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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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"The extreme heat and drought affecting Tehran this year were exceptional in both magnitude and duration. Events of this kind are projected to become more frequent in the future around this region as the climate warms."
Why Tehran Is Running Out of Water
Because of shifting storms and sweltering summers, Iran’s capital faces a future “Day Zero” when the taps run dry.
www.wired.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"The extreme heat and drought affecting Tehran this year were exceptional in both magnitude and duration. Events of this kind are projected to become more frequent in the future around this region as the climate warms."
Anyone with an internationally adopted kid or gave birth while serving the USG abroad has got to see this and be really nervous about their kid's safety
"Where were you born" can be a very complicated story and doesn't have as much to do with citizenship status as it's implied.
wapo.st/48WU4RW
"Where were you born" can be a very complicated story and doesn't have as much to do with citizenship status as it's implied.
wapo.st/48WU4RW
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
wapo.st
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Anyone with an internationally adopted kid or gave birth while serving the USG abroad has got to see this and be really nervous about their kid's safety
"Where were you born" can be a very complicated story and doesn't have as much to do with citizenship status as it's implied.
wapo.st/48WU4RW
"Where were you born" can be a very complicated story and doesn't have as much to do with citizenship status as it's implied.
wapo.st/48WU4RW
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*More than half of the GOP believe the 2020 election outcome was the result of fraud
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
December 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
*More than half of the GOP believe the 2020 election outcome was the result of fraud
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
Seems bad.
The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that the Chernobyl sarcophagus, built to prevent radioactive release from the melted reactor and damaged in a drone strike this February, has "lost its primary safety functions, including the confinement capability." www.iaea.org/newscenter/p...
Update 331 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine | IAEA
An IAEA team is criss-crossing Ukraine this month to assess the status of electrical substations critical for nuclear safety and security, following recent military attacks targeting energy infrastruc...
www.iaea.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Seems bad.
Glad my wife made me think about life in my 70s to get me here. Being a dad is one of the best things out there.
"Single dads by choice are rare, but their numbers appear to be growing. For some, fatherhood is an answer to questions about modern masculinity"
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
"Single dads by choice are rare, but their numbers appear to be growing. For some, fatherhood is an answer to questions about modern masculinity"
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
The Growing Cohort of Single Dads by Choice
For some men, fatherhood is an answer to questions about modern masculinity.
www.theatlantic.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Glad my wife made me think about life in my 70s to get me here. Being a dad is one of the best things out there.
"Single dads by choice are rare, but their numbers appear to be growing. For some, fatherhood is an answer to questions about modern masculinity"
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
"Single dads by choice are rare, but their numbers appear to be growing. For some, fatherhood is an answer to questions about modern masculinity"
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
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Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Mildly surprised there's even an IG to write and release this report.
Wonder how long that lasts.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Wonder how long that lasts.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Pentagon Report: Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
The inspector general finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Mildly surprised there's even an IG to write and release this report.
Wonder how long that lasts.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Wonder how long that lasts.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Brief recap:
On Friday, the WaPo reported that SecDef Hegseth personally ordered the execution of helpless survivors of a military attack, literally the definition of a war crime.
Since then, no other outlet has been to able to replicate that reporting, even though they’d love to. (1/2)
On Friday, the WaPo reported that SecDef Hegseth personally ordered the execution of helpless survivors of a military attack, literally the definition of a war crime.
Since then, no other outlet has been to able to replicate that reporting, even though they’d love to. (1/2)
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Brief recap:
On Friday, the WaPo reported that SecDef Hegseth personally ordered the execution of helpless survivors of a military attack, literally the definition of a war crime.
Since then, no other outlet has been to able to replicate that reporting, even though they’d love to. (1/2)
On Friday, the WaPo reported that SecDef Hegseth personally ordered the execution of helpless survivors of a military attack, literally the definition of a war crime.
Since then, no other outlet has been to able to replicate that reporting, even though they’d love to. (1/2)
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“In the first US study looking at whether the recommended fluoride levels in drinking water affects brain function, researchers found that the hot-button mineral has no negative impacts on cognition – and may actually be giving it a boost.”
They are trying to dumb-down America.
flip.it/sH5foh
They are trying to dumb-down America.
flip.it/sH5foh
Fluoride and the brain: Largest US study ever unearths surprise new link
In the first US study looking at whether the recommended fluoride levels in drinking water affects brain function, researchers have found that the hot-button mineral has no negative impacts on cogniti...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“In the first US study looking at whether the recommended fluoride levels in drinking water affects brain function, researchers found that the hot-button mineral has no negative impacts on cognition – and may actually be giving it a boost.”
They are trying to dumb-down America.
flip.it/sH5foh
They are trying to dumb-down America.
flip.it/sH5foh
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When I told people in California that I was moving back to Chicago they'd typically say something like: But what about the weather?
The thing is, I love Chicago in the winter.
The thing is, I love Chicago in the winter.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
When I told people in California that I was moving back to Chicago they'd typically say something like: But what about the weather?
The thing is, I love Chicago in the winter.
The thing is, I love Chicago in the winter.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
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"Babybel, which makes those wax-covered cheese bites, is replacing the plastic wrapper around the cheese with paper overwraps . . . ultimately save 850 tons of plastic and 2,500 tons of carbon dioxide annually . . . one of their two factories in France produces 10 million cheese bites daily."
Say cheese: How Babybel is commercializing its plastic-to-paper makeover
Bel Group is spending millions to adapt its global production lines to handle the fiber substrate instead of biobased plastic, said the VP of research, innovation and development. But the signature re...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"Babybel, which makes those wax-covered cheese bites, is replacing the plastic wrapper around the cheese with paper overwraps . . . ultimately save 850 tons of plastic and 2,500 tons of carbon dioxide annually . . . one of their two factories in France produces 10 million cheese bites daily."
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National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
Mildly concerning thought: Is it inherently obvious that China's LLMs will exceed the rest because they inherently have more training data?
The only thing that prevents this from being true is compute and time?
The fractured nature of the West & difference in data means its only a matter of time.
The only thing that prevents this from being true is compute and time?
The fractured nature of the West & difference in data means its only a matter of time.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Mildly concerning thought: Is it inherently obvious that China's LLMs will exceed the rest because they inherently have more training data?
The only thing that prevents this from being true is compute and time?
The fractured nature of the West & difference in data means its only a matter of time.
The only thing that prevents this from being true is compute and time?
The fractured nature of the West & difference in data means its only a matter of time.
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This 👇
My thoughts on the latest civ-mil fracas: "the American military cannot save us from the politicians we elect to high office...the proper role for our military is political inertness. However well-meaning, to encourage them to be otherwise is further pulling them into the political fray.”
www.aei.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This 👇
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A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
Is anyone on either platform honestly surprised by this? Probably. *Sigh*
"Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
"Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Is anyone on either platform honestly surprised by this? Probably. *Sigh*
"Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
"Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...