Robert Vander Velde
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Donald Trump is moving too quickly to embrace Zohran Mamdani.
by Chuck Schumer
by Chuck Schumer
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Donald Trump is moving too quickly to embrace Zohran Mamdani.
by Chuck Schumer
by Chuck Schumer
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So you are saying that your irritation cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers.
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
So you are saying that your irritation cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers.
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I find it irrationally irritating when people are like "2 is the only even prime!!"
Oh really, 2 is the only prime number divisible by 2? Did you also know that 3 is the only prime number divisible by 3? And 47 is the only prime number divisible by 47?? DID YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT PRIMES ARE
Oh really, 2 is the only prime number divisible by 2? Did you also know that 3 is the only prime number divisible by 3? And 47 is the only prime number divisible by 47?? DID YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT PRIMES ARE
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I find it irrationally irritating when people are like "2 is the only even prime!!"
Oh really, 2 is the only prime number divisible by 2? Did you also know that 3 is the only prime number divisible by 3? And 47 is the only prime number divisible by 47?? DID YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT PRIMES ARE
Oh really, 2 is the only prime number divisible by 2? Did you also know that 3 is the only prime number divisible by 3? And 47 is the only prime number divisible by 47?? DID YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT PRIMES ARE
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No they should green light my Downton Abbey Westeros show where the throne is a fading constitutional monarchy. This week, Lucy Stark dances scandalously with the ambassador from Braaveros. Meanwhile, her father is having trouble finding a new dragon mucker willing to accept servant wages.
i feel like if you understand what the ending of the show was trying to say there's no point in having any content set after it.
no new age of the world, westeros is trapped in doomed to be trapped in hellish medieval stasis for eternity. the wheel spins on forever
no new age of the world, westeros is trapped in doomed to be trapped in hellish medieval stasis for eternity. the wheel spins on forever
George R.R. Martin teases the 'Game of Thrones' universe will finally get to the world after the OG show's divisive finale.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
No they should green light my Downton Abbey Westeros show where the throne is a fading constitutional monarchy. This week, Lucy Stark dances scandalously with the ambassador from Braaveros. Meanwhile, her father is having trouble finding a new dragon mucker willing to accept servant wages.
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TREE IS A LIFESTYLE, NOT A HERITAGE.
PALM TREES ARE MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO CORN AND GRASS THAN THEY ARE TO OAKS
PALM TREES ARE MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO CORN AND GRASS THAN THEY ARE TO OAKS
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
TREE IS A LIFESTYLE, NOT A HERITAGE.
PALM TREES ARE MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO CORN AND GRASS THAN THEY ARE TO OAKS
PALM TREES ARE MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO CORN AND GRASS THAN THEY ARE TO OAKS
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
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What’s the most significant advice you received from a teacher?
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
What’s the most significant advice you received from a teacher?
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
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I haven’t seen a response from Bill Cassidy on his latest humiliation at the hands of RFK Jr.
Did I miss it or is he cowering in a swamp somewhere?
Did I miss it or is he cowering in a swamp somewhere?
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I haven’t seen a response from Bill Cassidy on his latest humiliation at the hands of RFK Jr.
Did I miss it or is he cowering in a swamp somewhere?
Did I miss it or is he cowering in a swamp somewhere?
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It doesn’t matter how much you exercise or how many veggies you eat when it comes to a pandemic.
These things will not stop it, and the shitbirds that Trump has installed in leading public health positions should be fired for even suggesting it would.
These things will not stop it, and the shitbirds that Trump has installed in leading public health positions should be fired for even suggesting it would.
RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading
The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It doesn’t matter how much you exercise or how many veggies you eat when it comes to a pandemic.
These things will not stop it, and the shitbirds that Trump has installed in leading public health positions should be fired for even suggesting it would.
These things will not stop it, and the shitbirds that Trump has installed in leading public health positions should be fired for even suggesting it would.
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The archaeologist volunteers this semester at Skype a Scientist are honestly blowing me away with how much they all have stepped up this semester. I put a call out yesterday and 30 of them replied volunteering to do more classes. I'm not 100% sure this will cover all teams yet but I think it will.
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The archaeologist volunteers this semester at Skype a Scientist are honestly blowing me away with how much they all have stepped up this semester. I put a call out yesterday and 30 of them replied volunteering to do more classes. I'm not 100% sure this will cover all teams yet but I think it will.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is completely disgusting. Today, the CDC updated their vaccine safety page. It now says:
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
“The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”.
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1. Weinstein was not fired from his job. He quit. But he also was and is an incompetent scientist and a loon.
2. Damore lied on his LinkedIn resume (and probably his job application to Google) about having received a PhD in biology from Harvard. He never earned his doctorate at all.
