l u k e
@luhoka.bsky.social
Father of 3, designer, writer, musician, marginally obsessed with baseball.
Organoids and assembloids!
Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can responsibly use these bits of gray matter.
Brain organoids are helping researchers, but their use also creates unease
Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can responsibly use these bits of gray matter.
n.pr
January 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Organoids and assembloids!
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That Stephen curry magic 🪄
December 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
That Stephen curry magic 🪄
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a short one about stephen miller’s nonsense youtu.be/6lWODssDCiU?...
A Very Stephen Miller Christmas
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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December 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
a short one about stephen miller’s nonsense youtu.be/6lWODssDCiU?...
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This is basically how the old testament was written.
MY 4-YEAR OLD: *calmly, while coloring a picture of the Grinch* If baby grinches die, we can eat them. If they’re clean. That’s ok
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is basically how the old testament was written.
Yeah, hard to get (re)elected if you publish a report that says 77.3M Americans are just effin idiots.
The Democratic National Committee has decided not to publish its report of what went wrong in the 2024 election. Ken Martin, the DNC chairman, ordered the report months ago but is now said to believe that its release would be counterproductive.
The D.N.C. Is Scrapping Its Report on What Went Wrong in 2024
Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee chairman, ordered the autopsy months ago but is now said to believe that its release would be counterproductive for the party.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Yeah, hard to get (re)elected if you publish a report that says 77.3M Americans are just effin idiots.
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Fresno State researchers analyzed the impact of the privately-funded a guaranteed basic income program, an anti-poverty initiative.
150 Fresno families received $500 per month for a year. Did it make a difference?
Fresno State researchers analyzed the impact of the privately-funded a guaranteed basic income program, an anti-poverty initiative.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Fresno State researchers analyzed the impact of the privately-funded a guaranteed basic income program, an anti-poverty initiative.
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Social media companies attempt to detect and remove this type of astroturfing for violating their inauthentic behavior policies, which is why Doublespeed uses a bank of phones to emulate the behavior of real users.
@evystadium.bsky.social explains more here: www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
@evystadium.bsky.social explains more here: www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Social media companies attempt to detect and remove this type of astroturfing for violating their inauthentic behavior policies, which is why Doublespeed uses a bank of phones to emulate the behavior of real users.
@evystadium.bsky.social explains more here: www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
@evystadium.bsky.social explains more here: www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
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It's not that "no one was ready" it's that literacy efforts don't get funded, fact-checking is now "censorship", grants got killed, taxing companies to mitigate social impact =nonstarter in the US, politicians focused on the wrong things. Trust & social norm breakdown the are major non-tech issues.
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It's not that "no one was ready" it's that literacy efforts don't get funded, fact-checking is now "censorship", grants got killed, taxing companies to mitigate social impact =nonstarter in the US, politicians focused on the wrong things. Trust & social norm breakdown the are major non-tech issues.
Do we think MAGA/Republicans will speak up *at all* about this new and improved step towards our surveillance state?
"The creation of the Tech Force follows the administration’s hasty closure of several of the government's existing technology teams ... . In March, GSA dismantled 18F, an internal government tech consultancy group, after Elon Musk posted on X that the group had been 'deleted.'” 🤷♂️
Trump admin launches US Tech Force to recruit temporary workers after shedding thousands this year
Some of the recruits to government service will be on leaves of absence from private sector companies while working for government — a setup that raises ethical questions about conflicts of interest.
www.nextgov.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Do we think MAGA/Republicans will speak up *at all* about this new and improved step towards our surveillance state?
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Literally the whole "is antifa in the room with us right now, Mr. FBI?"
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Literally the whole "is antifa in the room with us right now, Mr. FBI?"
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
The aesthetic of these NYT food graphics is on point. A clean, simple, informative surround that really showcases the food stuff, almost sterile but somehow warm, too.
Inspired by the Payday bar, this simple cookie mimics the flavor of the candy’s caramel nougat center through a brown butter-infused dough. nyti.ms/48siNMD
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The aesthetic of these NYT food graphics is on point. A clean, simple, informative surround that really showcases the food stuff, almost sterile but somehow warm, too.
YES
This is why, every time I hear weak-knee Dems or Dem pundits/consultants talking about how they can appeal to Trump voters, I get irrationally angry. The goal isn’t to embrace racists and fascists. The goal is to provide the alternative that lets voters kick racists and fascists into the wilderness.
It has long been clear that unalloyed racism lies at the core of Trumpism, and he is becoming increasingly explicit about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
December 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
YES
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December 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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I reviewed Chess, the musical about chess
defector.com/chess-the-mu...
defector.com/chess-the-mu...
‘Chess: The Musical’ Is Somehow More Of A Musical About Chess Than You Can Imagine | Defector
Several months ago, I received a text from my friend Giulia with news that every former musical theater nerd yearns to hear: she had an extra ticket to see a Broadway show. Namely, Chess: The Musical,...
defector.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I reviewed Chess, the musical about chess
defector.com/chess-the-mu...
defector.com/chess-the-mu...
Had to share this blue heron I saw in my yard yesterday. At least 3ft tall!
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Had to share this blue heron I saw in my yard yesterday. At least 3ft tall!
All of our car batteries. “What’s it worth to poison entire villages in Nigeria? Not that much.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 12/02/2025 · 32m
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December 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
All of our car batteries. “What’s it worth to poison entire villages in Nigeria? Not that much.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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I have been saying and will keep saying that Trump and his people are vulnerable to an opponent who embodies a certain style of masculinity. When Kelly called them in unserious, he basically called into question their manhood.
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I have been saying and will keep saying that Trump and his people are vulnerable to an opponent who embodies a certain style of masculinity. When Kelly called them in unserious, he basically called into question their manhood.
Amazing
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Amazing
You know what’s an act of terror? Violently ripping families apart. Arresting and detaining US citizens for no reason other than the color of their skin. Denying people food to score political points. Selling assault weapons to anyone who wants them. Blowing up boats. On and on…
NEW: President Trump tonight confirmed suspect in the shooting that critically injured two West Virginia National Guard members in D.C. is an Afghan national and vowed to step up his administration's hardline immigration crackdown.
Trump: National Guard shooting an "act of terror" by Afghan "flown in by the Biden admin"
Trump vowed his administration will "re-examine every single" immigrant who had entered the U.S. from Afghanistan under Biden.
www.axios.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
You know what’s an act of terror? Violently ripping families apart. Arresting and detaining US citizens for no reason other than the color of their skin. Denying people food to score political points. Selling assault weapons to anyone who wants them. Blowing up boats. On and on…
Throw this one in your kids’ faces: see?! Look what this person did with their life! (For the record, I believe in creativity and geekdom.)
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Throw this one in your kids’ faces: see?! Look what this person did with their life! (For the record, I believe in creativity and geekdom.)
“I am a dove, but I have very powerful iron wings” The New Putin Calendar Is Here: ‘A Man for Every Season’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
The New Putin Calendar Is Here: ‘A Man for Every Season’
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“I am a dove, but I have very powerful iron wings” The New Putin Calendar Is Here: ‘A Man for Every Season’ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
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Sorry pie haters I couldn’t hear you over the symphony of god’s light
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Sorry pie haters I couldn’t hear you over the symphony of god’s light
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Happy "Circle Back After the Holidays" Season To Everyone!
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Happy "Circle Back After the Holidays" Season To Everyone!