'splain to me why someone would "improve" an existing photo by running it through a.i. so the text is garbled and shatner no longer looks like shatner

Blue-haired old lady in pink glasses stands on a screened porch with houses in the background.

New blue

Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion In a 4-3 ruling, the Commonwealth Court found that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Pennsylvania's appellate court confirmed that access to abortion is a fundamental right under the Pennsylvania Constitution.

This decision is a win for all Pennsylvanians.

The government shouldn't be making your healthcare decisions - you should.
www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

John Gurdon (1933-2025) John Gurdon was a towering figure in developmental biology, respected and admired throughout the world. His discovery, made when he was a PhD student, that the nuclei of differentiated cells retain th...

"Gurdon..claimed not to like reading at all – not even the scientific literature...He suggested it was his inability to understand anything complicated that led to the clarity of thought for which he was renowned" And of course a Nobel Prize.. journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

THIRTY MINUTES.

thirty goddamn minutes.

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.

We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.

Please stand by for more.

If this is their idea of “support,” one wonders what their idea of “gutting the future of American science for kicks” might look like.

"Whether the loot ends up in Trump’s pocket or goes to causes he pretends to care about, these are functionally extortion payments."

Pregnancy vaccine reduces baby hospital admissions for RSV by 80% A study confirms the vaccine gives excellent protection for babies against life-threatening chest infections.

Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement.

In an administration brimming with moral degenerates, RFK Jr keeps finding ways to stand out.

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”

www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.

“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines

"As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust."

Lounging in the sun

For the love of Christ and all that is holy, bring more underwear

Current hostility (on the part of politicians and institutional leaders alike) to even looking at the past is strikingly blunt. It touches many disciplines, but denying history is the key issue.

The backlash against Bouie’s piece on Enlightenment and then the 1619 Project were public turning points

Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92

"She tutored the activists on immunology and virology and schooled them in the intricacies of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process and pharmaceutical research protocols."

[Gift article]

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

Progress!

A great resource, free to access. Unfortunately the 1926 household records of the Northern Ireland census have been lost, leaving 1911 as the last freely available census records for all of Ireland. No census in 1921, for understandable reasons.

They did no performance evaluation of the people they laid off. So they can’t make any claims about their performance. What we do know is:
1. The people fired had more experience than the people hired
2. The new hires come via a political process where they have to detail their support for Trump

$40

Jury awards should be taken out of the pensions.

Good for him but I am tired of learning about all the ways a 41-year-old candidate for U.S. Senate supposedly has a lot more growing and learning to do. Maybe do that before the Senate? And maybe try out a lower office before then?

Or maybe we just watch him blossom into another Sinema/Fetterman.

Other Colleges Have Frat Houses. This One Has a Cookie House.

BREAKING GOOD NEWS: There is a house at @carleton.edu where you can bake cookies at basically any time. I spent 12 straight hours in the kitchen and came back for breakfast the next morning: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/d...

the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury to the tune of literally billions of dollars and that he is not being immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes against this country is a devastating indictment of every part of our political system

It was nice knowing you, central
dogma.

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment.

The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment.

By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

What really gets me is that expanding the Supreme Court shouldn't be controversial at all. You'd think that reducing any one president's ability to influence the court for decades to come would be a good thing. Seems like a nonpartisan issue, but what do I know.

seriously hope when dems get back in power they go after every single fuck involved with DOGE