Ambulocetus @ambulocetus@social.cleverlibre.org

Apparently, the Bible verses about a talking snake are literal, but the part about forgiving everyone's debt is just a metaphor.

The answer to last week's mystery moth - it's easier when you can see the underwing!

http://paoloviscardi.com/2023/07/28/friday-mystery-object-465-answer/

The secret to not being shot in the United States is:
* Be white
* Be in a big blue city

I think it's hilarious how white folk from small towns think of New York as a dangerous place.

If you visit NYC from rural America, your chances of being shot just went *down* significantly.

QED rewatch: Are we winning? (2022)

Over the years we've seen a rise in conspiracism but we've also seen strides in tackling alternative medicine. In this panel discussion from QED 2022, we asked, on balance, are we winning? Featuring Noah Lugeons, Diana Barbosa, Claire Klingenberg and chair Michael Marshall.

https://qedcon.org/news/2023/rewatch-are-we-winning?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=Winning

If climate change isn't front of mind for politicians in your state, REPLACE THEM.

The Inflation Reduction Act was enacted a year ago, passed by a Democratic Congress and signed by Joe Biden.

Inflation has fallen every month since then -- and is now only 1/3 what it was before.

Even Fox has to admit the truth.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but the term "woke" didn't start with kids on Twitter.

The was first recorded by Lead Belly in the 1930s in a song called "The Scottsboro Boys," about the dangers Black Americans faced traveling through states in the Deep South. The original line was "best stay woke," as in, "remain aware of the dangers of racism."

Black communities shortened the term to "stay woke," over time, and eventually added "woke" as a state of being--or constant awareness.

Doctors Confirm McConnell Had A Stroke After Imagining A Happy Black Person https://www.theonion.com/doctors-confirm-mcconnell-had-a-stroke-after-imagining-1850683094

POV: When Worldcoin starts advertising their dystopian bullshit in your neighborhood.

2000 BACKERS WOOOOO https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weiner/the-universe-abridged-beyond-the-point-of-usefulness?ref=6vghse

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Thought I ordered 50,000 nematodes. Would anyone like some nematodes.

Please. I have so many worms.

These five American women will appear on new quarters in 2024 https://thehill.com/homenews/4119326-these-five-american-women-will-appear-on-new-quarters-in-2024/

Multiple bright, young scientists I know have told me they will not be applying to jobs in TX & FL.

Faculty friends at institutions in these states have shared they are having trouble recruiting new students & concerned about what they could be accused of.

Having spent years working at UT Austin where I loved our weird & welcoming community, I’m deeply troubled watching things fall apart. https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/25/texas-a-m-professor-opioids-dan-patrick/

I got an advance copy of Peter Hotez's new tour de force book today—a couple of sentences on the back cover encapsulate my thoughts on it and his courageous work

PragerU is propaganda. It isn't, in any way, an academic organization. It's a YouTube channel that makes lecture-style videos that explicitly promote evangelical Christianity, political disinformation, anti-LGBTQ talking points, Islamophobia, and Anti-Semitism.

Its namesake is conservative talk radio host Dennis Prager. In no way, shape, or form should these videos be in America's classrooms.

https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-prageru/