"Normalcy bias is a cognitive bias which leads people to disbelieve or minimize threat warnings. Consequently, individuals underestimate the likelihood of a disaster, when it might affect them, and its potential adverse effects."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalc...

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.

An extraordinary story about how scientists in the US are afraid to speak up as the entire science research ecosystem is demolished at the hands of the Republican administration.

Without our voices, how will people understand the scope and generational consequences of the ongoing destruction?

Canadian Association of University Teachers advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S. www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States HALIFAX — The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States. The Canadian Association of University Teach...

toronto.citynews.ca/2025/04/15/c...

War hero schools a chickenhawk.

Conservative policies kill people. It's not hyperbole, it's not a metaphor, it is literal truth.

I think he is absolutely correct

She wants to LEAVE?

Who knew I was a Danielle Smith supporter. Woohoo.

I'll start donating now. Don't let the door hit ya on the way out. Byeeeeee.....

The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.

One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.

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Fascinating new study of elite private schools "structure their admissions process to identify & exclude children who are perceived as having or being at risk of developing any type of disability" or being neurodiverse. Even minor differences were disqualifying: tinyurl.com/5xve42ew

This made me laugh out loud and I scared the dog 🤣🤣🤣

Seems police are being dispatched to protect Telsa dealerships across the USA.

Maybe all schools in the USA should sell one Telsa in their parking lot so kids can be protected too.

This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.

Love it. Mexico should also name it North Mexico. Then we could do a worldwide vote betwixt just those two options.

Just to be clear, Mark Carney has already done more in politics in 3 days than Pierre Poilievre has done in 20 years.

Beat me to it. LOL.

Axios: White House to pull CDC director nomination

GOOD NEWS: The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon to be the director of the CDC.

Weldon has opposed vaccines throughout his political career.

Thank you to everyone who called their Senators. Advocacy works!

Whenever I see this, I ask myself, why oh why do white women vote against their own interests ?

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

“Well done and trustworthy science is the essential guidepost for our chaotic information ecosystem. Without it, we are lost,” Timothy Caulfield writes in his new book, The Certainty Illusion: What You Don’t Know and Why It Matters.

From @bigthink.com: bigthink.com/thinking/sci...

Had this album in the 70s. My sister and I obsessed over the cover for hours every day. Kids today will never understand the impact the Beatles had on us.

Personally I'd really like to see an age by gender crosstab breakdown.

At home we mock my cat....
He's a smart kitty sometimes, but a lot of the time he's a smert kitty.

Trump is a geneus the same way my cat is smert.

It takes a unique kind of genius to fuck up the US-Canada relationship.

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."