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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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April 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."

Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
March 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

I think of this quote a lot, and moreso recently.
February 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ding dong! She’s dead

Jimmy Buffett can rest easy now.

“And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs
No, no, no”
January 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
RIP
December 30, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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SIMPLY HAVING A
December 14, 2024 at 1:23 PM