To the various laymen who are out here doing Dan Brown shit trying to piece together shooter motives: actual terrorists, even the terminally online ones, are never cryptic about why they kill people. It literally defeats the purpose, as the entire point of political violence is to SEND A MESSAGE.

CHOTINER: So the idea is that they would never learn about the warp EMPEROR: Yes CHOTINER: Because then they would be starving the Chaos gods, correct? EMPEROR: Yes, exactly CHOTINER: Ok. And the primarchs were geniuses, right? EMPEROR: Brilliant. My finest creations. CHOTINER: Ok. So, the thing..

In a bathroom of a Dupont Circle restaurant

Is this supposed to be a threat? They did this exact thing while the government was open

Hoo boy

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

dick dunkle gulf, bedford, pennsylvania, 1977

Another desperate attempt by people who can’t stand the idea of New Yorkers electing their mayor instead of billionaires buying one.

Some wild shit happening on conspiracy Reddit fam.

Oh for f**k’s sake, they’re dragging all the moldy oldie activaxxers out of retirement.

Wait for it…HOMF

In Any Other Administration… ...this would result in an immediate firing (boldface mine): In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives…

It's hard to be a tankie these days. Hating this country used to be so cool and edgy, but now it's just the official position of the U.S. Govt, and man has that ever thrown them for a loop.

If they were real, wouldn’t the bullets say “fuck ice”’

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Links 9/24/25 Links for you. Science: A novel two-component system controls vancomycin resistance in epidemic Clostridioides difficile Unintended Side Effects HPV and Shingles Vaccines—Reason for Concern (good snark) Drug-resistant fungus Candidozyma auris confirmed to spread rapidly in European…

Will admit that, in the *extremely* large number of hours I spent thinking about pandemic-era congressional operations between 2020 and 2022, "if one lies during testimony delivered remotely, where is one possibly indicted?" did not cross my mind.

To a great degree we’re dealing with the fallout from a generation of men who got lucky once during a specific moment in tech evolution, made to feel as gods, but are all now suffering their mid-life crises having accomplished nothing else of note. These men have made nothing other than money.

Working for Trump must be like working for the Oracle of Delphi, except it’s really stupid. Trump will say something like “ME WANT HAMBURGER”, and then his minions translate that to mean a Ukraine policy shift or something.

Titanus giganteus is the world's largest beetle! They can grow up to 7 inches long and are native to tropical forests in South America.

In fairness, I think many of our fascists aren’t Nazis, just fascists.

oh god if he gets off scot free because of DOJ incompetence...

This would be a hell no from me. The health care crisis is real. Democrats need to put up a real fight against it — not just put on a show then cave for crumbs.

Apparently it’s normal now for police to live-tweet their gathering of evidence.

took too many tylenol

Now the question is: was all the worry about kids not reading, etc running too far with a transient issue, or did the worry lead to changes that brought this about? If it's the latter, figuring it out and sharing it widely is important.

I had missed this: In a small, rural Iowa county, Floyd County, a Democrat won one of the three seats on the county's board of supervisors tonight. He ousted the Republican who'd been appointed to replace the Republican supervisor who passed away.

I also want to point out that this is a very effective rhetorical tactic—adding some anodyne comments (whole foods are preferable in general to “ultraprocessed” foods as nutrition for kids) to go along with the objectionable ones. It’s meant to get people to lower their guard and be credulous.

Just will add that you are (a small part of) the (de facto) algorithm. If you think other people might want to read something, repost, quotepost, or comment on it.

"Above the fold" and "below the fold" applied to print journalism long before it applied to web layouts for online media. For decades, the best practices surrounding conveying information to the masses has hinged on the well known fact that most people don't pay attention for long.

Nowhere in DHS Cosplayer Noem’s statement would you know that ALL of the victims of today’s shooting were actually detainees. Not a single ICE officer was injured. Do we know the motive? No. Has that stopped Noem from leaping to conclusions & weaponizing the attack against political enemies? No.

I repeat: the median swing voter thought Trump would lower grocery prices and hated Project 2025. The median MAGA voter thought he was gonna cut them checks by taxing China. None of this is popular at all.

There's so much potential in gene therapy & the greatest threat to its development is the current anti-science environment and venture capital chasing failed AI projects.

In the DC area, ABC did NOT air Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Here are the commercials that aired on ABC in Kimmel's time slot. I won't be spending a single dollar on any of these products/services: Wendy's Sketchers Kia Jeep Cirque du Soliel Safestep Walk In Tubs AMP Sales & Marketing Solutions

Damnation. I wrote about the Texas BoE's attempts to destroy reality over 14 years ago. I'm getting pretty tired of seeing my life's work ignored. I can't imagine what teachers, scientists, and doctors are feeling. www.discovermagazine.com/texas-creati...

In Any Other Administration… ...this would result in an immediate firing (boldface mine): In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives…

Along with everything else that's wrong here, I'm SUPER upset this is going to be a lot of people's first exposure to Bukharian jomahs. Which are actually pretty fab when they're worn where it's appropriate, and have a cool, but possibly apocryphal, origin.

I know I keep going on about this but 1) yes 2) it has DEEPLY embarrassed the media people who kept trying to pretend that this regime can be treated as legitimate, and 3) we absolutely cannot let them forget it

Well that was fast. Mazel Tov to @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social! That also puts the votes to release the Epstein files over 218, I believe!

My kids' pediatrician fighting misinformation online.

@darthbluesky.bsky.social some people are saying that maybe this dog didn’t do that great a job on security detail www.youtube.com/shorts/5KWF0...

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Pitt is an absolutely amazing place for microbiology, particularly evolutionary microbiology. And they’re hiring!

Kimmel is back, but many Americans won’t be able to watch. Two companies — Nexstar and Sinclair — control hundreds of local TV stations and have business deals pending Donald Trump’s approval. They won’t air Kimmel tonight. I’m pressing for answers on potential corruption.

It is the ur-grift and it exerts an inexorable gravitational pull on grifters everywhere.

So you're a scientist about to face a government shutdown? Have you considered becoming a rock star? It's easy AND profitable! 🎸🧪 Let's list off five scientists who turned rockers:

we have got to stop the globally-expanding scourge of Uwu Smol Bean Thought

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

FACT-CHECK: This is Eric Adams in his Purim costume as a Torah scroll