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Matias
@mkap.bsky.social
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This rules so much
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James Pitt@sahelanth.bsky.social |
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this is all Tiktaalik's fault
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Matias
@mkap.bsky.social
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This rules so much
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James Pitt
@sahelanth.bsky.social
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I got my therapist addicted to Twitter. :(
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Max Berger
@maxberger.bsky.social
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I get why this is the case, but it’s so wild that one million Americans died of COVID because of Trump’s handling of the pandemic, and it’s not even remotely an issue in this election. What a country!
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J.R.
@jrbolt.bsky.social
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One of my favourite Art Deco pieces, over the door of the Fulton County Dept. of Health and Wellness. Swole spirit of medicine fights off the grim spectre of death, reminding you that medicine is Cool
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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)
@wolvendamien.bsky.social
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Lenacapavir did so well at preventing HIV infection that it hit the threshold where the only ethical thing to do was stop the randomized trial and immediately offer it to literally every participant. That's huge news. www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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Carl T. Bergstrom
@carlbergstrom.com
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As expected, one of the few things generative AI is genuinely good at is creating bullshit at scale.
www.wired.com/story/ai-gen...
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Rebecca Sear
@rebeccasear.bsky.social
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“By embedding simplistic and gendered assumptions about mothers’ love for their children, epigenetics research perpetuates the tendency to consider mothers especially blameworthy where they are perceived as failing to sufficiently care for or love their children”
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Rebecca Sear
@rebeccasear.bsky.social
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“we resolve the question of whether there is a trend for brain mass to increase through time. We find a trend in only 3 mammalian orders, which is strongest in primates, setting the stage for the uniquely rapid directional increase ultimately producing the computational powers of the human brain”
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WOLFSKULLJACK
@wolfskulljack.bsky.social
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The time a wolf pup tackled me to the ground and stole my hat.
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James Pitt
@sahelanth.bsky.social
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extremely professional illustration
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James Pitt
@sahelanth.bsky.social
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Oh no! Look at this monster!
bsky.app/profile/biot...
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James Pitt
@sahelanth.bsky.social
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Qualified immunity doctrine is very bad.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Holly Brewer
@earlymodjustice.bsky.social
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Seven times between 1801 and 1869 Congress changed the size of the court, going from a low of five justices in 1801 to a high of ten in 1863. In most of those cases, as in 1801 and 1863, the size went up and down in order to fix an imbalance or overreach by the Supreme Court. My latest
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر
@abujamajem.bsky.social
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AP's Julia Frankel and Maya Alleruzzo: Israeli army admits Palestinian man shot, beaten and tied to hood of jeep was uninvolved bystander; army story about driving him to paramedics evidently a lie, per dashcam footage of jeep driving past ambulances: apnews.com/article/isra...
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر
@abujamajem.bsky.social
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Al Jazeera interviews Palestinian man who describes being shot, beaten and then hoisted onto hot car hood: youtu.be/O9vfa3RKmEI
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ryan cooper
@ryanlcooper.com
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"Almost two-thirds of EVs available in China are already cheaper than their internal combustion engine equivalents, and many cheaper electric models are planned for launch outside China in 2025 and 2026." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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BLINDSIGHT Speedrun Crucifix Glitchless Any%
@perich.bsky.social
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Everyone more cynical than me is a doomer; everyone less cynical than me is a sucker. I have figured out the exact right amount of disillusionment.
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ryan cooper
@ryanlcooper.com
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I think the NYT might have jumped the Objective Journalism shark this time. I haven't seen them out for blood this much since 2002-3, and Biden isn't a foreign dictator
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Prestidigitator John 🇵🇸🇺🇦
@tomscud.bsky.social
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bsky.app/profile/just... Alex Berenson possibly the ur source here.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
@golikehellmachine.com
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knowing that the white house just signed a massive parkinson’s bill in july changes the entire tone of this story so much that this makes it wildly, horrifically offensive
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Rita Hamad
@ritahamad.bsky.social
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Interested in the latest quasi-experimental difference-in-differences policy evaluation methods but not sure where to start? Our new tutorial in Epidemiology is out now with detailed info for beginners!
journals.lww.com/epidem/abstr... #episky #econsky @justinwhite.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social
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James Pitt
@sahelanth.bsky.social
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The later Laundry Files books do this, though I haven’t read the last couple of them.
