Who knew that Neanderthals had vaccines?

Texas lawmakers will shout about being tough on immigration but quietly refuse to pass laws requiring that employees verify workers are authorized to work in the US. Why? Because they know what it would do to an economy that relies on underpaid migrant workers. New, @lomikriel.bsky.social

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Successful allelopathic competition is not limited to non-native plants Mimi Byrne, @rjwarrenii.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

This is the simplest and most obvious explanation.

His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.

Turnabout is fair play.

He has no business acumen. He is a rich kid that got a tv show. A total fraud. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Republicans were awestruck by their leader’s ability, at the age of 78, to give such a sustained fact-free oration.

Extreme passion for an ideal is very different that a passion for extreme ideals

literally every time I talk to friends

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

J.D. Vance would be this generation's Dan Quayle if it was not so hard to look dumb compared to Donald Trump

New paper

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

"Live steady. Don’t fuck around. Give anything weird a wide berth—including people. It’s not worth it. I learned this the hard way, through brutal overindulgence" -- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72"

Is there anything more dangerous than mindless sheep who think they are prescient lions?

Before/after 1890s J. Swift & Son Brass Microscope

What should be satire is now reality.

He really is this dumb.

Deepseek is a great example of innovation without plentiful resources or cutting edge technology. It may be the new model for U.S. science.

🌍🐾 Climate Solutions & Wildlife Habitats A study of 14,000+ vertebrates reveals reforestation helps biodiversity, but afforestation (tree planting in non-forest areas) and bioenergy crops often harm wildlife. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #Biodiversity #ClimateAction #SciComm 🧪

“The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy—then go back to the office & sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel apiece.” ― Hunter S. Thompson