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Science journalist, bylines all over the place. Book: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science (WW Norton). www.davelevitan.com Sign up: www.gravityisgone.com

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I know it’s not worth it but my god the GOP freakout over the Afghanistan withdrawal compared to how they talk about Iran, what’s it like to have no fixed opinions at all

08.03.2026 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

ok less of an issue on this side tbh

08.03.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

07.03.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11412    πŸ” 4460    πŸ’¬ 517    πŸ“Œ 436

This is genuinely thrilling to me

06.03.2026 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rise of the Prediction Markets Is As Grim as It Gets I don't think Dante foresaw "insider trading on the specifics of illegal wars of aggression," but it definitely belongs in one circle or another.

Anyway

06.03.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

jfc everything I read or hear about these things makes them seem even worse, a perpetual motion machine of utter depravity

06.03.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I know assigning forethought to any of this is dumb but it really is wild to be like "we're starting a chaotic regional war exactly where all the oil is" and then be like "uh shit, right, gas prices, um, well,,"

06.03.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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An Army Corps project could wipe out one of Florida’s last thriving coral reefs The fate of one of the last thriving coral reefs in Florida may be imperiled by plans to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades.

The US army corps of engineers is considering, right now, what would be the largest destruction of coral reefs in US history. To make a port slightly bigger.

People know this, right?

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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06.03.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 292    πŸ” 221    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 11
1	LeBron James	43,127	 
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	38,387	 
3	Karl Malone*	36,928	 
4	Kobe Bryant*	33,643	 
5	Michael Jordan*	32,292	 
6	Kevin Durant	32,091
7	Dirk Nowitzki*	31,560	 
8	Wilt Chamberlain*	31,419	 
9	James Harden	28,977
10	Shaquille O'Neal*	28,596

1 LeBron James 43,127 2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 38,387 3 Karl Malone* 36,928 4 Kobe Bryant* 33,643 5 Michael Jordan* 32,292 6 Kevin Durant 32,091 7 Dirk Nowitzki* 31,560 8 Wilt Chamberlain* 31,419 9 James Harden 28,977 10 Shaquille O'Neal* 28,596

Kevin Durant is going to pass Michael Freaking Jordan for 5th all time in points scored in the next few games and also Kevin Durant is 11,000 points behind Lebron.

#NBAsky

06.03.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Like a Voltron of missing-the-point

06.03.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thought about it, don’t think so, too much else in its bones

06.03.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It genuinely is, as well as being a goddamn delight.

06.03.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jaws created the summer blockbuster. It still does not qualify here. You simpletons. You rubes.

06.03.2026 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Some yes, some no. A fickle mistress.

06.03.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is fair. Never been my movie really but I get it.

06.03.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is absolutely correct

06.03.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are both good calls

06.03.2026 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I actually considered this and I think you’re right

06.03.2026 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Guys baseball movies are not fundamentally summer movies. They are baseball movies. Summer slashers are slashers. Etc etc. These need to have SUMMER or WINTER as their root, a backbone. As defined by me, some dipshit.

06.03.2026 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

I will accept Stand By Me as a summer movie though I think it has some other vibes.

06.03.2026 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hundreds of Beavers a great winter addition. Groundhog Day is not, in fact, a holiday movie.

06.03.2026 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

what a fun contribution

06.03.2026 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hot Tub Time Machine is a great winter addition. The Thing is snowy but not a WINTER movie. The Shining… I’ll allow it.

Caddyshack is a good SUMMER addition.

06.03.2026 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Best definitively SUMMER movies:

-Do the Right Thing
-Wet Hot American Summer
-Snack Shack
-Dazed and Confused
-Summer of Sam
-American Graffiti

Best definitively (non-holiday) WINTER movies:

-Fargo
-Hateful Eight
-Winter’s Bone
-Groundhog Day

06.03.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 3

Do Hegseth next

06.03.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

The existence of a "Shield of the Americas" suggests the ascendance of a "Hydra of the Americas"

05.03.2026 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

"nobody questions the success of the military operation" uh hang on where does the entire murdered school fit in to that "success"

05.03.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

c'mon everyone she is clearly just taking questions in her absolutely real and important function as Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas

05.03.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

lol

05.03.2026 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: 9/1 odds

Noem, like Rubio, has gladly plastered herself across TV and other media these last few months to trumpet the administration’s ongoing descent into fascistic cruelty. But she somehow seems to court weird controversy β€” like this weekend, when she had her bag stolen from a DC restaurant, which for some absurd reason contained her passport and $3,000 in cash. Noem can’t protect her own purse, let alone the Homeland, and at some point it will catch up to her.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: 9/1 odds Noem, like Rubio, has gladly plastered herself across TV and other media these last few months to trumpet the administration’s ongoing descent into fascistic cruelty. But she somehow seems to court weird controversy β€” like this weekend, when she had her bag stolen from a DC restaurant, which for some absurd reason contained her passport and $3,000 in cash. Noem can’t protect her own purse, let alone the Homeland, and at some point it will catch up to her.

It took almost a year from when I set the odds (and the assumption at that point was that Hegseth wouldn't survive, so, oops), but Noem cashes in at 9/1.

www.jezebel.com/who-will-be-...

05.03.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0