Mark Fitzgerald

It's Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto - FuelArc News We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. That’s more than enough data to comp...

The Ford Pinto had a death rate of 85 people for 10 million cars sold. The Cybertruck hasn't sold 10 million, but the fatality rate so far maths out to 1,452 people killed per 10 million sold.

The Cybertruck may be the deadliest road car, for the occupants, ever sold.

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A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing

Bad news!

A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

can’t pay for healthcare or other basic services but we have 10 billion for a trump slush fund with a fake “board”

Its the molecule Horsfiline done up to look like a horse

恭喜發財! 馬年快樂! Happy Lunar New Year! May the year of the Horse bring good health and happiness to all!

The molecule below is Horsfiline. #chemsky #chemchat

a werewolf in front of a house wearing a ‘BE MINE’ heart and holding a sign that reads ‘THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE’ above a photo of bad bunny

a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.

Goldman: "If Trump wants to put his name on everything, as he does, then let's start calling this the Trump-Epstein files"

Histrionicotoxin is such a cool structure!

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Displays About Slavery at Washington’s House The judge said the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths after the administration took down displays about slavery at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia.

The Trump administration has been ordered to temporarily restore displays about George Washington’s ownership of enslaved people at a monument on the site of his former house in Philadelphia, after a judge said that the government did not have the power to erase or alter historical truths.

Return to wooden skis leather boots and wooly clothing, that might level the field.

After the flood in Sumatra: The silent disappearance of the world's rarest apes Only around 800 Tapanuli orangutans still live in Sumatra's mountain forests. A flood disaster in November 2025 has further decimated its already fragile population and is forcing Indonesia to change ...

Only around 800 Tapanuli orangutans still live in Sumatra's mountain forests. A flood disaster in November 2025 has further decimated its already fragile population and is forcing Indonesia to change policy. However, experts worldwide are concerned.

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The MA housing crisis is a moral issue, but there is an underlying political crisis as well.

People move to cheaper places if they can’t afford sky-high housing costs.

“Blue” states are throwing away electoral power to “Red” states in congressional apportionment and the EC because of NIMBYism.

WSJ: “.. The pricing break is over. .. Companies .. are raising prices early this year on items from bluejeans and spices to housewares and industrial products.”

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A new systematic analysis of intermittent fasting from 22 randomized trials shows no advantage for weight loss or other outcomes compared with regular diet advice
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A misty spring morning in the park.

Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org

The geese from last month’s emergency rescue are doing well! We are not sure what we’re going to do with them, to be honest. We’re not set up to keep them permanently, but they would have died if we had not taken them from the homestead where they were found.

The Super Bowl halftime show featuring Bad Bunny is expected to take place between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. ET.

The alternate halftime show by Turning Point USA featuring Kid Rock is expected to take place between 1930 and 1932.

How TrumpRx drug prices compare to generic alternatives Patients could save more buying non-branded copycat drugs, even if they don't have insurance.

More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx site have a cheaper generic version on the market.

Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.

A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.

A very red mug. available now.
#pottery #ceramics #handmade #clay #ceramic #ceramicart #stoneware #homedecor

An advert for Poole Pottery from the Google sidebar featuring a green and blue stylised ceramic Superb Owl.

Well done Poole Pottery

Donald Trump won this district in Louisiana by 13 points in 2024.

The Democrat just crushed a Republican extremist in this district by 24 points.

Folks, that’s a 37 point swing to the left. We can compete everywhere and win anywhere. Let’s keep this up!

Calgon, take me away!

Today is the 52nd anniversary of the release of "Blazing Saddles," the plot of which involves business and political interests leveraging ordinary people's bigotry in an effort to obtain power and financial gain.

People like to say that that movie couldn't be made today. Shit, we're living it.

OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥

Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come back… ever.

This is the country we live in now.

“Some people have to work around here”

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Mathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS. Without the mathematical model that she helped refine, “the extraordinary positioning, navigation, and timing accuracy of GPS would be impossible to achieve.”

The research of Dr. Gladys West, who died Jan. 17 at 95, laid the groundwork for the GPS.

Thanks in part to her, anyone with a smartphone can navigate easily from one place to the next, without having to stop to ask for directions.

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Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated — most related to vaccines, study finds The agency plays a key role in tracking the disease spread and vaccination rates. Last year, it seemed to back away from some of that work, according to new research.

Nearly half of the databases that the CDC used to update regularly — surveillance systems that tracked public health information like Covid vaccination rates and hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus — have been paused without explanation, according to new research.