A thing I believe is that governments should¹ pass laws banning the development or deployment of machinery that reads thoughts. The fact this technology does not exist makes it even more important it be illegal ¹ If someone wants narrow cutouts for accessibility devices I do not see a problem

A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom. Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV

Sea of Tranquility is a damn good book.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

God, what an incredibly distracting news cycle. I for one have completely forgotten about the Epstein files

#SaltLakeCity #MissingPerson I'm part of the missing person's search effort for August Beckwith, a 29-year-old non-verbal autistic man. We believe August is on campus at the University of Utah, and we need people to help us scour the campus for him. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Evf...

I doubt we’ll see much of anything. Trump started looking into only the democrats as they relate to the Epstein files, which is an “active investigation” they can use the censor the hell out of everything.

The moment when 30 million American's received healthcare (2010) The moment when insurance companies had to start covering preexisting conditions, young adults could stay on their family's policy and I could trust that the small print couldn't screw me if I needed serious medical assistance. 🇺🇸

Zoox isn’t yet charging for rides in its electric vehicles, which don’t have steering wheels, mirrors or pedals. But cofounder Jesse Levinson thinks regulatory approval is close.

Yep that's how it happened

Also finding out people mentioned in the Epstein files have been suing victims into homelessness makes me sick Rich people can keep a lawsuit going forever. It’s a tactic Scientology uses against people who try to leave their cult. You have to fight back to avoid summary judgment

ngl that one felt good

BREAKING: PROP 50 HAS PASSED IN CALIFORNIA

Right. Nothing feels good about this at all.

I saw this a couple days ago? yesterday? and all I could think about was the kids going hungry. The adults need to fend for themselves, but the children? A 6-month old baby? My heart breaks for them.

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

Riding a bike through deserted suburban streets in a thunderstorm in the middle of the night is a phenomenal experience.

As you get to a certain age, especially if you're a cis man, you've either got to own up to being an idiot (or worse) in your youth or double down on it.

The government shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Dept. The Trump administration has laid off hundreds of the employees, leaving few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws — two of the agency's core functions. Here's what has been cut and what might be restored.

If you can’t win, why not cheat, that seems to be the MAGA playbook. The Republican-controlled North Carolina Senate has passed a new congressional map in a 26-20 vote, setting up an expected final vote in the state House.

“Prompt parties,” gatherings of women over cheese and wine to chat about how ChatGPT can help them, are emerging as the next-generation of Tupperware party in San Francisco.

It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican. It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong. Millions hit the streets this weekend in solidarity with each other and to affirm the foundations of the common good.

What if they turned the White House into a data center

thanks to a Google Alert that I have for "methylene chloride", check out these 15 year old pictures of a meth lab in Georgia. Love the Home Depot buckets! www.policemag.com/photo-galler... #chemsky 🧪⚗️

Bigfoot enthusiast Jeffrey Meldrum attended BYU, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1982 and a master’s in 1984, both in zoology.

General strikes are BUILT up to. You dont know that because the US killed off every major labor leader in the last 100 years and dont even teach about the labor movement in this country. Community members organizing childcare, transportation, etc. Organization of mutual aid for medical needs, etc

www.damninteresting.com/on-the-origi... > Five individual logic cells were functionally disconnected from the rest— with no pathways that would allow them to influence the output— yet when the researcher disabled any one of them the chip lost its ability to discriminate the tones.

We believe healthcare is a right for every American. But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies. Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx. The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake. And that’s why we’re fighting back.

If you’re in New Jersey and not yet registered to vote, do it today! Voters have until the end of the day to register in time to help choose the state’s next governor.

Toronto just hits different in October. #photography

This ultrasimple bean soup has been on the menu at the U.S. Senate Dining Room and served to senators and their staff for more than 100 years. Even as politics have changed, this soup has remained basically the same. nyti.ms/46I95WR

More than 1,000 staff members at the CDC were laid off Friday, affecting units that respond to infectious-disease outbreaks, analyze science and health data to develop policy, and monitor the safety of employees.

Disgusting.

A bipartisan measure to block the Trump administration’s lethal strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug smugglers fell short in the Senate, in what Democratic lawmakers framed as a failure of Congress to assert its constitutional role to decide whether the country enters war.

L’opposition libérale demande officiellement que les parlementaires puissent convoquer et interroger les grands responsables du virage informatique en santé. Le PLQ veut faire la lumière sur la suspension des deux gros projets et sur les suites à donner. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219...

Our paper is out today! In @tiffmschmidt.bsky.social lab, we identified a single transcription factor, BRN3B, that shapes multiple, key features that define diverse ipRGC subtypes🧬👁️🐭

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP

EVERY president since the 80s has demanded Cuba return Assata Shakur to the US for trial. Trump offered to END the embargo if they returned her. The Cubans told every president for decades to eat shit and that she will always be welcome to live her life in peace on their land. Rest well, legend

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

Good news about lenacapavir PrEP — $40 seems like a sustainable price for low- & middle-income countries. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...

CDC confirms 23 more US measles cases as 2025 total tops 1,500 Georgia's health department reported three more measles infections with links to its most recent case. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

Good lord this movie is long.

​​Physicist and physician Dr. Anita Goel has designed the equivalent of the double slit experiment in a living system, to test if the nanomachines that read and write DNA could operate quantum mechanically. www.essentiafoundation.org/what-if-the-...