New post! Most people didn’t think it was possible to develop Covid vaccines fast enough to be useful. In the summer of 2020, I came to a different conclusion. Now I wanted to look back on how it happened, and suggest boldly that we should ask whether that speed should've been the norm all along.

Gerade treffen sich in London Vertreter der extremen Rechten, Abtreibungsgegner und Klimaleugner. Mitten drin nicht nur britische Spitzenpolitiker, sondern auch Besuch aus Deutschland, Ralf Höcker etwa. Und, sogar als Speaker: Mathias Döpfner, Vorstandsvorsitzender von Axel Springer.

‘Reflections’ Mark Rothko ( Latvia ) 1903

Hmm. Dreimal dürft ihr raten, wer aus Deutschland auf der 200-köpfigen Mitgliederliste in diesem illustren Geheimclub von Peter Thiel ist: Der Fraktionsvorsitzende der Union Jens Spahn! "agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III." Leak von @wired.com 🔒

Kon-Kuh-renz steht doch schon fast da, @szde.bsky.social. Absolutes Medienversagen.

The depraved things people make with this should outweigh the corniness of this post, but you can really 'have it your way' with the new Burger King Logo Generator!

This is some great research on how algorithms shape us: 'Users who switched from the chronological feed to the “For You” feed were 4.7 percentage points more likely to prioritise policy issues favoured by US Republicans (for example, crime, inflation and immigration).' 🧪

"The car is perhaps the closest thing Germany has to a national symbol. For this reason, the success of the auto industry and the happiness of motorists has long been a barometer for the standing of the Federal Republic." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Help us choose Muttville's I Want My Mutt TV Neon Prom King or Queen! The winning mutt will have their adoption fees waived. Each vote is $2 and you can vote as many times as you like. Vote here: https://app.betterunite.com/muttville/Offers?silentauction=1

Zum Schutz vor Attentaten: Secret Service stattet Trump mit Sturmgewehr aus www.der-postillon.com/2026/04/trum...

🦷🦷 Mixtape | Female | 10 years old | 13 lbs Adoption fees for all the mutts are waived for qualifying adopters through Sunday, April 26!

The question I have is why the Chevy was street legal? If you can't see a Lamborghini, then you won't see a kid (or an adult come to think of it). Might want to take her license away.

US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400,000 on Maduro raid www.cnn.com/2026/04/23/p...

I spent nearly 4 months investigating the inner workings of a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group. Here's what I learned: 🧵 - The group used generative AI tools to aid in almost every part of their operation. - They exfiltrated 26,584 cryptocurrency wallets from 2,726 victim systems. 1/3

Me in the TSA line:

Lantern gets around surprisingly well for a senior sweetheart with limited vision, proving that you don’t need eyes to follow your heart. Learn more about Lantern here: https://muttville.org/mutt/lantern-13823

Post Doc at Uni Tübingen! 100% position for 3 (+3) years; they're looking for somebody to analyze large-scale longitudinal datasets in education research. Expertise in machine learning is an advantage, commitment to research transparency desirable 😌 proficiency in German beneficial but not required

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

It doesn’t take a perfect plan. It takes people willing to try. In their neighborhood. With their kids. On their streets. That’s the #BikeBus.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Det er visst funny tweet-tid. Her er noen jeg har lagret.

We dare you not to smile while looking through these photos of the sweet mutt matches made last week. Congrats to the dogs and their adopters! 💓🐶

OUT TODAY!!! www.suhrkamp.de/buch/adrian-...

As we head into another wildfire season: "We find that the observed increase in extreme fire weather bears a clear externally forced signal, detectable at 99% confidence above natural variability and attributable to human-induced climate change." www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

A big Muttville thank you to City Bookworms, the students from Lick Wilmerding High School, who created and installed a Little Free Library in front of Muttville — and even stocked it with books!

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

Watch this clip. Professors will recognize this kid as the student who didn't do the reading but still has very strong opinions about how it's all "bullshit," except this time he's not the callow student who's going to fail your course, he's the reviewer who's going to cancel your grant.

Long-timer Double Dribble has been with Muttville for 80+ days. How is that possible when he's so cute, sweet, mellow, and gets along with everyone? It's one of life's great mysteries. Let's get this good boy into his forever home! More details: https://f.mtr.cool/pkodcbdlsm

Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

Blowing up 160 schoolgirls: "the rules of engagement are woke and gay" Blowing up the oil: "we must use the utmost caution so as not to upset the heroic Iranian people"

seems bad

Spritpreiskrise gelöst: Jens Spahn kauft Diesel für 10 Milliarden Euro www.der-postillon.com/2026/03/dies...

Polymarket is letting people bet on a potential nuclear attack

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...

Er hat natürlich Recht, die einzig logische Lehre aus der deutschen Geschichte ist das Zerhäckseln des Völkerrechts.

New newspaper headline for your Intro to Causal Inference lecture just dropped

OPERATION WHACKING A WASP'S NEST WITH YOUR CHUM AND RUN About ten thousands of murdered protestors too late. If you fuckers don't have a plan for long term peace for the people, at least don't make it worse. But then again, that's what Trump and Bibi would like to do to protesters at home.

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Laut Verlag sind die ersten Exemplare von WAS DAS VALLEY HERRSCHEN NENNT in der Post nach San Francisco -- was derzeit leider bedeutet, dass ich das Paket in ugf 1 Monat bekomme. Wenn Ihr jetzt vorbestellt, habt Ihr das Ding wahrscheinlich vor dem Autor in der Hand! www.thalia.de/shop/home/ar...

cant.stop.laughing

Trump's administration has threatened to retaliate against European countries if the EU favors domestic weapons-makers in a drive to rearm the continent. FAFO.

Our cells are experts at navigating inherently noisy and complicated environments. EMBL researchers are using theoretical physics approaches to uncover fundamental principles behind how cells use complex information to self-organise. www.embl.org/news/science...

We're going to need a bigger lap.

This is blackout poetry to me

Hey, my name is in the Epstein files! I've told the story before, but should probably re-up. TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no. It's not that hard to just say no.

"Beste Hauptdarstellerin": Infantino zeichnet Melania Trump mit FIFA-Oscar aus www.der-postillon.com/2026/02/fifa...

🤖 A test by The Guardian found that OpenAI’s platform ChatGPT cited Elon Musk’s anti-Wikipedia Grokipedia on topics including Iran and Holocaust deniers. „GPT-5.2 cited Grokipedia nine times in response to more than a dozen different questions.“ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...