Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.

Not sure how "necessary" the conversation is if the people on the other end think the president has the right to murder you. Therapy won't get you clicks, but at least you get to keep your dignity.

They shouldn't even have been there!

RIP - you deserved a better CIC and a better country

The White Christian Supremacism of this administration is so extreme that it seems like it’s got to resolve with either a massive rejection of such illiberalism, or a violent, authoritarian imposition of it.

Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains

The Lancet: "At a time of unprecedented nationalist and far-right politics in some countries, many people working in global health increasingly encounter an unsafe environment for meetings and conferences, especially those who are considered as others...." #AcademicSky

How does fever work? Our new Science paper shows how elevated body temperature can protect against severe influenza and that avian-origin viruses escape this defence. This is likely one reason why bird flus and some pandemic influenzas can be so severe.🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Maybe when you're gambling on a combat theatre where children are getting killed because a more powerful nation is illegally annexing them—you should step back and consider how outrageously ghoulish you are. DraftKings: How much for 5,000+ African children dying from famine this week?

Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:

A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.

This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.

There is talk going around that DHS is now arresting people who fly *domestically* if they have final orders of removal. Undocumented youth should consider consulting a lawyer to find out what their record is -- especially those whose parents had prior interactions with immigration.

Stablecoins are neither harbingers of stability nor will they be "coins" that replace dollars. But they just might cause the next systemic banking crisis:

Several times more deaths than from conflict this year ourworldindata.org/grapher/deat...

@amnesty.org finds no ‘meaningful change’ in Gaza ‘with the genocide continuing’ desp Oct ’. Aid agencies corroborate our reporting in Jordan that Israel continues to block lifesaving aid despite their claims to the contrary www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.

Useful for experts who can spot bad outputs or can (& must habitually) check them is very different from mass adoption by people who can't and won't. Plus different effects for political economy. Much AI discussion is people seeming to disagree while they're just talking about different things

Sections II.2 and II.3 of this are good on the strengths and weaknesses of LLMs as they stand. In II.2, the LLM functions as a better search engine than any previously developed. In II.3, it reports as a novel proof something it simply learned from scraping arXiv.

“I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community." www.science.org/content/arti...

Thankful for my colleagues Dan Jernigan and @drdemetre.bsky.social; for the media and partners who continue to sound the alarm about public health; and most of all to those on the frontlines every day at CDC and in health departments. Our Lancet commentary re CDC: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

It is easy to call Saudi Arabia “the place to be” when you have a return ticket; the women who live its reality do not… 'The lie moves freely; the truth is detained at the border.' morningstaronline.co.uk/article/saud...

Well worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

He is risen

Happy Thanksgiving!

“Soldiers testify that they have been told to burn down houses they have stayed in by pouring oil on curtains, books and mattresses.” Read @aloner.bsky.social’s report on the destruction of Gaza’s cities.

people screaming at bsky staff because they think that an early-warning function is a censorship function

Byron called her mother, Annabelle Milbanke, his “Princess of Parallelograms”. She was an abolitionist & philanthropist. She endured a lot while married to him - including the realisation he was sleeping with his half-sister, she believed. Anna passed on her mathematical talents to her daughter.

"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.

To hit 1.5° of warming CO2 emissions now have to fall by 20% a year, every year. Scientists no longer consider this an achievable pathway. Is the 7% annual reduction required to stay below 2° any more achievable?

Update: The man has been disqualified. Great statement from Strongman.

Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵

Truly bonkers stats that should give us pause

An enterprising Democrat in WV would pin this on the governor who allowed his NG to be mobilized by Trump for no good reason.

Interesting...@Redistrict is thinking about a possible 9D-2R Virginia US House map (up 3 Dems/down 3 Rs from the current 6D-5R map); @SenLouiseLucas appears to be sticking with 10D-1R (up 4 Dems/down 4 Rs) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/wedn...

A democracy where a coordinated effort by national leaders of one party to subvert an election outcome does not lead to any real consequences is a democracy unlikely to last long

France does what we cannot

The reminder I needed heading into this fraught season. I need my brain for work. I also like my brain for life.

Brazil can hold its leader accountable for attempting a coup, but that's too difficult for us

Matt: we need measures to improve fertility - it's one of our biggest problems! Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.

Apple pie with a flakey crust is also more than acceptable.

That last sentence sure reads like Leavitt's brother is the one who tipped off ICE... 🤔

U.S. Plans Compounds to House Palestinians in Israeli-Held Half of Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...

Because yes, Thanksgiving as a national holiday has to do with the Civil War and not the Puritans or previously proclaimed days of Thanksgiving (of which there were hundreds) - so be sure, as you gather about the table, to give thanks for the victories brought by Union arms at Vicksburg & Gettysburg

If the executive can unilaterally shift all functioning out of an congressionally established agency, then what is left of Congress’ lawmaking? Why should Congress authorize executive agencies to do anything at all, ever? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

A reminder, as Trump boasts about having "never worked so hard in my life" that he is playing golf more often now than he did in his first term and in less than five years has already played golf more often than Obama did in eight. www.pbump.net/o/an-officia...

Too late