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This Is Just To Say
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
Devastating: Hampshire College is permanently closing following the Fall 2026 Semester. A beautiful institution & community that has done so much for so many. My child is a current Hampshire senior. Hampshire's approach to education is so unique, humane, & exciting—I've seen it first hand. Tragic
OH HELL YES. NEIL GORSUCH, THE LAST JUSTICE OF THE MOCHICANS, ASKS "Do you think Native Americans are citizens of the united states."
IF YOU TRIP GORSUCH'S NATIVE AMERICAN WIRES, YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY, SIR!
Wow, didn't have this one on my bingo card. #RAdminSky
the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group
NEW: Documents obtained by @wired.com show that the salaries of a small NH town’s while police department are paid by ICE as part of its 287(g) program. @sammysussman.bsky.social has the scoop. No paywall: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
Here is a graph with dollar amounts of funding committed.
The curves look very similar to those based on the number of awards.
If I were going to reboot a show it would be Space Above and Beyond.
It was a show before its time. And I think a show that centers on what happens when genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and space colonization goes wrong is especially right for the moment.
Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.
But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.
It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:
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I just simulated a nuclear attack on my city and am not feeling the greatest, so here's the eagle cam from my local nature center and bird rescue.
hey guys how's it going
One of our PhD students and a treasured member of our research community tragically passed away recently. Her gofundme is important not only for raising funds for her funeral and medical expenses, but for sharing her accomplishments and the light that she spread everywhere she went.
After huge local pushback and protest, there will be NO massive trump prison camp in Merrimack New Hampshire:
www.wmur.com/article/ice-...
BREAKING: Thanks to pressure from residents and local advocates, bipartisan opposition from local state leaders, and opposition from people across the Granite State, plans for an ICE human warehouse in Merrimack have been officially stopped.
these have been good years for medievalists, first wondering if the pope will excommunicate the emperor and now watching the king have his brother locked up
poly market on twitter: Polymarket 🤝 Substack We are excited to announce our exclusive partnership with Substack. Starting today Substack authors can natively integrate data from the world's largest prediction market. Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.
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A dark blue mug with an American flag reads “AMERICA 1776 – 2026”
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
There’s a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross’s legal expenses for murdering Renee Good.
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
HE'S 92????? JFC
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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Member of the Epstein class says what
Block no. 0051 of the AIDS Memorial Quilt
My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
Sununu went from being the governor of New Hampshire to being an airline lobbyist?
Watch out for Ea Nasir this Halloween!
A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities
Courtesy of colleagues at Penn
