We’ve tried the moderate white guy thing enough times, and I see two R senators from texas, so if all the consultants saying we need to do the same thing again can kindly stfu, that would be great.

So disappointed by so many people

Only 1.5% of the genome is protein-coding (i.e. exons) and of that, humans and chimps are 98-99% similar. To get the 85% number, you have to take into account large scale insertions and deletions that cause non-alignable regions. By the same measure, 2 gorillas can be just as different.

Apple an oranges. Different methods. Creationists have of course glommed onto this but as usual, they're either confused or lying.

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Great thinking, wrong new country bsky.app/profile/kyra...

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Remember the Nate Silver “Eric Adams could be the 2028 Democratic nominee for President” thing?

I don’t care if information implicating Democrats is revealed, but I do care if information implicating Trump and his allies is withheld.

It’s impossible not to suspect the latter will be happening, given how strangely and suddenly everything shifted.

Honorable mention for The Hot Zone, The Coming Plague, and And The Band Played On.

Say Nothing, which I know you know, Midnight at Chernobyl, and The Guns of August are probably my top three.

Ah, forgot that one, good call.

Huh. Trying to think...Australia? Seems like there would've been one but I can't recall one. Ireland? Chile?

Hard agree. Ditch him, the 8 cavers, and anyone up in ‘26 who agreed with them didn’t want to actually cast the vote.