Like the Hubble telescope, my USPS package is on a journey through space and time, visiting all corners of the U.S.
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This is just pure comedy. the millionaire who regularly had blood transfusions from his son (causing autoimmune issues), who claims to have cloned *himself*, who has openly sought biological immortality, may have "taken this whole longevity thing too far". Yeah buddy, possibly.
Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social · 7d agoEven the rich immortality guy is giving up
🤣🤣🤣 I'm sorry, are we supposed to take this seriously and give it due consideration? www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-o...
Sam Altman says we are in the singularity: 'This is the moment'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he believes the technological singularity, the moment when artificial intelligence surpasses humans intelligence, is here.
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This chart is basically the whole story of American politics. Only one party has “centrists.”
The policy also gives them a chance to also further wound higher ed in addition to furthering Stephen Miller's anti-immigrant stance
Julia Piaskowski@jpiaskowski.bsky.social · 2w agoYet another reminder that the party that ran on mass deportations, that said it was only against "illegal immigration", comes after those who are here legally: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Yet another reminder that the party that ran on mass deportations, that said it was only against "illegal immigration", comes after those who are here legally: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Trump Administration Finalizes Limits on Student Visas
International students previously could stay as long as their program lasted. The Trump administration is ending that 1978 policy.
insidehighered.com
In 1969, the Black Panthers launched their legendary Free Breakfast Program for Children. In a 1969 Senate hearing, the federal school lunch program administrator admitted, "I don’t think [the gov't] wanted to be outdone by a community-based organization, especially the Panthers." Learn more here:
The Free Breakfast Program for Children
In 1969, three years after Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, the Panthers launched into community services, including the highly successful Free Breakfast P...
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Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol
ICE is running a cash bounty system for migrant children. A *cash bounty system for children*. Unclear what is happening to these kids.
Andrew Thrasher@tituslegaldesign.com · 3w agoBtw: here's the infographic from the article, showing the layered contract system that ICE is using to hide details about the incentives they're offering to 287(g) partner agencies.
Our built world is not designed for these changing temperatures and sprawling catastrophes, and there is no plan or budget in place to address this. To make what's ahead more bearable and survivable, we will need transformative change and radical redistribution—not fucking data centers.
Anyone know of a CS student really excited to get some hands-on experience writing unit tests?? It's for a good cause!
for fellow freaks who want to render sheet music by writing plain text inside of markdown inside of Astro, well, I made something for you! astro-lilypond converts text to SVG and works in markdown or with a <LilyPond> component. zero client-side JS. 🎶 docs and install: lilypond.ky.fyi
Astro LilyPond
Render LilyPond music notation to images with Astro.
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The administration and the insecure guys in its orbit think that testosterone levels are like an IQ test for manliness.
testosterone is a common obsession among evangelicals; it's how they justify their beliefs about the gender binary and that men are not just slightly stronger than women but 3-10x stronger
Truthout@truthout.org · 3w agoSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a new policy to provide mandatory testosterone level testing for servicemembers over the age of 30, aimed at increasing testosterone levels — a move that has been discouraged by health experts.
Got my comment on the abomination of the OMB rule in at the last minute. We could reach 400K tonight. This is one skirmish, but with hundreds of thousands of Americans, we have the power of a movement. Thanks @standupforscience.net, @defendpublichealth.bsky.social, and everyone else in the fight.
Costa Samaras@costasamaras.com · 3w agoGratitude and congratulations to @cdelawalla.bsky.social, @colesci.bsky.social, and the @standupforscience.net team. With 3 hours until the comment period closes, there are 341,699 public comments! Still time to submit one: www.regulations.gov/docket/OMB-2...
Norm Matloff (1948-2026) @matloff.bsky.social I was made aware of the post below made by his daughter. We lost another friend and valued long-time contributor the #Rstats community, gone far too soon, and sure to be missed. His memory will be a blessing.
Interesting to see McConnell honoring the ancient pharaoh's tradition of taking your pet along with you to the afterlife
@prisonculture.bsky.social If you get a chance to read this (described by the author as a zine), it's extraordinary: www.commonthreadspress.co.uk/products/sti...
Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration
For centuries, people have stitched in good times and in bad, finding strength in the needle moving in and out of fabric. Stitching Freedom explores the embroidery made in prisons and mental health ho...
commonthreadspress.co.uk
always missing from discussions about the debt
Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 4w ago1. The Pentagon has refused to provide an accurate accounting of the costs of the Iran War, so Popular Information crunched the numbers. The DIRECT COSTS are at least $103 BILLION in the first 120 days. This is $73 billion more than the latest official estimate.
NEW: Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last 5 days, a major surge that has stemmed from a push at ICE to increase arrests. The WH has wanted more arrests. The expectation inside ICE is 2K arrests a day. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down
nytimes.com
Why do FIFA officials appear to be having the least fun of everyone in the stadium? They all look like they are waiting for their court appearance to begin.
DRC goalkeeper making some big sacrifices in this first half
Last year, the *grandson* of John Tyler, the 10th president--who served prior to the civil war--died.
Philip Bump@pbump.com · last mo.America isn’t even that old; if you’re 50 you’ve been alive for one-fifth of it. The country has existed for a span covering only four presidents’ lives.
McDonald’s CEO says potential customers cooking burger at home are on a very dangerous path.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · last mo.ANTHROPIC CEO WARNS OPEN-SOURCE AI IS ON A "VERY DANGEROUS PATH"