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Had a lyft driver this morning who: Was Masked, Thanked me for being Masked, and then Launched into telling me about how bad the flu is in London and NYC and how he's dreading going back to do airport shuttle drives with "unmasked coughers"
So if you're going somewhere tonight, wear a goddamn mask
So if you're going somewhere tonight, wear a goddamn mask
December 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Had a lyft driver this morning who: Was Masked, Thanked me for being Masked, and then Launched into telling me about how bad the flu is in London and NYC and how he's dreading going back to do airport shuttle drives with "unmasked coughers"
So if you're going somewhere tonight, wear a goddamn mask
So if you're going somewhere tonight, wear a goddamn mask
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🚨🚨🚨🚨TOTAL SHOCK: I’m devastated. I never expected this news on New Year's Eve. The doctor says my son Elias needs urgent $1500 surgery this week or his sight is at risk. I’m paralyzed by this sudden nightmare. Please help me save my son's eyes
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December 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🚨🚨🚨🚨TOTAL SHOCK: I’m devastated. I never expected this news on New Year's Eve. The doctor says my son Elias needs urgent $1500 surgery this week or his sight is at risk. I’m paralyzed by this sudden nightmare. Please help me save my son's eyes
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gofund.me/5f2429cda
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gofund.me/5f2429cda
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Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
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Here is my reporting for @us.theguardian.com which was cited by Professor Jane Kirtley in a discussion of how the Minnesota fraud story has been repackaged as new by pro-Trump influencer Nick Shirley www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Here is my reporting for @us.theguardian.com which was cited by Professor Jane Kirtley in a discussion of how the Minnesota fraud story has been repackaged as new by pro-Trump influencer Nick Shirley www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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ICE Returns to Santa Maria for Fourth Day in a Row; At Least 40 Taken
December 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
ICE Returns to Santa Maria for Fourth Day in a Row; At Least 40 Taken
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Billionaire Tom Steyer: “Bernie was right. Boy was I wrong. We don’t have a choice. We need single-payer.” #MedicareForAllNOW
December 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Billionaire Tom Steyer: “Bernie was right. Boy was I wrong. We don’t have a choice. We need single-payer.” #MedicareForAllNOW
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I still teach mostly on-line. For the lab that I teach face-to-face, I wear an N95 and keep an air filter running.
Try dealing with chronic kidney disease and dialysis treatments. And the uncertainty of waiting for the call for a kidney transplant. What a weakling.
Try dealing with chronic kidney disease and dialysis treatments. And the uncertainty of waiting for the call for a kidney transplant. What a weakling.
The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
December 31, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I still teach mostly on-line. For the lab that I teach face-to-face, I wear an N95 and keep an air filter running.
Try dealing with chronic kidney disease and dialysis treatments. And the uncertainty of waiting for the call for a kidney transplant. What a weakling.
Try dealing with chronic kidney disease and dialysis treatments. And the uncertainty of waiting for the call for a kidney transplant. What a weakling.
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The only reason I first heard about this story was because of a story about the cease-and-desist letter. And now here's another one.
I'd have no idea the VSO was such a disreputable organization if they hadn't made the absolutely brainless decision to keep this story alive by threatening her.
I'd have no idea the VSO was such a disreputable organization if they hadn't made the absolutely brainless decision to keep this story alive by threatening her.
Violinist undeterred by Vancouver orchestra’s legal threat over sexual assault claim
Violinist undeterred by Vancouver orchestra’s legal threat over sexual assault claim
A Vancouver violinist who was threatened with legal action by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra after breaking a non-disclosure agreement and speaking out about an alleged sexual assault by one of its former senior musicians says she won’t be intimidated into silence.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The only reason I first heard about this story was because of a story about the cease-and-desist letter. And now here's another one.
I'd have no idea the VSO was such a disreputable organization if they hadn't made the absolutely brainless decision to keep this story alive by threatening her.
I'd have no idea the VSO was such a disreputable organization if they hadn't made the absolutely brainless decision to keep this story alive by threatening her.
