JP
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Every republic walks a line—liberty for the vulnerable or power for the mighty. NPR, PBS, and WCPE keep me steady. Gardening grounds me; naps keep me honest. FWIW, I've risen to my level of incompetence. Proceed with caution.
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JP
@jppierce.bsky.social
· Apr 19
John Mellencamp - Pink Houses (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by JohnMellencampVEVO
youtu.be
Pink Houses dropped just as the Reagan revolution kicked into high gear—a secular prophecy wrapped in heartland rock, calling out the hollowing of the American Dream before most even noticed it slipping away.
youtu.be/qOfkpu6749w?...
youtu.be/qOfkpu6749w?...
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The stock market's gains are being overwhelmingly driven by seven Big Tech companies who have invested heavily in AI, which has made tech oligarchs even wealthier.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The stock market's gains are being overwhelmingly driven by seven Big Tech companies who have invested heavily in AI, which has made tech oligarchs even wealthier.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
But when that AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag.
Be warned.
Did ‘ring around the collar’ just vanish? Wild how that used to be a national crisis and now… nothing.
youtu.be/-iHqTHxa5Mg?...
youtu.be/-iHqTHxa5Mg?...
Wisk 'Ring Around The Collar!' Commercial (1979)
YouTube video by Bionic Disco
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Did ‘ring around the collar’ just vanish? Wild how that used to be a national crisis and now… nothing.
youtu.be/-iHqTHxa5Mg?...
youtu.be/-iHqTHxa5Mg?...
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Short legs? There's a solution.
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Short legs? There's a solution.
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the blank document heckling me
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
the blank document heckling me
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We are not a serious country anymore.
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We are not a serious country anymore.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I hear that Catturd and Libs Of TikTok are getting all triggered because Mamdani is going to force NYC schoolkids to learn Arabic numerals.
Well isn't that just tough?? 😎
Suck it up, Loomer!
Well isn't that just tough?? 😎
Suck it up, Loomer!
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I hear that Catturd and Libs Of TikTok are getting all triggered because Mamdani is going to force NYC schoolkids to learn Arabic numerals.
Well isn't that just tough?? 😎
Suck it up, Loomer!
Well isn't that just tough?? 😎
Suck it up, Loomer!
"So when I say the real poverty line is $140,000, I’m being conservative."
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"So when I say the real poverty line is $140,000, I’m being conservative."
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
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A gene therapy co-developed by UCLA's Donald Kohn has restored immune function in 59 children born without the ability to make immune cells, a disease that typically gives them only a few short years of life. With the therapy, they qre now living normal lives. 🧪
Gene therapy helps Virginia 12-year-old battle rare ‘bubble boy' disease
A rare disease that has cut off children from the outside world now potentially has a cure. News4’s Erika Gonzalez spoke to a Virginia family about how gene therapy changed their daughter’s life.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A gene therapy co-developed by UCLA's Donald Kohn has restored immune function in 59 children born without the ability to make immune cells, a disease that typically gives them only a few short years of life. With the therapy, they qre now living normal lives. 🧪
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First Sycamore Gap tree 'offsprings' to be planted. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First Sycamore Gap tree 'offsprings' to be planted
More than half of the 49 saplings grown from the illegally felled tree will be planted in a week.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
First Sycamore Gap tree 'offsprings' to be planted. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Orcas in Mexico are flipping young white sharks upside down to paralyze them. 🦈🧪
This move induces “tonic immobility”, a natural freeze response that renders the sharks temporarily helpless.
This move induces “tonic immobility”, a natural freeze response that renders the sharks temporarily helpless.
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Orcas in Mexico are flipping young white sharks upside down to paralyze them. 🦈🧪
This move induces “tonic immobility”, a natural freeze response that renders the sharks temporarily helpless.
This move induces “tonic immobility”, a natural freeze response that renders the sharks temporarily helpless.
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🧪 Look! Something really happens inside a fusion reactor!
Taming the Edge: Lithium meets fusion plasma on ST40
Watch lithium injected into plasma in our ST40 tokamak - a key step in improving fusion performance. Lithium helps calm energy bursts (ELMs) and boost energy confinement. Our ST40 tokamak is the perfect platform to test future fusion tech.
Watch lithium injected into plasma in our ST40 tokamak - a key step in improving fusion performance. Lithium helps calm energy bursts (ELMs) and boost energy confinement. Our ST40 tokamak is the perfect platform to test future fusion tech.
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🧪 Look! Something really happens inside a fusion reactor!
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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The US ice core research community, with international partners, has recovered valuable records of past climate from the Arctic & Antarctic since the 1950s.
Here is a sampling of cores—including 6,000,000 year old ice via NSF Center for Oldest Ice Exploration—at the NSF Ice Core Facility.
Here is a sampling of cores—including 6,000,000 year old ice via NSF Center for Oldest Ice Exploration—at the NSF Ice Core Facility.
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The US ice core research community, with international partners, has recovered valuable records of past climate from the Arctic & Antarctic since the 1950s.
Here is a sampling of cores—including 6,000,000 year old ice via NSF Center for Oldest Ice Exploration—at the NSF Ice Core Facility.
Here is a sampling of cores—including 6,000,000 year old ice via NSF Center for Oldest Ice Exploration—at the NSF Ice Core Facility.
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MTG’s resignation is that rare political event where I actually do want NYT dispatching hordes of reporters to rural diners to oversample those vibes
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
MTG’s resignation is that rare political event where I actually do want NYT dispatching hordes of reporters to rural diners to oversample those vibes
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November 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Please Don't Go
YouTube video by KC & The Sunshine Band - Topic
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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me and the girls reading the yarvin poem
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
me and the girls reading the yarvin poem
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What makes this a hard 5% pullback to buy is at some point a pullback would be deep enough to break the underlying superstructure and then it gets dicey.
don't forget that the asset based economy is in control. this (or more likely a more substantial drop) is the first phase. the really weak consumption and labor data will come *after* assets fall
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What makes this a hard 5% pullback to buy is at some point a pullback would be deep enough to break the underlying superstructure and then it gets dicey.
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What is your assessment of my daughter's drawing?
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What is your assessment of my daughter's drawing?
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I love our military service members. The doggies are amazing too.🥹
#GoodFeels
#GoodFeels
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I love our military service members. The doggies are amazing too.🥹
#GoodFeels
#GoodFeels