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Doctor Shemp
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· Mar 11
When I bike, every other bicyclist is my neighbor and my friend.
When I drive, every other driver is my rival and my enemy.
When I drive, every other driver is my rival and my enemy.
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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How much more money are homeowners willing to pay for a house with less traffic noise?
According to a recent study, a lot. on.wsj.com/3KZMmxo
According to a recent study, a lot. on.wsj.com/3KZMmxo
Quieter Streets Linked to Increase in Home Prices
If your home is about a football-field length from new sound barriers, the value will go up.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
How much more money are homeowners willing to pay for a house with less traffic noise?
According to a recent study, a lot. on.wsj.com/3KZMmxo
According to a recent study, a lot. on.wsj.com/3KZMmxo
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Over 12,000 Indigenous women have been forcibly sterilized in Canada since the 1970s—an abuse that has continued as recently as 2024. icmagazine.org/whose-bodies...
Whose Bodies Matter? Canada’s Quiet Genocide of Indigenous Women – Intercontinental Cry
Over 12,000 Indigenous women have been forcibly sterilized in Canada since the 1970s—an abuse that has continued as recently as 2024. Women would enter hospital
icmagazine.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Over 12,000 Indigenous women have been forcibly sterilized in Canada since the 1970s—an abuse that has continued as recently as 2024. icmagazine.org/whose-bodies...
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My "smart" screen in my car's dashboard dimming until its unreadable when I drive under a tree, so I can no longer see my screen in broad daylight and have to wait until I've been driving out of the shade for it to brighten up again. We're so smart with our tech. We NEED the AI. We LOVE it.
December 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My "smart" screen in my car's dashboard dimming until its unreadable when I drive under a tree, so I can no longer see my screen in broad daylight and have to wait until I've been driving out of the shade for it to brighten up again. We're so smart with our tech. We NEED the AI. We LOVE it.
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i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
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The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) can grow to more than 450 kg (1,000 lb) and live for over 65 years
📹Pelagic Ventures Scuba
📹Pelagic Ventures Scuba
December 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) can grow to more than 450 kg (1,000 lb) and live for over 65 years
📹Pelagic Ventures Scuba
📹Pelagic Ventures Scuba
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
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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...
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THE GEMINID METEOR SHOWER PEAKS THIS WEEKEND: Exactly 3 years ago, Juan Carlos Casado photographed a slow rain of Geminids over the Teide volcano in the Canary Islands spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload... spaceweather.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
THE GEMINID METEOR SHOWER PEAKS THIS WEEKEND: Exactly 3 years ago, Juan Carlos Casado photographed a slow rain of Geminids over the Teide volcano in the Canary Islands spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload... spaceweather.com
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Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
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Just a reminder that ICE didn't exist until 2002. It's not some longstanding institution that must be maintained. It was created as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, and it could be gotten rid of as easily as it was created.
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Just a reminder that ICE didn't exist until 2002. It's not some longstanding institution that must be maintained. It was created as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, and it could be gotten rid of as easily as it was created.
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I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
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Delete the Marquam and I-5 up to where it currently meets I-405, I-405 is now the new I-5. Suddenly you have a ton of high value riverfront property you can develop and/or get economic value from, which helps pay for the whole thing.
It's not perfect, but it turns a costly liability into an asset.
It's not perfect, but it turns a costly liability into an asset.
December 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Delete the Marquam and I-5 up to where it currently meets I-405, I-405 is now the new I-5. Suddenly you have a ton of high value riverfront property you can develop and/or get economic value from, which helps pay for the whole thing.
It's not perfect, but it turns a costly liability into an asset.
It's not perfect, but it turns a costly liability into an asset.
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Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this.
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this.
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Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone.
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
In New York City, Congestion Pricing Leads to Marked Drop in Pollution
e360.yale.edu
December 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone.
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.
e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
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You can’t expect small emerging markets like Germany to compete with modern post-industrial countries
Europe is caught in the center of a global tug-of-war between outright banning gas cars and admitting defeat to the Chinese EV market. It's all coming to a head—very soon.
insideevs.com/news/781456/...
insideevs.com/news/781456/...
