Compliment Reuben
@complimentreuben.bsky.social
I like you guys. Now if you all would just goddamn wear a respirator inside, maybe I could get out of the house more. But I'm sure you mean it for the best and are just stunningly ignorant, not malevolent.
Right? [padme] Right??
Right? [padme] Right??
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This is absolutely wild, and super important.
There are zillions of studies claiming that fMRI signals indicate increased brain activity, and it looks like that's often just wrong.
If confirmed, this means we've misinterpreted a lot of research.
There are zillions of studies claiming that fMRI signals indicate increased brain activity, and it looks like that's often just wrong.
If confirmed, this means we've misinterpreted a lot of research.
"40 percent of MRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity"; "Since tens of thousands of fMRI studies worldwide are based on this assumption, our results could lead to opposite interpretations in many of them.”
www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
40 percent of MRI signals misinterpreted
Interpretation of numerous MRI data may be incorrect: blood flow is not a reliable indicator of brain activity.
www.tum.de
December 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is absolutely wild, and super important.
There are zillions of studies claiming that fMRI signals indicate increased brain activity, and it looks like that's often just wrong.
If confirmed, this means we've misinterpreted a lot of research.
There are zillions of studies claiming that fMRI signals indicate increased brain activity, and it looks like that's often just wrong.
If confirmed, this means we've misinterpreted a lot of research.
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Someone at FBI/DOJ was monitoring reporter Julie Brown (@jkbjournalist.bsky.social), who broke the Epstein story, right around the time of his arrest on July 8, 2019: these flights were on July 6 and 8. The public deserves to know when her records were searched for. Before the arrest, or after? 1/
December 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Someone at FBI/DOJ was monitoring reporter Julie Brown (@jkbjournalist.bsky.social), who broke the Epstein story, right around the time of his arrest on July 8, 2019: these flights were on July 6 and 8. The public deserves to know when her records were searched for. Before the arrest, or after? 1/
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From the 1966 Sunset Magazine “Sunset Cook Book of Breads”
December 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
From the 1966 Sunset Magazine “Sunset Cook Book of Breads”
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10 year old? We all know that even by 7, it's marginal
The phone rings. Would your 10-year-old like to speak with the president? He’s tracking Santa Claus from his living room in Palm Beach.
“Santa is a very good person,” President Donald Trump, in a suit and gold tie, tells Jasper in Tulsa. https://cnn.it/4q4Ieva
“Santa is a very good person,” President Donald Trump, in a suit and gold tie, tells Jasper in Tulsa. https://cnn.it/4q4Ieva
December 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
10 year old? We all know that even by 7, it's marginal
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From @michael-hoerger.bsky.social on Twitter on DIY fit testing:
"You can quick-link to DIY fit testing with this URL shortcut:
tinyurl.com/diymasktest
"
Threaded version (no Twitter account needed):
threadreaderapp.com/thread/16040...
"You can quick-link to DIY fit testing with this URL shortcut:
tinyurl.com/diymasktest
"
Threaded version (no Twitter account needed):
threadreaderapp.com/thread/16040...
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
From @michael-hoerger.bsky.social on Twitter on DIY fit testing:
"You can quick-link to DIY fit testing with this URL shortcut:
tinyurl.com/diymasktest
"
Threaded version (no Twitter account needed):
threadreaderapp.com/thread/16040...
"You can quick-link to DIY fit testing with this URL shortcut:
tinyurl.com/diymasktest
"
Threaded version (no Twitter account needed):
threadreaderapp.com/thread/16040...
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Remembering a recent post that mentioned “got off on a technicality” is a weasel phrase meant to make “dismissed because cops violated your rights” sound like a bad thing.
11 officers present to arrest Luigi Mangione "for taking 40 minutes to eat his McDonald's meal" including NYPD officers who were far outside jurisdiction and had invited themselves. They can be heard interrupting Altoona police radio to announce they'll be arriving despite being ignored by local PD.
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Remembering a recent post that mentioned “got off on a technicality” is a weasel phrase meant to make “dismissed because cops violated your rights” sound like a bad thing.
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the 2030's will be a big decade for pissing on graves
December 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
the 2030's will be a big decade for pissing on graves
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The maga divide summarized: does the gutter racism that is the mortar of our coalition apply to Jews or not? And if it doesn’t do we mean that or are we just pretending for the moment?
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The maga divide summarized: does the gutter racism that is the mortar of our coalition apply to Jews or not? And if it doesn’t do we mean that or are we just pretending for the moment?
Eat a whole bunch of my butt, @mayorbowser.dc.gov
Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE
Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.
truthout.org/articles/pol...
Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.
truthout.org/articles/pol...
Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE
Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.
truthout.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Eat a whole bunch of my butt, @mayorbowser.dc.gov
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www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
This damage is because vaccines were not shared and restricted. The poorest countries have had such terrible impacts while there is silence in much of our media.
This damage is because vaccines were not shared and restricted. The poorest countries have had such terrible impacts while there is silence in much of our media.
Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors in Africa experiencing Long COVID symptoms, study suggests
Fatigue is the most commonly reported symptom among COVID-19 survivors in Africa.
www.gavi.org
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
This damage is because vaccines were not shared and restricted. The poorest countries have had such terrible impacts while there is silence in much of our media.
This damage is because vaccines were not shared and restricted. The poorest countries have had such terrible impacts while there is silence in much of our media.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
The person charged with enforcing the laws is himself a law breaker. In such a state, do laws even have any legitimacy?
December 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The person charged with enforcing the laws is an open lawbreaker, assisted by a team of open lawbreakers, backed by a Congressional majority indifferent to lawbreaking, supported by a Supreme Court that privileges them to break the law.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
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If you believe that what ICE is doing is illegal and you happen to be the chief of police, INSTITUTE A POLICY OF ARRESTING ICE AGENTS.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara has emerged as one of the most outspoken law enforcement leaders in the nation criticizing ICE tactics.
Police walk a tightrope to maintain community relations amid Twin Cities ICE arrests
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara has emerged as one of the most outspoken law enforcement leaders in the nation criticizing ICE tactics.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you believe that what ICE is doing is illegal and you happen to be the chief of police, INSTITUTE A POLICY OF ARRESTING ICE AGENTS.
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88 minutes
December 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
88 minutes
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i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
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Page 16 in the Sunday NYT 101 years ago today
www.nytimes.com/1924/12/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/1924/12/21/a...
December 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Page 16 in the Sunday NYT 101 years ago today
www.nytimes.com/1924/12/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/1924/12/21/a...
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Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
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I trust major news organizations, members of Congress, and public interest groups are publicizing their secure tip lines so DOJ and FBI employees with knowledge of political interference in the Epstein files review process, can explain safely and confidentially what they saw.
December 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I trust major news organizations, members of Congress, and public interest groups are publicizing their secure tip lines so DOJ and FBI employees with knowledge of political interference in the Epstein files review process, can explain safely and confidentially what they saw.
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jake paul getting his ass beat is a good start but it’s not enough. we cannot rest until every guy named jake is taken down a peg.
December 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
jake paul getting his ass beat is a good start but it’s not enough. we cannot rest until every guy named jake is taken down a peg.
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if it isn’t to the death then what kind of low rent pussy ass dystopian autocracy are we even living in?
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
if it isn’t to the death then what kind of low rent pussy ass dystopian autocracy are we even living in?
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Damn. Front page of the NYT year in pictures is a protestor being brutalized at Broadview by the Illinois State Police.
December 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Damn. Front page of the NYT year in pictures is a protestor being brutalized at Broadview by the Illinois State Police.
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JFC. How long are we gonna do this?!
"Exposure to higher aerosol concentrations - at close range or due to concentration build-up in crowded &/or poorly ventilated spaces - &/or longer duration exposures facilitate disease transmission."
Water is wet. Ugh.
"Exposure to higher aerosol concentrations - at close range or due to concentration build-up in crowded &/or poorly ventilated spaces - &/or longer duration exposures facilitate disease transmission."
Water is wet. Ugh.
Reports show how mpox clade 1b spreads through non-sexual contact in DR Congo, Ireland
Large family sizes and crowded living conditions may play a role in transmission.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: World Bank / Vincent Tremeau
Large family sizes and crowded living conditions may play a role in transmission.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: World Bank / Vincent Tremeau
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
JFC. How long are we gonna do this?!
"Exposure to higher aerosol concentrations - at close range or due to concentration build-up in crowded &/or poorly ventilated spaces - &/or longer duration exposures facilitate disease transmission."
Water is wet. Ugh.
"Exposure to higher aerosol concentrations - at close range or due to concentration build-up in crowded &/or poorly ventilated spaces - &/or longer duration exposures facilitate disease transmission."
Water is wet. Ugh.
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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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The negligent, outdated beliefs of medicine's management class (everywhere; from the UK inquiry here) contrasted with well-understood science from 👉1934👈. If you got sick after being told that COVID falls to the ground within 3 feet and N95/FFP2/FFP3 respirators aren't needed, 👉it was their fault.👈
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The negligent, outdated beliefs of medicine's management class (everywhere; from the UK inquiry here) contrasted with well-understood science from 👉1934👈. If you got sick after being told that COVID falls to the ground within 3 feet and N95/FFP2/FFP3 respirators aren't needed, 👉it was their fault.👈
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Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...