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While social media addiction hasn’t been *officially* recognized as a mental health condition, it shows up in brain scans, according to #UCSB grad student Kylie Falcione, who works in René Weber's Media Neuroscience Lab: https://ow.ly/fA6S50XIBNE
Brain science, social media and a modern moral panic
In brain scans, social media addiction looks the same as gaming and gambling addictions and substance abuse, says grad student Kylie Falcione at UCSB's Media Neuroscience Lab
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December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
While social media addiction hasn’t been *officially* recognized as a mental health condition, it shows up in brain scans, according to #UCSB grad student Kylie Falcione, who works in René Weber's Media Neuroscience Lab: https://ow.ly/fA6S50XIBNE
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Thiamine (vitamin B1) is essential to metabolism & deficiencies produce a condition called beriberi.
I want to tell the story of why the Japanese Army suffered from it until 1926, while the Japanese Navy did NOT after 1884.
A cautionary tale about science denialism & the resulting policy choices.
I want to tell the story of why the Japanese Army suffered from it until 1926, while the Japanese Navy did NOT after 1884.
A cautionary tale about science denialism & the resulting policy choices.
December 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Thiamine (vitamin B1) is essential to metabolism & deficiencies produce a condition called beriberi.
I want to tell the story of why the Japanese Army suffered from it until 1926, while the Japanese Navy did NOT after 1884.
A cautionary tale about science denialism & the resulting policy choices.
I want to tell the story of why the Japanese Army suffered from it until 1926, while the Japanese Navy did NOT after 1884.
A cautionary tale about science denialism & the resulting policy choices.
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“I made it simple for baby boy”
December 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“I made it simple for baby boy”
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Don't ever let those MAGA assholes try to posthumously excuse his blatant racism and sexual predation by claiming those were symptoms of his Alzheimer's. They were not. He has been the worst person imaginable his entire life. They are going to try to sanitize and glorify his legacy. Don't let them.
December 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Don't ever let those MAGA assholes try to posthumously excuse his blatant racism and sexual predation by claiming those were symptoms of his Alzheimer's. They were not. He has been the worst person imaginable his entire life. They are going to try to sanitize and glorify his legacy. Don't let them.
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Hard to identify the best part of this 1964 ad--the obvious headline, the misspelling of Reagan's last name, or the shout out to John Stoemer's blockbuster (and howlingly inaccurate) conspiracy-ridden book "None Dare Call it Treason" about the supposedly "treasonous" thread of the US left.
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hard to identify the best part of this 1964 ad--the obvious headline, the misspelling of Reagan's last name, or the shout out to John Stoemer's blockbuster (and howlingly inaccurate) conspiracy-ridden book "None Dare Call it Treason" about the supposedly "treasonous" thread of the US left.
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Aaaaand there it is, folks: Trump’s serious quo for FIFA’s silly quid.
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
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Justice Department moves to drop charges in international soccer corruption case
Federal prosecutors in New York moved to drop charges against former Fox employee Hernan Lopez and Full Play Group, an Argentine sports media rights company.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Aaaaand there it is, folks: Trump’s serious quo for FIFA’s silly quid.
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-mov...
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We made a comic about cats.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We made a comic about cats.
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Letting AI decide whether or not you can get the treatment your real-life doctor thinks you need? Nobody is asking for this. It's an irresponsible dangerous gamble by the Trump Administration.
A new Medicare pilot program is about to launch that will let private companies use AI to review requests for certain medical care — and reward companies when they deny claims.
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Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers • Stateline
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Letting AI decide whether or not you can get the treatment your real-life doctor thinks you need? Nobody is asking for this. It's an irresponsible dangerous gamble by the Trump Administration.
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What the ACTUAL FUCK, Kīlauea?! Go check it out yourself in the livestream right now. 👇 ⚒️🧪 #volcano
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December 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
What the ACTUAL FUCK, Kīlauea?! Go check it out yourself in the livestream right now. 👇 ⚒️🧪 #volcano
www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...
