@jakemerkowitz.bsky.social
Holy shit - 30 years of prescience m.youtube.com/watch?v=jNZH...
Things Of Stone & Wood - Wildflowers (official music video)
YouTube video by Brazen Upstarts
m.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Holy shit - 30 years of prescience m.youtube.com/watch?v=jNZH...
@miriamanzovin.bsky.social Hey Miriam, you see this discussion about Unicode for multi-eyed seraphim? (I refuse to unlock my Threads account so I’ll just drag it over here.) www.threads.com/@robhameetma...
Rob Hameetman (@robhameetman) on Threads
best unicode character is "ꙮ" without a doubt. used one time in a single 15th century manuscript to emphasize "many-eyed seraphim" and unicode thought it was really important that we can type that whe...
www.threads.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@miriamanzovin.bsky.social Hey Miriam, you see this discussion about Unicode for multi-eyed seraphim? (I refuse to unlock my Threads account so I’ll just drag it over here.) www.threads.com/@robhameetma...
FUCKING COWARDLY PIECES OF SHIT! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
Senate Approves Trump’s Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
FUCKING COWARDLY PIECES OF SHIT! www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
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Following public false claims on autism causation and attacks on science, INSAR has released a statement that people are “born with autism”
www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
April 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Following public false claims on autism causation and attacks on science, INSAR has released a statement that people are “born with autism”
www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
The real Paleo diet: 780,000-Year-Old Discovery Reveals That Early Humans Thrived on a Plant-Based Diet
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780,000-Year-Old Discovery Reveals That Early Humans Thrived on a Plant-Based Diet
A groundbreaking study led by Bar-Ilan University reveals that starch-rich plants played a central role in the diet of ancient hunter-gatherers. A new archaeological study along the Jordan River, just...
scitechdaily.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The real Paleo diet: 780,000-Year-Old Discovery Reveals That Early Humans Thrived on a Plant-Based Diet
scitechdaily.com/780000-year-...
scitechdaily.com/780000-year-...
Why Scientists Are Turning to Oysters to Fight Drug-Resistant Superbugs
www.foodandwine.com/oyster-blood...
www.foodandwine.com/oyster-blood...
How Oysters Can Help Solve One of Medicine’s Biggest Problems
Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent threats in modern medicine. But scientists are looking to oysters for help, thanks to their powerful immune proteins, which work synergistically with...
www.foodandwine.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Why Scientists Are Turning to Oysters to Fight Drug-Resistant Superbugs
www.foodandwine.com/oyster-blood...
www.foodandwine.com/oyster-blood...
Researchers Identify New Blood Group After 50 Year Mystery
www.sciencealert.com/researchers-...
www.sciencealert.com/researchers-...
Researchers Identify New Blood Group After 50 Year Mystery
When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, doctors discovered it was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood cells at the time.
www.sciencealert.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Researchers Identify New Blood Group After 50 Year Mystery
www.sciencealert.com/researchers-...
www.sciencealert.com/researchers-...
In the case files of Nature Finds A Way (😮) www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
Diagnostic dilemma: Teen's improbable pregnancy occurred after oral sex
A teen girl with abdominal pain learned she was pregnant and had conceived under extremely unusual circumstances.
www.livescience.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In the case files of Nature Finds A Way (😮) www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Seriously?! Russia, leave Chornobyl alone!
Russian drone damages sarcophagus over Chornobyl reactor 4 site.
uk.news.yahoo.com/chernobyl-sh...
Russian drone damages sarcophagus over Chornobyl reactor 4 site.
uk.news.yahoo.com/chernobyl-sh...
Chernobyl shelter takes 'significant damage' in Russian missile strike - Zelenskyy
The shelter covering reactor four at the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been 'significantly' damaged by a Russian missile strike, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said
uk.news.yahoo.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Seriously?! Russia, leave Chornobyl alone!
Russian drone damages sarcophagus over Chornobyl reactor 4 site.
uk.news.yahoo.com/chernobyl-sh...
Russian drone damages sarcophagus over Chornobyl reactor 4 site.
uk.news.yahoo.com/chernobyl-sh...
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Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad.
