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And there it is... the greatest header in modern history.

The physics of materials defines their resistance and behavior. Density affects buoyancy, elasticity allows deformation, and thermal conductivity determines heat transfer. Each material has unique properties that govern its use.

I endorse Jennifer Konfrst because she would be the first Congressperson with a surname with 5 consecutive consonants.

Similarities between ICE & the Gestapo

Happy pride month ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible. We have always been here.

If there's one thing we can thank the Trump administration for, it's for showing to everyone how the government is actually helpful, useful and mostly making things better, by gutting one crucial government agency after another.

YouGov’s latest survey of trust in news sources continues to show big partisan divides. Full interactive here; gift link: wapo.st/43TBV55

Summer 1974 and the ferry from Burtonport Co. Donegal to Bran Island has made room for a “precariously perched car”. According to photographer Frank Bodson, the whole caboodle “excited no interest” among those on-board. (Observer magazine, 1/9/74.)

Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak rose to prominence in the 1950s with her experimental printmaking and is one of many indigenous women artists who have employed the medium to create intriguing and important artworks #ReframingWomenPrintnakers

Tech optimists once believed the internet would unite and inform us. But human nature got in the way. See confirmation bias, people prefer ideas that confirm their beliefs. We seek validation over truth. It’s easier to join echo chambers than face perspectives that challenge our beliefs or flaws

Thank you for your encouragement on here. My disabilities have been...disabling recently, I've not been able to do much & I haven't felt like a valuable human, BUT I *can* post a photo here & maybe lift someone's mood a little with it,even when I can barely move.That's a really good thing.🌿 For you:

Director Terry Gilliam’s cult dystopian sci-fi dark comedy ‘Brazil’ starring Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, and Robert De Niro opened in theaters in Argentina and Norway 40 years ago this week. 🎭🪽🧠 #OTD "𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗."

This is how it’s done! FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors weren’t having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets. (Sound up)

So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS. Please read and share this thread.

I've been going through "What Happened 2024," a heavily data-driven postmortem of the last U.S. election. catalist.us/whathappened... I think something went terribly wrong in the last elections, and I think this report might help explain it. I wonder if other people find this interesting too.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Good morning — It has been 12 hours since investigators said this man was set up, and @MarshaBlackburn @KristiNoem @DHSgov all still have not deleted their tweets.

Happy crows 🐦‍⬛

Let go of those who..

Saw this earlier today: “Can we go outside and play now?” “Soon, boy.” “You said that ten minutes ago.” “As soon as I finish my cof-“ “Oops.” “You did that on purpose.” “It slipped.” “I’ll get my coat.” “Excellent.”

Anne of Green Goebbels

#ProudBlue Bravo! 👏 More of this, please.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.

Is today's autocracy in the U.S. the product of an oligarchy? Is the U.S. an oligarchy? Since when? "Some 10 years ago, two researchers concluded, having looked at 30-years worth of data, that USA had been a functional oligarchy for a while (by then)" www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

Here’s some Thomas Ott art to make your Tuesday a little better.

A cartoon by Tom Toro. #NewYorkerCartoons See more cartoons and other funny stuff from New Yorker Humor: nyer.cm/9mf6isU

Got caught up with @thenerdreich.com.web.brid.gy, which taught me a new acronym today: TESCREAL: Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, Rationalist ideology, Effective Altruism, and Longtermism. These concepts combine to make the most batshit tech bro apocalyptic quasi-religion.

Duckies! #art #illustration

People who think Trumpism came out of nowhere, please listen carefully to the lyrics of Randy Newman's song "Political Science," written 53 years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mA...

Oh look, it's that thing that JD Vance dropped and broke in half

Minutes apart 👀

Q: How can you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber? A: Ask them to pronounce the word 'unionized.'

Straight-up misogyny is the explanation for 2024 that accords best with the actual vote shifts. But for some reason if you mention it a ton of people rush out of the woodwork to go “no no no! it’s inflation and Harris’s policy choices! Which for some reason only men cared about!”