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I worked for Frank Gehry. Because of him, I went to The Simpsons Halloween party, had a key to the Disney Concert Hall, met amazing artists. Frank was wonderful to me. When I left his office, he said you'll do big things, just try to stay out of politics. Sorry, Frank. Your memory is a blessing ❤️
December 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I worked for Frank Gehry. Because of him, I went to The Simpsons Halloween party, had a key to the Disney Concert Hall, met amazing artists. Frank was wonderful to me. When I left his office, he said you'll do big things, just try to stay out of politics. Sorry, Frank. Your memory is a blessing ❤️
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And the UK has awarded Trump the First Universal Commendation Keeper With International Talent award.
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
And the UK has awarded Trump the First Universal Commendation Keeper With International Talent award.
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It was just remarkably grim that they gave her the job to begin with
Olivia Nuzzi and Vanity Fair Will Part Ways
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It was just remarkably grim that they gave her the job to begin with
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King John was not a good man
He had his little ways,
& sometimes no one spoke to him
for days & days & days.
& round about December
The menu for his feast
Which offered all the Christmas feels
& brought on lots of joyful squeals
At one time had 10k eels!
And later that increased.
🗃️🧪
He had his little ways,
& sometimes no one spoke to him
for days & days & days.
& round about December
The menu for his feast
Which offered all the Christmas feels
& brought on lots of joyful squeals
At one time had 10k eels!
And later that increased.
🗃️🧪
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
King John was not a good man
He had his little ways,
& sometimes no one spoke to him
for days & days & days.
& round about December
The menu for his feast
Which offered all the Christmas feels
& brought on lots of joyful squeals
At one time had 10k eels!
And later that increased.
🗃️🧪
He had his little ways,
& sometimes no one spoke to him
for days & days & days.
& round about December
The menu for his feast
Which offered all the Christmas feels
& brought on lots of joyful squeals
At one time had 10k eels!
And later that increased.
🗃️🧪
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The shift to EVs is happening—fast. Manufacturers can either embrace the long-term transition or chase short-term gains by clinging to petrol and diesel.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The shift to EVs is happening—fast. Manufacturers can either embrace the long-term transition or chase short-term gains by clinging to petrol and diesel.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
China is choosing the long view. Many in Europe aren’t. The risk? Ending up with cars no one wants, lost market share, and shuttered factories.
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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Forensics: Science. How 3M Execs Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe. 🧪
www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story
www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
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November 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Forensics: Science. How 3M Execs Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe. 🧪
www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story
www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story
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“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott
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Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
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🟠 This week’s Klaåsĩk Tom the Dancing Bug
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Boca Raton Barbara (1994)
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Boca Raton Barbara (1994)
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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for November 27, 2025 | GoComics
Read Tom the Dancing Bug—a comic strip by creator Ruben Bolling—for today, November 27, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🟠 This week’s Klaåsĩk Tom the Dancing Bug
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Boca Raton Barbara (1994)
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Boca Raton Barbara (1994)
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It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without the annual presentation of "A Very Chagrin Falls Thanksgiving" (2015)
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November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without the annual presentation of "A Very Chagrin Falls Thanksgiving" (2015)
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The beginning of a new Ottoman Empire
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The beginning of a new Ottoman Empire
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Good luck to everyone running the Philadelphia Marathon today!
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Good luck to everyone running the Philadelphia Marathon today!
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Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
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They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Latest comic: Climate Silence
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Latest comic: Climate Silence
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This ⬇️
Think about everything that’s happened since January 2025. Ask yourself which system the Trump administration looks like it is reaching for?
Trump’s actions look a lot like government control, corporate takeovers, and state power creeping into every corner of the economy.
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Trump’s actions look a lot like government control, corporate takeovers, and state power creeping into every corner of the economy.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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