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Today is #NationalTattooDay. Zookeeper Erica's tattoo of tamandua Terra’s snoot is more than just art; it’s a tribute to an animal who left a lasting impression. And Gonzo, our current tamandua, seemed to recognize the connection, giving the tattoo a sweet boop right on Erica’s arm.
July 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Today is #NationalTattooDay. Zookeeper Erica's tattoo of tamandua Terra’s snoot is more than just art; it’s a tribute to an animal who left a lasting impression. And Gonzo, our current tamandua, seemed to recognize the connection, giving the tattoo a sweet boop right on Erica’s arm.
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1. The most important point in this article is the 20% study group prevalence of anosognosia: having cognitive dysfunction but not being aware of it.
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Profiles of Individuals With Long COVID Reporting Persistent Cognitive Complaints
AbstractObjective. A subset of COVID-19 patients continues to experience cognitive difficulties 24 months post-infection. The factors driving these symptom
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July 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
1. The most important point in this article is the 20% study group prevalence of anosognosia: having cognitive dysfunction but not being aware of it.
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I had to dig out the Drugs That Are A Problem With MCAS paper again for my effort to systemically classify my antibiotic reactions into "kinda tolerable if I really have to" vs "absolutely the fuck not"; if it's useful for anyone else, it's www.aaaai.org/Aaaai/media/...
www.aaaai.org
July 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I had to dig out the Drugs That Are A Problem With MCAS paper again for my effort to systemically classify my antibiotic reactions into "kinda tolerable if I really have to" vs "absolutely the fuck not"; if it's useful for anyone else, it's www.aaaai.org/Aaaai/media/...
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Ever since I was a kid, I *thought* something about the "Star Wars" movies was true, but I never actually got around to testing my theory. Now, decades later, I'm testing it and… it seems totally valid (and cool!). Pretty sure it's not been talked about. Coming soon.
July 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Ever since I was a kid, I *thought* something about the "Star Wars" movies was true, but I never actually got around to testing my theory. Now, decades later, I'm testing it and… it seems totally valid (and cool!). Pretty sure it's not been talked about. Coming soon.
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I made a bunch of ceramic worry stones ! Each one has a different animal and a little quote ^^
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July 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I made a bunch of ceramic worry stones ! Each one has a different animal and a little quote ^^
www.kness.fr/en/produit/c...
www.kness.fr/en/produit/c...
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Billionaire Marc Andreessen, who calls for our National Science Foundation to receive the "death penalty", owes his fortune to...the National Science Foundation. It funded the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) where employee Andreessen helped develop the first web browser. 1/
"The investor described a 'counterattack' against universities in his messages and called for the National Science Foundation, a federal research funding agency, to receive 'the bureaucratic death penalty.'" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreesen says universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI
Tech investor and Trump adviser Marc Andreessen in a private group chat attacked colleges for promoting diversity, saying they had discriminated against “native born kids.”
www.washingtonpost.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Billionaire Marc Andreessen, who calls for our National Science Foundation to receive the "death penalty", owes his fortune to...the National Science Foundation. It funded the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) where employee Andreessen helped develop the first web browser. 1/
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Ume has the zoomies! 🏎️
Baby Ume just explored the large waterfall habitat with her mom, Yuna, for the very first time. The 252-pound tapir calf swam, zoomied, snuffled through the grass, chomped on sticks and snacks, and chirped with pure tapir joy. 💗
Baby Ume just explored the large waterfall habitat with her mom, Yuna, for the very first time. The 252-pound tapir calf swam, zoomied, snuffled through the grass, chomped on sticks and snacks, and chirped with pure tapir joy. 💗
July 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Ume has the zoomies! 🏎️
Baby Ume just explored the large waterfall habitat with her mom, Yuna, for the very first time. The 252-pound tapir calf swam, zoomied, snuffled through the grass, chomped on sticks and snacks, and chirped with pure tapir joy. 💗
Baby Ume just explored the large waterfall habitat with her mom, Yuna, for the very first time. The 252-pound tapir calf swam, zoomied, snuffled through the grass, chomped on sticks and snacks, and chirped with pure tapir joy. 💗
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State officials say Caledonia County appears to have suffered the worst damage from Thursday’s flash floods. And nowhere took a harder beating than the small town of Sutton, where multiple homes were severely damaged or destroyed.
Flooded again, Sutton residents return to damaged homes
Roughly 20 homes in Sutton remained cut off from road access as of Friday, according to Kyle Seymour, the town fire chief.
www.vermontpublic.org
July 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
State officials say Caledonia County appears to have suffered the worst damage from Thursday’s flash floods. And nowhere took a harder beating than the small town of Sutton, where multiple homes were severely damaged or destroyed.
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no, I said I wanted a tradewife. like a union electrician
July 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
no, I said I wanted a tradewife. like a union electrician
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Doggos work in progress 🐶
July 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Doggos work in progress 🐶
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Thursday's flooding wreaked havoc on Sutton’s homes, roads, culverts and ditches — after the town had spent millions on repairs from the previous years’ flooding.
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
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July 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Thursday's flooding wreaked havoc on Sutton’s homes, roads, culverts and ditches — after the town had spent millions on repairs from the previous years’ flooding.
www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
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beep boop it is too warm disengaging all thought
July 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
beep boop it is too warm disengaging all thought
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Do you have games on your phone ?
July 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Do you have games on your phone ?
