Eccles Crisp
@watersedge.bsky.social
Aficionado of low notes — bassoons, cellos, rolling thunder. Whipped cream on my unsweetened apple crumble. Workin’ the pith ‘n’ vinegar beat.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Achilles Papapetrou, a giant of the field, was *furious* when he saw his colleagues ignoring Kerr's announcement.
He stood and demanded the crowd's attention, noting he had tried and failed to solve the problem for 30 years. Did they not understand they were hearing about a major discovery? (7/n)
He stood and demanded the crowd's attention, noting he had tried and failed to solve the problem for 30 years. Did they not understand they were hearing about a major discovery? (7/n)
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Achilles Papapetrou, a giant of the field, was *furious* when he saw his colleagues ignoring Kerr's announcement.
He stood and demanded the crowd's attention, noting he had tried and failed to solve the problem for 30 years. Did they not understand they were hearing about a major discovery? (7/n)
He stood and demanded the crowd's attention, noting he had tried and failed to solve the problem for 30 years. Did they not understand they were hearing about a major discovery? (7/n)
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But the most important development at the conference came when a young physicist named Roy Kerr presented his solution of the field equations of general relativity describing a rotating black hole. (5/n)
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
But the most important development at the conference came when a young physicist named Roy Kerr presented his solution of the field equations of general relativity describing a rotating black hole. (5/n)
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#SomeGoodNews A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid, flat-packable washing machine.
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
Flat-pack washing machine spins a fairer future
A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid washing machine
www.positive.news
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#SomeGoodNews A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid, flat-packable washing machine.
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
The Divya washing machine operates a 30-min wash cycle where it completes a 5kg load needing only a few minutes of manual turning
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USDA quietly said Friday it will, after a century, end the Farm Labor Survey (FLS), the only wage survey of ag employers.
FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Not...
FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Not...
August 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
USDA quietly said Friday it will, after a century, end the Farm Labor Survey (FLS), the only wage survey of ag employers.
FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Not...
FLS is a critical input to setting local minimum wages for H-2A visa workers to try to avoid harm to U.S. workers' wages.
#LaborDay #EconSky
www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Not...
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3 or 4cm of snow overnight, pic taken at 5:44am. Gotta love the Stockholm cycle paths.
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
3 or 4cm of snow overnight, pic taken at 5:44am. Gotta love the Stockholm cycle paths.
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finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
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Tunnels, Vercors series, 2019. Christophe Jacrot.
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Tunnels, Vercors series, 2019. Christophe Jacrot.
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A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
CDC.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
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The GOP is on the cusp of destroying Obamacare
This time Republicans are taking a death-by-increments approach to the ACA — and it just might work. Every one who voted for trump will be sorry, broke and without healthcare.
www.salon.com/2025/11/18/t...
This time Republicans are taking a death-by-increments approach to the ACA — and it just might work. Every one who voted for trump will be sorry, broke and without healthcare.
www.salon.com/2025/11/18/t...
The GOP is on the cusp of destroying Obamacare
This time Republicans are taking a death-by-increments approach to the ACA — and it just might work
www.salon.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The GOP is on the cusp of destroying Obamacare
This time Republicans are taking a death-by-increments approach to the ACA — and it just might work. Every one who voted for trump will be sorry, broke and without healthcare.
www.salon.com/2025/11/18/t...
This time Republicans are taking a death-by-increments approach to the ACA — and it just might work. Every one who voted for trump will be sorry, broke and without healthcare.
www.salon.com/2025/11/18/t...
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Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
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Tired: OMG
Wired: GGMM (Good Golly, Miss Molly)
Wired: GGMM (Good Golly, Miss Molly)
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Tired: OMG
Wired: GGMM (Good Golly, Miss Molly)
Wired: GGMM (Good Golly, Miss Molly)
What does the Elder Scientist have to say ? Two adjacent features in news feed
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
What does the Elder Scientist have to say ? Two adjacent features in news feed
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
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Which really only applies to "luxury" hotels. The sort of mismatched apartments and minimal-expenditure commercial sites are a different thing indeed. Pretending to care or be human or be a space to live in.
