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Lydia Patton

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Philosophy professor. Mostly reposts.

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Um, I understood the point of the Hyperloop was to stop the US building high speed trains using reachable technology

07.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Not naming names,,, but I googled ya worth

Not naming names,,, but I googled ya worth

So impressed and blessed for all the brands reaching out to support. thousand and more companies offered to donate product and my team gunna get to it. πŸ™πŸΎπŸ™πŸΎ

BUT if you a billion dollar company,,, we don’t want a product donation. We want you to sponsor these women + athletes. πŸ‘€

27.02.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 3790 πŸ” 692 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 105

That drop is more than the entire NSF budget.

22.02.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 215 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

When Thesis Met Antithesis

21.02.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You've Got Theory

21.02.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Silk Stockings (1957), with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. /not serious

21.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember back in the day when Congress used to be in charge of appropriations?

19.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 18562 πŸ” 7243 πŸ’¬ 2376 πŸ“Œ 952
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After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it HHS proposes spending $2 billion a year to re-create systems the U.S. accessed through the WHO at a fraction of the cost, according to officials briefed on the matter.

Exclusive: After pulling out of WHO, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the United States once helped build, which will cost about three times as much.

19.02.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 206 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 57
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being β€œserved food that contained worms.”

A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees.

The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being β€œserved food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees β€” it was for the staff.

13.02.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 10915 πŸ” 5561 πŸ’¬ 875 πŸ“Œ 2400
Bonkers headline: "We're all in the Epstein Files (feat Ross Douthat)"

Bonkers headline: "We're all in the Epstein Files (feat Ross Douthat)"

raise your hand if you are not, in fact, in the Epstein files

05.02.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 1722 πŸ” 204 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 113
A corgi's head barely surfacing atop deep snow, against a backdrop of an old wooden fence

A corgi's head barely surfacing atop deep snow, against a backdrop of an old wooden fence

I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep

31.01.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 17054 πŸ” 2615 πŸ’¬ 190 πŸ“Œ 144

Waiting for the ice storm has that same awful feeling that came before the pandemic reached my area -- knowing shit is going to suck for an extended period and not being able to do anything to change that

24.01.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.

18.01.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 14526 πŸ” 4638 πŸ’¬ 482 πŸ“Œ 541
Wikipedia sections of an article.

1: early life and career as a pirate.
2: archbishop of York.

Wikipedia sections of an article. 1: early life and career as a pirate. 2: archbishop of York.

If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.

18.01.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 7491 πŸ” 1403 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 91

Requiring people to show their papers when the US doesn't issue citizenship documents is interesting.

15.01.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 1450 πŸ” 296 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 15
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Sable Offshore Wins Court Battle over Oil Pipelines Enviro groups vow to continue the fight to stop the permit that would allow the restart of pipelines in Santa Barbara County.

A 2-judge panel rejected an emergency appeal by environmental groups to block the Trump administration's permit to Exxon-backed Sable offering no insights as to how they arrived at their conclusion. But the dispute over California's offshore oil is far from over. www.independent.com/2026/01/02/s...

02.01.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my new years resolution is to hop on a quick call with key stakeholders more often

30.12.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.

β€œThis could look like a user asking how much ibuprofen to take for a headache receiving a promoted ad for Advil in the chatbot’s response. Meanwhile, actual results on correct dosage may be brushed to the side, or buried under a mountain of ad text…”

30.12.2025 23:19 πŸ‘ 748 πŸ” 322 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 287

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees

🧡

22.12.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 1929 πŸ” 1112 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 220

I understand there is a market for steel from ships that sank before 1945 because it is unpolluted by radiation from atom bombs.

Perhaps we will soon demand references from papers printed before 2025 and the great information pollution disaster

19.12.2025 20:48 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.

They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!

15.12.2025 01:27 πŸ‘ 17703 πŸ” 5035 πŸ’¬ 398 πŸ“Œ 358

It's not the only reason to oppose the language of takers and shirkers and all that, but people have been warning with good reason: when you establish the existence of a subclass of despised, worthless people it's acceptable to hate and abuse, everyone ends up in there eventually.

07.12.2025 11:18 πŸ‘ 310 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

Here’s the thing, emerging scientists aren’t going to flee to do science elsewhere…they just won’t do the science.

We will lose at least one, if not two generations of knowledge if we don’t get this shit sorted out immediately.

07.12.2025 03:22 πŸ‘ 637 πŸ” 233 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 6

I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.

We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money

07.12.2025 07:24 πŸ‘ 1700 πŸ” 501 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 19

People say "you are so clear" to me all the time. I sometimes wonder whether it's a backhanded compliment.

07.12.2025 08:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Penguin classics cover for Rabbit is Rich by John Updike but the cover image is a still of bugs bunny counting out stacks of currency

Penguin classics cover for Rabbit is Rich by John Updike but the cover image is a still of bugs bunny counting out stacks of currency

06.12.2025 19:25 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œA big part of the high stock prices is not a reflection of high future growth,” he said. Rather, it is a sign that A.I. is expected to boost productivity and shrink employment. β€œThe firms all think they’re going to shed a lot of labor, and that’s why the profits will be high,” he said.

And while the construction of data centers to power artificial intelligence is fueling economic growth now, these centers, once built, employ skeleton staffs.

β€œA big part of the high stock prices is not a reflection of high future growth,” he said. Rather, it is a sign that A.I. is expected to boost productivity and shrink employment. β€œThe firms all think they’re going to shed a lot of labor, and that’s why the profits will be high,” he said. And while the construction of data centers to power artificial intelligence is fueling economic growth now, these centers, once built, employ skeleton staffs.

The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...

28.11.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 2172 πŸ” 718 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 123

Serves four what?

27.11.2025 23:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

somehow it's "hoarding" when I keep my old tech as long as possible and resent forced obsolescence

but not "hoarding" when billionaires and tech companies suck up all the money and burn though the planet in search of endless growth

26.11.2025 01:19 πŸ‘ 860 πŸ” 250 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3