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A Sea of Sorcery: Roundtable with Shannon Chakraborty produced by Shireen Hamza and featuring Fahad Bishara, KD Thompson, Liana Saif, Mahmood Kooria, Rebecca Hankins, and Samantha Pellegr...

Delighted to finally share this episode of The Ottoman History Podcast doing a historical deep dive on The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2025/11/chak...

I mean, there's HL:Security Guard.. I'm not sure where else they could GO without being a "HL2 prequel" instead. Maybe HL:Scavenge The Remains of Black Mesa?

really, who doesn't want to jump someone's bones from time to time

When Trump doubled down, courts and WA governor rallied for food benefits | Editorial State leaders and judges acted boldly to protect our most vulnerable residents from the federal administration's intention to turn off food benefits.

Donald Trump fought hard to keep food from hungry families.

Washington state came together and fought hard to win in court, distribute SNAP funds, and support our food banks.

Thank you to our teams that worked long hours to get benefits and support to Washingtonians.

None of these guys are really hoping for repeat business, so that makes sense.

OpenAI made a free version of ChatGPT for teachers OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teachers is a secure version of the AI assistant designed for school employees.

Free shovel to dig your own grave.

Baristas are locking arms in front of lines of trucks.

This distribution center is Starbucks’ largest on the East Coast, which is why we’re showing up to send a message. We're ready to continue escalating our ULP strike until Starbucks does the right thing.

#NoContractNoCoffee

I would also like to know the reason behind banning someone - even a fringe candidate in a fursuit - who is running for Congress.

KILL IT WITH A GUN

..no, wait, you didn't mean that kind of shot. Other kind is also fine.

PHOTOS: TPM Celebrates Our 25-Year Anniversary in NYC We rang in our 25th anniversary in style last week, hosting a...

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fork placement is ideal, here

I see that you're a believer in the Calvinist interpretation of snowmen. The Calvin and Hobbesian, anyway.

Tharimmune, Inc. @TharimmuneInc The FDA has reviewed and concurred with Tharimmune's quantitative modeling plan for TH104, supporting further development of our lead prophylactic candidate for respiratory depression caused by fentanyl and ultrapotent opioids. Full release: prnewswire.com/news-releases/.. Tharimmune Receives Positive FDA Feedback for TH104 Prophylaxis Program Against Respiratory Depression from Fentanyl and Ultrapotent Opioids

FDA is approving a new form of nalmefene for “prophylaxis” for “opioid exposure,” specifically citing fentanyl.

“Fentanyl exposure” is not a thing. Fent has to be intentionally ingested to cause OD.

It’s being made by a “blockchain-focused digital finance company” whose “biotech arm” is only this…

as always, archive.ph is your friend. archive.ph/tImug

"Horny Slime Rancher" is probably a game somewhere, but I don't think I need to play it.

Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy

Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy

But the point (there is a point) is, people fetishise the idea over the hard work of plotting and character development and research and internal consistency and just writing the fucker, because the Idea is the sparkly magic bit.

And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.

Among the technologies employed, the Magellan rover is used to map the tunnels of Veii along with researchers.

Etruscan tunnels are deeply interesting (sorry) and “the first complete mapping of the tunnels of the Etruscan city of Veii, a complex underground system comprising galleries, hydraulic structures, canals, cisterns, wells, and the large sacred pool” is now complete! cultura.gov.it/comunicato/2...

ow, my claustrophobia. Still neat, though!

You COULD lick your way out, but maybe you'd rather just wait the twenty years.

"Twelve Monkeys" could have done the funniest thing, here...

electrons

I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Electrons.

Generative AI is based on the faulty premise that your first idea - the half-formed pondering that signals only the beginning of a long, possibly fruitless journey - is already good enough to exist. That it requires nothing but actualisation to be complete.

Human brains produce new ideas every second of every day. Sit down with a tiny child and ask them to explain something they're doing and you will hear half a dozen of them. Ideas are what humans *do*. The idea is by far the easiest part of any creative process.

The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.

The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.

I love it when people post a picture of some regular guy to reddit and say “what breed is my cat?”

Ma’am, your cat came out of some muddy shrubs in your friend’s sister’s back yard

Probably until the end of this Congress. The process it took to get a speaker at all was so bad that nobody wants to do it again.

a realistic digital drawing of Rachael from Blade Runner

Throwback to this Blade Runner sketch. It's wild how I used to think I couldn't be autistic because I didn't stack cans or arrange my toys in a row. Kiddo, you definitely arranged something.

It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend