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Also known as Brandolini’s Law, this is the simple observation that it’s far easier to produce and spread BS, misinformation and nonsense than it is to refute it. In fact, the iSchool at University of Washington launched a course on Calling Bullshit with the first class being booked up within one-minute of registration. The professors, Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West have since written a book: Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World . Phil Williamson in Nature also wrote a nice article emphasizing that we should take the time and effort to correct misinformation where we can. In it, he proposed the idea that “The global scientific community could…set up its own, moderated, rating system for websites that claim to report on science. We could call it the Scientific Honesty and Integrity Tracker, and give online nonsense the SHAIT rating it deserves.”
A vertical scale, with a line at 3000 and a line at 2800 to show the proportion of time before the Rosetta Stone was found and the time after
When I was first elected to the House," he recalled, "I looked for the they. They who run things. They who know how things really work. They who know Either way, the stakes remind me of a question I once asked Graham on a long flight over Central Asia. At what point in his career, I wondered, had he gathered the boldness to assert himself so overtly in foreign policy? "When I was first elected to the House," he recalled, "I looked for the they. They who run things. They who know how things really work. They who know what they are doing. But I couldn't find the they." After that, he went on, "I went to the Senate. But there was still no they. And then I started to get invited to the White House, and to closed-door briefings, and to meetings with top officials. No they." "What I finally realized," he concluded, "is that there is no they. There is only we, and we usually don't know what the fuck we're doing."
How I Met Your Mother Robin and Ted salute "General Incompetence"
This is a 6-panel Cyanide and Happiness comic titled "Turn Around!". It features two characters in a car where one, looking at a map, tries to get the driver to turn around. The driver responds by singing Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. The comic ends with the car driving off a cliff.
Also known as Brandolini’s Law, this is the simple observation that it’s far easier to produce and spread BS, misinformation and nonsense than it is to refute it. In fact, the iSchool at University of Washington launched a course on Calling Bullshit with the first class being booked up within one-minute of registration. The professors, Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West have since written a book: Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World . Phil Williamson in Nature also wrote a nice article emphasizing that we should take the time and effort to correct misinformation where we can. In it, he proposed the idea that “The global scientific community could…set up its own, moderated, rating system for websites that claim to report on science. We could call it the Scientific Honesty and Integrity Tracker, and give online nonsense the SHAIT rating it deserves.”
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Sam Elliott narrator: " Getting charged by the DOJ during an election Did, in fact, not help the race
A flag "COME AND TAKE IT" Ballot box Star A parody of the cannon flag
A screenshot shot of the original post showing that the the account to which Kat was responding was blocked
Barmann: Dieter Bohlen soll sein drittes Buch geschrieben haben. Kunde: Nicht geschrieben. Gelesen.
Steve @Loverism_ Unnatural hair colors in woman are a warning signal to stay away, Its an example Aposematism- the phenomenon of poisonous animals in nature advertising their toxicity and lethality. ma1ybe @ma1ybe Aposematism is there to warn off predators, not sexual partners. If you're repelled by it, it's working.
TUCKER: "How much does it matter what Americans think?" HUCKABEE: "It matters every bit." TUCKER: "80% oppose war with Iran." HUCKABEE: "We don't live in a world where polls dictate policy." TUCKER: "Oh, I thought you said it matters what Americans think."
The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter 3h BREAKING: The Pentagon reveals Trump paused the strikes on Iran not for negotiations as he claimed, but because Iran is becoming rapidly more effective at tracking US air operations, improving its air defenses and becoming too strong at detecting signs of a surprise attack, per NYT. Iran has used the ceasefire to successfully dig out all bombed ballistic missile sites, making them fully operational again. Iran also moved a large number of new mobile launchers across the entire country and adjusted tactics for any resumption of strikes, per a US military official. Iranian commanders studied US fighter jet and bomber flight patterns with close Russian and Chinese help. The recent downing of an F-15E and groundfire striking an F-35 revealed American flight tactics had become "too predictable."
Kellie Meyer on X President Trump's recorded video message at today's Rededicate 250 appears to be identical to the video that he recorded 3 weeks ago for something called "America Reads The Bible." Credit to my eagle eyed colleagues for comparing the two on a timeline together and spotting.
