A Tribe Called Kvetch, PhD
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The dreaded Judeo-Bolshevist structural pharmacologist with too much free time in lab. Please at least glance at the literature before opining on biology. Opinions unfortunately my own. He/him
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Oh Zohran! [Blushing] you can call me whatever you like... uwu
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Oh Zohran! [Blushing] you can call me whatever you like... uwu
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One of the biggest categorical errors made by Americans of all stripes is believing that de jure annexation of the oPt, specifically the occupied West Bank, is more meaningful than de facto annexation which happens daily and has been happening daily. People inflate the import of symbolism.
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
One of the biggest categorical errors made by Americans of all stripes is believing that de jure annexation of the oPt, specifically the occupied West Bank, is more meaningful than de facto annexation which happens daily and has been happening daily. People inflate the import of symbolism.
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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"I can't believe anyone would sincerely care about dark-skinned foreigners, so if you say you do, you must be lying" is the ultimate underlying view.
The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves.
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"I can't believe anyone would sincerely care about dark-skinned foreigners, so if you say you do, you must be lying" is the ultimate underlying view.
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Update: "it's not Judeo-Bolshevism because in this case my conspiratorial thinking is actually true"
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Update: "it's not Judeo-Bolshevism because in this case my conspiratorial thinking is actually true"
The probability of Turkey invoking Article 5 continues its slow creep upward.
In an interview today, Netanyahu says the following
•There will never be a Palestinian state, even if this means no normalization with Saudi Arabia
•Israel won't leave the occupied Syrian territories
•Israel would like a deal with Turkey but is prepared to treat it like Iran
•There will never be a Palestinian state, even if this means no normalization with Saudi Arabia
•Israel won't leave the occupied Syrian territories
•Israel would like a deal with Turkey but is prepared to treat it like Iran
Netanyahu: ‘There will not be a Palestinian state,’ even at cost of ties with Saudis
In interview with Telegram channel, PM says border deal with Syria 'preferable' but won't budge on security demands; Israel to boost arms industry to ease reliance on US
www.timesofisrael.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The probability of Turkey invoking Article 5 continues its slow creep upward.
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Not a criticism of Mamdani in particular, but as long as we allow massively funded, heavily armed right-wing paramilitaries to have veto power over every aspect of public policy, it will be impossible to enact even the most basic social democratic reforms that a lot of liberals say they want.
Before his election, Mamdani was adamant: The CCRB should get final say in NYPD discplinary cases. Now, after retaining Tisch as NYPD commish, Mamdani's changing his tune, saying he's mainly focused on ensuring CCRB's "recommendations" are "taken seriously." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/20/m...
Mamdani softens hard line on role of NYPD watchdog in discipline after Tisch agrees to stay on
in the wake of announcing Wednesday that NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch will stay in her post under his administration, Mayor-elect Mamdani took a step back.
www.nydailynews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Not a criticism of Mamdani in particular, but as long as we allow massively funded, heavily armed right-wing paramilitaries to have veto power over every aspect of public policy, it will be impossible to enact even the most basic social democratic reforms that a lot of liberals say they want.
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uh excuse me but yes I DO know what a tankie is. Donald trump is a tankie. People who understand politics? Tankies all. The shadowy figure that creeps up the basement stairs each night but never beyond, for whom I harbor dread yet a growing and confusing thrill? Tankie.
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
uh excuse me but yes I DO know what a tankie is. Donald trump is a tankie. People who understand politics? Tankies all. The shadowy figure that creeps up the basement stairs each night but never beyond, for whom I harbor dread yet a growing and confusing thrill? Tankie.
Some of the most credulous morons on this website are upset about the pushback to the Rainbow B52 being Good Actually.
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Some of the most credulous morons on this website are upset about the pushback to the Rainbow B52 being Good Actually.
I agree, which is why Kerry won in 2004 in a landslide for promising the Rainbow B-52. I'll definitely trust this lady on whether she "knows the enemy" or not.
