Your government refusing to prosecute sexual predators, but protect them instead, only makes sense when you realize your government is being run by sexual predators.

Hey physics nerds! Ever wonder what particles really are? Check out my new paper, "The Standard Model Gauge Group from Vortex Knot Topology", which shows that particles are photons confined in knot vortices in the superfluid vacuum. #science

Evidence Points to US Scattering Mines over Iranian Village - bellingcat US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, Iran.

The US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, in southern Iran overnight. At least two people were killed according to local reports. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

The Associated Press (AP) on Instagram: "Staff at a Cupertino, California, restaurant restrained a dancing robot after it knocked items off a table, sending chopsticks and sauce flying, video shows." 3,108 likes, 213 comments - apnews on March 19, 2026: "Staff at a Cupertino, California, restaurant restrained a dancing robot after it knocked items off a table, sending chopsticks and sauce flying, ...

Staff struggle to restrain dancing robot. Via AP News #ai

The U.S. attacked Iran to show its power but the war is already lost. Epic Fury looks like an Epic Fail | Fortune Even if Iran is militarily defeated, the U.S. political objectives are unlikely to be achieved — and Washington will stumble out of this war.

"The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is already lost for the United States. Even if Iran is militarily defeated, it is unlikely the United States’ political objectives will be achieved. And, on balance, the United States will come out weakened from this war." #iran

DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery The government asked a judge to stop the spread of the videos on YouTube. The judge agreed, and ordered their immediate removal.

Breaking: the DOGE deposition videos have been taken off YouTube. On Friday the government asked a judge to intervene, said the videos could cause reputational damage, death threats. Judge agreed, ordered them removed: www.404media.co/doge-deposit...

Guy Who Thinks AI Will Put Democratic Bitches In Their Place Looks Like This These creeps are just saying the quiet parts louder and louder.

"Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir who is so off-putting he makes founder Peter Thiel seem like a regular guy you’d have a beer with, said a thing yesterday in an interview that’s going viral for how weird and gross and revelatory it is of the mindset that drives these socially inept techbro creepers."

Bhattacharya urges measles vaccination as US activity increases

Where was this before?
Our #NIH / CDC director now urges Americans to get vaccinated.

1. In 2026 we have ~1153 cases, more than half of 2025's (2279) totals.

2. South Carolina is the epicenter; w/ 990 cases alone.

3. Of those, 923 (93%) were unvaccinated.

🧪 www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/bhat...

Florida college Republicans group chat reveals racist texts: ‘Avoid the coloreds like the plague’ In leaked chats, students at Florida International University referenced Nazis and made antisemitic and racist remarks

William Bejerano, who the Herald noted once tried to start an anti-abortion group at Miami Dade College, was the most prolific user of the N-word. Using the slur, Bejerano called for dozens of acts of extreme violence against Black people, (cont.)

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Polygamous sect's sway has dwindled in twin towns on Arizona-Utah line. Residents enjoy new freedoms Two neighboring towns on the Arizona-Utah border that once served as a haven for a polygamous religious sect have entered a new era.

"Until courts wrested control of the towns from a polygamous sect whose leader and prophet, Warren Jeffs, was imprisoned for sexually assaulting two girls, many activities were forbidden. The towns have transformed so quickly that they were released almost two years earlier than expected." #cult

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

Many of the scientists Jeffrey Epstein courted were already well-established and well-funded. So why didn’t they all just say no? Science talked with three who did just that.

Here’s how Epstein approached them, and why they refused to have anything to do with him. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/40qbXnv

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

"The NCO wrote to the MRFF that their commander 'urged us to tell our troops that this was "all part of God’s divine plan" and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.'" #iran

Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution

"Galileo’s notes, perhaps written around 1590, or roughly 2 decades before his groundbreaking telescope observations of the Moon and Jupiter, reveal someone who both revered and critically dissected Ptolemy’s work." #space

Neurodevelopmental consequences for the Covid generation, Higher depression, Insomnia, Worse than the flu, and more Bonus College students mostly bounced back

Neurodevelopmental consequences for the Covid generation, Higher depression, Insomnia, Worse than the flu, and more

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PageMaker pioneer Paul Brainerd, 1947-2026: Aldus founder devoted his second chapter to the planet Paul Brainerd, who coined the term "desktop publishing" and built Aldus Corporation's PageMaker into one of the defining programs of the personal computer era, died Sunday at his home on Bainbridge Is...

RIP Paul Brainerd. I used PageMaker all the time back in the day, such a great program.

Updates on the situation in Guadalajara:

🚨 Security situation in Jalisco: Blockades at various points in Guadalajara, including Periférico and Tabachines, as well as Calzada and Periférico. In PV, vehicles have been set on fire and the bypass is blocked." #mexico

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The Future We’re Fighting For Why competing everywhere — even in deep red states — is how we strengthen democracy

I spoke to Indiana Democrats last night in Anderson.

Hundreds showed up. In a “deep red” state.

Serious candidates. Real debate. A party of ideas.

That’s how democracy was designed to work — and it’s how we take it back.

We compete everywhere.
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Voters sue DeSantis for ordering Florida legislature to pursue pro-GOP gerrymander DeSantis cannot constitutionally issue orders to the state legislature, the suit alleges.

NEW: Florida voters have sued Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over his unilateral effort to launch mid-decade redistricting in the state, arguing that the governor lacks the authority to issue orders to the state legislature. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.

But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"

CITY of HEROES A new song of resistance

Billy Bragg just dropped a new track. #minneapolis

Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.

BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

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Masked federal agents removing crates of belongings from the ICE shooter's home

It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.

Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing

Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible Join us tomorrow, Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing and lawlessness by ICE in Minneapolis. We will talk with leaders and provide concrete next steps on how you...

We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

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I’m going to need to see the declination memos from DoJ where they declined to prosecute the Epstein co-conspirators, and I’m gonna need to see them for every single person they declined to prosecute.