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So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.

Yeah, as long as the site itself is working I totally agree it is no big deal. The ORCID integration was improved and, kind of how USB bumbled around, we finally have something usable after trying every possible way to have a universal tracker for work products + CV.

Measles is one of those nightmare diseases that, if it hadn't been killing people for hundreds of years, people would ABSOLUTELY be pushing conspiracy theories about right now. It's too nasty in too many different directions to seem natural. But oh, boy, it sure is.

My quote of the day

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

Jesse Jackson

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Key conclusions:

Ioannidis's paper, while important because it stimulated much discussion, is itself false. Most published findings are not false.

Director Bhattacharya weaponizes this paper without bothering to re-read it carefully enough to get even the most basic facts about it right.

8/9

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS

DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO POWER STRIPS

DO NOT PLUG SPACE HEATERS INTO ANYTHING BUT A GROUNDED, WALL SOCKET

Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.

I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.

VAR is a crime against continuing the flow of the game. VAR literally violates the spirit of the game. Yes, things are missed. That is the frailty of life and yet the beauty of it.

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

Make it viral.

WHO GIVES A DAMN?

It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.

Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.

This is one of our favorites!

they put the postal service in the fucking constitution

it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit

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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.

All from his movies.

To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.

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Can confirm they are delicious and presumably protein packed.

Ain't that the truth.

Pdoom up to 75%. They are tossing him aside.....

The measure of all things and Roger Williams and the creation of the American Soul.

The role of spatial distance in SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial transmission The nosocomial transmission of respiratory viruses causes significant disruption to hospital care, but the spatial dynamics of transmission on hospital wards are poorly understood.

New paper out on virus transmission in hospitals. Predictable patterns of airflow on hospital wards explained 3/4 of SARS-CoV-2 transmission events between patients. www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...

We're really getting another World Cup before GTA 6 ⏳

Digital map lets you explore the Roman Empire's vast road network

Digital map lets you explore the Roman Empire's vast road network

The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.

He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.

How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?

These look straight out of fallout.

Here’s what it would look like if you put every MLS playoff team in Europe. Can the European mind comprehend this? 😉