The political culture of the contemporary GOP is indistinguishable from that of the school shooter community
How much does it pay to publish an open access academic book? Read this thread for my story and 💲💰 amounts. 🧵
www.routledge.com/9781032908724
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Poland’s electricity operator detected a suspicious disruption in late December when several solar power stations suddenly disconnected from the grid despite continuing to generate power.
The sky is not falling; high-quality platforms (Prolific, Verasight, CR Connect) have low rates of apparent bots. osf.io/preprints/ps... But also not zero; vigilance is very much needed!
"The Ukrainian colleague who walks into her office on the 25th of February 2022 at a Western institution: The professor comes up to her and says, “I am so sorry! It’s just awful! I love Russia so much!”" by @efdavies.bsky.social
efdavies.substack.com/p/have-you-h...
Was once told that a lot of science is basically a matter of building bigger and bigger hammers to break things into smaller and smaller pieces. (For example the Large Hadron Collider - the clue is in the name.) US and Israeli military shamefully applying the same logic.
Had to doublecheck the date on this
In Moscow's Shadows 239: Wars Foreign and Domestic
First Russia's evolving take on the war in Iran, and in the second half, the personal tensions within the underworld that may lead to a new round of gang wars at home...
www.buzzsprout.com/1026985/epis...
always loved this book
⚡️Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 10, injure 40 over past day.
Russia launched 480 drones, including Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicles, and 29 missiles, including hypersonic Zircon anti-ship missile and Iskander-M ballistic missiles, overnight, the Air Force reported.
Happy Friday. Don’t skip school.
Well, imagine that …
What I would like are governments that are so keen to act in the interests of their people and the global community that they will listen carefully to criticism rather than ridicule or try to suppress it. Yes, I know I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one.
Over 120 people have been hospitalized due to measles in Utah alone. "It is, at this time a real threat in our state and something we can do to stop it," said Dr. Leisha Nolen, state epidemiologist… pleading for people to get themselves and their children vaccinated.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
'One week into the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran that has plunged the Middle East into turmoil, President Trump faces a growing list of risks and challenges that raise questions about whether he will be able to translate military successes into a geopolitical win.' www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Another masterstroke, sir
To the surprise of some officials in Kyiv, no one from the U.S. bothered to ask Ukraine to share its expertise in how to defend against drones before starting the offensive in Iran, Simon Shuster and Nancy A. Youssef report.
From FT comments
“War-a-Lago”
By Barry Blitt @newyorker.com
Labs jaunais Mitski albums.
Listen to Nothing's About to Happen to Me on your streaming service tidal.com/album/487287...
Wars are extremely hard things to justify. It is intrinsic to what they are that they tend to death, destruction, and misery. Given this and some knowledge of history, one's default attitude towards powerful people purporting to do the world some great benefit by war should be extreme scepticism.
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Circumcision classed as potentially harmful practice in new CPS guidance www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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