Another thing that’s pretty funny is all the pseudo-liberals fleeing Twitter, and then going on to create a loony dystopia at Bluesky where getting assaulted by a raving deranged nutbag on public transit is noble and where degrowth ideas that would starve billions are lauded.
What a world.
Ozempic (semaglutide) is a synthetic version of a hormone found in Gila monster venom.
The most promising solution to antibiotic resistance comes from the antimicrobial peptides in Komodo dragon blood.
Maybe some of those weird-sounding NSF/NIH grants are useful after all… pic.twitter.com/YVzVCrl8SQ
— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) January 12, 2025
Correct. Nearly all of the claims of the conservatards about “useless” science are 100% wrong — both because it’s a fool’s errand predicting what will be useful in advance, and most science these days is only funded if there is some practical use in sight (which is a bad way to do it, to be clear).
In reality, we should fund much, much more “useless” science because it invariably ends up being the most useful of all.
I’m no Elon Musk supporter, as I’ve said before, but I do think it’s pretty goddamn funny how Musk keeps handily defeating those who insist how much smarter and better they are than him.
And then they all say something like, “But, how could Musk have won? I am the smartest and bestest boy/girl!”
It’s sad and it’s comical. I can’t help but laugh while shaking my head.
A book that honestly should be a Coen Brothers movie. A set of bizarre characters who avoided service on the Eastern Front by being *really* into Orientalism, all losing their nerve and making big ridiculous messes along the way. pic.twitter.com/jmtaXcQ4Ol
— Matthew Petti (@matthew_petti) January 10, 2025
Bold choice, using American parachutes and American paratrooper kit on the cover of a book about Nazi intelligence failures. Those are T-10C chutes. I know because I jumped with that chute many times.
Anyone who denies that climate change had a role in the recent California fires does not understand how climate change works and also fails to comprehend that they too will be affected inevitably in the end — perhaps not so devastatingly, but the likelihood of negative outcomes increases greatly when the climate has been destabilized.
I know, it’s hard to change. It’s scary. Status quo bias is one of the strongest human tendencies. And the left has pushed some horrendously bad ideas that should be opposed, such as austerity and degrowth. But you should be opposing these ideas and not the obvious truth that the climate is changing, and not for the better for most of humanity.
In the end, like gravity, it simply does not matter if you believe in climate change or not. Because it believes in you.
A vanishingly small number of violent sex crimes end in conviction, NBC News investigation shows.
Finland’s Zero Homeless Strategy: Lessons from a Success Story.
Mark Zuckerberg’s commitment to free speech is as deep as Exxon’s commitment to clean energy.
Twin-headed Trump-Musk onslaught leaves Europe floundering for response. Europe can’t even respond to their own problems, so good luck.
To resist the climate crisis, we must resist the billionaire class.
On the Ground During L.A.’s Wildfire Emergency.
‘We’re in a New Era’: How Climate Change Is Supercharging Disasters.
The Best Time to Fireproof Los Angeles Was Yesterday.
Sweden Buys More Leopard 2 Tanks As Part Of Major Defense Build-Up. Sweden knows a Europe-wide war with Russia is likely.
Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? Let’s hope not.
Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors.
The Labor Crisis Putting People With Disabilities at Risk.
Diary of a Dead North Korean Soldier Reveals Grisly Battlefield Tactics.