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Thanks. Hope you have time too.

Absolutely hooked. This was supposed to be a Troop Backpacking trip, but with no second adult, we had to cancel. I took the day to hike instead.

Hike 2

Hike 1

A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.

The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

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Vought.

This is not how science works. You can't revoke science.

Four frame comic. First frame shows a Canadian flag. Text reads : the new canadian citizenship policy, which was enacted in December 2025, restores citizenship by descent, for ancestors as far as you can prove. 2nd frame shows a locomotive. Text reads : that means that if one of your grandparents, great-grand- parents or even farther was demonstrably born in Canada, you don't even need to apply for citizenship - you are retro- actively granted it. Third frame shows an old dusty register book. Text reads : the process involves linking your CanadA-born ancestor to yourself by digging up a paper trail of birth or wedding certificates, proof of immigration or adoption, etc. thanks to Canadian archive- keeping traditions, this is possible by reaching out to towns, parishes, national archives*... Fourth frame shows old factory chimneys. Text reads : between 1840 and 1930, 925 000 French-Canadians fled persecution and economic oppression by moving to the usa. today, their descendants represent around ten million people, or 3% of the U.s. population. if it's time for you to come back, we haven't forgotten about you.

I'm not saying that Canada is perfect, I'm saying that the bar is pretty low right now.

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Quick imout and back today.

Get out and enjoy the cold.

How the Justice Department Failed Epstein’s Victims | On the Media | WNYC Studios In the latest batch of Epstein files, hundreds of pages are redacted, shielding the names of prosecutors and possible co-conspirators. On this week’s On the Media, what the files say ...

"This is a crime against children...The public needs to demand that this case be treated how it should have been handled from the very beginning." Thank you, @jkbjournalist.bsky.social and @onthemedia.bsky.social. This is an important listen. #EpsteinFiles

"Pfiffe für JD Vance" means boos for JD Vance. Lead story in Der Spiegel. Germans invented Schadenfreude.

Reviews of New Food: The 7-Eleven Japanese-Style Egg Salad Sandwich At long last, the legendary 7-Eleven Japanese-style egg salad sandwich has landed in the USA. A creation on par with Tamagotchi and the rice cooker...

Some things translate well from Japanese to English. Pokémon. Instant noodles. Marie Kondo. Godzilla.

Some things translate… less well. Benihana. Karaoke. The 1998 Godzilla reboot starring Matthew Broderick.

Then, there’s the 7-Eleven Japanese-Style Egg Salad Sandwich.

You may recall that in January of 2025, artist Ann Telnaes announced that she had quit The Washington Post after editors killed a cartoon that depicted owner Jeff Bezos, among others, genuflecting to Trump.

This cartoon feels even more relevant this week.

Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.

A Law School Dean Signed a Brief Defending Trans Rights. She Lost Her Job Because of It The revocation of Emily Suski’s job offer at the University of Arkansas sends a chilling message to law professors everywhere.

I wrote on the shameful situation re: the recession of a deanship to Emily Suski at the University of Arkansas Law. What was the reason? Prof. Suski signed an amicus brief supporting trans rights. The Arkansas legislators admitted that was it! Horrible outcome. ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Abolish ICE Before They Kill Again, Impeach Trump & Noem Before They Incite More Murder

Renee Nicole Good was a 37-year-old award-winning poet, a mother of a six-year-old, and a wife who had recently moved to Minneapolis. That all ended yesterday when a masked ICE agent murdered her in broad…

This awesome book is out now!! My work is on the cover!! Go get one, Daniel is a legend. Feels so special to have my work featured in a serious academic art book, on the cover no less!

Dear Hilton: Lose My Number For those who wish to tell Hilton what they think of them, here is a model letter. Dear Hilton: I, as well as many of my friends and fellow citizens (as social media reflects), initially read with …

Remember 24 hours ago when we were still mad at Hilton, who insisted that these monsters needed to be housed on their properties? Want to tell them?

I've got you covered with this model letter.

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An official account of the United States government is dreamposting about deporting 80+ million citizens

A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.

Perversion doesn’t go strong enough. This is bald-faced right wing propaganda, as has become the default stance at the “paper of record.”

Excerpts from My Rejected Script, Alien vs. Predator Save Christmas Page 7 INT. SANTA’S WORKSHOP (SANTA oversees elves working hard to make toys. Nothing could possibly ruin this scene of Christmas magic.) SANTA: Go...

SANTA: Rudolph? Is that you?

(PREDATOR decloaks, revealing the glow to be his targeting laser!)

SANTA: Gulp.

(PREDATOR fires, hitting an ALIEN right behind SANTA!)

SANTA: Maybe I can put you on the “Nice” list after all.

PREDATOR: Thanks, Santa. Also, I talk now.
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Homeland Security tweet: Merry Christmas, America. We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior.

Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.

Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...

ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.

Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.

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Protect Trans Care Now As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.

Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.