Robert Berkelman

Yeah I was going to come post about that. I didn't know all the details though.

YouTube video by The New York Times Germany’s Far-Right Comeback | NYT Opinion

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US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

If it hits the moon I really doubt it would affect us in any way.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand.
#resist

RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hailed By National Alliance of Funeral Directors “Secretary Kennedy will make death great again," the group said.

“Secretary Kennedy will make death great again.”

Louisiana Department of Health ends mass vaccinations, bans seasonal vaccine promotion Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham sent a directive to state health workers Thursday ending long-standing mass vaccination clinics and banning staff from promoting seasonal vaccines.

Here we go

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I live in Thailand. I just heard Google maps added Gulf of America all over the world and sure enough. The level of stupidity is jaw-dropping.

Many of the White House candidates for high level positions in the Federal government come across as badly qualified for the jobs they are seeking.

If they all happened to be Black, I wonder if they’d instead be rejected as incompetent DEI hires?

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.

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Did you know that a famous math reference – most physicists have owned a copy at some point – is the result of a New Deal project to employ scientists and mathematicians?

Thread incoming.

Excellent! I noticed that on Twitter you posted some extra footage. It would be great if you could post out here too.

3/ I guess they have some reason why we can't go over the edge? I guess they have some explanation what's on the other side of the disk? I could look all this up, but I don't want to.
Chasing craziness is not a useful way to spend my time. I've just spent too much right here.

2/ Then I was thinking about flat earthers, and how they could explain away such easily understood (and testable) reasoning. That led to thinking 'wow, you think about flat earthers way too much.'

Nonetheless, I guess they think we are sitting on a disk?

1/ I was watching a video about math and how humans figured out mathematical distances, and I was reminded that more than 2000 years ago people figured out the earth was round using very clever but easy to understand reasoning.

YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown Terence Tao on how we measure the cosmos | Part 1

Fascinating stuff--I highly recommend this video to one and all. It is one of the top mathematicians in the world explaining very interesting and accessible things.

Give this video a shot--it's an amazing journey into the greatest minds in history.

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Woo hoo!

A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

Isn't this a post about masculine energy? Who made you the arbiter of who has it or not whatever the hell it is? To me it's just one of those word salads that means what people want it to mean.

Wow, I had never heard of that. Thank you for the intellectual gift.

If you like your beef barf strong here's where to get it;

The point about zero is that we do not need to use it in the operations of daily life. No one goes out to buy zero fish. It is in a way the most civilized of all the cardinals, and its use is only forced on us by the needs of cultivated modes of thought.—ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD

I'm stealing this one, thanks. :D