As the Trump administration sought to reassure Americans this week that a hantavirus outbreak posed little risk to the public, Dr. Brian Christine, one of the top public health officials in charge of infectious disease policy, stood before reporters in Nebraska promising a response "grounded in science" and "grounded in transparency." Before he joined the Trump administration last year, Christine was an Alabama-based urologist who specialized in penile implants. He has little public health experience and a history of far-right commentary and promoting conspiracy theories. He's said the Covid pandemic led t wider government plot to control people, compared the Biden administration to Nazi Germany and suggested the Covid vaccine had little effect in stopping the pandemic. a He once hosted a YouTube show called "Erection Connection," a
Let's be honest about who is doing this, too. This isn't abstract conservatism, and it isn't "polarization." It's an alliance between oligarchic money and extremist movements, and it isn't particularly subtle. The oligarchs want a permanent ruling class. The extremists want a permanent underclass to grind a boot into. The deal between them is straightforward enough: the oligarchs get captured courts and permanent tax cuts, the extremists get their hierarchy of human worth written back into the law, and the country becomes a holding pen.
Lauren @cabsav456 The Thomas Massie primary is truly insane. We are looking at the most expensive U.S. House primary in history, with spending pushing toward $35 million. Massie's opponent, Ed Gallrein, has raised just $2 million on his own. The rest of the money, over $14 million, is coming from outside Super PACs who desperately want Massie gone. On top of that, Pete Hegseth is being deployed to Kentucky to campaign against him. Stephen Miller & Con Inc. have been on massive Twitter tirades attacking him. And there was a highly coordinated smear campaign of unfounded allegations launched this week by Con Inc. influencers. When the establishment is willing to spend $35M+ and go to these lengths to take one man down, it really makes you wonder why. Whether you like Massie or not, this election will determine whether or not we as voters actually have a voice anymore. If outside special-interest money can successfully buy seat and sway an election like this, we have a serious, serious problem.
Map of Southeast USA showing Amtrak stations, with a large gap in Southern Alabama, Southern Georgia, and Northern Florida
AOC confronting RFK Jr
Truth Social post by DJT "Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP 744 ReTruths 2.26k Likes Descriptive alt text Truth Social post by DJT Mar 21, 2026, 1:26 PM
Melania screenshot from Amazon Prime Video stating #1 in the US
Map showing extent of Achaemenid Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire
Isaac Saul @lke_Saul ALT X.com No administration of my lifetime has been more antagonistic toward the private sector, free markets, and free trade. All the warnings of socialists and Democratic overreaches and government intrusion - it's all worse in reality right now than ever before. Just remarkable. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @Sec... 3h This week, Anthropic delivered a master class in arrogance and betrayal as well as a textbook case of how not to do business with the United States Government or the Pentagon. Our position has never wavered and wil... Show more Last edited 5:46 PM 2/27/26 74K Views
Trump, Netenyahu, and Ayatollah all with a log in one eye
Screech owl looking around quickly with widening pupils https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1F8eNXkm39/
Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper I'm not going to send you to die in another pointless fucking war in the Middle East. Specific enough? Charlotte Clymer @cmclymer. Oct 18, 2024 Can someone please explain to me what exactly it is that young men want to hear from VP Harris that she's not already saying? And please be specific. I want to hear *exactly what you'd have her say to them. x.com/travishelwig/s...
Galatians 5:23 Against such things there is no law Referring to the Fruits of the Spirit
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Bart Simpson says "There are 13,000 mentions of Donald Trump in the Trump-Epstein files" Homer Simpson says "13,000 mentions SO FAR!"
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Phoebe and Joey meme Phoebe The video Shows he was Not in Any danger Joey The video Shows he was Not in The video shows he actually died
Photo by Doug Mills (the greatest ever to do it) of a Presidential aide showing reporters the video “proof” of Ms Good’s guilt.
Water drops on poinsettia leaves
Water drops on poinsettia leaves
Overhead projector with scrolling film
Somali pirate meme Look at me You're the pirates now
Morning mist on reflective water
Pond with steam on surface and trees on the other side. Clear skies and rising sun showing on some trees
Games of thrones woman saying it is known Caption: the even numbered Star Trek movies are the only good ones
Matthew 2:13-23
A funnel is used to fill a pepper shaker
A cordless drill is used to grind pepper with a pepper shaker
A rat is jumping off a sinking ship. The rat tells the other rats still on the ship "I'm actually leaving to focus on other projects" Roystoncartoons.com http://www.roystoncartoons.com/2020/03/blog-post.html
Senator Cassidy as Butthead saying "Titillate"
Jordan Peterson with caption "What do you mean by politics?"
Closeup of Oval Office doorway showing fasces symbolism
A picture of Tigger with the caption "Tigger Warning"
A picture of Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, with his head in the sand