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I agree, which is why Kerry won in 2004 in a landslide for promising the Rainbow B-52. I'll definitely trust this lady on whether she "knows the enemy" or not.
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China from cynical perspective benefits from inactivity in MENA because it allows the US to continue its irrational expenditure of resources for race war but you can't turn around and then claim it's actually moral to abstain. The USSR was an active albeit cynical player + helped South Africans.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
China from cynical perspective benefits from inactivity in MENA because it allows the US to continue its irrational expenditure of resources for race war but you can't turn around and then claim it's actually moral to abstain. The USSR was an active albeit cynical player + helped South Africans.
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Should probably be acknowledged that Islamophobia and anti Arab sentiment seems to be a load bearing part of American liberalism's total indifference at best and malice at worst to a particular section of the world
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Should probably be acknowledged that Islamophobia and anti Arab sentiment seems to be a load bearing part of American liberalism's total indifference at best and malice at worst to a particular section of the world
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If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
EPA fines Apple over hazardous waste violations at Santa Clara factory
(KRON) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday that it has settled claims of hazardous waste violations at an Apple microchip factory in Santa Clara. In August 2023 and January 2024, federal regulators inspected Apple’s facility at 3250 Scott Boulevard after receiving a tip from the public. The inspections, according to the EPA, [...]
www.kron4.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.
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Jfc who the fuck is still falling for this shit
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Jfc who the fuck is still falling for this shit
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This shit is so bad for the Jews, man.
Jewish Federations applauds Olivia Reingold, a staff writer at Bari Weiss's Free Press, as she victory laps her (ghoulish and erroneous) reporting that some of the children Israel was starving to death and denying medical aid to in Gaza had pre-existing conditions.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This shit is so bad for the Jews, man.
She opens by saying if she died today, her holocaust denial would be included in her obituary. Which, sure, I guess so.
Jewish Federations applauds Olivia Reingold, a staff writer at Bari Weiss's Free Press, as she victory laps her (ghoulish and erroneous) reporting that some of the children Israel was starving to death and denying medical aid to in Gaza had pre-existing conditions.
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
She opens by saying if she died today, her holocaust denial would be included in her obituary. Which, sure, I guess so.
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nuremberg trials is no longer the moderate position. the scarecrow trials from the dark knight rises when bane takes control of gotham is now the moderate position
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
nuremberg trials is no longer the moderate position. the scarecrow trials from the dark knight rises when bane takes control of gotham is now the moderate position
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Various group-philosophical pessimisms will have you believing that universalism is impossible, not worth striving for. That if you don't oppress, you will inevitably be a victim. I refuse. We are best protected by democracy, by the rule of law, by human and civil rights.
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Various group-philosophical pessimisms will have you believing that universalism is impossible, not worth striving for. That if you don't oppress, you will inevitably be a victim. I refuse. We are best protected by democracy, by the rule of law, by human and civil rights.
Crazy to double reply to yourself to make it clear you don't know the difference between 'center' and 'left of center', but it's a handy indicator of a conversation not worth continuing.
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Crazy to double reply to yourself to make it clear you don't know the difference between 'center' and 'left of center', but it's a handy indicator of a conversation not worth continuing.
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The guys who run Electric Intifada talk about this constantly btw, and you should listen to them because they're absolutely right. Literally just translating Israeli news will make you an anti-zionist if you don't have prior hangups about Israel lol. It is immediately clear what is up.
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The guys who run Electric Intifada talk about this constantly btw, and you should listen to them because they're absolutely right. Literally just translating Israeli news will make you an anti-zionist if you don't have prior hangups about Israel lol. It is immediately clear what is up.
I know papers can't cite *all* the work in their field, but is it too much to ask that a Cell paper heavily using structural biology factchecks their introductory paragraphs to make sure they're not ignoring very similar work published and PDB deposited within the last year? 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I know papers can't cite *all* the work in their field, but is it too much to ask that a Cell paper heavily using structural biology factchecks their introductory paragraphs to make sure they're not ignoring very similar work published and PDB deposited within the last year? 🧪