Matthew Olwell

Apparently they do!

Wait, do hairless cats lick themselves? This feels like an important question.

Aliens: “Huh. The brain in this one actually seems to be a very small, shriveled, moldy turd.” Maybe we don’t want that after all.”

A man asked ChatGPT how to remove sodium chloride from his diet. It landed him in the hospital — The Independent The man had been swapping sodium chloride, or table salt, for sodium bromide for three months after consulting ChatGPT

Apple News link here. Original is beyond a paywall:

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Aliens: “Take us to your leader. We want to suck out his brains and take over the government.”

Us: “what took you so long? He’s in the big white building over there.

You know what I really miss? The days of cheap motels. It’s 2025 and even a total fleabag wants $100/night. Yeesh.

A cat walks into a saloon...

BARTENDER: what will you have?
CAT: shot of whisky
BARTENDER, AFTER POURING THE SHOT: there you go
CAT, AFTER PUSHING THE SHOT OFF THE TABLE: give me another

YouTube video by Hank Green The Massive Fraud that’s Tearing America Apart

Don’t be put off by the clickbait-y title.

Make wonky stuff sexy…

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A little math about that prison camp in Florida. $450 million per year for 3,000 people is $150,000/person per year. The cost for one person receiving SNAP for one year is $2256, yet they're telling us that's too expensive. threads.com/@unapologeticallyzae

My executive function: “OK, we have a lot to do today, so let’s get busy and stay focused!“

My executive dysfunction: “you know what? I don’t think I’ve ever had a corn dog before. That’s weird. I wonder what they taste like. Now I kind of want one, so I guess we’ll be thinking about that now.“

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it has been said over and over but it’s worth reiterating in the face of this horrifying decision: RFK is quite literally joining the war on cancer on the side of cancer

A Gallup popularity chart showing the Pope at +46, Bernie at +11, AOC at -4, Trump at -16, Musk at -28.

Two most popular politicians on this list are Bernie (the rare double-digit positive opinion) and AOC. Elon Musk is one of the most unpopular people in the world.

'This is domestic terror': Shaken by ICE raids, pastors rethink ministries (RNS) — The fear of raids has pushed some congregations back to pandemic-era worship strategies.

If a Democratic administration sent federal agents into a church who pointed a gun at a pastor and arrested somebody who the church had given refuge, it would be a six-month-long scandal.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Trump is in the Epstein files

Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders

I'm glad that judges are recognizing that DOJ lawyers are lying as a matter of course. Now we need judges to recognize the same about ICE officers.

YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - with intro

One of the *greats* has left us. RIP, Tom Lehrer.

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They also don’t have an option to input MFA as a degree but they have many variations of someone who didn’t finish secondary school… why make someone who had to drop out to work disclose any details about that, but not take a major category of graduate degree? Whole thing seems oddly out of touch.

Common App’s wording around academics is… odd. Who says “College teacher”? I’ve never heard that from even a grad TA or an adjunct prof…

ASAN Says No Generative AI in Plain Language - Autistic Self Advocacy Network Plain language is an important part of making things accessible for disabled people. We are very worried that people are using artificial intelligence to translate text into plain language without rea...

Please, do not use Generative AI to create plain language translations! The Autistic Self Advocacy Network @autisticadvocacy.org "tested multiple artificial intelligence models, and all of them made big mistakes that changed the meaning of the text."

autisticadvocacy.org/2025/07/asan...

Is Autism Genetic? | UCLA Medical School Is autism genetic? What causes autism? Dr. Daniel H. Geschwind answers common ASD questions for Autism Awareness Month.

Autism is really super duper highly inheritable, as in, 80% of autistic people get it from their parents having autism-y genes (the remainder are likely from non-inherited genetic mutations). So, no, anti-vaxxers—you can't "get" autism after you're born.

medschool.ucla.edu/news-article... #autism

Fried shishito peppers

I don’t even care if shishitos are basically a delivery service for oil, salt, and lime juice. So tasty.

I think Hank references this book in the video! I want to read it.

YouTube video by Hank Green Sharks Aren't Fish

“Fish” turns out to be a much more complicated idea than I realized.

Apparently, beavers were at one point considered fish for the purposes of what one could and couldn’t eat during Lent.

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I really hope our civilization doesn’t crumble to dust because a bunch of opportunistic dickhead politicians keep weaponizing medieval superstitions instead of you know, serving the interests of the voters.

Petty cheating at golf is a window into his rotted soul.

I’m just going out on a limb and guessing that the target demographic for this is 16-20.

Thanks!

Heheh, thanks. Felt accurate.

I’m sorry, but this weirdo has no business being a public servant.