Europe Is Stuck Between Gas-Car Bans And China’s EV Takeover
Today on Critical Materials: EU's EV mandate explained, EVs are selling 18% slower and Uber pulls back EV incentives.
insideevs.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
You can’t expect small emerging markets like Germany to compete with modern post-industrial countries
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FINALLY GOT IT!
I've taken well over 100,000 pelican pictures, maybe 200,000.
Over 20,000 the past month alone.
Today, I snagged "The One That Got Away"
In my infinite optimism, I give you, a very rare:
Fish success story.
🪶
I've taken well over 100,000 pelican pictures, maybe 200,000.
Over 20,000 the past month alone.
Today, I snagged "The One That Got Away"
In my infinite optimism, I give you, a very rare:
Fish success story.
🪶
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
FINALLY GOT IT!
I've taken well over 100,000 pelican pictures, maybe 200,000.
Over 20,000 the past month alone.
Today, I snagged "The One That Got Away"
In my infinite optimism, I give you, a very rare:
Fish success story.
🪶
I've taken well over 100,000 pelican pictures, maybe 200,000.
Over 20,000 the past month alone.
Today, I snagged "The One That Got Away"
In my infinite optimism, I give you, a very rare:
Fish success story.
🪶
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One of Portland’s most iconic LGBTQIA+ nightclubs keeps its doors open after finding new owners earlier this year.
Iconic Portland LGBTQIA+ nightclub keeps its doors open with new owners
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One of Portland’s most iconic LGBTQIA+ nightclubs keeps its doors open after finding new owners earlier this year. Fears of the over-40-year-old Portland-run bus…
www.koin.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
One of Portland’s most iconic LGBTQIA+ nightclubs keeps its doors open after finding new owners earlier this year.
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Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention: Pam Bondi meet John Mitchell.
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention: Pam Bondi meet John Mitchell.
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And both of them gained Whiteness by full-throatedly participating in the rest of American racism, which explains why so many Hispanic folks were eager to sign onto Trump’s vision for America— they thought that co-signing his racism would be their ticket to American Whiteness
December 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
And both of them gained Whiteness by full-throatedly participating in the rest of American racism, which explains why so many Hispanic folks were eager to sign onto Trump’s vision for America— they thought that co-signing his racism would be their ticket to American Whiteness
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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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We are likely going to witness history across Western Washington. The Skagit, Snohomish, and Cedar Rivers will break all-time records, while the Snoqualmie, Stillaguamish, Skykomish, and Nooksack will get very close. Be safe & stay tuned.
#wawx
🟣=major, 🔴=moderate, 🟠=minor
#wawx
🟣=major, 🔴=moderate, 🟠=minor
December 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We are likely going to witness history across Western Washington. The Skagit, Snohomish, and Cedar Rivers will break all-time records, while the Snoqualmie, Stillaguamish, Skykomish, and Nooksack will get very close. Be safe & stay tuned.
#wawx
🟣=major, 🔴=moderate, 🟠=minor
#wawx
🟣=major, 🔴=moderate, 🟠=minor
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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you can remove the word "parenting" from this and it all still holds
Sam Altman saying he uses Chat GPT as a parenting tool is a dumb as fuck “news” story today, but honestly, you should never take any parenting advice from rich people. Full stop. They don’t look after their kids. They have staff. Precisely zero of their parenting dilemmas resemble normal humans’.
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
you can remove the word "parenting" from this and it all still holds
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Reminds me of that time I needed emergency appendectomy & I was on morphine & the hospital billing guy came to my room to ask me to pay the copay upfront
I was like dude I’m going next door to check the other hospital‘s price also what’s my name again
Ps I’m an economist, ok w/markets generally
I was like dude I’m going next door to check the other hospital‘s price also what’s my name again
Ps I’m an economist, ok w/markets generally
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reminds me of that time I needed emergency appendectomy & I was on morphine & the hospital billing guy came to my room to ask me to pay the copay upfront
I was like dude I’m going next door to check the other hospital‘s price also what’s my name again
Ps I’m an economist, ok w/markets generally
I was like dude I’m going next door to check the other hospital‘s price also what’s my name again
Ps I’m an economist, ok w/markets generally