Mark Anderson
@emer.net
Known as @markemer on pretty much everything
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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These debates about accommodations for autistic and ADHD people always seem predicated on the false idea there is some generous but zero-sum basket of resources.
There isn’t.
We’re usually talking about things like extra time, instruction clarification, wearing headphones, or using fidget tools.
There isn’t.
We’re usually talking about things like extra time, instruction clarification, wearing headphones, or using fidget tools.
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
These debates about accommodations for autistic and ADHD people always seem predicated on the false idea there is some generous but zero-sum basket of resources.
There isn’t.
We’re usually talking about things like extra time, instruction clarification, wearing headphones, or using fidget tools.
There isn’t.
We’re usually talking about things like extra time, instruction clarification, wearing headphones, or using fidget tools.
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who amongst us
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
who amongst us
Man I miss the RVA region sometimes. This rules.
Living right.
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Man I miss the RVA region sometimes. This rules.
They do not give you those tests for routine screening. Only if they have a concern for some reason. Like a family history or a history of word salad on TV. Also dude, half your face has a pronounced droop! Why is no one pointing that out!
Trump: "I took my physical. I got all As. Everything. But they said to me, 'would you like to take a cognitive test?' I said, 'Is it hard?' They said, 'yes.' I said, 'Well, I'm a very smart person. Who was the last president to take one?' 'No president has ever agreed to take one' ... I aced it."
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
They do not give you those tests for routine screening. Only if they have a concern for some reason. Like a family history or a history of word salad on TV. Also dude, half your face has a pronounced droop! Why is no one pointing that out!
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New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
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As usual, Glenn’s #SC25 recap is well worth reading
I wrote up my notes from #SC25. Have a look: blog.glennklockwood.com/2025/12/sc25...
I’ll keep picking away at the editing, but would love to hear more from others about what stood out to them. I wasn’t at the conference itself as much this years as in the past, so I know I missed a lot.
#HPC
I’ll keep picking away at the editing, but would love to hear more from others about what stood out to them. I wasn’t at the conference itself as much this years as in the past, so I know I missed a lot.
#HPC
SC'25 recap
The annual SC conference was held last week, drawing over 16,000 registrants and 560 exhibitors to in St. Louis, Missouri to talk ab...
blog.glennklockwood.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
As usual, Glenn’s #SC25 recap is well worth reading
This is my favorite kind of software bug.
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is my favorite kind of software bug.
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Some new evidence that the 911 non-police mobile crisis response program in Eugene, OR is a helpful criminal justice policy
yotamshemtov.github.io/files/cahoot...
yotamshemtov.github.io/files/cahoot...
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Some new evidence that the 911 non-police mobile crisis response program in Eugene, OR is a helpful criminal justice policy
yotamshemtov.github.io/files/cahoot...
yotamshemtov.github.io/files/cahoot...
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He would be guaranteed to say some shit like "I will give you a million dollars to crush this small flower and thus harm the interconnected web of life on the planet" and it would be five straight hours of existential despair
I've done mushrooms several times and I feel strongly that doing them around Mr Beast would be an extremely bad time
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
He would be guaranteed to say some shit like "I will give you a million dollars to crush this small flower and thus harm the interconnected web of life on the planet" and it would be five straight hours of existential despair
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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November 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
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youtuber who does old console ROMhacks for a hobby: i made the n64 do raytracing just to see if i could and it does five thousand FPS or something
triple-A game studio: if you're experiencing stuttering on the lowest settings, consider just not being poor? your graphics card is five months old??
triple-A game studio: if you're experiencing stuttering on the lowest settings, consider just not being poor? your graphics card is five months old??
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
youtuber who does old console ROMhacks for a hobby: i made the n64 do raytracing just to see if i could and it does five thousand FPS or something
triple-A game studio: if you're experiencing stuttering on the lowest settings, consider just not being poor? your graphics card is five months old??
triple-A game studio: if you're experiencing stuttering on the lowest settings, consider just not being poor? your graphics card is five months old??
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Please understand, if you are not in higher ed in the US, that this is a playbook that is so common that instructors brace for it (and you can see that in the feedback to the paper, which for sure took more time than the original submission did, & probably at least one meeting)
My favorite part of this is her contacting the fucking governor first, four hours after getting her essay feedback
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Please understand, if you are not in higher ed in the US, that this is a playbook that is so common that instructors brace for it (and you can see that in the feedback to the paper, which for sure took more time than the original submission did, & probably at least one meeting)
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Yeah. Before the fall, CK's act—and his fandom—rested on the premise that his worst self wasn't his true self. Now it's the opposite, and that's just not interesting as comedy.
He is just generally an alt-right, unrepentantly racist and transphobic piece of shit. He is also a genuinely bad comedian, much in the way that thin-skinned assholes often are 🤷♀️
www.gq.com/story/louis-...
www.gq.com/story/louis-...
Louis C.K. Targets Trans People and Parkland Shooting Survivors in a Leaked Set
He's still trying to make his comeback happen.
www.gq.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yeah. Before the fall, CK's act—and his fandom—rested on the premise that his worst self wasn't his true self. Now it's the opposite, and that's just not interesting as comedy.
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RFK Jr. is against vaccines that have been proven to be safe and effective, because he claims they aren’t tested enough.
At the same time, he promotes supplements and IV peptides that aren’t approved or regulated by the FDA or any other body.
At the same time, he promotes supplements and IV peptides that aren’t approved or regulated by the FDA or any other body.
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
RFK Jr. is against vaccines that have been proven to be safe and effective, because he claims they aren’t tested enough.
At the same time, he promotes supplements and IV peptides that aren’t approved or regulated by the FDA or any other body.
At the same time, he promotes supplements and IV peptides that aren’t approved or regulated by the FDA or any other body.
Good lord, I knew it was coming but this is dangerous nonsense.
Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Good lord, I knew it was coming but this is dangerous nonsense.
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Never forget what they took from us
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Never forget what they took from us
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."