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To put 200 active measles infections in one state in context, the Disneyland measles outbreak a decade ago - which I did some work on in grad school - was 131 total cases in California. That was a notable outbreak. That's an outbreak with its own Wikipedia page. And it's just like this now
'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states.
www.nbcnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
To put 200 active measles infections in one state in context, the Disneyland measles outbreak a decade ago - which I did some work on in grad school - was 131 total cases in California. That was a notable outbreak. That's an outbreak with its own Wikipedia page. And it's just like this now
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It's the last non-enshittified thing. Can it last?
Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever
As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:41 PM
It's the last non-enshittified thing. Can it last?
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That first photo is a gut punch. A bunch of heavily armed goons too scared to show their faces bullying a scared kid with the full force of the federal government behind them.
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
That first photo is a gut punch. A bunch of heavily armed goons too scared to show their faces bullying a scared kid with the full force of the federal government behind them.
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Texas A&M has decided that Plato is woke & thus has forbidden a philosophy professor from teaching Plato's works.
Not a joke. Not satire. This is the world the anti-woke "free speech warriors" have bequeathed us.
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Not a joke. Not satire. This is the world the anti-woke "free speech warriors" have bequeathed us.
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today about his upcoming "Contemporary Moral Problems" course, due to start next
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Texas A&M has decided that Plato is woke & thus has forbidden a philosophy professor from teaching Plato's works.
Not a joke. Not satire. This is the world the anti-woke "free speech warriors" have bequeathed us.
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Not a joke. Not satire. This is the world the anti-woke "free speech warriors" have bequeathed us.
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
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This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
30% drop year over year!
September 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.
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Please repost this…. Thank you.
September 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Please repost this…. Thank you.
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Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester In Daring Overnight Raid
September 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester In Daring Overnight Raid
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I imagine future historians will judge us by recent events where the shooting of children in church is met with shrugs, thoughts and prayers, and a tech bro getting the crap kicked out of him by a 15-year-old girl resulted in a military occupation of the nation’s capital
August 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I imagine future historians will judge us by recent events where the shooting of children in church is met with shrugs, thoughts and prayers, and a tech bro getting the crap kicked out of him by a 15-year-old girl resulted in a military occupation of the nation’s capital
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Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
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“I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.”
—Molly Ivins
—Molly Ivins
August 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.”
—Molly Ivins
—Molly Ivins
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"In every relationship, there’s one person who loads the dishwasher like a Scandinavian architect, and one who loads it like a raccoon on meth."
There Are Two Types of Dishwasher People
And only one of them really knows how to load it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"In every relationship, there’s one person who loads the dishwasher like a Scandinavian architect, and one who loads it like a raccoon on meth."
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There's a new 2025 peak demand record in ERCOT: 82,566 megawatts at 4:55 today. Solar provided 30% of the power at that time and wind about 16%; wholesale power was just $22/MWh. No conservation alerts. No energy emergencies. Just abundant, affordable power. #txlege #txenergy
August 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Proud to say the knowledge of the existence of this file came from our reporting 👊
July 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Proud to say the knowledge of the existence of this file came from our reporting 👊
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On sale now; releasing 9-9
July 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
On sale now; releasing 9-9
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This is genuinely appalling.
Thinking of David Halberstam's 'Powers That Be,' with sections on mightiness of (a) CBS; (b) Wash Post; (c) Time mag; (d) LA Times.
The pillars of US journalism as civic forces (with huge flaws), and as businesses.
It is like Ozymandias now.
Shame on CBS.
Thinking of David Halberstam's 'Powers That Be,' with sections on mightiness of (a) CBS; (b) Wash Post; (c) Time mag; (d) LA Times.
The pillars of US journalism as civic forces (with huge flaws), and as businesses.
It is like Ozymandias now.
Shame on CBS.
Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...
July 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This is genuinely appalling.
Thinking of David Halberstam's 'Powers That Be,' with sections on mightiness of (a) CBS; (b) Wash Post; (c) Time mag; (d) LA Times.
The pillars of US journalism as civic forces (with huge flaws), and as businesses.
It is like Ozymandias now.
Shame on CBS.
Thinking of David Halberstam's 'Powers That Be,' with sections on mightiness of (a) CBS; (b) Wash Post; (c) Time mag; (d) LA Times.
The pillars of US journalism as civic forces (with huge flaws), and as businesses.
It is like Ozymandias now.
Shame on CBS.
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Even with Donald Trump playing king, CEOs should remember that bribery is STILL ILLEGAL.
July 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Even with Donald Trump playing king, CEOs should remember that bribery is STILL ILLEGAL.
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The latest batch of 500 more NSF graduate fellowships tilted heavily towards AI & quantum (but largely shutting out life sciences, social sciences, etc.)
Today, Acting Director Stone said that was the "direct intervention of OSTP", naming Michael Kratsios. www.youtube.com/live/9Os9sAA...
Today, Acting Director Stone said that was the "direct intervention of OSTP", naming Michael Kratsios. www.youtube.com/live/9Os9sAA...
Prestigious NSF graduate fellowship tilts toward AI and quantum
Students in the life sciences are shut out of latest cohort of 500 fellows
www.science.org
July 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The latest batch of 500 more NSF graduate fellowships tilted heavily towards AI & quantum (but largely shutting out life sciences, social sciences, etc.)
Today, Acting Director Stone said that was the "direct intervention of OSTP", naming Michael Kratsios. www.youtube.com/live/9Os9sAA...
Today, Acting Director Stone said that was the "direct intervention of OSTP", naming Michael Kratsios. www.youtube.com/live/9Os9sAA...
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