dr. nick
@drsicknellers.bsky.social
Footy enthusiast, CFB sicko, occasional academic
President Trump will welcome authoritarian leader who ordered dismemberment of journalist and coddle him with presents. Fixed that for you @nytimes.com.
President Trump will welcome Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to the White House on Tuesday. The president is offering the crown prince fighter jets, a nuclear agreement and other deals. Here's what to know.
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
President Trump will welcome authoritarian leader who ordered dismemberment of journalist and coddle him with presents. Fixed that for you @nytimes.com.
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STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?
MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement
STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement
MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement
STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?
MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement
STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement
MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement
STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement
Is it Dab-over at Clemson?
September 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Is it Dab-over at Clemson?
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Just a reminder - you don't *have* to post anything
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a reminder - you don't *have* to post anything
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The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
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They believed no big news would happen, because Nick Castellanos hadn't hit a home run in a while. But they were all of them deceived, for another Castellanos was made
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
They believed no big news would happen, because Nick Castellanos hadn't hit a home run in a while. But they were all of them deceived, for another Castellanos was made
🥹🥹🥹
Florida State legends Peter Warrick and Dalvin Cook were on the sidelines for Tommy Castellanos' first TD as a Seminole 🔥
August 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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"These devastating reductions will result in an estimated 18 million children losing access to free school meals." good Lord
As our kids head back to school, it’s important to help raise up the impact of this administration on them. Thanks @neapresident.bsky.social #momsky time.com/7308619/trum...
Trump’s Tax Bill Will Starve Public Schools. Kids are Next
An estimated 18 million kids could lose access to free school meals because of Trump's tax bill.
time.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"These devastating reductions will result in an estimated 18 million children losing access to free school meals." good Lord
Obviously this is part of a long running rise in anti-intellectualism, but I will never understand how things like cancer research became a partisan issue. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research. www.wired.com/story/how-tr...
How Trump Killed Cancer Research
Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research.
www.wired.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Obviously this is part of a long running rise in anti-intellectualism, but I will never understand how things like cancer research became a partisan issue. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
Whew…doesn’t get much worse than that
July 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Whew…doesn’t get much worse than that
Nah we still out here
During the past decade, the study of English and history at the collegiate level has fallen by a full third. What’s going on?
The End of the English Major
Enrollment in the humanities is in free fall at colleges around the country. What happened?
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Nah we still out here
Reading this as “less tethered to reality”
xAI updated Grok to be more ‘politically incorrect’ www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
xAI updated Grok to be more ‘politically incorrect’
After a wild weekend, Elon Musk is playing woke-a-mole with his own chatbot.
www.theverge.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Reading this as “less tethered to reality”
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NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
Knives, bullets and thieves: the quest for food in Gaza
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
n.pr
July 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NPR's Gaza producer faced Israeli military fire, private U.S. contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead and masked thieves as he tried to get food from a U.S.-supported group.
By Anas Baba
By Anas Baba
good for them and would love to see more bands do this.
Deerhoof are leaving Spotify over CEO Daniel Ek's investment in an AI military startup: "We don’t want our music killing people. We don’t want our success being tied to AI battle tech."
Deerhoof Leaving Spotify Over CEO's Investment In AI Military Startup
In addition to being the CEO of Spotify, Daniel Ek is also the chairman of Helsing, a German defense technology company that develops AI software designed to enhance military weapons and equipment. Ea...
www.stereogum.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
good for them and would love to see more bands do this.
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
How do sycophants like this sleep at night? Say things like this with a straight face? I’m no saint but I can’t imagine being this morally bankrupt.
Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents
June 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
How do sycophants like this sleep at night? Say things like this with a straight face? I’m no saint but I can’t imagine being this morally bankrupt.
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
Yeah this summarizes the issue pretty succinctly
Dem senator: Please, protestors, there are better ways to oppose the president
Voters: Like not voting for his nominees?
Dem senator: haha no no no. No. What I mean is we are writing a rap
Voters: Like not voting for his nominees?
Dem senator: haha no no no. No. What I mean is we are writing a rap
June 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Yeah this summarizes the issue pretty succinctly
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I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
Truly the dumbest timeline
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the country after Utah to implement a statewide ban on the mineral.
Florida becomes second state to ban fluoride in tap water under DeSantis-backed law
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a measure that prohibits local governments from adding fluoride to water systems.
cbsn.ws
May 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Truly the dumbest timeline
And what are they getting in return?
Breaking News: President Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar that he will use as Air Force One and will keep using after he leaves office. The plan — involving possibly the biggest foreign gift ever received by the U.S. government — raises substantial ethical issues.
Trump Is to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
And what are they getting in return?
Not my father-in-law wishing my sister-in-law “Happy Dog Mom Day” in the family group chat, like that is in any way equivalent to my wife being the mother to his only grandchild 🙃🙃🙃
May 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Not my father-in-law wishing my sister-in-law “Happy Dog Mom Day” in the family group chat, like that is in any way equivalent to my wife being the mother to his only grandchild 🙃🙃🙃
Pursue your passions the same way a food subscription service pursues a customer that’s recently cancelled: to the ends of the Earth
May 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Pursue your passions the same way a food subscription service pursues a customer that’s recently cancelled: to the ends of the Earth
Hmmm, doesn’t seem ideal
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hmmm, doesn’t seem ideal