I know it's a busy day on the news but we need to have a world worth saving, too.

The Lord of the Rings films are older than ICE.

The Matrix is older than ICE.

Legally Blonde is older than ICE.

We're not talking about a venerable American institution. We're talking about post-9/11 Patriot Act overreach.

Claw that power back. Destroy ICE.

I had looked for the last couple days and had started to wonder if you guys were okay.

Sending so much love to you and the others who grieve him.

Support staff for wildfires have been decimated. This directly ties to the points made about some of the flaws in thinking about a Wildland fire service. It just isn’t that simple.

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Oh I do /not/ wonder! 😭

FDA will fully adopt generative AI by end of June, Martin Makary says The Food and Drug Administration is going all in on artificial intelligence. | The Food and Drug Administration is going all in on artificial intelligence. Commissioner Martin Makary, M.D., has instru...

Generative AI is still young and prone to error. Would you trust it to decide if a drug is safe for you to take? Would you trust it to recognize a data integrity error or a biological improbability? I don't even trust it to write my low stakes emails. www.fiercebiotech.com/cro/fda-will...

Right?

Mayday = HELP ME

May Day = Help me... pick these flowers

Title: SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING ACTIVE VOICE e.g. Our team collected samples and then we tested them. CLICKBAIT VOICE e.g. We collected some samples... You won't believe what happened next! PASSIVE VOICE e.g. Samples were collected and tested. HAIKU VOICE e.g. Quiet science lab. Workers arrive with samples. The testing begins. PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE e.g. We did all the collecting and testing. No need to thank us. Just doing our job. CONSPIRACY VOICE e.g. Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

"When you give to the needy, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing". When I learned to fundraise, that was hard to reconcile, but it's a bit like seeding the tip jar with cash to make others feel a little pressure to pony up. First few times, I thought lightning would strike

Everything is scary, but you deserve to enjoy books and tea or cocoa or coffee or wine as it suits you, and some rest. Feed your soul and the scary times will be easier to live through. Feeding your soul becomes an act of resistance.

How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations Vocal researchers are learning how death metal singers safely produce extreme vocal distortions, in hopes of improving vocal health care.

Extreme metal vocalists use a completely different pattern of vocalizing than we see in other styles of music," says Dr. Amanda Stark. She and death metal singer Mark Garrett join us to discuss how to safely scream like a demon.

It's not a great moment for anybody to encourage running for a third term.

I'm more afraid of the hogs.

That's really hard! You do such cool stuff, I hate that it has to be difficult for you.

I guess we're staying at Marriott.

Did any of y'all have to work Easter or Easter Monday? Did you remember to take time off on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday? Do you have any idea how many saints have feast days throughout the year? You totally need time off for those, right?

That makes me feel slightly better to hear. It all made me feel like we were having a zombie apocalypse against the slow sort of zombies instead of fast ones. You can still be overwhelmed by slow zombies, but maybe we could hole up at the Winchester and have a pint while it all passes.

I have space, but the soil isn't good, there's not enough water, and the infrastructure to defend it from critters would be insanely expensive, particularly with construction materials being more expensive. Also, I'm already exhausted half to death with work, where are we supposed to find the time?

Hands of a Maker by Rayya Liebich | Hippocampus Magazine "I would like to know the hands of the woman in Palestine who plunged her needle with saffron and marigold thread..." from "Hands of a Maker" by Rayya Liebach.

"The gown hugged my contours, so I was again 18 and again a reflection of my mother, bending time, a history helixing backwards."

#SundaySentence from Hands of a Maker by Rayya Liebich (2024 @hippocampusmag.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/bde4566n

No. I think he thinks he's immensely clever.

It is a bummer. These are the same people who think you have space lasers, so that's the level of credulity we're dealing with. Have you seen the YouTube video about how the "birds aren't real" conspiracy theory happened? Humanity is mind-blowingly disappointing some days

Happy birthday! You bring so many people so much joy!

Angel of the Lord: He is not here, He is risen, just as He said.
Come and see the place where He lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead.

Alito: Okay, first of all, this violates ALL sorts of rules

Thomas: This was a LAWFUL execution, who is God to interfere

He is risen! Happy Easter, everybody!

Great, so criticize her for enabling MAGA. There's plenty of material there.

Probably of winding up in El Salvador accused of things she didn't do just like everybody else. Of all the things to criticize someone for, being honest about that doesn't seem like one of them.

Saves so much money in costuming materials. Vast yardage.