Dan Fulop

Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say

The weird new ant paper that shows queens laying eggs of a completely different species has me thinking that more species are probably cloning sperm in their spermathecae than we’d thought.

After all, most queens only mate once and cloning would be a great mechanism for keeping the party going.

Not really all that happy that the prime years of my life will be spent watching the world have to re-learn all the lessons we learned from 1900-1945

But people do get mad if you speak Spanish in public, to the point that I often censor myself from speaking Spanish to my kids (native speaker here) in public ..gotta read the room beforehand

I’m from LATAM. I have nothing against Mexican flags or people. Zero.

The question is whether these are reliable Dem voters

Best birthday present

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I'm tired of playing nice. I've been talking to Joe Jacobson from Progressive Action Fund about creating an ad targeting vulnerable members of Congress on cuts to scientific research at NIH and other agencies. I've raise about $30,000 for this but we need $50K. 1/ secure.actblue.com/donate/paf20...

PSA: never plant Goji berry bushes directly in the ground

These mfers are tenaciously invasive

These shoots continue to come up from a few bits of root within a week or so of being removed

I’m gonna have to dig up this whole section to remove any root remnants

Life finds a way, eh?

lol, mushroom fruiting bodies poking out of my worm compost bin

Oregon Jewish Museum defaced with swastikas; police seek help in similar incident elsewhere Two incidents in two months are being investigated as hate crimes.

I go by there all the time. They hosted the dinner for the Law v. Antisemitism conference.

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

Thanks

Where’s this?

Yeah, burying seems like the thing to do

Leaning towards burying. Thanks

Blurry pic because I zoomed in from afar

I just found a dead and rotting bunny in our garden shed

FUCK!

How do I get rid of it safely?!

The High Costs of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ New Car Loan Deduction By letting some buyers deduct interest on auto loans, the GOP megabill promises to lower transportation bills. But this tax break could do the opposite.

Instead of mitigating transportation costs, auto interest deductions are a $30B giveaway to the affluent and those who sell cars for a living.

The new GOP tax break will further push people to drive, worsening pollution, road safety, and inequality.

It’s a near-platonic ideal of terrible policy.

Why are King Cages so much than the competition?

#IYKYK

Love the wrinkles on soaking beans

I like this line of questioning. Yeah, why would it be incompatible with equal rights? Certainly a binational state could achieve that

Israelite Goddess Mystery Quest smashing pillars / tracing echoes

If you do a close read not only of the Bible but the archeology,

it starts to look like the Israelites, & all but a couple of Judean kings, worshipped a goddess for pretty much the whole First Temple era.

The implications of this are... far ranging--

& her name might not be what we've believed.

Yeah, and anti-vaxxers in th GOP, their to support for Trump (they found a welcome home in the GOP because of the dynamics you highlight), and RFK Jr leading HHS

What the F are we doing here?!

HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.

BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses.
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...

they’re well aware of how weak their position is — both in court and with the public — are are desperate to manufacture a “win” from nothing vs a conspicuous defeat on both counts

*courts will rule against them
*patient groups will protest being made into bargaining chips and human shields

Yeah, it’s not fun to think about

How do we fix / change that?!

The damage here is immense and long-lasting.

I have decades-long collaborations with scientists in Europe. Collaborations that have been extremely productive. Collaborations with zero Federal dollars going overseas.

All of that is now in jeopardy.

Trying to find US workarounds, but no one wins.