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Ryan Moulton @moultano Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?

Even if Thune keeps his word, it won’t matter if Johnson doesn’t allow a corresponding vote in the House (hint: Johnson won’t). So, yeah, it’s stupidity at work. 🤷🏻‍♂️

SHE FAKED INSANITY TO GET LOCKED IN AN ASYLUM. FOR 10 DAYS, SHE ENDURED FREEZING BATHS, ROTTEN FOOD, AND BEATINGS-TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH. HER STORY FREED 1,600 WOMEN. SHE WAS 23 YEARS OLD. HER NAME WAS NELLIE BLY.

She operates on another level.
A phenomenal woman.

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫

Ah, I didn’t read the whole article and would have expected an earluer mention.

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

No mention of Rosalind Franklin? Shameful!

They should have the lowest possible level of healthcare, nothing better than any person they represent. Any member of Congress should have a credit card for anything they want expenses covered, the spending records of which are publicly reviewable.

So what is the actual name if the game, as the script writing is hard first me to read? Thanks!

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This is an excellent idea!!!

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

-Maya Angelou

(I mean, we’ve actually seen this behavior many times before, but somehow some people ignore it.)

You know, my decision to stop watching (or generally even paying attention to) the Dice Tower many years ago continues to be validated on a regular basis.

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Wow! Love your creativity Ocean Beach (San Francisco)!

not much to argue about on this one, I guess

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered, but we have this consolation: The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph." —Tom Paine

“I love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

~James Baldwin

Abortion is healthcare. I do not adore my appendectomy, yet I am grateful I survived

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.
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YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

No lies detected, but a severe lack of self-awareness has been demonstrated.

TIL that 'googly eyes' take their name from the early comic strip character Barney Google, and a comic song written about him in 1923

Senators and Representatives (and POTUS and SCOTUS for that matter) should receive no more health care than the most basic level of the ACA coverage. Then they will see what Americans have to deal with (i.e. denials by insurance companies).

That’s the only way we get better health care for all.

Don’t like gay marriage?

Then don’t marry someone of your own gender! Simple, right? Otherwise STFU!

I’d also like to remind federal employees that Hatch Act violations have no statute of limitation on prosecution.

I’d like to remind all federal emoyees that Hatch Act violations have no statute of limitation for prosecution.

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