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One thing I’d like: Get a chunk of Acasta Gneiss, the oldest rock in the world that isn’t a single zircon crystal. Then go to a volcano and (very carefully/stupidly) get a still warm, freshly erupted and hardened basalt rock. Then I get to display the oldest and youngest rocks in the world together
January 5, 2026 at 4:22 AM
One thing I’d like: Get a chunk of Acasta Gneiss, the oldest rock in the world that isn’t a single zircon crystal. Then go to a volcano and (very carefully/stupidly) get a still warm, freshly erupted and hardened basalt rock. Then I get to display the oldest and youngest rocks in the world together
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
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Once again, rockets have given "proof through the night" that the United States knows how to celebrate its existence...
NASA moon rockets projected full size onto Washington Monument for America's 250th
The towering image of a full-size Saturn V moon rocket returned to the face of the Washington Monument, this time to mark 250 years since the founding of the United States. The booster was projected a...
www.collectspace.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Once again, rockets have given "proof through the night" that the United States knows how to celebrate its existence...
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Since some people have questioned whether this really happened—or whether such a policy actually exists—here's an auto-generated transcript (with errors) from the voicemail canceling our reservation, and a sign posted next to the front desk when we arrived.
December 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Since some people have questioned whether this really happened—or whether such a policy actually exists—here's an auto-generated transcript (with errors) from the voicemail canceling our reservation, and a sign posted next to the front desk when we arrived.
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The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
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So he wants the war to stop at all cost, but understands that the invading party does not want to stop because if they stop, they might have to start again.
Logic.
Logic.
December 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
So he wants the war to stop at all cost, but understands that the invading party does not want to stop because if they stop, they might have to start again.
Logic.
Logic.
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PUTIN’S “BITCH”
Putin calls Trump right before he meets with Zelensky EVERY TIME.
Putin calls Trump right before he meets with Zelensky EVERY TIME.
December 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
PUTIN’S “BITCH”
Putin calls Trump right before he meets with Zelensky EVERY TIME.
Putin calls Trump right before he meets with Zelensky EVERY TIME.
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If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
December 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever." - Dept. of Education to ProPublica's @megomatz.bsky.social
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
"Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But ... their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated."
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A fungus photo a day: Tiny bonnet mushrooms with frost on them, taken yesterday. Scroll down ⬇️ for two more. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
December 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A fungus photo a day: Tiny bonnet mushrooms with frost on them, taken yesterday. Scroll down ⬇️ for two more. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
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Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
December 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
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The GOP has really leaned in to singling out Somalis for very explicit racism. Ron Johnson and the rest of the party are just loathsome, un-American people.
Ron Johnson: "Understand, Somalis have just been in this country a few years. They're amateurs when it comes to fleecing the federal government."
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The GOP has really leaned in to singling out Somalis for very explicit racism. Ron Johnson and the rest of the party are just loathsome, un-American people.
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President Donald Trump came into office presenting himself as a peace president.
How's that going?
How's that going?
Here are 5 wars Trump started or expanded in 2025
The U.S. military is fighting or preparing to fight in more countries than it was when the self-proclaimed "peace president" took office.
reason.pub
December 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
President Donald Trump came into office presenting himself as a peace president.
How's that going?
How's that going?
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Drugs remain undefeated in the War on Drugs.
From Nixon to Trump, the 'War on Drugs' has been a disaster for Americans' freedom
The Trump administration's chest-pounding approach is costing lives and eroding freedoms.
reason.pub
December 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Drugs remain undefeated in the War on Drugs.
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Apropos of nothing, I remain absolutely fucking disgusted at everyone who looks at what Trump is doing with pardons and concludes, "Well, *obviously*, what we need to do is get rid of executive clemency and remove that last-ditch hope for mercy from our justice system."
December 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Apropos of nothing, I remain absolutely fucking disgusted at everyone who looks at what Trump is doing with pardons and concludes, "Well, *obviously*, what we need to do is get rid of executive clemency and remove that last-ditch hope for mercy from our justice system."
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Guillermo del Toro: "I've taken some liberties in adapting the Mary Shelly novel, I hope everyone understands."
Ishiro Honda: "Frankenstein the deathless will fight a burrowing dinosaur with a glowing horn and radiation breath, signifying mankind will never understand the monsters we create."
Ishiro Honda: "Frankenstein the deathless will fight a burrowing dinosaur with a glowing horn and radiation breath, signifying mankind will never understand the monsters we create."
December 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Guillermo del Toro: "I've taken some liberties in adapting the Mary Shelly novel, I hope everyone understands."
Ishiro Honda: "Frankenstein the deathless will fight a burrowing dinosaur with a glowing horn and radiation breath, signifying mankind will never understand the monsters we create."
Ishiro Honda: "Frankenstein the deathless will fight a burrowing dinosaur with a glowing horn and radiation breath, signifying mankind will never understand the monsters we create."
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Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Update. The ICE supervisor, who is 47, was arrested for domestic violence against his non-citizen partner who he started a relationship when she was 18 and he was 40.
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
www.fox19.com/2025/12/22/i...
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Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
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What an amazing young man. We should all love the weird, awkward children we once were. Bravo.
December 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
What an amazing young man. We should all love the weird, awkward children we once were. Bravo.
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Via Richard Tofel: "What it’s like getting comments these days from the regime in Washington."
"Comments" in this context means giving the people involved in a news story the chance to respond before publication.
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0ac...
Here's a case I found particularly creepy:
"Comments" in this context means giving the people involved in a news story the chance to respond before publication.
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0ac...
Here's a case I found particularly creepy:
December 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Via Richard Tofel: "What it’s like getting comments these days from the regime in Washington."
"Comments" in this context means giving the people involved in a news story the chance to respond before publication.
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0ac...
Here's a case I found particularly creepy:
"Comments" in this context means giving the people involved in a news story the chance to respond before publication.
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0ac...
Here's a case I found particularly creepy:
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Actually, it's exactly the duty of an artist. To take a stand through their art.
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Actually, it's exactly the duty of an artist. To take a stand through their art.
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Wrote about the State Department's made up censorial rationale for banning visas for some folks based on their speech. It's nonsense.
www.ms.now/opinion/marc...
www.ms.now/opinion/marc...
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Wrote about the State Department's made up censorial rationale for banning visas for some folks based on their speech. It's nonsense.
www.ms.now/opinion/marc...
www.ms.now/opinion/marc...
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This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
Trump has revoked legal status for at least 1.6 million immigrants over the past year by cancelling programs like TPS and student visas.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
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