It's so upsetting to me that I have friends who think trump is somehow responsible for artemis ii, hence pro-science and pro-space

I've been curious ever since first seeing you point out the low armhole problem: why aren't armholes just higher? I know personal fitting and tailoring is best, but do off the rack coats just have low armholes? If so, why?

i firmly believe that kennedy wants preventable diseases to rip through american communities since, in his warped mind, those who survive without vaccines will have proven themselves “healthy.”

"After receiving numerous complaints from the City of Mountain Brook." I drive and run by daily. These are probably the kindest most harmless people I encounter in the day. Can we please insist that 'complaints' be specific as to the actual problem before acting on them?

Should we do the thing that has been repeatedly and consistently shown to make the problem worse?

So, thing that is apparently better understood inside academia than outside of it:

International students pay sticker price. Most domestic students do not. International students are subsidizing the education costs for domestic students, as per student governmental funding drops.

Seeing church-going Christians call Joe Biden a fake but glorying in trump makes it so clear how much personal politics means more to them than faith.

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This is crucially important point.

1) "No quarter" is indeed specifically war-crime term

2) Under Geneva Conventions, after sinking an enemy ship, the attackers must "take all positive measures" to find and rescue any survivors. Text in next post

No evidence US sub did so after attack, AFAIK

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

A striking feature of Trump and his team is: they somehow imagine a world in which they are the only actors, only ones with power, and whether it's Tehran or Minneapolis are surprised when it turns out others do. There are many kinds of power and many nations with power.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

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There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

Absolutely disgusting. They don't actually believe in anything. Just power.

our government combines the impulse control of pete hegseth, the intellectual rigor of rfk jr, and the attention span of donald trump with elon musk’s signature sense of humor

Reaction to ocean post: ha, that's funny. Reactipn to Sky post: is reality real?

I'm sure none one will notice

TESS confirms what we saw with Kepler and K2 - on average, ***every single small red star has a planet around it***! And a short-period one at that (<30 days).

And you know what the galaxy is mostly made of?

Small red stars.

PLANETS. PLANETS EVERYWHERE!!!

Happy weekend pondering that, everyone.

Remember when Carter caught hell for suggesting during an energy crisis that people turn their heat down and put on a sweater? But somehow this is ok now.

Federal spending is up from last year and the year before. Taxes are going up this year for everyone except the top 5%. The only reduction that has occurred has been in benefits and services delivered to >95% of Americans.

we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago

Nothing like a little spite to lighten the spirit

It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school.

They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.

where is justice for Nurul Amin Shah Alam? when will those charged with holding the guilty accountable demand that justice?

Border Patrol released Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56 yo man, nearly blind with serious medical conditions, at "an old address & his family had since moved" in Buffalo, NY in the winter. "His family was not initially notified." He was found dead. @news4buffalo.bsky.social

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A lot of people seem to believe that the Democratic party is conservative for good reasons, like that it's what voters want. We need to drop this completely inane misconception if we hope to escape fascism skepchick.org/2026/02/why-...

“Great Man” theories of history may have been wrong but “That F*ing Guy” theory looks increasingly plausible.

I live in alabama. I'm also a teacher, so I understand metrics, how flawed they can be, and what red flags to look for. If a metric says Canada is poorer than Alabama, I'm not sure there's enough red fabric in the world to make that flag.

It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?

I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.

Why does a 250th celebration of independence coin have images from over a century before our fight for independence?