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Watch for this “some families” bullshit! Is the NYT gonna mention that the _some families_ are members of PLACE, the extremist group that has zero Black parents on its board, but somehow has room for NYPD cops with a history of abuse complaints? The anti-trans zealot parents? *Those* families?
The Times’s piece is up and of course they went with “headwinds”/but what about the gifted kids?? framing
Who were these families and what was the pushback?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
Who were these families and what was the pushback?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
December 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Watch for this “some families” bullshit! Is the NYT gonna mention that the _some families_ are members of PLACE, the extremist group that has zero Black parents on its board, but somehow has room for NYPD cops with a history of abuse complaints? The anti-trans zealot parents? *Those* families?
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Paleontology and archeology are ESPECIALLY exciting right now (although I am admittedly pretty biased). So much is on the horizon right now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0W-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0W-...
Most Anticipated Archaeology Projects 2026
YouTube video by World of Antiquity
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Paleontology and archeology are ESPECIALLY exciting right now (although I am admittedly pretty biased). So much is on the horizon right now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0W-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0W-...
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THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
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This article is excellent, but the Cartoon Art Museum shouldn't be under the radar. People should constantly be talking about the Cartoon Art Museum. Whenever people aren't at the Cartoon Art Museum, they should be saying, "Why aren't we at the Cartoon Art Museum?"
www.sfexaminer.com/culture/muse...
www.sfexaminer.com/culture/muse...
SF's niche museums are somehow thriving
Cable cars, comic strips and an old-school arcade — SF’s best under-the-radar museums are unusually popular
www.sfexaminer.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This article is excellent, but the Cartoon Art Museum shouldn't be under the radar. People should constantly be talking about the Cartoon Art Museum. Whenever people aren't at the Cartoon Art Museum, they should be saying, "Why aren't we at the Cartoon Art Museum?"
www.sfexaminer.com/culture/muse...
www.sfexaminer.com/culture/muse...
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I am so proud I did this. The mentees named me Best Mentor for the second year, I toured the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and CNN, and saw the High Museum. Next year is in San Francisco.
many things are bad but I am still so goddamn proud of how I mentored a group of LGBTQ+ students and early career journalists for the NLGJA Connect+ program for a solid week in multiple ways I wish I had been mentored when I was much younger and earlier in my career
December 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I am so proud I did this. The mentees named me Best Mentor for the second year, I toured the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and CNN, and saw the High Museum. Next year is in San Francisco.
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is it not a common experience for sites to do this when they receive a huge influx in traffic driven by weird men deciding to hunt daycares?
December 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
is it not a common experience for sites to do this when they receive a huge influx in traffic driven by weird men deciding to hunt daycares?
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These numbers are now 106-107 killed in 30 separate strikes. bsky.app/profile/trbr...
Both The New York Times and Airwars are tracking the U.S. strikes on boats in the Carribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. 64 or 65 killed in 15 separate incidents.
NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
In two months, the Trump administration has killed dozens of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
These numbers are now 106-107 killed in 30 separate strikes. bsky.app/profile/trbr...
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breaking news !!
marlboro says that cigarettes actually help pregnant women manage stress during pregnancy!
the source, you ask? marlboro!
marlboro says that cigarettes actually help pregnant women manage stress during pregnancy!
the source, you ask? marlboro!
Interesting data (from Waymo) showing that robotaxis are significantly safer than the average human driver. This is likely because they respect traffic rules. An NYT op-ed by a neurosurgeon calls for a broader adoption as a public health measure. Thoughts? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
breaking news !!
marlboro says that cigarettes actually help pregnant women manage stress during pregnancy!
the source, you ask? marlboro!
marlboro says that cigarettes actually help pregnant women manage stress during pregnancy!
the source, you ask? marlboro!
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Public transit may not be flashy and exciting but it is essential and it does what it is supposed to do.
MOVING PEOPLE AROUND EFFICIENTLY.
Stop getting razzle-dazzled by tech bros, self driving cars in a tunnel will never be able to do with a freaking SUBWAY has and will always be able to do.
MOVING PEOPLE AROUND EFFICIENTLY.
Stop getting razzle-dazzled by tech bros, self driving cars in a tunnel will never be able to do with a freaking SUBWAY has and will always be able to do.
