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Scientist, Husband, Cat and Dog father "We have the purpose of preventing bigots and ignoramuses from controlling the education of the United States, and you know it, and that is all." -Clarence Darrow, Scopes Trial 1925

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BREAKING: A federal judge ordered public schools in Texas to remove displays of the Ten Commandments in their classrooms.

18.11.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9482    πŸ” 2142    πŸ’¬ 205    πŸ“Œ 259
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This is bad.

18.11.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
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a man with a red face is standing in a space ship and saying it 's a trap . ALT: a man with a red face is standing in a space ship and saying it 's a trap .

Just leaving this here, in case someone is dumb enough to believe Donnie suddenly had a change of heart after having hundreds of DOJ employees scrubbing the files for months:

18.11.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My brain pulls that one out at least 3 or 4 times a month. Barry absolutely nailed it.

14.11.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a painting of a rainbow surrounded by clouds and a river ALT: a painting of a rainbow surrounded by clouds and a river

Surely I'm not the only one with this thought...

13.11.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How it SHOULD read for ANY journal:

13.11.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's only 70. Far too young, no pun intended.

He wouldn't have let the orange one "walk all over you"

11.11.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/book...

10.11.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thursday's @theguardian.com cartoon
#zohranmamdani #mamdani #zohranfornyc #NewYork

05.11.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1718    πŸ” 489    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 43

To Cheney.

04.11.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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two knights are standing in the woods and one of them is saying i 've had worse . ALT: two knights are standing in the woods and one of them is saying i 've had worse .

I vote "burn it with fire," especially after OpenAI researchers determined that hallucinations are basically inevitable.

Plus, at least in the US, political weapons already in use against higher ed are legion.

03.11.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump Gets a Golden Crown in South Korea While SNAP Cutoff Causes Panic in U.S. | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show Trump Gets a Golden Crown in South Korea While SNAP Cutoff Causes Panic in U.S. | The Daily Show

Trump Gets a Golden Crown in South Korea While SNAP Cutoff Causes Panic in U.S.

youtu.be/1KdW6wjfTCY

30.10.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 388    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 2
Tuba girls meme: users getting blasted with β€œAI”

Tuba girls meme: users getting blasted with β€œAI”

Software in 2025

29.10.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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a power plant with smoke coming out of the chimneys ALT: a power plant with smoke coming out of the chimneys

The power...

29.10.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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sesame street count von count is wearing a black hat and making a face . ALT: sesame street count von count is wearing a black hat and making a face .

Respect the classics

29.10.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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...The greatest nations are defined by how they treat their weakest inhabitants...

#NoHate #NoRacism #StrongerTogether

1/3🧡

28.10.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1660    πŸ” 461    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 13

I deleted my first post as too vile, although I believe Luntz warrants the worst our language has to offer. Prof, please just ask your coauthor about Luntz. Any public thoughts, @michaelemann.bsky.social ?

27.10.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's not even what RFKs psychotic ACIP recommended for the MMR. He should be in a home. Or the Hague.

26.10.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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July 31st, local Costco, with trees and the lot up by early September.

It's a shame the Council of Nicea didn't steal the Summer Solstice instead of the Equinox for Easter. We could just split the year down the middle and be done with the holiday creep.

26.10.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Both the Ellison reference and the further decline of the-artist-formerly-known-as-Twitter make me happy.

26.10.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How does Douthat type with his head so far up there?

25.10.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wouldn't have expected any better from a Tr*mp endorsee.

Hopefully, he gets the L for a third time.

25.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"levels?" Plural?

24.10.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

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We Will Tear Down the Trump Palace Ballroom and Casino Thinking like a dissident movement.

β€œIt is important to demonstrate that authoritarian gains are not permanent. That liberal society has the will to undo their grotesqueries.
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...

22.10.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2175    πŸ” 525    πŸ’¬ 91    πŸ“Œ 39

Absolutely. If I build an unpermitted SHED, the town will tear it down and bill me for the labor.

I expect at least the same from DC.

22.10.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Viewpoint diversity" about whether human activity is warming the planet, or whether vaccines work, is like "viewpoint diversity" about whether the sky is blue or whether the Earth is round. It falls outside the range of good faith scientific and academic discourse.
#ScienceUnderSiege

21.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 549    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 15

I want that as a campaign promise. His presence is obliterated. Entirely.

21.10.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For those interested, you can visit the channel page, click more after the bio, then you can report the user for impersonation of the real channel:
www.youtube.com/@officialgeo...

Whether youtube will act on a viewer complaint, I don't know.

20.10.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Here is another scumbag for the lawyer's collection: www.youtube.com/@CarlinMind
I had the good fortune to see the real thing once in NJ, and this sh*t is deeply offensive.

20.10.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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