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If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:

Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

Firing the statistician because you don't like the numbers is something Stalin would have done (probably did do).

❤️The Godfather of Punk Rock. Gone too soon.

Same here. It's been a time.

I've been away for a bit, I'm catching up.

We did it, we finally went too far beyond satire for Tom Lehrer.

Pour one out for one of the all time Nerds with a Healthy Disrespect for Authority greats.

Sounds about right.

YES

Released 43 years ago today
"Know Your Rights", a single by the Clash from their album Combat Rock.

The Clash-Know Your Rights Live !! US Festival 1983

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #knowyourrights #history #punkrockhistory #otd

2025 has been a pretty sucky year for me on many fronts. I'm still standing, but it's really hard.

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

So sad.

The Dems have taken my vote for granted, assuming I'll vote for anyone so long as they're not they other guy. Give me someone to vote for.

@davidhogg.bsky.social is right - voters don’t view Democrats as a real alternative to the Republican Party.

With Bukele Consolidated, Salvadorans Enter Uncharted Terrain

Thanks @romangressier.com for reminding me of this piece I wrote last year. Reading it back just now it rings a bit prescient, harrowing, all too relevant to understand what’s happening now. @elfaroenglish.bsky.social

BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

lol

Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home already!!!!

St. Paul, MN #handsoff

Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.

President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.

Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.

What will you do?

The Commodores-Brick House YouTube video by Miranda Mivino

Another song I like from the 70s

The Commodores - Brick House

youtu.be/rrBx6mAWYPU?...

#MusicSky #30DaysOfMusic #MusicChallenge #70s

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