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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 12h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 16h

Because dying of black lung is based and manly

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 1d

When someone says that you can tell they’ve only watched the first 30 minutes of My Neighbor Totoro.

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 1d

Never voting for this piece of shit.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 1d

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Remembering when Chris Rufo insisted that Disney was a thoroughly corrupt institution because it had a small number of employees arrested on CSAM and sex trafficking charges and I replied, well, let's use that standard for Republicans, and he blocked me before I could finish the thread.

JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Josh Feit @joshfeit.bsky.social · 2d

"When they say America First, they mean American next." —Woody Guthrie, "Lindbergh"

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 3d

Democrats are held to the standard of a Ph.D candidate at their dissertation defense. Republicans are held to the standard of a disruptive second-grader with anger issues.

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Scary Werewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, it must be terrible being told that you can’t use the bathroom.

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

www.rawstory.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d

If Bugs Bunny was invented in 2023 he would be our nations most controversial figure

the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3d

so you were too stupid to understand the point of kid shows when you were a kid

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4d

These people were enslaved as laborers for a call center soliciting church donations in case you’re wondering the exact level of where we went wrong as a human species

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4d

amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Raid of church leader’s Florida mansion reveals 57 forced laborers, feds say

The victims, called “armor bearers” by the church, are threatened with damnation if they fail to meet their quotas, federal officials say.

amp.miamiherald.com

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 4d

They need to not remember what the sun looks like when they pass on.

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly. It proved that none of these people can even conceive of what a civil war would look like, yet alone handle it. They think it just means "driving downtown to run over liberals in their Chevy Childcrusher XL Super Duty, then returning to their white flight suburb for a good night's sleep".

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 4d

They'd be camped outside an abandoned Applebee's complaining that it's not open

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

www.nytimes.com

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Tsar of All the Antifas @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans have confused their ability to *temporarily* convince enough Republicans and independents that immigration is bad with a propaganda onslaught–which happened right before the election unfortunately–with a widespread endorsement of a white supremacist immigration policy.

A Gallup poll showing a 13 point decline for independents and a 25 point decline in response to "do you think immigration is a good thing or a bad thing for this country", the nadir occurring in late 2024.

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Marxist-Glonzoist @primaryschool.bsky.social · 5d

yeah this little Nazi shit needs to get life without parole

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d

The New York Times doesn't tell you why the alleged murderer said he sent pizzas to the victim's house just before he ran down the girl and her best friend. He said on video that he was getting revenge for social media comments about death of Charlie Kirk.

2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.

www.nytimes.com

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Keith (vibe spreadsheeter) @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 5d

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN EXTENDED TWO WEEKS TO HIDE EVIDENCE THE PRESIDENT IS A MAJOR PEDOPHILE

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 5d

This GOP move does several things:
+ No votes in the House until at least October 14
+ No swearing-in for Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ
+ No 218th signature from Grijalva on the Epstein Files discharge petition
+ Continues the House 'jam' of the Senate on the CR

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13.

That would mean no votes in the House until mid-month.

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 5d

I have these pictures of him as "stickers" on my work computer for putting into slides.

An orange tabby cat sitting on his haunches and looking expectantly at the camera. He hungers.

An orange tabby cat lying on his side, belly exposed. He has a small white patch on his stomach.

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 5d

“Defend your culture: complaining about gas prices after financing a $80,000 pickup truck at 15% APR”

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 6d

#BritishColumbia

Vancouver wildlife photographer eclipses global competition with dramatic shot during solar event

Liron Gertsman wins Bird Photographer of the Year title for The Frigatebird and the Diamond Ring

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Vancouver wildlife photographer eclipses global competition with dramatic shot during solar event | CBC News

Vancouver's Liron Gertsman has won the Bird Photographer of the Year title for a photo he took in 2024 off the coast of Mexico during a total solar eclipse that captured the silhouette of a frigatebir...

www.cbc.ca

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 5d

Niels has another cartoon.
www.facebook.com/CouldBeWorse...

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Max Helmberger @vermivorax.bsky.social · 5d

For conservative zoomers, the pitch is "It's gonna be like when Mom brought you your chicken nuggets while you were playing video games", for conservative X-ers it's "It's gonna be like when you were young and healthy and your back didn't hurt"

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 6d

this is more awful then you think but also i'm basically fascinated by how so much of this is a social compact to essentially make it your childhood again

John Darwin Kurc @kurc.com · 6d

From DHS. State Run Media.

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