3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (444+ words) This is all based on a book, titled Making a Career in Dictatorship: The Secret Logic behind Repression and Coups, published earlier this year by Oxford University Press and reviewed in May by the New York Times, which is how…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (553+ words) So if it isn’t necessarily wrong to No True Scotsman, why do I bother pointing it out in the first place? Honestly, with that guy on BlueSky I replied before I noticed that he was completely bonkers, but I do…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (363+ words) So, yeah, if you aren’t in the US or Canada you may not be aware that we are currently dealing with a serious outbreak of cyclospora, a microscopic parasite that hangs out on fresh fruit and vegetables, and when eaten…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (543+ words) Okay, I’m gonna open up this video with a content warning: I’m going to talk about Graham Platner. Oh, and sexual assault. And murder. And other bad stuff. Then his opposition went to work, first revealing his Reddit account where…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (239+ words) Not only has this been a boon to researchers, but the OOI also helps fisheries prepare for warming trends, and fishermen note wind and wave conditions before heading out to sea, and meteorologists predict hurricanes and tsunamis. So obviously, Trump…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (749+ words) This is a huge win for Bayer, the multibillion dollar conglomerate that owns Roundup thanks to merging with Monsanto back in 2018. Not only do they save a cool million on that one lawsuit, but now they have a better position…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (443+ words) And, with that, a content warning: I’m going to be discussing some upsetting topics, including the Israel’s (and the US’s) ongoing genocide. When their training was complete and the refurbishment done, they painted the house bright orange to honor their…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (291+ words) It’s been three glorious years since I have thought about or spoken about Gwyneth Paltrow, a woman who really speedran the game of “iconic” to “lunatic” when she took just a few short years to go from Margot Tenenbaum to…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (369+ words) Hey there! Today I want to talk about how Elon Musk single handedly canceled an important US government program, leading to an international disaster that will affect far too many people. That’s right, he actually deleted our program combatting Ebola…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (356+ words) The rightwing chuds have won so completely that not only do they no longer bother complaining about private individuals using trigger warnings, but they have moved on to demanding the federal government itself institute trigger warnings–not for depictions of…...