Xephyr
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I want to produce 20x20 sheets of thick blue plastic with grommets on the edges, and a giant image of Admiral Akbar filling the space.
February 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I want to produce 20x20 sheets of thick blue plastic with grommets on the edges, and a giant image of Admiral Akbar filling the space.
The brilliant and talented Rachelle Meyer shares a new web comic where she peers into a not-so-distant future.
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Welcome to the Class of Project 2025!
A satirical webcomic that hits a little too close to home(room)
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February 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The brilliant and talented Rachelle Meyer shares a new web comic where she peers into a not-so-distant future.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
In the context of trying to understand our current swing toward oligarchy, here's a vertical slice through history showing how the pivoting between egalitarianism and oligarchy, all in the best of intentions, have brought us here.
unexaminedglitch.com/how-the-fiel...
unexaminedglitch.com/how-the-fiel...
How the Field of Psychology Almost Destroyed the World - UnexaminedGlitch
Part 1: Atomic Bombs So long as national States exist and fight each other, only inefficiency can preserve the human race. To improve the fighting quality of separate States without having any means o...
unexaminedglitch.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In the context of trying to understand our current swing toward oligarchy, here's a vertical slice through history showing how the pivoting between egalitarianism and oligarchy, all in the best of intentions, have brought us here.
unexaminedglitch.com/how-the-fiel...
unexaminedglitch.com/how-the-fiel...
For anyone who wants to make a difference with the unhoused, learning how to find them and interact with them is vital. Here, reporters are giving advice on how to report on relevant topics, but this same information can be used to coordinate networking and community outreach.
NEW: Homelessness is at a record high, and there are many investigative stories to tell. We’ve compiled some of the tips and lessons we learned from our sources for other reporters pursuing this coverage.
Want to Report on Homelessness? Here’s What Our Sources Taught Us About Engaging Responsibly.
Homelessness is at a record high, and there are many investigative stories to tell. We’ve compiled some of the tips and lessons we learned from our sources for other reporters pursuing this coverage.
propub.li
February 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For anyone who wants to make a difference with the unhoused, learning how to find them and interact with them is vital. Here, reporters are giving advice on how to report on relevant topics, but this same information can be used to coordinate networking and community outreach.
I wonder if the passenger list of that DC commuter flight has any of Twitler's enemies on it?
January 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I wonder if the passenger list of that DC commuter flight has any of Twitler's enemies on it?
What happened to the Senate? Did all those guys lose their balls or what? It's like they've all forgotten their jobs.
January 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
What happened to the Senate? Did all those guys lose their balls or what? It's like they've all forgotten their jobs.
"Conclusions: James Bond has a severe chronic alcohol problem. He should consider seeking professional help and find other strategies for managing on-the-job stress."
www.mja.com.au/journal/2018...
www.mja.com.au/journal/2018...
Licence to swill: James Bond’s drinking over six decades
Bond should seek professional help and find alternatives to drinking for managing on-the-job stress
www.mja.com.au
January 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Conclusions: James Bond has a severe chronic alcohol problem. He should consider seeking professional help and find other strategies for managing on-the-job stress."
www.mja.com.au/journal/2018...
www.mja.com.au/journal/2018...
Monopolies have been an increasing problem in the US. Here's an example with fire trucks, but the principle is repeated with nearly everything we use. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?
During the LA fires, dozens of fire trucks sat in the boneyard, waiting for repairs the city couldn't afford. Why? A private equity roll-up made replacing and repairing those trucks much pricier.
www.thebignewsletter.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Monopolies have been an increasing problem in the US. Here's an example with fire trucks, but the principle is repeated with nearly everything we use. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/did-a-priv...
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"Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen."
— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
January 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen."
— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
It is immoral to tax the incomes of those dependent on welfare.
January 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It is immoral to tax the incomes of those dependent on welfare.
How do I make sure the things I do don't help fascists?
January 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
How do I make sure the things I do don't help fascists?
Sociologist Rachel Lovell and her colleagues published studies that revealed that the FBI’s methods of detecting dangerous rapists and killers had been wildly off target and based on junk science.
www.jezebel.com/how-rape-kit...
www.jezebel.com/how-rape-kit...
How Rape Kits Debunked Junk Science Like Behavioral Profiling
In her new book, The Secret History of the Rape Kit, Pagan Kennedy charts the history of how it changed how law enforcement understands and investigates sexual assault.
www.jezebel.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sociologist Rachel Lovell and her colleagues published studies that revealed that the FBI’s methods of detecting dangerous rapists and killers had been wildly off target and based on junk science.
www.jezebel.com/how-rape-kit...
www.jezebel.com/how-rape-kit...
Consider the possibility that the development of life in the universe happens everywhere, all the time.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Luca is the progenitor of all life on Earth. But its genesis has implications far beyond our planet
New research into the single-celled organism is providing clues about what the early planet looked like – and raising the prospect that we may not be alone in the universe
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Consider the possibility that the development of life in the universe happens everywhere, all the time.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
It is immoral to profit on the misfortune of others.
January 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It is immoral to profit on the misfortune of others.
It is immoral to place profit over lives.
January 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It is immoral to place profit over lives.
It is immoral to profit on the illness of others.
January 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It is immoral to profit on the illness of others.
Once I imagined Batman was more realistic than Superman, but today I'd sooner bet on Adonis from another star saving us before a billionaire cared about a stranger.
January 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Once I imagined Batman was more realistic than Superman, but today I'd sooner bet on Adonis from another star saving us before a billionaire cared about a stranger.
Here's another clue that we should be honoring the contributions of our Neanderthal ancestors, not imagining that they were inferior to us in some way.
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Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals
A new DNA analysis has shown that the arrival of modern humans from Africa was far from smooth.
www.bbc.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Here's another clue that we should be honoring the contributions of our Neanderthal ancestors, not imagining that they were inferior to us in some way.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...