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David Dick

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polyglot software developer, specialty: s/w migration; tsundoku sufferer; sci/tech fan; political spinoff: @granitevoter; hardcore s/w dev: @granitedev

Crackpots find platforms easily, these days.

Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) is getting into nicotine. "Basically, America smoked its way to being the dominant hyperpower. It kept people focused, it kept people fit. It's an appetite suppressant. "I'm becoming more and more convinced that the health benefits of not smoking…



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Doctorow and (ironically) The Onion really are the last bastions of hope on this hellsite.

One of the dumbest, shrewdest tricks corporate America ever pulled was teaching us all to reflexively say, "If a corporation blocks your speech, that doesn't violate the First Amendment and therefore it's not censorship": pluralistic.net/2022/12/04/yes… 1/

doctorow's tweet image. One of the dumbest, shrewdest tricks corporate America ever pulled was teaching us all to reflexively say, "If a corporation blocks your speech, that doesn't violate the First Amendment and therefore it's not censorship":

pluralistic.net/2022/12/04/yes…

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Another reason not to devote time to getting into Ruby, as fascinating as the language appears: theregister.com/2025/09/22/rub…


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The danger of announcing a *bogus* association between Tylenol & autism is that more women will take NSAIDs during pregnancy, which is *actually* associated with fetal harm. Unfortunately we may see an increase in oligohydramnios, premature closure of the ductus arteriosus, etc

nickmmark's tweet image. The danger of announcing a *bogus* association between Tylenol & autism is that more women will take NSAIDs during pregnancy, which is *actually* associated with fetal harm.

Unfortunately we may see an increase in oligohydramnios, premature closure of the ductus arteriosus, etc
nickmmark's tweet image. The danger of announcing a *bogus* association between Tylenol & autism is that more women will take NSAIDs during pregnancy, which is *actually* associated with fetal harm.

Unfortunately we may see an increase in oligohydramnios, premature closure of the ductus arteriosus, etc

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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. —President John F. Kennedy

ValaAfshar's tweet image. Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

—President John F. Kennedy

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Smart people are able to change their mind when presented with accurate information that contradicts their beliefs.


Now you can remember what never happened.

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Coffin production gonna go way up

BREAKING: CDC vaccine panel has voted to no longer recommend combined shot for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella for children who are aged under age 4 years old



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Don’t you dare call us fascists, they say, as they force people off the airwaves for criticizing them while vowing to crush and criminalize their opposition.


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From Germany to South Africa to Great Britain to Japan, ultranationalist movements have seized on Charlie Kirk's death. The irony here is hard to ignore: these same groups that often decry globalization are adopting an international message based on American politics.…


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From scaling back limits on PFAS in drinking water, to eliminating reports on greenhouse gas emissions, cuts to the EPA have shaken its regulatory power. Former EPA deputy administrator Janet McCabe joins us to discuss how these changes will impact us. buff.ly/HrU8NJN

BiPiSci's tweet image. From scaling back limits on PFAS in drinking water, to eliminating reports on greenhouse gas emissions, cuts to the EPA have shaken its regulatory power. Former EPA deputy administrator Janet McCabe joins us to discuss how these changes will impact us. buff.ly/HrU8NJN

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Fascinating: Known Near-Earth objects... (Blue represents near-Earth asteroids. Orange represents main-belt asteroids between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) (Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)


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I’ve reported 18 wars over 35 years. I’ve been shot at, kidnapped, threatened, nearly raped. I’ve lost friends from Sarajevo to Syria. I thought I’d seen the worst of humanity. I was wrong. Nothing compares to Gaza — or the complicity letting it happen. #GazaGenocide #WarCrimes


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