Boiling our oceans for bullshit

This exact same thing happened in ATLAS SHRUGGED only it was wheat. If I recall correctly the trains for the wheat crop were redirected to a soybean crop which ended up being "moldy and unfit for consumption." The farmers tried filling everything possible with wheat and it ended with rioting(?)

Exploring “War-Torn” Portland With Local Search America Local Search America is free to use and free of advertising. In this article I'm going to walk you through its three tools to find local TV stations, government agencies, and institutions of higher learning near Portland and search their Web…

"We have established what you are, now we're just haggling over the price"

Occasionally I buy a few extra copies of Little Women and drop them in Little Free Libraries

This foomflang is managing to outacky the PTL Club

The nice thing about feeling free to block is that it's a self-resolving mechanism. If you end up blocking everyone in the world, you have empirical evidence it's a you problem. 😂

I have decided Sam Altman is just predicting the AI Rapture over and over and over again

Great resource: The Digitally Accountable Public Representation (DAPR) Database - "an innovative archive that systematically tracks and analyzes the online communication of federal, state, and local elected officials in the U.S." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Microbe Directory, Cyber Law Toolkit, Archiving Facebook, More: Sunday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, September 28, 2025 NEW RESOURCES Database: The Microbe Directory: a centralized database for biological interpretation of microbiome data . "The Microbe Directory (TMD) is a centralized database of…

Even if you accept that Patel said something correct WHO WAS PRESIDENT AT THE TIME??!!!

Quiet everyone PM Magazine is on

"Why are the richest people always so stupid?" Because their god is money, and money does not nurture

Random take: he came across this somewhere, thought it was real, and got excited because he thought it would cure *him* (of whatever's leaving him all cankly and bruised) and that's why he reposted it

Severus Snape has an memecoin opportunity you don't want to miss

Tina Turner in a Party City wig

Just got back from the Riyadh Comedy Festival and boy are my arms chopped off.

Good.

I actually talked about this with my husband and we both agreed that AI was an unwanted third party

I have often wondered if anyone would find Granny medically interesting. She's 102 and her hair is brown with enough random gray hairs to prove she doesn't color it

I'm so disappointed in Jimmy Carr. (I understand that there is no possible way he gives a shit, but I must feel my feels.)

I'm fine with it, I've been holding my breath for the last damn week

RootsTech 2026, Google, LinkedIn, More: Sunday ResearchBuzz, September 28, 2025 EVENTS Genealogy's Star: RootsTech 2026 Registration now open!. "Registration for RootsTech 2026 is now open! The world's largest family history conference returns March 5-7, 2026, with options for both in-person and…

I'm pretty sure the National Library of Jamaica site has been hacked (unless they're including hidden URLs to sex sites in their source code for some other reason.) I gave up trying to alert sites to this a long time ago as pointless but dammit, it's a national library. So I tried again.

I was thrilled to watch this Cooper's Hawk chasing Crows in Central Park today (unsuccessfully). As it crossed over the Harlem Meer, I got this shot right at eye level! 🥰🥰🥰 #Hawks #CentralPark #birding

Ah ha ha ha ha

Damn, good for her.

BLUESKY NEEDS CONTENT WARNINGS

Amelia, it was just a false alarm (shoutout to everybody who got that)

Honestly ,no lie

OutSmart Magazine, Perplexity API, WordPress Telex, More: Saturday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, September 27, 2025 NEW RESOURCES OutSmart: Preserving Houston’s LGBTQ History: OutSmart Archives Go Digital. "For decades, Doyle has worked to preserve queer history through his JD Doyle Archives, which now…

Dear soybean farmers: You voted for Trump the first time and got burned. And then you voted for him again. Look, I'm a multigenerational land owner and an ag guy. But... what did you dumb motherfuckers expect? You voted because you don't like trans ppl? When was the last time you even saw one?

#CrackerBarrel #bots #ShitStirring #propaganda 'In that timeframe, it found that 44.5% of all mentions of Cracker Barrel were flagged as likely or higher bot activity. Those numbers climb even higher when a boycott is mentioned.' gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...

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#children #school #nutrition #PublicHealth 'Now, 10 years later, the data reveals an over 100% increase in elementary school fruit and vegetable consumption when salad bars are coupled with marketing strategies such as posters, table tents and announcements. ' news.asu.edu/20250925-hea...

#NorthCarolina #gambling #money 'North Carolina’s Problem Gambling Helpline answered more than 8,100 calls in the last fiscal year, more than an 11% increase from 2024.' ncnewsline.com/2025/09/25/c...

#JuliusRosenwald #BlackHIstory #BlackExcellence 'At launch, the website included more than 146,000 digitized materials, including plans for Rosenwald School buildings, photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, playbills, fellowship applications and more.' nashvillebanner.com/2025/09/25/f...

#Google #SearchEngines #WebSearch #gov 'Google updated its Other restricted businesses: Government documents and services policy to say it may label some search ads to say, "Not a government website."' www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-n...

#history #Hollywood #PopularCulture #LoC 'Historical Media Publications Collection [is] a treasure trove of film, television, radio, and recorded sound history published from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s.' blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...

#children #school #food #nutrition #PublicHealth 'Students in participating schools were less likely to have high blood pressure, suggesting that universal free meals might be a powerful tool for improving public health.' www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...

Modern problems require modern solutions.

#mushrooms #sustainability #bathrooms 'UBC researchers are launching the world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet, the MycoToilet, at the UBC Botanical Garden on Sept. 26. ' news.ubc.ca/2025/09/ubc-...

#fashion #clothing #BananaRepublic 'Abandoned Republic [is] a digital collection of catalogs and memorabilia created for longtime fans and new audiences alike.' us.fashionnetwork.com/news/Banana-...

#business #startups #immigrants 'When immigrant and U.S.-born entrepreneurs team up, their startups perform better than those founded by either group alone, according to a new study.' newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research/for...

#influencers #TaiLopez #lawsuits #Ponzi 'Tai Lopez and his partner acquired famous (and distressed) retail brands and used them to bilk investors, the SEC alleges.' mashable.com/article/radi...

#LGBTQ #UK #CulturalHeritage 'A digital archive commemorating the lives of LGBTQIA+ people has won an award of £1.25 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.' www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...

#microbes #microbiology #biology 'The Microbe Directory (TMD) is a centralized database of metadata for microbes from all domains that helps with the biological interpretation of metagenomic data. ' academic.oup.com/database/art...

Cominco Magazine, Endangered Cultural Heritage, MIPCOM Cannes, More: Saturday ResearchBuzz, September 27, 2025 NEW RESOURCES City of Trail: Trail Museum & Archives and Teck Trail Operations Announce Digital Collection. "The Trail Museum & Archives and Teck Trail Operations are pleased to announce…

#LGBTQ #Texas #magazines '"For decades, Doyle has worked to preserve queer history through his JD Doyle Archives... While he had every issue of OutSmart in his personal collection, digitizing them felt daunting."' www.outsmartmagazine.com/2025/09/outs...