-From Quarks to Quasars 1/ Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public.The site is called Climate.us & it was created by former staffers behind Climate.gov, the NOAA-run website long used by many for trusted climate information."

One of the great errors in fiction from past decades is that we always portrayed tech bro CEOs as geniuses when the truth is, most are dipshit bigots who got lucky or bankrolled by daddy. On their own merit, they fail every time.

The regulatory state is more important to the smooth operation of society to which we’ve become accustomed than anyone in this administration realizes, and in a lot of ways, we’ve already run off the cliff and are just starting to look down

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very bad news. Screwworm appears to have made it to Texas, as was predicted. These parasites eat the living flesh of cattle, cause horrible pain, and can ultimately kill them. Yesterday, USDA Chief Brooke Rollins categorically denied that screwworm was close to the border.

Reposting for No Kings weekend

@gnoahphungate.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I made a thing

Being unfamiliar with pro sports but quite familiar with video games, this got me very excited for a minute

Brian, Adventure Awaits! Huzzah!@phillyb322.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I mean Blanca is out here killing it and ESPN wants to focus on the bigot

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

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The thing about Dems universally backing impeachment is that even if it doesn't "work" it clarifies that a tiny handful Repub defections would end all of this and makes the conversation about what the hell is wrong with them for not doing so (+ helps us on the ground not feel utterly abandoned)

Perfection

a cartoon of finn and jake from adventure time hanging from a rope

Alt: Main title of Adventure Time

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Astreia@redoubters.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show: What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc

A leaked DoJ memo calls for prosecutors to charge people who film ICE with “domestic terrorism” They don’t want their atrocities documented. They don’t want a historical record. They don’t want the world to know. That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.

Justice Department says filming immigration raids is 'domestic terrorism'

A leaked Justice Department memo directs federal prosecutors to press “domestic terrorism” charges against individuals who record immigration operations.

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And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die a coward's death, ascended to glorious Valhalla

Jackson O'Brien@sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 8mo ago

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was told not to put the coin in his pocket, where it would become mixed up with the others and become just another coin, which it was.

Just to contribute to the anecdote pool, my ins premium just more than tripled

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

The Most Powerful Man in Masonry

a garage with tires hanging on the wall and the words oh yeah written on the bottom

Alt: The Kool-Aid man smashing through a brick wall

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The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 9mo ago

Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against? Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM

Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The thing is, if you cropped out a close-up of his neck in that photo and posted it, it would get flagged for nudity/adult content and that's not a joke, it's just literally true and he knows it and it makes him so mad

In a quarter century of working full-time in the music business I've avoided succumbing to drug or alcohol addiction, but goddamn will I ever stay up all night playing XCOM and achieve what I'm pretty sure is roughly the same toll on my aging body #SundayMorningCominDown #VH1BehindTheMusicSadPart

Dr Venture be like: Brock is this true

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The Mandalorian be like: Grog is this true

Putting aside the implausibility of a forgery in a 20yr old bound book, obviously identical signature, use of a sharpie, & everything known about their relationship, the big tell is Trump working in a compliment to himself. The narcissism is too spot-on to be fake.

I made a thing

Tired: following in the footsteps of Grover Cleveland Wired: following in the footsteps of William Henry Harrison

OK so I don't think he's dead but 1000% he is not well at the moment

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

So everyone has observed how the garlic clove scene in #Sinners is a huge nod to the blood test scene in Carpenter's #TheThing, but has anyone commented on how Remmick showing up at the cabin fleeing the Choctaw is just like the dog/Norwegians?

gonna be streaming around 9:30 if you want to join in. it's mostly a hang out and chat situation, where you can ask me anything. www.twitch.tv/jbouienyt

jbouienyt - Twitch

New York Times columnist. Photography enthusiast. History reader. Gamer?

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Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.

I think about this constantly

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · last yr.

People didn’t “used to be fine” without air conditioning during heat waves in the U.S. - a lot more people *just died*. According to this study, air conditioning has cut heat deaths in the U.S. by around 80% since 1960. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control