Justin Kiggins

YOU WANT TO KNOW ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA

You get to interact with humans you'd likely not have contact with IRL/meatspace because our worlds in meatspaces are limited by time/money/distance/access.

DO YOU PEOPLE KNOW HOW FUCKING COOL IT IS HOW MANY SCIENTISTS ARE ON HERE

“Hey quick follow up for the History Respecter — what aspect of the Confederacy are you *most* proud of?

The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”

Padilla: When you have the DHS using cruel and aggressive tactics for immigration enforcement, of course, in a community as diverse as Los Angeles, you’re going to have people speaking up in defense of our fundamental rights and due process—rights the Trump administration has consistently ignored.

hope the marines bring their dancing shoes, this looks brutal

It feels so predictable and manufactured... Is this simply pretext for having military (National Guard and Marines) mobilized before Saturday's long-planned #nokings protests?

They lie.

Every single Trump appointee lies.

The SCOTUS appointees lied.

The cabinet members lied.

Every single one of them, lies as easily as they breathe.

political norms are not just completely useless they are deeply harmful because they always end in the worst people acting with impunity while everyone else goes 'oh my goodness well nothing we can do that would violate the rules that don't exist really'

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

This is what happens when you put an incompetent alcoholic Fox News reporter in charge of the Defense Department.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Screenshot of headline and story blurb: Record-Setting Ocean Liner, a Titan of Its Time, Begins Its Final Voyage The S.S. United States, the largest passenger ship ever built in America, left Philadelphia under tow on Wednesday, eventually to be sunk off the Gulf Coast. 5 min read

Come ON

Math is hard

We're just one month in and the Musk/Trump Administration has already implemented 34% of Project 2025. www.project2025.observer

Americans Go Rogue in Response to a Broken Health Care System | Opinion From raw milk to vaccine skepticism to biohacking, many Americans are going rogue in their pursuit of health.

One of the things driving Americans towards DIY or alternative medicine, says @catherinetan.bsky.social, is the failure of the American healthcare system itself.

www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...

U.S. intelligence, law enforcement candidates face Trump loyalty test Candidates for top intelligence and law enforcement jobs were asked to give “yes” or “no” responses to questions such as: Was Jan. 6 “an inside job?”

How long before Grok has been fine-tuned to pass Donnie's loyalty tests? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Congrats Lenny!! Dug up a little throwback....

YouTube video by Xfyrfqib Shrimp Running On A Treadmill With The Benny Hill Theme.mpg

Two things can be true:

-Politicized attacks on science, including science made to seem “silly” and wasteful out of context, are extremely bad

-A shrimp on a treadmill set to the benny hill theme is hilarious

youtu.be/v2cr1bUHIBM?...

Trump’s Legal Battles Over Jan. 6 Are Still Alive and Relevant Legal analysis of the ongoing January 6th-related civil lawsuits against President Trump, and how immunity will work in his second term.

Great explainer in Just Security by Norm Eisen and Adam Klasfield about the pending Jan 6 civil cases against Trump. Unlike criminal cases, civil cases may proceed against a sitting president.

Trump’s Slow-Burn Authoritarianism You’ve read about the scary horrors of a Trump second term. But a legal war of attrition that harasses MAGA’s enemies and transforms government info into propaganda could prove more insidious and hard...

"expect Justice Department investigations that might not lead to prosecutions but nonetheless would drain them of resources; IRS investigations into their taxes and business ventures; revoked passports; or threats to cancel security clearances—all designed to get potential critics to self-silence"

Biden’s Unpardonable Hypocrisy The president vowed not to pardon his son Hunter—and then did so anyway.

Fuck Joe Biden. Seriously.

First he paves the way for Trump's return by choosing to run for a second term despite overwhelming unpopularity.

Then this!?

Fucking hell.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

People who say they care about women’s and girls’ sports are noticeably quiet about how eliminating the Department of Education would end federal oversight of Title IX enforcement of the equal existence of women’s and girls’ sports

He's putting two guys in charge of government efficiency.

He's putting TWO GUYS in charge of government EFFICIENCY.

In 1963, we spent 2.5% GDP on science in this country.

Now we are at 0.6% and falling.

The next 4 years are going to be brutal for science in America.

Arizona Names Pluto (Not A Planet) As Its Official State Planet It's not a planet, but try telling Arizona that.

Typical Arizona move
www.iflscience.com/arizona-name...

Maybe "countless" here means "we weren't able to count even one"

I thought so too but we have just unearthed 1928 posters with most of the color design. Should be safe :) www.reuters.com/article/idUS...

Watch the First Meteor Shower of 2024 Reach Its Peak The Quadrantids are forecast to be one of the year’s strongest showers, but they can be difficult to actually spot.

Just saw two meteors back to back while walking the dogs before sunrise www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/s...

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