December 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Public transit may not be flashy and exciting but it is essential and it does what it is supposed to do.
MOVING PEOPLE AROUND EFFICIENTLY.
Stop getting razzle-dazzled by tech bros, self driving cars in a tunnel will never be able to do with a freaking SUBWAY has and will always be able to do.
MOVING PEOPLE AROUND EFFICIENTLY.
Stop getting razzle-dazzled by tech bros, self driving cars in a tunnel will never be able to do with a freaking SUBWAY has and will always be able to do.
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There’s this weird thing where the media keeps running profiles of different men telling me that people “hate him because he’s brilliant” and every single time I have to pause for a second to ask “wait, people think he’s brilliant”?
There’s this weird thing where the media keeps running profiles of different women telling me that people “hate her because she’s beautiful” and every single time I have to pause for a second to ask “wait, people think she’s beautiful”?
December 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
There’s this weird thing where the media keeps running profiles of different men telling me that people “hate him because he’s brilliant” and every single time I have to pause for a second to ask “wait, people think he’s brilliant”?
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once again, and i am serious, if you took a class from wurman, you should demand a refund
“Birthright subjectship only applied if your parents were under the protection of the sovereign, and if your parents had come unlawfully, without invitation... without safe conduct, they would not have been under the protection of the sovereign,” Wurman said.
www.thecentersquare.com/national/art...
www.thecentersquare.com/national/art...
Supreme Court could redefine 14th Amendment application
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide a case in 2026 challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to end birthright citizenship.
www.thecentersquare.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
once again, and i am serious, if you took a class from wurman, you should demand a refund
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🛑Urgent urgent 🛑😭 We are pleading for your help. I have a heart valve prolapse and can't bear it. Our tent is destroyed, and we are homeless, without a tent, and slowly freezing to death.We urgently need $150 to buy a tent.Please help us
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December 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🛑Urgent urgent 🛑😭 We are pleading for your help. I have a heart valve prolapse and can't bear it. Our tent is destroyed, and we are homeless, without a tent, and slowly freezing to death.We urgently need $150 to buy a tent.Please help us
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Pretty simple answer to this question, it’s because Sam Alito is steeped in right-wing grievance culture and views himself as entitled to deference and respect from everyone he encounters
ANALYSIS: Samuel Alito keeps getting his way. So why does he seem so unhappy? | CNN Politics
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has a remarkable record of transforming his old dissenting opinions into the new majority view and setting the direction of the law in America.
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Pretty simple answer to this question, it’s because Sam Alito is steeped in right-wing grievance culture and views himself as entitled to deference and respect from everyone he encounters
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Funding will address a gap in the popular thoroughfare for runners, walkers, and cyclists, as well as issues with transit shelters in Center City.
Schuylkill River Trail, city transit shelters to get upgrades from state transportation grants
www.inquirer.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Funding will address a gap in the popular thoroughfare for runners, walkers, and cyclists, as well as issues with transit shelters in Center City.
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Another confusing detail from the CNN report. An American drone blew up a port facility but it was small so the Venezuelan government didn’t care enough to comment? Huh?
December 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Another confusing detail from the CNN report. An American drone blew up a port facility but it was small so the Venezuelan government didn’t care enough to comment? Huh?
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Confirmed now by the @nytimes.com
“The attack last week, on a dock purportedly used for shipping narcotics, did not kill anyone, people briefed on the operation said. But it was the first known U.S. operation inside Venezuela”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/u...
“The attack last week, on a dock purportedly used for shipping narcotics, did not kill anyone, people briefed on the operation said. But it was the first known U.S. operation inside Venezuela”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/u...
C.I.A. Conducted Drone Strike on Port in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Confirmed now by the @nytimes.com
“The attack last week, on a dock purportedly used for shipping narcotics, did not kill anyone, people briefed on the operation said. But it was the first known U.S. operation inside Venezuela”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/u...
“The attack last week, on a dock purportedly used for shipping narcotics, did not kill anyone, people briefed on the operation said. But it was the first known U.S. operation inside Venezuela”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/u...