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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
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what is your unserious new year’s resolution? mine is to eat more beans
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
what is your unserious new year’s resolution? mine is to eat more beans
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Honey isn't bee vomit. It's closer to 'bee spit'.
Honeybees have a specialized crop called a honey stomach where nectar is collected and enzymatically converted to honey. It's also filtered by thin bristles to remove pollen and spores, some water is absorbed.
Then it gets *grosser*...
Honeybees have a specialized crop called a honey stomach where nectar is collected and enzymatically converted to honey. It's also filtered by thin bristles to remove pollen and spores, some water is absorbed.
Then it gets *grosser*...
July 20, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Honey isn't bee vomit. It's closer to 'bee spit'.
Honeybees have a specialized crop called a honey stomach where nectar is collected and enzymatically converted to honey. It's also filtered by thin bristles to remove pollen and spores, some water is absorbed.
Then it gets *grosser*...
Honeybees have a specialized crop called a honey stomach where nectar is collected and enzymatically converted to honey. It's also filtered by thin bristles to remove pollen and spores, some water is absorbed.
Then it gets *grosser*...
Merry christmas from Hawaii!!
December 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Merry christmas from Hawaii!!
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60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch full episodes of FRONTLINE, the PBS documentary series, and explore news investigations from FRONTLINE's award-winning journalism team.
www.pbs.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
Man, I just read “they poisoned the world” about PFAS, and keep encountering stories where so-and-so has infertility struggles, I’m recently in a constant stew about how we’re in a constant stew. Barf and fuck capitalism.
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
wrd.cm
December 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Man, I just read “they poisoned the world” about PFAS, and keep encountering stories where so-and-so has infertility struggles, I’m recently in a constant stew about how we’re in a constant stew. Barf and fuck capitalism.
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Very important thread for educators and anyone who wants to stop us from sliding further into an authoritarian state.
🧵 Yesterday I shared my views on how disordered discourse has captured the US state and the risk of that happening elsewhere, but I don’t want to leave you hanging without proposing a solution.
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
December 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Very important thread for educators and anyone who wants to stop us from sliding further into an authoritarian state.
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Sean Casten:
-Won his first primary by 2000 votes
-Won the general by 53-46
-Demolished progressive Marie Newman in a primary after redistricting
He should be Yglesias' core supporter, instead he just called Matt a toddler when it comes to politics.
-Won his first primary by 2000 votes
-Won the general by 53-46
-Demolished progressive Marie Newman in a primary after redistricting
He should be Yglesias' core supporter, instead he just called Matt a toddler when it comes to politics.
2. What he says about climate is patently false (more on that later) but to the extent he's saying "politicians shouldn't do the right thing unless it's popular", I'd note only that that is a toddlers view of leadership. If the popular kids are mean, should you be mean?
December 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sean Casten:
-Won his first primary by 2000 votes
-Won the general by 53-46
-Demolished progressive Marie Newman in a primary after redistricting
He should be Yglesias' core supporter, instead he just called Matt a toddler when it comes to politics.
-Won his first primary by 2000 votes
-Won the general by 53-46
-Demolished progressive Marie Newman in a primary after redistricting
He should be Yglesias' core supporter, instead he just called Matt a toddler when it comes to politics.
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The questing stoat returns for a quick update.
December 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The questing stoat returns for a quick update.
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Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
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“Calculators expanded reasoning; the printing press spread knowledge. ChatGPT, by contrast, doesn’t extend cognition—it automates it, turning thinking itself into a service. Rather than democratizing learning, it privatizes the act of thinking under corporate control. “
Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Calculators expanded reasoning; the printing press spread knowledge. ChatGPT, by contrast, doesn’t extend cognition—it automates it, turning thinking itself into a service. Rather than democratizing learning, it privatizes the act of thinking under corporate control. “
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Okay @erinbiba.bsky.social it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Okay @erinbiba.bsky.social it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
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my hot take based on nothing is: GOOP is part of why we landed here.
One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
my hot take based on nothing is: GOOP is part of why we landed here.
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This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
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Look at them owl. Incredible owling.
November 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Look at them owl. Incredible owling.
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"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into overshoot within the next few years": a stark message by PIK Director Rockström & James Dyke in @theconversation.com. Yet, science shows a way back: fossil-fuel phase-out, nature protection, carbon removal.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into overshoot within the next few years": a stark message by PIK Director Rockström & James Dyke in @theconversation.com. Yet, science shows a way back: fossil-fuel phase-out, nature protection, carbon removal.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
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THAT'S NOT HOW SCIENCE FUCKING WORKS YOU FUCKING IMBECILES! THE NULL HYPOTHESIS IS THAT VACCINES DON'T CAUSE AUTISM AND SCIENCE HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED TO REJECT THAT HYPOTHESIS WHILE FAILING TO FIND ANY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS!!
Jesus fuck! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
Jesus fuck! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
The U.S. government is now inarguably spreading medical disinformation that is going to kill babies preferentially.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
Period.
This is an INTOLERABLE. UNPRECEDENTED. DANGEROUS. ATTACK. ON ALL OF US.
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
THAT'S NOT HOW SCIENCE FUCKING WORKS YOU FUCKING IMBECILES! THE NULL HYPOTHESIS IS THAT VACCINES DON'T CAUSE AUTISM AND SCIENCE HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED TO REJECT THAT HYPOTHESIS WHILE FAILING TO FIND ANY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS!!
Jesus fuck! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
Jesus fuck! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
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I warn my followers not to buy Starbucks under any and all circumstances, it's TERRIBLE coffee. But I'm 100% a union supporter, all in. Here's a very wide-awake Ae'o reminding you all not to cross picket lines. :) 📷🌿🦉
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I warn my followers not to buy Starbucks under any and all circumstances, it's TERRIBLE coffee. But I'm 100% a union supporter, all in. Here's a very wide-awake Ae'o reminding you all not to cross picket lines. :) 📷🌿🦉
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Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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This thread was getting so long I needed to start a new one. Cutting SNAP and gutting healthcare is a direct statement from the government that it wants you starving and getting sick or dead from preventable/treatable diseases. Asking them nicely to stop trying to kill us isn't working!
Further evidence that the ruling classes have decided the best path forward for them are manufactured mass death events to lower our population. They've decided it's us or them, and in so doing, have made that true.
"Employees could not send out press releases, give interviews, hold vaccine events, give presentations or create social media posts encouraging the public to get the vaccines."
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This thread was getting so long I needed to start a new one. Cutting SNAP and gutting healthcare is a direct statement from the government that it wants you starving and getting sick or dead from preventable/treatable diseases. Asking them nicely to stop trying to kill us isn't working!