In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

English botanist & photographer Anna Atkins (b. #OTD in 1799) is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources say that she was the first woman to create a photograph. #WomenInSTEM #photography #cyanotype

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

Not sure how to do this. My partner and light of 19 years, @mitzistarkweather.bsky.social has been diagnosed with metastatic (stage 4) breast cancer. We are hopeful that modern treatment can give her many more years of changing the world. If you’re able, we could use your help. gofund.me/99a35bf2

She was 9 weeks pregnant. She died. The state of Georgia is making the doctors keep her alive to incubate the baby. She’s been dead for three months. This is REAL. this isn’t about what should or should not be done. This is about having a VOICE. This is about having a CHOICE.

Same person is also credited for creating this bright face dark face illusion image. These both faces are in same grey colour!! I verified it by cropping from both faces and put them side by side. Still can't unsee the illusion. Have been using it as.. (1/2)

US: “I believe it when I see it! Reality is what our senses tell us! Always trust yourself!” SCIENCE: “Here is a picture created by Japanese psychologist Akiyoshi Kitaoka that doesn’t have any red pixels in it, showing how easily we’re all fooled by what we think we can see. Have a lovely day.”

The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.

#Rajasthan | The #Dalit man said he delayed filing the complaint as he was scared, and because the accused persons had shot videos of their acts and threatened to make the videos viral. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10815...

It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.

Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺@katherineschof8.bsky.social · last yr.

My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

Here's the blog post I wrote when I migrated the archive.

Migrating my Twitter posts to Bsky | The Doctor

I joined twitter all the way back in 2010, and it helped me make friends in a new city. It helped me create a surrogate family of people I like while I was pursuing my PhD, and more than anything the ...

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This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.

How much you wanna bet that soon we’ll find out it’ll cost $100 billion or some such amount to fix everything he broke?

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only)@axidentaliberal.bsky.social · last yr.

Elon Musk said he’d cut the federal budget by $2 trillion Quickly lowered this to $1 trillion Now he’s down to $150 billion And even THAT appears to be an overestimate of $92 billion So-after firing thousands of workers and destroying government services This clown will cut $58 billion Maybe

Well this seems like a fantastic plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...

Where is our humanity?

He did it because those tux-wearing bastards never once said "thank you."

Just Jack@just-jack-1.bsky.social · last yr.

He tariffed territories entirely inhabited by penguins. That’s all you need to know about how well thought out his plans are.

If you supported a 10 year old American child with brain cancer, on her way to medical treatment, being deported because her parents are undocumented (but have no criminal records), then you’re a horrific person and I’m not sure how you sleep at night.

Parents deported to Mexico while seeking brain cancer treatment for young American daughter | CNN

The undocumented parents of a 10-year-old US citizen whose family was removed to Mexico say they are desperately seeking a way for either of them to return to the US with the girl so she can continue ...

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"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · last yr.

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position. Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

We likely already have more than a 'thousands Mozarts,' but many lack the time or financial resources to express their talent, often working for minimum wage at disgusting companies like Amazon.

Share THIS if you're glad the government is spending less on waste and more on a fleet of Cybertrucks you can see from space!

It's an honor to get to advocate for more accurate and inclusive research at such a critical time. Science won't stop for the parochial ideologies of those in power!

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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Vocal warm ups for mathletes.

This turd-sucking VP of USA, whose wife is an Indian, thinks that a guy, who condoned normalising Indian hate and promoted eugenics, is not a bad dude. 👏👏

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last yr.

NEW: VP Vance says he supports rehiring a DOGE staff member who resigned after it was found that he had previously made racist social media posts: "I say bring him back ... If he’s a bad dude or a terrible member of the team, fire him for that.”

Lololol

Some fascinating things happening on Reddit. 22,000 upvotes on the subreddit dedicated to posting pictures of houses that are over 100 years old.

A society is only as good as it treats its most marginalized members. We are all much closer to being vulnerable than not.

Sam Levin@samtlevin.bsky.social · 2y ago

Galen Buckwalter, 68, shared with me his harrowing tale of being forced to flee the Eaton fire alone on his wheelchair through dark streets and fierce winds, dodging debris as fire neared his home. “In emergencies, disabled people are the last to get services…We have no system. You’re on your own”

smoke from the palisades fire seen from space.

You don't believe in evolution? You mean you're a primate change denier?