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Oh my, more like this!

Heaticanes? Heatiphoons? Heatzillas? nah, I got nuthin.

A lot of excitement on here about the article in Science summarising the discoveries of @alistairsponsel.bsky.social and Brian Sutton, just published in the Journal of the History of Biology. Some people have asked, so here is what I think they show, and what are the implications:

Adding to this: it’s not just that the Constitution allows for impeachment; it COMMANDS it upon the commission of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors by federal office holders. The word “shall” is a command, not a plea.

They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.

"Brown shoes don't make it." - Frank Zappa

D: "Is that Cinderella's slipper? Take it off!" N: "But it fits so well!" D: "Are those heels regulation 3" or higher?" N: "Yes, sir, maybe? I'll change them right away!"

Just read it. All of five minutes. Nothing really new here, yet feels new and well said: how the R party sucks suckers in and suckers us all, day in and day out, year in and year out. www.alternet.org/marjorie-tay...

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We use the library (two adults, one teen) for books constantly, and because our local library is smallish, we utilize interlibrary loan regularly, particularly for deep dives into topics like mushrooms or how-to-do-this or medieval armor or that hard to find DVD we just have to revisit. FREE!!!

Hooray for Real People! Thank you!!!

Language!

This is Tyler Austin Harper... he is the Terrible Sea Lion. wondermark.com/c/1062/

Thank you for this!!!

This is amazing, and not remotely surprising. My 6-12 graders already hate AI both conceptually and concretely, but wait'll they hear this. DO READ THE THREAD AT LEAST, if not the original paper too.

A man threatened me at my town hall last night. I want to tell you exactly what happened. 🧵 #mepolitics

I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

wow! i want this for the crazy local climate around our farm where storm fronts split and go around us to the towns north and south. every damn summer.

Every accusation is an admission, each criticism a confession, of crimes committed and crimes yet to come. Thoughts about a "pedo guy" were apparently fresh in his mind.

This. "Fat tails are fatter than you think. Excess kurtosis measures average fatness, not maximum fatness. The distribution of tail events is itself heavy-tailed."

Never forget. theconversation.com/the-us-used-...

Every accusation is an admission, each criticism a confession, of crimes committed and crimes yet to come.

fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US

One of the finest scientific visuals in recent memory. Even the scaling of pan contents is approximately balanced. Evocative, effective, practically perfect in every way.

Every accusation is a confession.

Not as bad as "Russia or China" is a terribly low bar! Each day of this administration, they break multiple laws, disregard legal actions, renew on agreements... we are in autocracy now, and daily slipping further into that deathly abyss. It is indeed deadly already, esp but not only for immigrants

If you personally know any of our generals being called in for their new oaths (why else need an in-person meeting), please call them and offer your support for their support of our Constitution... the need for our unwavering support never been more immediate and more important.

Of course not, but 1st amend rights just don't matter anymore. Our NPR station is fundraising right now, but it won't be long before the corporate sponsors all *choose* to end support. And the public university overlords *choose* to end support. The writing on the wall is writ large and clear.

Stephen Miller: If you say a word against Charlie Kirk, you are on The List.

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities Voltaire

You call it "thoughtless" Senator Paul? This was not in the least thoughtless; it was a fully thought out, full-throated authoritarian justification of political murder. And indeed a celebration of that murder, and a call for more of it.

Holy hell, more like this:

@spotgamma.bsky.social 🖕

California threatening congressional redistricting is a back burn to the Texas wildfire. More like this!

(real, one-shot :p )

Perfection.

Hell yeah, always.

Tis the season around here...

It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

I wish I could laugh at this. But they're serious, and not just Mormons or Christian Nationalists either, rank and file they've adopted this stance. They say Marx posited class warfare, but now libs posit white males vs all the poor downtrodden acronyms. Ergo, DEI+ is Marxism, plain and simple.

My first car was a '74 Pinto, orange, called "The Flam" by my college friends. fuelarc.com/evs/its-offi...

This is THE most optimistic take on MuskMelon removing access to the Keeling data (and everything else) that I have heard yet.

No Spoiler screenshot, but my wife just got today's Wordle on her very first guess.