]...Those people can be won back by working class candidates who campaign on pro-worker issues, and are not Democrats."
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
How to Win Red States With a Labor Party
We can take political power without asking Democrats for it.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Even in a piece like this that I find myself sympathetic to it is incredibly frustrating that Nolan won’t name the target of these campaigns: poor and working class *white* people. The use of “working class” here, especially in southern states does a huge disservice to actual Black labor members.
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Considering making this 2% of my personality until Christmas. ❤️
Today is the first of 25 days of #Crustmas! Post as many crustaceans as possible! (not just crabs) 🦑🧪
This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.
PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
bsky.app/profile/did:...
This year I'm less personally inclined towards "crabs are the ultimate form", and my piece below explains why.
PS all posts will be right here on the crab feed 🦀
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution
Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and “ultimate forms.” They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific ...
www.scientificamerican.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Considering making this 2% of my personality until Christmas. ❤️
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“But the Trump administration cut the money, claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion.”
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“But the Trump administration cut the money, claiming it fell under DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion.”
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I like that BEST OF THE BEST is a charming movie about honor and sportsmanship and BEST OF THE BEST 2 is basically STREET FIGHTER: THE MOVIE
December 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I like that BEST OF THE BEST is a charming movie about honor and sportsmanship and BEST OF THE BEST 2 is basically STREET FIGHTER: THE MOVIE
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named my fists Strunk and White because they help me omit needless words
Named my fists Ben and Jerry cause they're headed right for your mouth and stomach
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
named my fists Strunk and White because they help me omit needless words
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OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
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Here’s our story from last year about just how much two models purporting to measure the same risk can disagree. TL;DR, quite a lot: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here’s our story from last year about just how much two models purporting to measure the same risk can disagree. TL;DR, quite a lot: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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I mean they got the actual engagement distances right of about 75 yards so I'm pretty happy with this reenactment. Very well done. The lines help.
the Continental Army vs the Redcoats on teal astroturf with a cartoon bird on it, 10/10 perfect reenactment no notes
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I mean they got the actual engagement distances right of about 75 yards so I'm pretty happy with this reenactment. Very well done. The lines help.
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When you've lost baseball crank...
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
When you've lost baseball crank...
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This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
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I sometimes go down various science conspiracy rabbit holes, so when the big Genesis Mission announcement dropped yesterday, it triggered me to go off on one of my favorites: MAHA medbeds.
All the AIxBio hype in the world does not make fantasy a reality
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/i-demand-m...
All the AIxBio hype in the world does not make fantasy a reality
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/i-demand-m...
I Demand My MAHA Genesis Mission Medbed
But I'll settle for vaccines and a functional health system since medbeds don't exist no matter how much AI you throw at it
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I sometimes go down various science conspiracy rabbit holes, so when the big Genesis Mission announcement dropped yesterday, it triggered me to go off on one of my favorites: MAHA medbeds.
All the AIxBio hype in the world does not make fantasy a reality
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/i-demand-m...
All the AIxBio hype in the world does not make fantasy a reality
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/i-demand-m...
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What does manipulating VAERS data have in common with allegations of extramarital tail-chasing?
The quality of evidence that 10 kids died from COVID vaccines with VAERS data or that CBER Steve Urkel is trolling for side pieces on the apps is equivalent.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
The quality of evidence that 10 kids died from COVID vaccines with VAERS data or that CBER Steve Urkel is trolling for side pieces on the apps is equivalent.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What does manipulating VAERS data have in common with allegations of extramarital tail-chasing?
The quality of evidence that 10 kids died from COVID vaccines with VAERS data or that CBER Steve Urkel is trolling for side pieces on the apps is equivalent.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
The quality of evidence that 10 kids died from COVID vaccines with VAERS data or that CBER Steve Urkel is trolling for side pieces on the apps is equivalent.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/do-unvacci...
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Here’s where I’m at: (1) defer action on surface reauthorization until 2027, (2) end federal discretionary grants & replace with a new non-highway formula funding program providing maximum local flexibility for transit, rail bike and pedestrian investments.
The highest-ranking transportation congressman is saying that biking & walking paths aren't "traditional infrastructure" and don't deserve funding in the next federal transportation bill. Broke down why that's historically inaccurate, morally wrong, and *possible to defeat* — if we organize.
