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In case you were wondering what a “1.6% fertility rate” was (????)

is it this

kinda want one of these tbh

The sun begins to set. I look out over the plains. The safe products glisten in golden light. I sheathe my posting keyboard. It has been a good Recall Thursday.

“The PC should be able to act on your behalf.”

the fuck is it with these guys

The Young Republicans Are the Truest Republicans A little Nazi stuff? What's the big deal?

Those wacky Nazi-loving kids on the group chat that JD Vance is defending? They’re the truest Republicans of all.

paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-young-...

OH MY GOD SOMEBODY TEACH HIM MATH!!!

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.

We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

100% Times 10. LOL

Say it with me: Everything out of their mouths is a lie and/or projection

#NoKings. #LoveAmericaRally

Trump is opting some of the government out of the shutdown The administration is finding ways to pay troops and for government work Trump favors while targeting “Democrat programs” for layoffs or closures.

You don't find out until the 12th paragraph of this story that what Trump is doing is illegal. Just from a newsworthiness standpoint, how do you not lead with that? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A man in a brown coat an a hat has his hand under the face of a large bear and looks poised to kiss them.

No, Svetlana did not look like her online pictures, but Ralph had spent almost twenty grand to get her here, and he was determined to make the best of it.

Trump’s Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like. 

Existing laws give the president great latitude in combating threats to national security — but Trump’s orders purporting to designate antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization” are an obvious abuse of this authority. bit.ly/4330Su2

Chicago is choosing justice over fear, as it has in the past In 1850, the federal government deputized local officials to enforce slavery. In 2025, it demands cooperation in deportation. Chicago resisted nearly two centuries ago, and it still is today.

Great to see this op-ed from Drs. Claudia M. Fegan and Linda Rae Murray. Chicago is choosing justice over fear, as it has in the past chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

Oh my gods...

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Uh huh

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Sometimes I jump in too fast, and never want to make you think I'm talking to you when I'm not. LOL.

(And of course I meant that a pass-through to Blondi) LOL

Here I am, you ridiculous bimbo.

Today's laugh out loud, thank you

SHARKS ON HOVERBOARDS

"we can't have regulation or we won't be able to grow to scale quickly why don't u understand!"

"well at our scale we can't be expected to regulate what happens with our products we are just growing too quickly surely u understand"

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

Susan Collins and the Death of the Senate The longtime senator is in the electoral battle of her life. But it’s not only her legacy that’s at stake.

apropos of everything, @newrepublic.com commissioned two pieces from me on Susan Collins in 2020.

First for the Magazine: newrepublic.com/article/1567...

Then a longer piece for their election package: newrepublic.com/article/1597...

Both hold up if you’re trying to understand how we got here.

An unknown bacteria on Earth has developed in the Chinese space station: astronauts are faced with a situation straight out of a science fiction movie. Space exploration has entered a new era where microbial discoveries challenge our understanding of life beyond Earth. The Chinese Tiangong station recently became the site of an extraordinary finding ...

New bacteria found on Chinese space station, Niallia tiangongensis Source: Boston Organics Blog

blog.bostonorganics.com/unknown-bact...

She Studied How Logging Affects Pollinators Kim Ballare was a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service until her federal grant “got snatched away.”

Lost Science. Carl Zimmer "interviews US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to the Trump administration's cuts this year. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied the life bees bring to forests." Gift link from him: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Mass Firings And Rehiring At CDC Create Chaos, Fear More than 1000 CDC staffers were fired on Friday and half were rehired Saturday, creating chaos and confusion. Experts share their hypotheses as to what is going on.

Icymi, @drdemetre.bsky.social, @marynmck.bsky.social, and @gregggonsalves.bsky.social shared great perspectives on the chaos and destruction of the #CDC. I explain in www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...

Interesting, and yet somewhat alarming that that 2-dose series protection is still only about 68%. My mother had shingles and it was excrutiating.

A small white compact vehicle rests on its side on a mattress at the curb on a suburban street,

shhhhh… it was a really long drive