2. Damore lied on his LinkedIn resume (and probably his job application to Google) about having received a PhD in biology from Harvard. He never earned his doctorate at all.
The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1. Weinstein was not fired from his job. He quit. But he also was and is an incompetent scientist and a loon.
2. Damore lied on his LinkedIn resume (and probably his job application to Google) about having received a PhD in biology from Harvard. He never earned his doctorate at all.
2. Damore lied on his LinkedIn resume (and probably his job application to Google) about having received a PhD in biology from Harvard. He never earned his doctorate at all.
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Can anyone help with an ID on this handsome hawk in Southern California? My best guess is a dark morph Red-tailed Hawk.
#birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography
#birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Can anyone help with an ID on this handsome hawk in Southern California? My best guess is a dark morph Red-tailed Hawk.
#birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography
#birds #wildlife #photography #naturephotography
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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Ah yes, individual consumers negotiating with insurance companies, a very workable and coherent proposal
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ah yes, individual consumers negotiating with insurance companies, a very workable and coherent proposal
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You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
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Before anyone gets too carried away here.
Anthony Fauci says Marjorie Taylor Greene drove death threats against him
Ex-leader of US Covid response said congresswoman and Fox News sparked ‘credible death threats’ against him and his family
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Before anyone gets too carried away here.
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If you’re anxious about the aurora because “we didn’t use to have the Northern Lights this far south,” don’t be!
The sun’s just doing a normal solar cycle like usual. We just now have cameras in our pocket that can detect aurora, and social media to spread the word to get out looking!
The sun’s just doing a normal solar cycle like usual. We just now have cameras in our pocket that can detect aurora, and social media to spread the word to get out looking!
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you’re anxious about the aurora because “we didn’t use to have the Northern Lights this far south,” don’t be!
The sun’s just doing a normal solar cycle like usual. We just now have cameras in our pocket that can detect aurora, and social media to spread the word to get out looking!
The sun’s just doing a normal solar cycle like usual. We just now have cameras in our pocket that can detect aurora, and social media to spread the word to get out looking!
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16% of graduates students in STEM fields in the US are Chinese nationals.
If we cut funding from any professor who has been the graduate advisor of a Chinese student in the last 5 years RETROACTIVELY, research in the US will grind to a halt.
If we cut funding from any professor who has been the graduate advisor of a Chinese student in the last 5 years RETROACTIVELY, research in the US will grind to a halt.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
16% of graduates students in STEM fields in the US are Chinese nationals.
If we cut funding from any professor who has been the graduate advisor of a Chinese student in the last 5 years RETROACTIVELY, research in the US will grind to a halt.
If we cut funding from any professor who has been the graduate advisor of a Chinese student in the last 5 years RETROACTIVELY, research in the US will grind to a halt.
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I’m entering some historical eBird records and had to dig deep for these ones. I found my lifer King Vulture in my journal from when I was eight and lived in Mexico. And I scored an ocelot on that same day! Helluva day for young Danny boy! (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I’m entering some historical eBird records and had to dig deep for these ones. I found my lifer King Vulture in my journal from when I was eight and lived in Mexico. And I scored an ocelot on that same day! Helluva day for young Danny boy! (1/2)
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Wild that the rumor of such a thing sent a gunman into a DC pizza joint but he's since been killed by police and the entire conspiracy architecture that sent him to Comet is firmly committed to the sex crimes president.
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Wild that the rumor of such a thing sent a gunman into a DC pizza joint but he's since been killed by police and the entire conspiracy architecture that sent him to Comet is firmly committed to the sex crimes president.
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My entire timeline rn.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
My entire timeline rn.
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Jesus Fucking Christ. The only reason they were "designed to expire" is because JOE FUCKING MANCHIN REFUSED TO AGREE TO MAKE THEM PERMANENT.
You know...the guy who is no longer a Democrat?
You know...the guy who is no longer a Democrat?
tfw you're being quoted by Dear Leader's propaganda megaphone.
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Jesus Fucking Christ. The only reason they were "designed to expire" is because JOE FUCKING MANCHIN REFUSED TO AGREE TO MAKE THEM PERMANENT.
You know...the guy who is no longer a Democrat?
You know...the guy who is no longer a Democrat?
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Even if you don’t care about people who use drugs - you really should care about other people - they will still just lie that you are a person who uses drugs when they want other people not to care about you
After José's arrest sparked outrage in August, DHS attacked him in a press release, calling him a "criminal illegal alien, not a firefighter." DHS has cited a 12-year-old drug delivery charge while failing to acknowledge the charge was dismissed.
Full @us.theguardian.com interview and story here:
Full @us.theguardian.com interview and story here:
US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’
Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Even if you don’t care about people who use drugs - you really should care about other people - they will still just lie that you are a person who uses drugs when they want other people not to care about you