House T&I Chair Vows ‘No Money for Bikes or Walking’ in Fed Transportation Bill — Streetsblog USA
The outlook for active transportation won't be good if advocates don't stand up.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Here’s where I’m at: (1) defer action on surface reauthorization until 2027, (2) end federal discretionary grants & replace with a new non-highway formula funding program providing maximum local flexibility for transit, rail bike and pedestrian investments.
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Savvy shoppers, because there are entire sections of the U.S. where properties will be uninsurable as commercial insurers exit the market amid intensifying climate change impacts-- unless state & federal gov'ts step in
“When researchers randomly displayed these flood risk estimates to 18M people browsing Redfin, those who saw the feature were more likely to search for homes w/ low flood risk, according to a working paper published in the Nat’l Bureau of Economic Research last Nov*.”🧪
* www.nber.org/papers/w33119
* www.nber.org/papers/w33119
November 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Savvy shoppers, because there are entire sections of the U.S. where properties will be uninsurable as commercial insurers exit the market amid intensifying climate change impacts-- unless state & federal gov'ts step in
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Was sort of the point.
“Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” said Art Carter, California Regional Multiple Listing Service’s chief executive officer.
“Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” said Art Carter, California Regional Multiple Listing Service’s chief executive officer.
You can still find property level climate risk scores on Redfin
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Was sort of the point.
“Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” said Art Carter, California Regional Multiple Listing Service’s chief executive officer.
“Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” said Art Carter, California Regional Multiple Listing Service’s chief executive officer.
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Why are many U.S. cities building less? Why have they insisted on a "thicket" of regulations that make housing hard to build?
In a new #EconJMP with Beau Bressler (beaubressler.github.io), we study how much of the answer lies with a forgotten federal program that taught cities to restrict growth
In a new #EconJMP with Beau Bressler (beaubressler.github.io), we study how much of the answer lies with a forgotten federal program that taught cities to restrict growth
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Why are many U.S. cities building less? Why have they insisted on a "thicket" of regulations that make housing hard to build?
In a new #EconJMP with Beau Bressler (beaubressler.github.io), we study how much of the answer lies with a forgotten federal program that taught cities to restrict growth
In a new #EconJMP with Beau Bressler (beaubressler.github.io), we study how much of the answer lies with a forgotten federal program that taught cities to restrict growth
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They've embraced all the things that conservatives (and to be fair many liberals) said were incidental to "Western Civilization."
It is odd to me that, like, you'd think it'd be parody if you said: to be clear, they only like the bad bits of Western Civilisation -- but that turns out to be true. They like the rapacious imperial murder, but not the art or intellectual achievements or civil liberties, etc.
i mean what are these "western values" these guys are so hopped up about? they are directly antagonistic to western europe. they don't believe in civil liberties. they reject democracy. and don't get me started on christianity, they hate their white neighbors almost as much as the brown ones
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
They've embraced all the things that conservatives (and to be fair many liberals) said were incidental to "Western Civilization."
Even without failing, it’s the still getting a *high* grade that hurts us…I’ve only had to fail two students in my time on faculty thus far. Arguably I should’ve failed more, but getting a straight or low C in grad school raises eyebrows, regardless
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Even without failing, it’s the still getting a *high* grade that hurts us…I’ve only had to fail two students in my time on faculty thus far. Arguably I should’ve failed more, but getting a straight or low C in grad school raises eyebrows, regardless
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I read the thread and know why they're not failing the students. They gotta let colleges fail the students for the sake of the curriculum and other students
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I read the thread and know why they're not failing the students. They gotta let colleges fail the students for the sake of the curriculum and other students
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Folks with Diabetes!
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
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November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Folks with Diabetes!
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
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On a related note, here's a useful book if people wanna understand more on EA doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
> It brings together a diverse group of activists and scholars to explore Effective Altruism’s failure to meaningfully address forms of human and animal suffering.
> It brings together a diverse group of activists and scholars to explore Effective Altruism’s failure to meaningfully address forms of human and animal suffering.
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
On a related note, here's a useful book if people wanna understand more on EA doi.org/10.1093/oso/...
> It brings together a diverse group of activists and scholars to explore Effective Altruism’s failure to meaningfully address forms of human and animal suffering.
> It brings together a diverse group of activists and scholars to explore Effective Altruism’s failure to meaningfully address forms of human and animal suffering.
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
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Yes and it is notable that attacking “cancel culture” is pretty obviously an attack on cultivation of pro-social values, and an attack on social consequences for speech supporting bad values.
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Yes and it is notable that attacking “cancel culture” is pretty obviously an attack on cultivation of pro-social values, and an attack on social consequences for speech supporting bad values.