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Watching Japanese legal drama. Judge's office buried in boxes.
"Hometown tax."
I look it up.
Japan lets you redirect taxes for gifts. $6.3B moving.
Made it fun instead of forced.
New Invent episode on how weird wins.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
"Hometown tax."
I look it up.
Japan lets you redirect taxes for gifts. $6.3B moving.
Made it fun instead of forced.
New Invent episode on how weird wins.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Japan’s Hometown Tax: Weird Wins
Podcast Episode · Invent · 12/23/2025 · 9m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Watching Japanese legal drama. Judge's office buried in boxes.
"Hometown tax."
I look it up.
Japan lets you redirect taxes for gifts. $6.3B moving.
Made it fun instead of forced.
New Invent episode on how weird wins.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
"Hometown tax."
I look it up.
Japan lets you redirect taxes for gifts. $6.3B moving.
Made it fun instead of forced.
New Invent episode on how weird wins.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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WNBA players are responsible for the league’s skyrocketing growth and popularity. Pay equity is LONG overdue for the players.
Solidarity with the WNBPA in their fight for a new contract. America’s unions stand with the players! https://bit.ly/3MPWYzB
Solidarity with the WNBPA in their fight for a new contract. America’s unions stand with the players! https://bit.ly/3MPWYzB
WNBA Players Have Voted To Strike When Necessary According To WNBPA
The WNBPA has come to a major decision this week (December 18th) as its members have overwhelmingly voted to authorize calling a strike 'when necessary' during
www.si.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
WNBA players are responsible for the league’s skyrocketing growth and popularity. Pay equity is LONG overdue for the players.
Solidarity with the WNBPA in their fight for a new contract. America’s unions stand with the players! https://bit.ly/3MPWYzB
Solidarity with the WNBPA in their fight for a new contract. America’s unions stand with the players! https://bit.ly/3MPWYzB
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Despair is the enemy of invention.
I looked at the climate data.
We bent the curve.
But everyone’s in despair because we didn’t solve it completely.
When you’re in despair, you can’t see what to invent next.
#technology #leadership 🧪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
I looked at the climate data.
We bent the curve.
But everyone’s in despair because we didn’t solve it completely.
When you’re in despair, you can’t see what to invent next.
#technology #leadership 🧪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Despair is the Enemy of Invention
Podcast Episode · Invent · 12/05/2025 · 16m
podcasts.apple.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Despair is the enemy of invention.
I looked at the climate data.
We bent the curve.
But everyone’s in despair because we didn’t solve it completely.
When you’re in despair, you can’t see what to invent next.
#technology #leadership 🧪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
I looked at the climate data.
We bent the curve.
But everyone’s in despair because we didn’t solve it completely.
When you’re in despair, you can’t see what to invent next.
#technology #leadership 🧪
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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pygmy nuthatches - energetic, fearless, even while being tiny, super-smart (were flying in front if the kitchen window demanding their water bath be brought back), work as a team / fascinating social structure, super-cute & perky - did I mention they hang upside down? (The Presidio of San Francisco)
December 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
pygmy nuthatches - energetic, fearless, even while being tiny, super-smart (were flying in front if the kitchen window demanding their water bath be brought back), work as a team / fascinating social structure, super-cute & perky - did I mention they hang upside down? (The Presidio of San Francisco)
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Do you love robins, house sparrows, blue jays, or even geese? Tell us why we should love your fluffiest, sassiest, most underappreciated neighborhood bird, and we might share your comment on our show.🪿
Leave us a message at 1-877-4-SCIFRI.
Leave us a message at 1-877-4-SCIFRI.
![Tell Us! What's your favorite common bird and why? [Collage of common bird species: a sparrow, blue jay, chickadee, and a male and a female Northern cardinal]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rjtifgmgwnacwa24lqp4tpsy/bafkreihoyzt7df7pufdodugsyulpjcm6rzvrvtziozcjve4cztd7nbrzey@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Do you love robins, house sparrows, blue jays, or even geese? Tell us why we should love your fluffiest, sassiest, most underappreciated neighborhood bird, and we might share your comment on our show.🪿
Leave us a message at 1-877-4-SCIFRI.
Leave us a message at 1-877-4-SCIFRI.
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Hundreds of protesters gather outside an S.F. ICE building early Saturday after immigrants received texts ordering them to check in with officials this weekend. Follow our live updates on demonstrations around the Bay Area and California.
No Kings protests Bay Area: Crowds gather early at ICE building in San Francisco
See latest updates on No Kings protests around the Bay Area and California. In San Francisco, protesters intend to create a human banner at Ocean Beach ahead of the main march to Civic Center.
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June 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Hundreds of protesters gather outside an S.F. ICE building early Saturday after immigrants received texts ordering them to check in with officials this weekend. Follow our live updates on demonstrations around the Bay Area and California.
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NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with…
projects.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.
give a loose dog a surfboard and he will long for the sea >>
great @wired.com reporting @brianbarrett.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social
great @wired.com reporting @brianbarrett.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social
Google’s AI Overviews will not only confirm that a gibberish idiom is a real saying, it will also tell you what it means and how it was derived -- often including reference links.
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw
Google’s AI Overviews feature credible-sounding explanations for completely made-up idioms.
www.wired.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
give a loose dog a surfboard and he will long for the sea >>
great @wired.com reporting @brianbarrett.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social
great @wired.com reporting @brianbarrett.bsky.social @katie-drummond.bsky.social
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Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
go.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
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The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts
Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.
go.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX
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Had a great time Standing up for Science in San Francisco today! @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Had a great time Standing up for Science in San Francisco today! @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Feeling super inspired from the @standupforscience.bsky.social San Francisco rally 🥼🧬👩🔬🏛️ #standupforscience2025
March 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Feeling super inspired from the @standupforscience.bsky.social San Francisco rally 🥼🧬👩🔬🏛️ #standupforscience2025
March tomorrow at Civic Center in San Francisco with the Stand Up for Science rally from 1pm to 3pm.
Link to resources: drive.google.com/drive/mobile...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025 #standupforscience #sciencenotsilence
Link to resources: drive.google.com/drive/mobile...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025 #standupforscience #sciencenotsilence
March 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
March tomorrow at Civic Center in San Francisco with the Stand Up for Science rally from 1pm to 3pm.
Link to resources: drive.google.com/drive/mobile...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025 #standupforscience #sciencenotsilence
Link to resources: drive.google.com/drive/mobile...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025 #standupforscience #sciencenotsilence