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I see James Watson has died.

What did Watson discover?

Rosalind Franklin's lab notes.

Only we spell it 'S-T-E-A-L' these days.

trump desperately filing a last-minute bid to prevent americans from buying food

I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS

Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark

Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap

The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name

He did this six times

Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel

I agree. Calling it empathy and tying it to specific internal feelings makes it easier to just like not do the work. Oops, can't empathize sowwy. Nah, this is purity culture nonsense. Be decent and worry about if you're idk sincere in your personal time.

this guy fucking sucked and rosalind franklin should have gotten all of the credit he did

good riddance

LET'S GOOOOOOO! AMAZING!

The future being pushed by both AI boosters and educational censors is one where access to information is tightly controlled. Children will not be allowed to read certain books or learn certain narratives. “Research” will be performed only through one of a select few artificial intelligence tools owned by AI giants which are uniformly aligned behind the Trump administration and which have gone to the ends of the earth to prevent their black box machines from spitting out “woke” answers lest they catch the ire of the administration. School boards and library boards, forced to comply with increasingly restrictive laws, funding cuts, and the threat of being defunded entirely, leap at the chance to be considered forward looking by embracing AI tools, or apply for grants from government groups like the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is increasingly giving out grants specifically to AI projects.

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.

continuing to update this resource for SNAP recipients in the Bay Area — now with 31 food businesses/restaurants where folks can get free or subsidized hot meals 💖 www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

I was listening to You're Wrong About about the Clinton Impeachment and spent a lot of the episode shaking my head like... and now we are here. Mind boggling.

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

Eugene V. Debs mugshot

“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs

Finally a big city mayor raised on “YOU CAN’T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!”

It's almost like trans people told you all along!!!

I can barely fend off my 5 lb dog!

And he wasn't even really paying attention to Aladdin.

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.

Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.

Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

To be clear it's all absolutely ridiculous but like to start at CAMELS?

Camels??? Come the fuck on.

Ngl I was pretty pleased with the turn of phrase myself. LOL

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

No. It's pretty close up that I know it. You said it and it rang with the terrible gong of truth.

I feel like Mayor-elect Mamdani learned to throw shade closer to home than some people are crediting. Like have you never seen the epic shade an Auntie can throw down? Like mad respect to their game, they are elite af.

Oh dear.

And this is why the corporate class shut down Teen Vogue.

UPDATE: The supermajority has officially been broken: bsky.app/profile/asht...

obviously there was a handful of races nationwide I was watching with high anxiety leading up to today, but the real adrenaline surge is coming from HOW FUCKING MANY TIMES we've seen stories like this about Democrats surging at the local level in like every state, from school boards to state houses

This person took this when they called the race

Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM

I was like... lines!? Here?

I didn't personally see any because I voted like the second I had the ballot.

But like damn get out here California!

I was not an engineer, but I am not intimidated by a command prompt interface & can reasonably communicate with engineers (usually). One of the lead eng on my team once told our new guy i was "surprisingly good at tech stuff" in front of me. Like it was a compliment.