if Orange Shitgibbon is denied (an unconstitutional) 3rd term, what are the odds he says, "fuck it" and tries to do as much damage to the world as possible in his exiting months? And he could do a lot of damage.

Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine

Merkley: "We were hearing the president yesterday saying, 'Well, I don't want to do these tax credits. Maybe I want to send out checks instead.' Ok, Mr President, you have a new plan? Let's get these tax credits out now & you'll have a year to develop the details & not have people left in the lurch"

Isn't it something for intelligent animals that are so fond of routine and so afraid of change to be always finding new ways to screw up the status quo?

Covid is still here because we chose not to do enough. The climate is changing because we chose not to do enough. And democracy? We can’t afford to just wait and see.

I know the skies used to be filled with birds that are now extinct. I know that change can happen and that it is usually permanent. That is the real status quo. What we do matters. It’s counter intuitive but often inaction leads to change and it takes effort and energy to maintain stasis.

I know that the world used to not have any oxygen until photosynthesis came along. I know the earth has been both warmer and much colder than it is now and that those climates were not just pendulum swings around an average. I know dominant species can be supplanted and never regain dominance.

Something I’ve noticed is there seems to be a sort of pervasive assumption that the status quo has gravity. That there’s a natural, comfortable way things should be and that deviations from the normal state of the world will correct themselves in time. But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.

Some takeaways: 1) she would have deserved the Nobel prize 2) in science, we build so much on the knowledge of others - and our love for crediting one or two with the discovery/invention leads to a dramatically erroneous perception of the process

As we remember the discover of the double helix, it is worthwhile to read nature‘s article on Rosalind Franklin www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hulme, Manchester, 1965, by Shirley Baker, 1932-2014 (Café Royal Books).

Your parents failed you, Mike.

She's a Samoyed, found a Huskey for you Maya The Husky

Coconut Rice Bear @coconutricebear.bsky.social she/her Virtual Therapy Dog 🥥 🍚 🐻

Disgusting. Full stop.

GOV. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social in TEXAS: “Let’s stand up for the rule of law. Let’s stand up for a system of checks & balances. And let’s stand up for our democracy — for all of us.” He celebrated the passage of Prop 50 in Abbott’s backyard. Will other states join? #CaliforniaClapback

one thing i find crazy-making is the idea that getting rid of the filibuster would make congress a purely majoritarian institution. bicameralism itself is counter-majoritarian! equal state representation is counter-majoritarian! the fact that senate elections are staggered is counter-majoritarian!

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I think I accidentally trained her to pose in the cutest possible way.

"Remember this when you hear this type of talk." www.youtube.com/shorts/9qivX...

Family values

This is a really stupid idea, but that shouldn’t surprise anyone

There is nothing an American president could do worse for his own people than starving the poor right before Thanksgiving. Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:

“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”

Citing five 2025 incidents involving fake immigration officers, the bulletin says criminals are using ICE’s heightened profile to target vulnerable communities, making it harder to distinguish between lawful officers and imposters while eroding trust in law enforcement.

Eventually someone in a stand your ground state is gonna do exactly that, citing this, and they’re gonna have really good case.

The original exorcist. Saw it in theaters as a middle schooler when they remastered/released it.

Dancing Queen - ABBA | Karolina Protsenko - Violin Cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1vu...

Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take) www.youtube.com/watch?v=exSt...

Vladeck: Even if you accept the predicate that these drug cartels are foreign terrorist organizations, that still doesn’t get you anywhere close to legal authority to use military force. They’re trying to blur and sort of collapse the distinction between two regimes we have…

Hold onto that feeling.

The old guard has to go.

They’re scared.

Christmas is canceled.