Dr. Mark Gasser
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Life and runs along the Patapsco River.
Microbial Systems | Symbiosis
Only strikes at Mid-World Lanes. #BooksMark
Terps. Orioles. Liverpool. Ferrari.
Microbial Systems | Symbiosis
Only strikes at Mid-World Lanes. #BooksMark
Terps. Orioles. Liverpool. Ferrari.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
Liverpool are 4-9-2 in their last 15
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Liverpool are 4-9-2 in their last 15
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To be crystal clear about this: The plaintiffs challenged the Texas law six days *before* it was signed by the Governor and became law. That was *too late*.
We need to talk about the massive loophole that the Supreme Court just carved into election law over the shadow docket—giving states a free pass to enact patently unconstitutional voting rules within nearly *one year* of an election. A stunning new limit on judicial review. slate.com/news-and-pol...
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
To be crystal clear about this: The plaintiffs challenged the Texas law six days *before* it was signed by the Governor and became law. That was *too late*.
Would love to know the visual difference between trying to flip the boat over to stay in the fight and trying to flip the boat over to not drown at sea
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Would love to know the visual difference between trying to flip the boat over to stay in the fight and trying to flip the boat over to not drown at sea
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The Washington Post reported her grandfather was an actual Nazi soldier.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna endorses Hegseth's murder strikes: "This is called governing"
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Washington Post reported her grandfather was an actual Nazi soldier.
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The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test
Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test
Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Excerpt from ruling:
“Bluntly put, why the Court ruled as it did remains unclear-and without reasoning,
this order cannot even be considered as persuasive. Second, Justice Kavanaugh's conclusion that the plaintiffs lacked standing in Perdomo rested on the claims asserted in that case specifically, plaintiffs there sought to enjoin defendants from targeting individuals for immigration stops based on certain factors, such as race or ethnicity, their accent, and the type of work they did. Id. Justice Kavanaugh reasoned that plaintiffs in Perdomo likely lacked standing under Lyons, as defendants may "stop suspected illegal immigrants based on a variety of factors," and thus "plaintiffs ha[d] no good basis to believe that law enforcement will unlawfully stop them in the future" based "only on [prohibited] factors." Id. at *3 (emphases in original). In contrast, this case concerns an entirely different context, namely, civil immigration arrests rather than immigration stops, which were at issue in Perdomo, and a different type of challenge. Specifically, plaintiffs are not arguing which factors defendants may consider in their application of a legal standard, but rather contend that defendants have abandoned the proper legal standard entirely. See Pls.' Reply at 8. Thus, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence in Perdomo, to the extent it has persuasive, let alone controlling, authority, is inapposite.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jech7rem6vijss4euf4fijao/bafkreidy2tm2mkrt4kkxcnhlmc6uess22cabrg7b5juyauqoolvoqd7teu@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”
She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
These results are indistinguishable from what it would look like if Maryland had been deliberately trying to lose after Oct 1 every year
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
These results are indistinguishable from what it would look like if Maryland had been deliberately trying to lose after Oct 1 every year
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a couple years ago I ranked De La Soul's albums for Spin, and I've updated the piece to include Cabin in the Sky:
www.spin.com/2023/02/de-l...
www.spin.com/2023/02/de-l...
Every De La Soul Album, Ranked
Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer, Dave “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur, and Vincent “Maseo” Mason formed De La Soul as Long Island teenagers in 1988. With the r
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November 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
a couple years ago I ranked De La Soul's albums for Spin, and I've updated the piece to include Cabin in the Sky:
www.spin.com/2023/02/de-l...
www.spin.com/2023/02/de-l...
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild.
Minke whale
Viscacha
Puffin
Kri Kri
Swainson’s hawk
Minke whale
Viscacha
Puffin
Kri Kri
Swainson’s hawk
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild.
Minke whale
Viscacha
Puffin
Kri Kri
Swainson’s hawk
Minke whale
Viscacha
Puffin
Kri Kri
Swainson’s hawk
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Wu-Tang
Ghost
Green Day
Raconteurs
Michelle Branch
Wu-Tang
Ghost
Green Day
Raconteurs
Michelle Branch
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Laurie Anderson
Blue Oyster Cult
Philip Glass
Tom Tom Club
Art of Noise
Laurie Anderson
Blue Oyster Cult
Philip Glass
Tom Tom Club
Art of Noise
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
The Jesus and Mary Chain
New Order
Bob Mould
The Rolling Stones
The Wiggles
The Jesus and Mary Chain
New Order
Bob Mould
The Rolling Stones
The Wiggles
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Wu-Tang
Ghost
Green Day
Raconteurs
Michelle Branch
Wu-Tang
Ghost
Green Day
Raconteurs
Michelle Branch
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Wrote about arguably my favorite topic in all of sports: Jerry Jones spending $1.2 billion on a stadium built at the exact orientation so the sun shines directly into players eyes during the months when the Cowboys play football:
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The Old Man and the Sun
A breakdown of how and why the Cowboys have the only stadium in the league where players regularly get blinded by the sun.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Wrote about arguably my favorite topic in all of sports: Jerry Jones spending $1.2 billion on a stadium built at the exact orientation so the sun shines directly into players eyes during the months when the Cowboys play football:
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...
I’ve been slowly and methodically trying to get my wife to start following and rooting for my Terps for 10 years, and this news has accomplished more in an hour. Runners are about it
BREAKING: Olympic Gold Medalist and Billie track and field standout Quincy Wilson has committed to Maryland 🐢
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I’ve been slowly and methodically trying to get my wife to start following and rooting for my Terps for 10 years, and this news has accomplished more in an hour. Runners are about it
How much of the pushback to this can be chalked up to Star Wars brain worms, and how much of it is the genuine belief that it cant be bad if I enjoyed it?
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
How much of the pushback to this can be chalked up to Star Wars brain worms, and how much of it is the genuine belief that it cant be bad if I enjoyed it?
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1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
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everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
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Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
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for days we got the "Showdown with Socialism" buildup only to get the payoff of Trump essentially saying "wow this socialist guy fuckin rules. I, on the other hand, am a fascist". what a country. what an era
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
for days we got the "Showdown with Socialism" buildup only to get the payoff of Trump essentially saying "wow this socialist guy fuckin rules. I, on the other hand, am a fascist". what a country. what an era
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Wondering what the leaders of the University of Virginia are thinking right now
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Wondering what the leaders of the University of Virginia are thinking right now
Later Mamdani states unequivocally that he’s a Democratic Socialist, and he’s got Trump agreeing and praising him, while 86 Dems joined GOP in a pointless condemnation of socialism.
Consider joining www.dsausa.org/about-us/wha...
Consider joining www.dsausa.org/about-us/wha...
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Later Mamdani states unequivocally that he’s a Democratic Socialist, and he’s got Trump agreeing and praising him, while 86 Dems joined GOP in a pointless condemnation of socialism.
Consider joining www.dsausa.org/about-us/wha...
Consider joining www.dsausa.org/about-us/wha...