Jennifer Ouellette

That Plate You Just Dropped Followed a Weirdly Predictable Rule You’ve Never Heard Of An elegant new equation identifies the surprisingly orderly, mathematical way in which things break, shatter, and fall apart.

That Plate You Just Dropped Followed a Weirdly Predictable Rule You’ve Never Heard Of gizmodo.com/that-plate-y...

229: What do asteroids smell like? — Spacepod A question from Sabine, age 5. Dr. Christopher Snead answers. For more on Dr. Snead's work, see Episode 184 of Spacepod.

What do asteroids smell like??

An incredible question from Sabine, age 5! Thrilled to share this one with everyone, especially my fellow asteroid scientists! (Spoiler alert - I was able to find an actual answer!)
#planetsci #astronomy
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f Facebook • OU Department of Psychology 20+ reactions • 2 days ago OU - We're thrilled to celebrate Mel Curth, recipient of this year's... This award honors graduate instructors who go above and beyond in their commitment to student learning, mentorship, and classroom innovation.

The fact that the OU Psychology department gave the grad student a teaching award a day or so before the suspension is another tell. I’m surprised the social posts about it were up long enough to get cached by Google

“We literally have a whites only refugee policy and we are proud of it - was that 14 words?”

You can imagine ICC lawyers playing these clips at The Hague...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 5: VAERS and a useful idiot at the FDA In the sadly continuing story of how Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. is working to eliminate vaccines, we look at a useful idiot, Dr. Vinay Prasad, and how he is weaponizing dead children

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 5: VAERS and a useful idiot at the FDA sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de... via @sciencebasedmedicine.org.web.brid.gy @gorskon.bsky.social

Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.

“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”

Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”

I'm glad I stopped posting on X A year ago, I abandoned my account. It was the right thing to do.

It has now been a year since I stopped posting on X. For @spitfirenews.com, I wrote about watching the platform I loved become a conduit for the worst extremism I've ever witnessed. I don't regret leaving. In fact, I wish I'd left even earlier.
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@alomshaha.bsky.social is an excellent cook, and he's offering some of his favorite recipes here. You should download if you eat food.

the media went on and on about the price of eggs and milk under biden, meanwhile trump is conducting an illegal war in south america that he says he doesnt know anything about and the media's big concern is their invite to the white house christmas party

Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.

Depictions of evolution where a phylogeny often has humans on the far right or top can give an impression of evolution being progressive of leading to ‘increased complexity’ when it does not. Top figure shows such a phylogeny which can look the same as ‘the March of progress’ depiction most commonly used to depict evolution (showing monkey to man erroneous march of evolution) - instead swiveling some nodes on a phylogeny where humans are shown closer to the center (which doesn’t change relationships) can lead to better ‘tree thinking’

New post by me on #MITPressReader @mitpress.bsky.social

On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial
the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’).

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What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter? Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Dept of Education proposes redefining "professional degrees" to exclude degrees in nursing, NP/PA, Public Health, PT/OT and more

Why the Department of Education is making a huge mistake.

Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:

In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.

In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.

Understanding bats in English churches: A citizen science approach Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Cool to see this research out: citizen science showing how important churches are for bats in the UK, especially pre-Reformation (old) churches, and those in rural areas where there may not be many alternative roost sites.
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Michael Burry says Tesla stock is 'ridiculously overvalued' Burry cast Tesla as a giant on stilts, with Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar prize and rolling AI storylines turning investors into a subsidy for the myth

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry on why Tesla stock is 'ridiculously overvalued' qz.com/michael-burr...

The 'Fallout' Show Won't Give a Canon Ending for 'New Vegas' Despite going to the Mojave Wasteland for its second season, the 'Fallout' show has no intention of stepping on players' and Obsidian's toes.

The ‘Fallout’ Show Won’t Give a Canon Ending for ‘New Vegas’ gizmodo.com/the-fallout-...

Creed Sings 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' in a Merry Holiday Mashup "There I Ruined It" created a merry holiday mashup featuring "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" performed in the vocal style of Creed.

Creed Sings ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ in a Merry Holiday Mashup laughingsquid.com/creed-rudolf...

The best telescopes for astrophotography Read our reviews on the best telescopes for astrophotography. Whether you’re viewing planets, stars or deep space, get the right telescope.

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Roman military helped bring cats to Europe Military roads helped the felines domesticate about 2,000 years ago.

Roman military helped bring cats to Europe www.popsci.com/environment/...

Esoteric Scenes Unfurl in Gideon Kiefer's Atmospheric Paintings Gideon Kiefer's scenes depict meadows dotted with fires, pensive figures, and natural phenomena seemingly detached from reality.

Esoteric Scenes Unfurl in Gideon Kiefer’s Atmospheric Paintings www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/12/gide...

"Stranger Than Kindness" is the incredible new Nick Cave virtual exhibition "Stranger Than Kindness" is the incredible new Nick Cave virtual exhibition, filled with Cave's artwork, music, writings, and more.

"Stranger Than Kindness" is the incredible new Nick Cave virtual exhibition boingboing.net/2025/12/01/s...

Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.

There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.

That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic. (Note for free subscriber...

@katelynburns.com: "The student's mom... is a former Springfield, MO city council member who faced a recall campaign in 2017 before resigning in late 2018. She's a conservative attorney who sued several cities in 2020 seeking to overturn local mask mandates and went on to defend several J6ers."

The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting: How the Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal with the Toughest Negotiators You Know—Your Kids The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting: How the Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal with the Toughest Negotiators You Know—Your Kids - Kindle edition by Raeburn, Paul, Zollman, Kevin. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting: How the Science of Strategic Thinking Can Help You Deal with the Toughest Negotiators You Know—Your Kids.

We didn't actually talk about it on the podcast, but Kevin does have a charming book he co-authored with Paul Raeburn: The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting.

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Title card for Kevin Zollman episode of #MindscapePodcast

Mindscape 337 | Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com on Game Theory, Signals, and Meaning. #MindscapePodcast

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Research roundup: 6 cool stories we almost missed The assassination of a Hungarian duke, why woodpeckers grunt when they peck, and more.

Research roundup: 6 cool stories we almost missed. Raisins turn water into wine; the assassination of a medieval Hungarian duke; why woodpeckers grunt when they peck, and more. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Advent “He did not wait till the world was ready, till men and nations were at peace. He came when the Heavens were unsteady, and prisoners cried out for release. He did not wait for the perfect time. He came when the need was deep and great.” —MADELEINE L'ENGLE, "FIRST COMING"

An evergreen tree, lit with white lights and decorated with blue ribbon and white ornaments in a room with green walls.

Tonight we lit the first candle of Advent, countering the shadow of fear with Hope. We started reading “A Beautiful Year” by @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social and reminisced enjoying “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle

"A Few Good Men" would be a much worse movie if Col. Jessup was based on Hegseth.

Judge: You may proceed with your questioning
Tom Cruise: Did you order the code red?
Jack Nicholson: Oh yeah. Absolutely. Then I ordered a second, extra kinetic and lethal code red.