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chronically curious. equal parts numbers & poetics, 🤣 & 😡. never not missing the desert
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Physicist Michio Kaku suggests dark matter isn’t matter at all. It is gravity leaking from a parallel dimension.
Kids in Lower Merion school district in Pennsylvania get iPads starting in kindergarten, switch to Chromebooks in second grade and get their own MacBooks in eighth grade. Hundreds of parents signed a petition asking to preserve their ability to opt their children out of using digital devices during the school day. The school district has pushed back, saying it’s not feasible to let hundreds of students opt out of technology that is essential to the curriculum.
At my company we stopped doing code reviews. There's no point now
Epuyén outbreak was NOT self-limited. Even though it was in a remote rural tiny town, it kept spreading. After four turns of human-to-human transmission, including to people merely in the same room, the authorities imposed a strict quarantine for a whole month. Then it ended.
Andes virus is serious, but “can spread person-to-person” ≠ “pandemic-capable.” Even the largest outbreak (Epuyén) was self-limited. NEJM investigators noted some “possible inhalation” exposures—but that’s nuance, not evidence of measles-like spread. nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opi…
The KKK is alive and well in Tennessee. The Sargeant of Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents. FUCKING SHAMEFUL!
The U.S. will start revoking passports this week for parents who owe $100,000 or more in child support and soon will expand the policy. apnews.com/article/passpo…