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This is because of the Online Safety Act, and UK folks had better get used to doing this because every site on the internet that "is likely to be accessed by children" and has users in the UK will be doing this as of 25 July; that's Ofcom's deadline.
Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
Bluesky users in the UK can verify their age using their face, ID, or payment card.
www.theverge.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is because of the Online Safety Act, and UK folks had better get used to doing this because every site on the internet that "is likely to be accessed by children" and has users in the UK will be doing this as of 25 July; that's Ofcom's deadline.
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When techbros say they dream of a surveillance state, believe them. As expected: the company installing surveillance towers in the US will be Anduril (Lord of the Rings name, Peter Thiel investment). The one consolidating all your data and picking ICE targets: Palantir (LoTR name, Thiel founded). 1/
NEW: Buried inside the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is $6 billion for border security tech, including surveillance towers. CBP just confirmed to me that this surveillance tower money can *only* go to Anduril, the Trump-friendly military contractor. theintercept.com/2025/07/09/t...
Trump’s Big Beautiful Gift to Anduril
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act requires all new border surveillance towers to be certified "autonomous." Only Anduril's fit the bill.
theintercept.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
When techbros say they dream of a surveillance state, believe them. As expected: the company installing surveillance towers in the US will be Anduril (Lord of the Rings name, Peter Thiel investment). The one consolidating all your data and picking ICE targets: Palantir (LoTR name, Thiel founded). 1/
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The WSJ put out a nice graphic showing how Palantir, Anduril, and other techbro companies had salted loyalists salted through the executive branch, ready to hand them contracts. But this provision benefitting Anduril was written into a law directly. Ask: who inserted it? 5/
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Here's Palmer Lucky, CEO of the Thiel-funded defense firm Anduril, a summary, and an unpaywalled link. Don't underestimate the corruption. It's not a coincidence that last night CBS ran a 60 Minutes show that was an hour-long infomercial for Anduril drones and weapons. 3/
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July 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The WSJ put out a nice graphic showing how Palantir, Anduril, and other techbro companies had salted loyalists salted through the executive branch, ready to hand them contracts. But this provision benefitting Anduril was written into a law directly. Ask: who inserted it? 5/
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The people getting no-bid contracts to surveil US citizens and take our data are a very small set of highly connected Silicon Valley techbros revolving around Peter Thiel, who has been seeking to end US democracy since about 2009. We must acknowledge the danger here. 4/
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Exactly as predicted, now that DOGE has scraped all your personal data from government agencies, it's all being given to Peter Thiel's Palantir. It was always going to be Peter, who has dreamed of dictatorship for decades, patiently built his "political project". 1/
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
July 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The people getting no-bid contracts to surveil US citizens and take our data are a very small set of highly connected Silicon Valley techbros revolving around Peter Thiel, who has been seeking to end US democracy since about 2009. We must acknowledge the danger here. 4/
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A red stoneware bowl with white rats, that is all.
Also it's available, if you ever wanted a red bowl with white rats, I bet there aren't too many of those around, or maybe there is ?
Also it's available, if you ever wanted a red bowl with white rats, I bet there aren't too many of those around, or maybe there is ?
July 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A red stoneware bowl with white rats, that is all.
Also it's available, if you ever wanted a red bowl with white rats, I bet there aren't too many of those around, or maybe there is ?
Also it's available, if you ever wanted a red bowl with white rats, I bet there aren't too many of those around, or maybe there is ?
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
July 8,1947
July 8,1947
July 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
July 8,1947
July 8,1947
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i know people have done the "low background steel" joke about ai generated content
but i think i'm moving on to leaded and unleaded & i don't just mean lead poisoning
it's more the way "lead free" or "no mercury" are all over technology today, after we casually poisoned a generation
but i think i'm moving on to leaded and unleaded & i don't just mean lead poisoning
it's more the way "lead free" or "no mercury" are all over technology today, after we casually poisoned a generation
July 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
i know people have done the "low background steel" joke about ai generated content
but i think i'm moving on to leaded and unleaded & i don't just mean lead poisoning
it's more the way "lead free" or "no mercury" are all over technology today, after we casually poisoned a generation
but i think i'm moving on to leaded and unleaded & i don't just mean lead poisoning
it's more the way "lead free" or "no mercury" are all over technology today, after we casually poisoned a generation
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the whiplash from "a subscription model for an electric juicer? typical"
to "better learn to use the new juicer! here's what i've learned!"
and it's a file with "please make juice don't be racist, juice must be drinkable. NO POISON"
plus dismissing the reddit posts about the metallic taste
to "better learn to use the new juicer! here's what i've learned!"
and it's a file with "please make juice don't be racist, juice must be drinkable. NO POISON"
plus dismissing the reddit posts about the metallic taste
July 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
the whiplash from "a subscription model for an electric juicer? typical"
to "better learn to use the new juicer! here's what i've learned!"
and it's a file with "please make juice don't be racist, juice must be drinkable. NO POISON"
plus dismissing the reddit posts about the metallic taste
to "better learn to use the new juicer! here's what i've learned!"
and it's a file with "please make juice don't be racist, juice must be drinkable. NO POISON"
plus dismissing the reddit posts about the metallic taste
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New animal pattern washi tape + classic washi tape restock 🩵 I love them all and can’t pick a favorite ^^
July 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New animal pattern washi tape + classic washi tape restock 🩵 I love them all and can’t pick a favorite ^^