Waiting for the link between ruined gothic mansions and dead malls.
Waiting for the link between ruined gothic mansions and dead malls.
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Which really only applies to "luxury" hotels. The sort of mismatched apartments and minimal-expenditure commercial sites are a different thing indeed. Pretending to care or be human or be a space to live in.
Waiting for the link between ruined gothic mansions and dead malls.
Waiting for the link between ruined gothic mansions and dead malls.
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The Tariff King is learning that tariffs don’t work because they are a tax paid for by the American People.
And we should have a federal law making taxes of any kind on food illegal.
And we should have a federal law making taxes of any kind on food illegal.
Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit in a push to lower grocery store prices
President Donald Trump has announced the removal of U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and other commodities.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Tariff King is learning that tariffs don’t work because they are a tax paid for by the American People.
And we should have a federal law making taxes of any kind on food illegal.
And we should have a federal law making taxes of any kind on food illegal.
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Yes, a magat *did* buy Dominion.
I've posted about it before, but nobody cares because I'm nobody.
Please care!
Share this shit..........!
I've posted about it before, but nobody cares because I'm nobody.
Please care!
Share this shit..........!
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Yes, a magat *did* buy Dominion.
I've posted about it before, but nobody cares because I'm nobody.
Please care!
Share this shit..........!
I've posted about it before, but nobody cares because I'm nobody.
Please care!
Share this shit..........!
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NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
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Listen to this BS from Duffy. (Whose aviation-world experience = zero.)
I know 1000 times as many controllers as he's ever met. OK, maybe only 100 times as many.
This is offensive beyond belief.
I know 1000 times as many controllers as he's ever met. OK, maybe only 100 times as many.
This is offensive beyond belief.
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Listen to this BS from Duffy. (Whose aviation-world experience = zero.)
I know 1000 times as many controllers as he's ever met. OK, maybe only 100 times as many.
This is offensive beyond belief.
I know 1000 times as many controllers as he's ever met. OK, maybe only 100 times as many.
This is offensive beyond belief.
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NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
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🚨 💰 WOW — @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck a provision into the spending bill that would let them sue the government for $500,000 because Jack Smith looked into their phone records around Trump’s insurrection.
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
🚨 💰 WOW — @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn snuck a provision into the spending bill that would let them sue the government for $500,000 because Jack Smith looked into their phone records around Trump’s insurrection.
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The Republican grifting is endless. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Edward Hopper
Locomotive, 1944
Locomotive, 1944
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Edward Hopper
Locomotive, 1944
Locomotive, 1944
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Every winter, thousands of birds died from something completely preventable. They would land on salted roads and sidewalks, instinctively licking the salty surface for minerals. But traditional rock salt contains dangerously high sodium levels that cause severe dehydration, disorientation, and often
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Every winter, thousands of birds died from something completely preventable. They would land on salted roads and sidewalks, instinctively licking the salty surface for minerals. But traditional rock salt contains dangerously high sodium levels that cause severe dehydration, disorientation, and often
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"...but draft documents obtained by POLITICO show that officials are planning far-reaching changes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the benefit of artificial intelligence developers."
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"...but draft documents obtained by POLITICO show that officials are planning far-reaching changes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the benefit of artificial intelligence developers."
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Back in 2017, Trump revealed, in a friendly interview with the NYT, that he literally did not understand how health insurance works. The NYT editors bailed him out instead of following up. I wrote about it then, and I still think about it all the time: www.commonwealmagazine.org/man-who-knew...
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Back in 2017, Trump revealed, in a friendly interview with the NYT, that he literally did not understand how health insurance works. The NYT editors bailed him out instead of following up. I wrote about it then, and I still think about it all the time: www.commonwealmagazine.org/man-who-knew...