A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.
www.businessinsider.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
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DOGE working with two Trump health appointees to examine Medicare and Medicaid books - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
DOGE working with two Trump health appointees to examine Medicare and Medicaid books
The Trump political appointees are leading the agency's "collaboration" with Elon Musk's team.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
DOGE working with two Trump health appointees to examine Medicare and Medicaid books - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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Rep. Riley Moore says Republicans are looking to pay for more tax cuts with cuts to mandatory spending -- that is, Social Security and Medicare
February 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Rep. Riley Moore says Republicans are looking to pay for more tax cuts with cuts to mandatory spending -- that is, Social Security and Medicare
Glorifying ignorance leads to science illiteracy (and historical illiteracy… and this illiteracy… and that illiteracy… and all the illiteracies, really (it should be obvious but sometimes it does need to be stated explicitly.))
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
How glorifying ignorance leads to science illiteracy
If we wish to tackle the very real problems society faces, we require expert-level knowledge. Valuing it starts earlier than we realize.
bigthink.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Glorifying ignorance leads to science illiteracy (and historical illiteracy… and this illiteracy… and that illiteracy… and all the illiteracies, really (it should be obvious but sometimes it does need to be stated explicitly.))
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
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“On Wednesday, Musk shared a faked video claiming USAID had sponsored celebrity visits to Ukraine. Darren Linvill of Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub told NBC News the video was manufactured Russian propaganda.”
@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social on the origins of right’s USAID attacks
@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social on the origins of right’s USAID attacks
How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“On Wednesday, Musk shared a faked video claiming USAID had sponsored celebrity visits to Ukraine. Darren Linvill of Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub told NBC News the video was manufactured Russian propaganda.”
@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social on the origins of right’s USAID attacks
@brandyzadrozny.bsky.social on the origins of right’s USAID attacks
Dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine are used in emotional word processing in unusual parts of the brain.
neurosciencenews.com/dopamine-ser...
neurosciencenews.com/dopamine-ser...
Dopamine and Serotonin Drive Emotional Word Processing - Neuroscience News
Researchers have uncovered how neurotransmitters in the brain respond to the emotional content of language, shedding light on the intersection of emotion, cognition, and communication.
neurosciencenews.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine are used in emotional word processing in unusual parts of the brain.
neurosciencenews.com/dopamine-ser...
neurosciencenews.com/dopamine-ser...
Dad’s genes can hijack mom’s body to make for bigger babies (exceptions may apply…)
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scitechdaily.com/unborn-babie...
Unborn Babies Use Genes From Dad to “Remote-Control” Mothers for Extra Food
Scientists at Cambridge have unveiled a fascinating mechanism where fetuses use a paternal gene to control the mother's nutrient release during pregnancy. This "remote control" system involves hormona...
scitechdaily.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Dad’s genes can hijack mom’s body to make for bigger babies (exceptions may apply…)
scitechdaily.com/unborn-babie...
scitechdaily.com/unborn-babie...
@janecoaston.bsky.social If you need a distraction, the Reacher Season 3 trailer came out, now with Bigger-Than-Reacher baddie. youtu.be/mCFXvDeUoi0?...
REACHER Season 3 - Official Trailer | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
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January 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
@janecoaston.bsky.social If you need a distraction, the Reacher Season 3 trailer came out, now with Bigger-Than-Reacher baddie. youtu.be/mCFXvDeUoi0?...
Anthropology:
December 5, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Anthropology:
iVerify: New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
www.wired.com/story/iverif...
www.wired.com/story/iverif...
A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
The mobile device security firm iVerify has been offering a tool since May that makes spyware scanning accessible to anyone—and it’s already turning up victims.
www.wired.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:43 PM
iVerify: New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
www.wired.com/story/iverif...
www.wired.com/story/iverif...
December 1, 2024 at 11:42 AM
The great lesson in the grammar and usage of the word “fuck.” Quarter-century since first hearing this. Preserved for posterity (and so I can close a browser tab.) Without further ado: archive.org/details/Jack...
The Word Fuck (Jack Wagner) : Historical / Jack Wagner : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This audio sketch about the proper usage of the word fuck is often falsely attributed to Monty Python. It is a historical recording by the Voice of...
archive.org
November 23, 2024 at 7:55 PM
The great lesson in the grammar and usage of the word “fuck.” Quarter-century since first hearing this. Preserved for posterity (and so I can close a browser tab.) Without further ado: archive.org/details/Jack...
Greek archeology:
November 18, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Greek archeology: