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June 21 is Show Your Stripes Day—a time to spark conversation about how our world is warming.

This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow.
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Sometimes people tell me "your bugs will never love you", like it's some kind of gotcha. I like living things for what they are inherently, not because they provide me some reciprocal service or personal benefit. Do you throw plants in the garbage when they stop flowering or something?

Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."

Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.

Ethical violation as POLICY.

World Wonders What Trump Has On United States That’s Forcing Nation To Keep Him In Power
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Feels like I'm missing something. Even setting aside the clear corruption and conflict of interest, why would SpaceX know how to "overhaul air traffic control"? Is the knowledge required to launch a rocket every few months really transferable to managing 7,500 planes in the air?

Is this what they meant by peak government efficiency?

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

We’ve all said it more times than we can remember 😩

For everyone having a rough day ❤️