Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Today's news and jokes

@matthewlaslomagic

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♬ original sound - Matthew Laslo
(The audio is just lots of giggling)





(“I hope they do the right thing, and if they do, then there’ll be no cause for us to have to move forward.”)

Everything's on the table. Republicans are using every method they can, whether it's cheating or breaking the law. We've got to do everything we can to stand up and fight back — we're not sitting around and complaining from the sidelines when we have the ability to stop them.

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— Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) August 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM


(At best they would promise not to redistrict, redistrict anyway, and argue the Blue states redistricted illegally)







The weasely way the headline is phrased - "is said to be" - is eyebrow raising now that we have the backstory about where this sourcing came from bsky.app/profile/jfal...

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— mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) August 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM


Michael Schmidt is the name that jumped out to me. He's been a menace for a decade-plus. www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10...

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— Rob Pollard (@robpollard45.bsky.social) August 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM


if harvard walked off a bridge would UCLA do it? "it's the NYT's fault other universities were too lazy to call harvard's leadership and ask about the story" is a weak excuse for other universities being too dumb and lazy to have a self-preservation instinct

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— Sick Hunt, Dracones (@scalehelix.net) August 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM








Every story on Trump and gov’t stats should reference his felony conviction for falsifying business records. Seems relevant.

— Zach Everson (@zacheverson.com) August 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM








“If these trends are not stopped, science is going to be destroyed." Here's my story on the accelerating growth of systemic research fraud--aka paper mills. Gift link: nyti.ms/45rDirw

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— Carl Zimmer (@carlzimmer.com) August 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
("As more graduate students were trained in labs, the competition for a limited number of research jobs sharpened. High-profile papers became essential for success, not just for landing a job, but also for getting promotions and grants. Academic publishers have responded to the demand by opening thousands of new scientific journals every year. ")



The anti-science Trumpers may be planning to destroy two working satellites that provide vital measurements about carbon dioxide & climate (and data that forecasts crop yield, drought conditions, & more). They cost $750 million to make but only $15 million/yr to operate. www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

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— Peter Gleick (@petergleick.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM








This is kind of like being an adult talking to a person dressed as Mickey Mouse as if they’re actually Mickey Mouse but it’s also ethically and morally depraved

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— Kat Tenbarge (@kattenbarge.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM


the actual story here is the AI company using a dead child’s grieving parents to create positive associations with its technology

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— Sam Adams (@samadams.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
(I assume this already exists?)

There's two cardinal sins of talking about or working with AI that I think deserve instant excommunication: - Cookbooks - Necromancy

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— isaackarth.bsky.social (@isaackarth.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM








The US military is making bank getting soldiers addicted to gambling. www.wired.com/story/us-mil...

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— Katie Drummond (@katie-drummond.bsky.social) August 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
("Even though Congress banned gambling devices from domestic US bases in 1951, it’s done little to curb the ARMP on bases abroad....the ARMP installed 'Morning Calm,' a popular gambling room on the Army base Camp Humphreys in South Korea (likely a reference to the country’s nickname, 'The Land of the Morning Calm'). Slots at the Morning Calm location bring in considerably more than other bases, securing the ARMP more than $6 million from October 2024 through May 2025. Second place? 'Ocean Breeze' at Camp Butler/Foster in Japan.")

























Folks often assume that sheer number of wildfires in West must be linked to intentional arson--despite abundant evidence to contrary. But this partly stems from profound underestimation re: just how easy it can be to spark a fire under right conditions... www.nytimes.com/2025...

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— Daniel Swain (@weatherwest.bsky.social) August 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
("It’s unclear why the bird let go of the fish, the authorities said") (There's a photo of the fish)







Oh good

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— Premee Mohamed (@premeemohamed.com) August 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
("Climate-induced changes are affecting the island and the drying of the lake created an "unusual opportunity" to study the area")







Oof. 11 thoroughbreds have died this summer at Saratoga Race Course, the crown jewel of east coasting racing. That's more than double last year's total, and we're only partway through the season. In all, 200 horses have died at Saratoga since 2009. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

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— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) August 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
















my local chinese restaurant having a printer paper sign taped up selling labubus for $55 (cash only) is how I know this place is legit

— Jordan DeVries🔜Dragon Con (@jordandevries.com) August 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM








@mrburgies

my mom has a 100ft cord to her phone

♬ Cry For Me - The Weeknd








@bnelsonphd this is the 2nd time in 24 hrs that I've been clocked as having a very visible #dnd vibe #dndtiktok #ttrpg #postoffice #fyp ♬ original sound - Bennett Nelson








@tristen_hargreaves World Championship Gobble @Beau Brooks @Realtree Outdoors @Brice Hensley @Banded Hunting Gear @Equip Ministries Inc. @Tik Toker #turkey #turkeycalling #gobblegobble #gobble #worldchampionship #world #turkeycallingcontest #fyp #trendingvideo #calling ♬ original sound - Tristen Hargreaves








@sheri.beutler It really seems to work! It's definitely better than a ton of bug bites! 🦟 😉 . . . #mosquitoes #hiking #hike #pnw #pnwlife #washingtonstate #nature #dragonfly #hikinghacks #fyp ♬ In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry








@elmwoodparkzoo Spoiler alert: she succeeds in the end 🐆🤣 #jaguar #catsoftiktok #catthings #cats #cattok #elmwoodparkzoo ♬ Investigations - Kevin MacLeod








@livlaughlobster Any guesses? #beagleheeler #releasecommand ♬ original sound - Liv




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