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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal

wsj push alert that says: In a stunning moment of self reflection, ChatGPT admitted to fueling a man's delusions and acknowledged how dangerous its own behavior can be

stop 👏 anthropomorphizing 👏 the 👏 chatbot 👏

Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.

if being part of the union does not entitle you to any of the benefits of the union, we do not, in any real sense, have a union

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

Listen do you want to try writing the book or amputating a limb with the civil war bone saw? It's going to feel about the same.

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated.

The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said.

By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

yeah that’s kidnapping

all scrolling is doomscrolling under fascism

This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.

"Woke just means you give a damn about other people."

— Jane Fonda accepting the Life Achievement Award at the SAG Awards

when the crowd cheers for the Nazi salute, what you have is a crowd full of Nazis

Fantasy At The End Of The World - Aftermath A new world is possible, but only if we log off and put in the work

NEW for @aftermath.site - i wrote about Metaphor:ReFantazio, David Lynch, and the work we need to do to defeat doomerism and manifest the world we want.

"rapid response"

*checks calendar*

huh

Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize

we love attentive blocking

Fabulous 🇺🇸💥

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate

Kendrick: actually

This is why the Samuel L. Jackson bits were so amazing. Just a total troll job on angry white people.

As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces President Trump has promised a “colorblind and merit-based” society, while also equating diversity with incompetence

Pretty sure it’s a racist overcurrent now.

we are reaching levels of national security threats I did not even realize were possible

this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility

except somehow it's actually real

same methods, different era

do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you

Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks:

"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

A diverse flight crew of a gay guy, a Black man, and a woman

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