Intellectual Explorer

Intellectual Explorer

@driftingthrough.bsky.social

My personality defects were made in Texas.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@ocasio-cortez.house.gov

For years, the Trump admin has launched slanderous attacks against Rep. Omar. This morning, the administration sent federal officials to raid her home. We cannot and will not accept this unprecedented abuse of power. I stand with @repilhan.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/ilha...

apnews.comAgents search Rep. Omar's Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won't 'be silenced'Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her Washington home the “latest escalation” in President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign.

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Eddie Yang
@eddieyang.bsky.social

New paper in Nature. The more a government controls its domestic media, the more it dominates AI training data, the more pro-regime outputs we get from AI. By scraping the open web, LLMs are unwittingly laundering state-coordinated narratives into seemingly objective answers.

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Michael LaFrance
@mlafrance.bsky.social

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

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The Editorial Board
@editorialboard.bsky.social

Elevating this classic. Have you read Bonfire of the Vanities? No. Which Tom Wolfe book is your favorite? His latest. Bonfire of the Vanities? Yes.

Vote The Assholes Out@joshuatreeclimbing.bsky.social

The worst effing liar I have ever witnessed. This formed my opinion of him in the late 80s

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@driftingthrough.bsky.social

Parsimony: the explanation for the media spectacle bears the same burden. The facts are so thin... We cannot responsibly take the story as given either. Maybe we should ignore it.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social

Reminder: Occam's Razor, and logic, demand that you start from simple explanations. Also, when you charge something - "this is a false flag/op/whatever" - the burden of proof is on the accuser, not on everyone else to prove it *isn't* a conspiracy. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻
@aslynnromano.com

HRT is suicide prevention

youtube.com“Use of gender-affirming hormone therapy was associated with lower odds of recent depression…”YouTube video by Aslynn (The AuDHD PsychNP)
aslynn is just a ghoul 👻@aslynnromano.com

“Use of gender-affirming hormone therapy was associated w/ lower odds of recent depression and seriously considering suicide compared to those who wanted GAHT but did not receive it.” They’re trying to kill us. People need to understand that. It’s evident & denying it is being in denial. that’s it!

jahonline.orgAssociation of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy With Depression, Thoughts of Suicide, and Attempted Suicide Among Transgender and Nonbinary YouthThere are no large-scale studies examining mental health among transgender and nonbinary youth who receive gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT). The purpose of this study is to examine associations...

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Abu Aardvark
@abuaardvark.bsky.social

New all purpose gif you’re welcome

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

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@driftingthrough.bsky.social

Make American Gas Astronomical #Congatulations #AchievementUnlocked This is how we will switch to electric transportation, renewable generation. We won't need Israel to protect our interests in the Middle East, and the US can decouple from global energy markets.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast
@irhottakes.bsky.social

I do not think it will work for the simple reason the Iranians need to establish deterrence to ensure we don’t simply bomb the hell out of them every six months forever and that means making an example of Donald here and now to the extent possible.

Schnorkles O'Bork@schnorkles.bsky.social

Think it's pretty clear that Trump is trying to lie and spin it as a complete domestic victory and yell fake news and actually probably give Iran most of what they want because they desperately want the Strait open.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy
@thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social

COVID can mess with mitochondria (your cells’ energy system), disrupting ATP energy production, oxygen sensing, and cell survival. This can worsen pneumonia, cause lung damage and low oxygen levels, and may also contribute to long COVID and more severe illness. Published: 09 April 2026

physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.comSARS‐CoV‐2 targets mitochondria, exacerbating COVID‐19 pneumoniaAbstract figure legend Following entry into airway epithelial cells (AECs), SARS-CoV-2 releases its single-stranded RNA into the cytoplasm, where it is translated into viral proteins. Several of thes...

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Matt Steinglass
@mattsteinglass.bsky.social

Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining.

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@driftingthrough.bsky.social

Where does this actually come from? IFStudies.org? I think they took it down. I can't find it. Maybe they don't like @hankgreen.bsky.social ?

ifstudies.orgThe Future is Family | Institute for Family StudiesThe Institute for Family Studies (IFS) is dedicated to strengthening marriage and family life, and advancing the well-being of children, through research and public education.
Hank Green@hankgreen.bsky.social

My hottest “I have no data to back this up” take is that phones aren’t making young people less happy. What’s making them less happy is living in a world where everyone is having their reality defined by recommendation algorithms that can only care about whether something keeps you watching.

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@driftingthrough.bsky.social

Reminder: the gate to/from psychosis is reality testing. How you perceive reality is very key. How can "vibecession" be any more gaslight? Is this any more than claiming anyone who feels economically pinched is crazy? Maybe its implying the poor aren't people/human?

George Pearkes@peark.es

This is a rehash of the vibecession debates but median household income adjusted for inflation hit a record in 2024 (2025 data will be released in September). It’s just *not true* in any objective sense that people don’t have money anymore. It may *feel* that way but that’s different from reality.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
@qasimrashid.com

Replying to @qasimrashid.com

A reminder that as Americans we pay double per capita for healthcare than every developed nation on Earth, AND have the lowest life expectancy. We're getting robbed & bled literally to death by the exploitative for profit system we have. We demand universal healthcare as a human right. Period. 2/2