Let the games begin

Agreed. Just got to Atlanta for IDWeek!! 🦠

Thanks for the tip! I’m ill-prepared for anything on this trip outside of immense amounts of noro.

On my way to the International Calicivirus Conference in Banff.

The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon YouTube video by KATU News

youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...

One of my favorite documented moments of Oregon history.

I JUST said this here. Altercations in multiple cities, a summer Covid wave brewing, and wildfire smoke around. Not a fan.

bsky.app/profile/muel...

Conclave: After Dark

trump take sparkler

There are some other of us here

Trump Accused of Using ChatGPT to Create Tariff Plan After AI Leads Users to Same Formula: 'So AI is Running the Country' The Trump administration has been accused of using ChatGPT to calculate the tariffs it presented to the world on Wednesday.

www.latintimes.com/trump-accuse...

Peter Thiel is betting on the apocalypse An emerging alliance between Tech, the Pentagon and the Christian Right

Long, detailed article about this psycopath.

I don’t think this perspective has been given enough attention

Same

No need to imagine any more

Hello! I just sent my CV and a cover letter to the general A*Midex email address. Would you help me connect to those in the epidemiology/public health/medicine realm?

They have fun!

Having anticipated collapse on an intellectual level for 15 years, I’ve been surprised TBH how hard it still is to go through, emotionally.

Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel

This seem to be our post-election theme song

youtu.be/frAEmhqdLFs?...

I've been worried they'll try to codify the NIH indirect cuts into one of these mechanisms, as well

At a time when everything is dystopian and icky, that the name of the software is ‘AutoRIF’ seems especially so.

BigBalls breaks our brains

We’ll throw in Oregon

Appropriate movie reference, too

What Happens When No One Stands? An excerpt from "They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-1945"

This essay (excerpt from They Thought They Were Free) now lives in my head. www.collapse2050.com/what-happens...

Yay you’re back!

The Muskrateers