In the beginning, there was nothing.

Then, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 «𝕓𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕒»

@ the grad student who taught the intro to social psych class i took a couple years ago and said people “didn’t have a sense of self” before the Industrial Revolution(without giving a source): jsyk i still think about you like once a month

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Hey #wisconsin : haven’t voted yet? You still have 5.5 hours to do so! Polls close at 8pm cst, and you can register to vote at your polling place! To find your polling place visit myvote.wi.gov/en-us/

I do not personally believe there is a mark of the beast to be on the lookout for. However, if I did, these would be my strongest contenders:

1. Umbrellas

AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.

I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense

I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...

We're absolutely not taking the fall for this one

woooooo!

Out in Child Development:

"Learning Loopholes: The Development of Intentional
Misunderstandings in Children"

paper: srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

preprint-pdf: www.tomerullman.org/papers/kids_...

Battery breakthrough as 99.99% of lithium extracted from old cells New recycling method offers environmentally friendly way to deal with increasing e-waste from old smartphones and electric cars

Battery breakthrough as 99.99% of lithium extracted from old cells
New recycling method environmentally friendly way to deal with e-waste from old smartphones and electric cars

www.independent.co.uk/tech/battery...

Anyone’s dad want to make a Pinterest board? I’m looking for fashion inspo

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

in case you need something nice to celebrate today, it's been two weeks since I brought Adonis home and he is a completely different animal already

Help us welcome @coreygjohnson.bsky.social to Bluesky! 👋

And if you haven't, read his reporting about how at least 10 gun industry businesses secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians:

The Nation's Data at Risk Year Two - Ongoing Monitoring The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians, the “Big Tent for Statistics.

Reporting is that the Census has officially terminated the 2030 Census Advisory Committee and canceled the March 2025 Census Scientific Advisory Committee meeting
More updates here: www.amstat.org/the-nations-...
This is really not good.

Senate Dems Show Spine, And National Sports Ban Bill Dies The failed legislation reflects a wider effort to disallow trans women (or anyone suspected of being a trans woman) from women’s sports and spaces.

1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster.

Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.

S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.

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Orange cat in front of a bag of treats that has been chewed through

Guess who can open drawers!

I hate when I’m eating meat and I become too acutely aware that I am eating meat. Like WHY is there CHICKEN in my CHICKENSAMMICH

I’m always saying this 😌

Black cat with a yarn label around shoulders

Someone came out of the yarn room

Question for the groundhog experts: when he determines whether or not winter will be another 6 weeks, is he predicting it or demand it? Does the groundhog cause winter to continue for 6 more weeks? If so, why do we let him?

IQ is a pseudoscience because instead of one number, intelligence is a combination of dozens of D&D style mental stats: Gizmos, Deceit, Math, Empathy, Spider Sense, Puzzles, Booklearnin’, Eloquence, Focus, Mischief, Mysteries, etc.

WISCONSIN: there is an election today. If you have the time and ability, go VOTE!

Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.

hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

About Data Rescue Project The Data Rescue Project is a coordinated effort among a group of data organizations, including IASSIST, RDAP, and members of the Data Curation Network. Our goal is to serve as a clearinghouse for data...

We are excited to let everyone know that we have a new website: www.datarescueproject.org/about-data-r... It includes the resources from the Google doc (that will stay live for a bit) and ways to stay in contact with us. Feel free to share! #LoveData25 #DataRescue

Wisconsin’s ‘point in time’ homeless count: Who gets counted, who doesn’t? Homelessness has been increasing statewide, according to the annual PIT count conducted by volunteers. But these counts struggle to accurately capture the homeless population, especially in rural a…

Despite its flaws, Wisconsin’s PIT count shows that statewide homelessness has been increasing. In the “balance” of the state, the mostly rural homeless population increased from 2,938 individuals in 2023 to 3,201 in 2024, the highest number recorded since 2017.

We are not far away from your spouse’s cancer trial stopping, your parent’s Alzheimer’s clinical trial evaporating, your teen’s mental health intervention disappearing. It’s easy to attack universities, but the recent actions from the White House will stop cutting edge medical research very quickly.

Gun Lobbyists and Cambridge Analytica Weaponized Gun Owners’ Private Details for Political Gain Documents and interviews reveal how the now-disgraced political firm targeted potential voters by combining its cache of confidential consumer data with information secretly collected from millions of...

NEW: Documents and interviews reveal how the now-disgraced political firm Cambridge Analytica targeted potential voters by combining its cache of confidential consumer data with information secretly collected from millions of gun buyers, sporting goods shoppers and others.

New and important: we built a federal expenditure tracker. All expenditure line items that are available on the Daily Treasury Statement.

USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.

www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...

#EconSky

Must've talked to hundreds of federal officials this week. One motivating factor in them reaching out, I'm told, is feeling like Congress is useless

How do I explain to my cat that granola isn’t good for him

10 ROMANTIC, SIZE-INCLUSIVE SUSTAINABLE FASHION BRANDS FOR VALENTINES DAY | Jade | The Moda Mensch Get more from Jade | The Moda Mensch on Patreon

Super pleased to share my first un-paywalled list of size-inclusive, sustainable fashion brands! For Valentine's day, I'm focusing on romantic dresses for your next date night.. 👀🌹

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