The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Meowth ex! Ability: Trump Card Catch Once during your turn, when you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench, you may search your deck for a Supporter card and put it into your hand. You can't use this Ability if you've already used another Ability with "Trump Card" it its name this turn.

"Men can never become women" well I'm right here and so are a whole lot of other people so there goes that ya fuckos

Not sure when the “You are entering Free Rogers Park” sign went up on the Touhy Ave metra overpass but it’s pretty recent.

Some closing thoughts for my students this semester on LLMs and learning #rstats datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-12...

Inverted Catenaries xkcd.com/3176/

Counterpoint: the tambourine is the reason I can draw nice dotted lines on chalkboards. (Yes, this is 100% true.)

@play.pokemon.com has Regional Championships at this venue in January. I hope they'll be ensuring that organizers and venue staff uphold their Inclusion Policy. masto.hackers.town/@kestral/115...

Since the Pope has come out against generative AI, does this mean Catholic academics can refuse to use it on religious grounds?

And throwing their trans students directly under the bus.

I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.

And if, as I've heard rumored, they don't do this because of concerns about publicizing that information about minors, then I wonder if it's worth considering raising the age cutoff for the Masters division to 18.

Headed home from DC after a wonderfully creative weekend writing math contest problems. Can't wait for students to see these in the spring!

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Joining the #aurora party from Forest Park in St. Louis.

I keep thinking about this and finally had to draw it. Simone from #NightInTheWoods by @bombsfall.bsky.social

Celebratory beer is out. Well done, NYC.

Please check your Halloween candy carefully this year! Corporations are hiding useless AI features inside of the bars in an attempt to trick you to use them.

halloween is the best holiday because it’s the one that’s the most community focused. also because it’s the horniest

q: why did the outfielders raise their arms during this play? a: according to the ancient scrolls in which the rules of baseball were found, if a ball lands and doesn't bounce that ball is declared god. the players were worshipping god. i doubt there will be a game 7 or any further baseball seasons

I love teaching right after a linguistics class. (That's not sarcastic. I think they're using the same textbook as my first linguistics course way back when, so it all looks very familiar in a good way.)

My name is Ozymoanas. You will board my boat, sail across the ocean, look on my works, and despair.

Milo has something to say, and he feels strongly about it.

Happy 60th birthday to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis Thank you for both my claustrophobia and Acrophobia #stlouis #hbd #thearch

Me, coming in to work this morning: "I'd do anything to not have to grade today." Me, discovering Canvas is down: "Wow, this is bullshit, now I can't grade today like I planned!"

I don't have the playmat to show off (store didn't receive them yet), but I got my first League Cup win of the season, and fourth ever! Played my same Ceruledge list from Milwaukee, which is the same as the one @skylon.bsky.social published on Metafy except I added a Jamming Tower. #PokemonTCG

Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through

My favorite part (from the full video) might be the brief moment when both announcers agree that two players have been put out, but can't agree on *which* two.

Today is a great day to play with fire (Ceruledge ex) #playpokemon

from now on I'm just going to truncate the taylor series for sin at the first term. sin(x) = 0 for all x. this approximation - is efficient to compute - has bounded error - has excellent analytic properties - has very high accuracy for small values, which occur frequently in applications

I'm a little behind on October drawing, so I combined two prompts from different lists, and ended up with something about to go terribly wrong at @offcolorbrewing.bsky.social.

The carnage is incessant. How do we protect our city from cars? #carsruincities

Reckless driving is killing us. St. Louis deserves more than paint and photo ops. 1/9

I came as fast as I could! #art #cats

Don't you dare put that baby in pelican mouth.

guys i miss lost box

Saw the new cycle track under construction along Tower Grove Ave. yesterday, and *wow* does it look nice. Can't wait to ride over there once it's done. #stl #biking

It should be needless to say, but it is perhaps at this moment worth saying, that transgender individuals have the same right as anyone else to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

millennials are band directors now and I think that’s terrific

Someone was feeding fish at the boathouse, and indirectly also feeding this great egret. #birds

So ngl imma bout to make your day. A friend met him walking down the street in Philly as a child. As he liked to do, he stepped aside to give her a moment to speak freely away from other adults and give her his full attention.

Apropos of nothing

I raised some monarchs this summer. Releasing them all grown up has lightened my heart in these turbulent times.

I'm at my first league cup of the season, and there are so many people here they're borrowing patio chairs from the bar next door for extra seating in the store. #playpokemon

Someone hacked a variable message sign to say "BAN CARS" on Green Bay Road in Wilmette, IL.

Registration for #PlayPokemon Milwaukee & Belo Horizonte Regional Championships will open this Wednesday, August 20th, at 7pm tournament local time! Stay tuned for links, coming soon!

I was going to make snarky comments about Nate Silver, but this thread is actually thoughtful and insightful, so you should read it instead.