Steve W
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I am not happy to be here, okay?
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it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
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Jacques Nadeau was one of the great news photographers in Quebec. The article about his death highlights this iconic shot...
December 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Jacques Nadeau was one of the great news photographers in Quebec. The article about his death highlights this iconic shot...
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Exciting news!
Shirley Jackson's son Laurence Jackson Hyman will be joining @kerryomalley.bsky.social, Annabeth Gish, and me this coming Monday evening, the 15th, for In the Night. In the Dark. A Shirley Jackson Evening.
I'm looking forward to chatting with him!
See you there!
Shirley Jackson's son Laurence Jackson Hyman will be joining @kerryomalley.bsky.social, Annabeth Gish, and me this coming Monday evening, the 15th, for In the Night. In the Dark. A Shirley Jackson Evening.
I'm looking forward to chatting with him!
See you there!
Writers Bloc Presents An Evening of Shirley Jackson Readings
Dec 15, 2025
www.ebellofla.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Exciting news!
Shirley Jackson's son Laurence Jackson Hyman will be joining @kerryomalley.bsky.social, Annabeth Gish, and me this coming Monday evening, the 15th, for In the Night. In the Dark. A Shirley Jackson Evening.
I'm looking forward to chatting with him!
See you there!
Shirley Jackson's son Laurence Jackson Hyman will be joining @kerryomalley.bsky.social, Annabeth Gish, and me this coming Monday evening, the 15th, for In the Night. In the Dark. A Shirley Jackson Evening.
I'm looking forward to chatting with him!
See you there!
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Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
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This design appears to be commemorating a global zombie apocalypse.
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This design appears to be commemorating a global zombie apocalypse.
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"I am Spartacus" but for sex pests
December 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"I am Spartacus" but for sex pests
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The streetscape where this happened. No sidewalks, the only bit of gravel space beside the road used for more parking (despite massive driveways and garages at each house). This is a half block from a daycare and elementary school.
December 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The streetscape where this happened. No sidewalks, the only bit of gravel space beside the road used for more parking (despite massive driveways and garages at each house). This is a half block from a daycare and elementary school.
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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.
“I’m restaging a comic opera, and I don’t have the wherewithal to film it or to stage it. And so I’m just doing it in fragments.” When asked what if someone gave him $50-million and told him to make a costume drama, he replied: “I’d love that.”
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Vancouver artist Stan Douglas mixes fact and fiction at the home of the Canadian classics
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/29c09920cad019e49e9dbd46f4507875fc52457f2861a959b7e43a5157b25850/JL6T3LXV...
tomkahe.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“I’m restaging a comic opera, and I don’t have the wherewithal to film it or to stage it. And so I’m just doing it in fragments.” When asked what if someone gave him $50-million and told him to make a costume drama, he replied: “I’d love that.”
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This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
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Go for a walk with your siblings in the Arctic wilderness when it’s -30° F (-35° C). Nothing beats it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Go for a walk with your siblings in the Arctic wilderness when it’s -30° F (-35° C). Nothing beats it.
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As I was pulling together some local zine resources for one of our Misfits class participants, I learned that the always-🌟 Brooklyn Public Library has been partnering with Booklyn to do zine workshops. They've even got a new monthly Zine Clubhouse @ the Sunset Park branch!
Zine Clubhouse! | Brooklyn Public Library
Interested in making zines? Welcome to Zine Clubhouse! Zine Clubhouse is a free arts education program of Booklyn, Inc. for youth ages 9–14. We’ll meet on the third Tuesday of each month during the sc...
www.bklynlibrary.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
As I was pulling together some local zine resources for one of our Misfits class participants, I learned that the always-🌟 Brooklyn Public Library has been partnering with Booklyn to do zine workshops. They've even got a new monthly Zine Clubhouse @ the Sunset Park branch!
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There’s a series of title cards at the start of Howard Hawks’ Scarface (1932) about how the picture was made to demand the government do something about rampant, lawless gangsterism. Ending with this:
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
There’s a series of title cards at the start of Howard Hawks’ Scarface (1932) about how the picture was made to demand the government do something about rampant, lawless gangsterism. Ending with this:
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I have come to the conclusion that all gambling should be made illegal again; or at the very least, must all be conducted in person at bookies.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I have come to the conclusion that all gambling should be made illegal again; or at the very least, must all be conducted in person at bookies.
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🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.
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Trump’s top economic adviser doesn’t know the price of gasoline.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump’s top economic adviser doesn’t know the price of gasoline.
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Look at how they massacred my lads
Jesus Christ, the "remastered" Beatles Anthology documentary they re-released is filled with AI slop. Look at John and Paul's faces, and the "T" on Beatles.
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Look at how they massacred my lads
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* * * F R A M E D * * *
MAN'S BEST FRIEND
TAKES THE FALL
AFTER RESCUING
CAKE IN DISTRESS
MAN'S BEST FRIEND
TAKES THE FALL
AFTER RESCUING
CAKE IN DISTRESS
I thought I was going to get a Slightly Guilty photo of Parish stealing cake and instead I got the Ultimate Guilty photo of Parish stealing cake.
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
* * * F R A M E D * * *
MAN'S BEST FRIEND
TAKES THE FALL
AFTER RESCUING
CAKE IN DISTRESS
MAN'S BEST FRIEND
TAKES THE FALL
AFTER RESCUING
CAKE IN DISTRESS
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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November 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Vietnamese food has a concept I don't often see in western cuisine - "ngán."
It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste.
We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.
It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste.
We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Vietnamese food has a concept I don't often see in western cuisine - "ngán."
It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste.
We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.
It's translated as being bored but applies when your palate is dulled by the sameness in texture, taste.
We want our food to hit different notes. A bánh mì is simultaneously soft and crunchy, spicy and cool, fatty and sour.
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All of us who graduated from The Wheatley School with Steve Witkoff in 1975 can take great pleasure in knowing that almost nothing any of us could ever do would make us the biggest asshole in our class.
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
All of us who graduated from The Wheatley School with Steve Witkoff in 1975 can take great pleasure in knowing that almost nothing any of us could ever do would make us the biggest asshole in our class.
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Bitch, AI isn't conscious you're just lonely
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Bitch, AI isn't conscious you're just lonely