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Brad Westness
@brad.westness.cc
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Reminds me of coworkers in Phoenix last summer talking about how concerts were being cancelled because the band's equipment fucking melted
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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I was in Vegas in 2021 when the previous record was set, and my god being outside when it's 117 degrees fucking sucks
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Peter
@notalawyer.bsky.social
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right. NYT leadership knows they operate in a moderate/liberal bubble, and after 2016 they decided that the only way to adjust for this is to always assume that reactionary thought is more popular than it seems to be
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James Pitt
@sahelanth.bsky.social
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Shopping car…? Containing a tie dye cushion and cardboard box that a small air conditioner came in…?
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Blue sky jerk
@rajandelman.bsky.social
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Tapping the sign
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Kyle Marquis
@moochava.bsky.social
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I just realized we don't have a single word for "the aesthetic/cultural pressure toward realism, experienced most strongly by young men, who, incidentally, tend to consume the least realistic forms of entertainment"
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Pavel
@spavel.bsky.social
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Well this is grim
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ryan cooper
@ryanlcooper.com
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"if there’s one problem we have never, ever faced in this country, it’s presidents who are afraid to exercise their authority. Or expand it. Or exceed it." radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
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James Pitt
@sahelanth.bsky.social
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Tori Amos's cover of Slayer's "Raining Blood" rules. Terrifying in an utterly different way than the original.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUOu...
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James Pitt
@sahelanth.bsky.social
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@jana-aych-ess.bsky.social look at these dirt crabs
x.com/K_theHermit/...
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blossom 🌸
@theblossombratt.bsky.social
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BOTULISM?? jesus christ
direct link to the list: www.fda.gov/media/179493...
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James Pitt
@sahelanth.bsky.social
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Are there any games or reading you’d recommend about early cities? I’m especially interested in pre-writing and pre-metal-working, like Catalhoyuk etc in Anatolia, the Cucuteni-Trypillia sites in Ukraine, and some Longshan and Liangzhu sites in China.
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Ingrid Burrington
@lifewinning.com
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The Supreme Court effectively destroying OSHA in parallel to the project of bringing semiconductor fabs back to the United States seems like an important thing to keep an eye on given the industry left the USA in part bc of heightened health and safety concerns (context in Verge piece)
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out
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Matias
@mkap.bsky.social
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I mean, at some point the presidency should say these decisions should be disregarded
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PAGING DR ASS
@pax.bsky.social
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update: bald eagle still got a fish. not sure what this means.
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Notorious RBMK
@comraderobot.bsky.social
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a major league physics crank was just on rogan fyi there’s gonna be a wave of this
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Radley Balko
@radleybalko.bsky.social
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Just a jaw-dropper from the state whose attorney general is currently trying to execute an innocent man.
innocenceproject.org/missouri-cir...
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Carl Zimmer
@carlzimmer.bsky.social
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Denisovans lived for over 100,000 years on the Tibetan plateau, hunting snow leopards and golden eagles and other animals. Here's my story on these remarkable people [Gift link] 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/s...
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Helen Branswell
@helenbranswell.bsky.social
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Rural veterinarians play a critical role in safeguarding the health of food animals. And they often alert public health to animal-human problems that are brewing. The role they're being asked to play detecting & containing #H5N1 #birdflu is putting them in a bind. www.statnews.com/2024/07/03/b...
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BLINDSIGHT Speedrun Crucifix Glitchless Any%
@perich.bsky.social
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a full year of AI hype has launched the rate of self-reported AI adoption by business users from an exciting 4% to a staggering 5%.
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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Back in late 2020 I advocated for expelling all the members of Congress who voted against certifying, then using the rump majorities you'd gain after to pass court reform (who'd ratify the legality of this maneuver). Radical proposal! but the alternatives of doing nothing were more radical
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Kathleen Bachynski
@bachynski.bsky.social
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“So far, the agency has given eight companies licenses for its tests, Shah said. Three additional licenses are pending & another four companies are in the process of applying…The effort appears to be aimed at avoiding mistakes the federal government made in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic”
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Peter
@notalawyer.bsky.social
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this basically serves the same purpose as QAnon shit on the right. it projects itself as an aggressive form of political engagement, but it’s really just a retreat into fantasy and nihilism
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Peter
@notalawyer.bsky.social
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the worst dudes online are the guys who are like “the time for electoral politics is over, it’s time for guillotines.” yeah bud i’m sure you’ll stop posting and get the ball rolling on the guillotines any minute now.
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Jana H-S (they/she)
@jana-aych-ess.bsky.social
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anyway, and I say this as a friend, what you mean is probably just "pessimism". "nihilism" is something different
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