There is compelling evidence that the President of the United States is a child rapist and trafficker, and works for America's enemies.

And not a damn thing is being done about it.

Joe Biden forgot someone's name though, and Kamala Harris laughed too enthusiastically.

Cover of the Feb 28, 2026 issue of The Lancet (one of the world's leading medical journals, published weekly since 1823) has this sentence as the main body of the page -

"The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm."

Same could be said for science in general under trump.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/vol407no10531/PIIS0140-6736(26)X2006-2#closeFullCover
Full editorial at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00414-9/fulltext
#UsPol #Health
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@CptSuperlative Exactly.

The last few days, I find myself humming or singing the opening song from The Muppet Show.

It's very soothing.

Why die on a hill, have a picnic instead, pick some flowers, work on your mental health.

Shingrix not only prevents shingles most of the time, but all of the most recent studies show it strongly reduces the chance of getting dementia, which is an excellent free gift from the scientists to the public. So go out & make sure you get vaxxed

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/could-a-vaccine-prevent-dementia-shingles-shot-data-only-getting-stronger/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark

#stem #science #health #vaccine #cool

💯

There is a scene in "The Algebraist" (2004, Ian M. Banks) the leader of the invading space army (who is ruthless and petty) makes a demand for information of the gas giant aliens known as "the dwellers."

He proceeds to shoot living people, (just random ordinary people) out of his ship's gun like bullets to suffocate in space.

A decade ago I thought this was a little silly and over the top. "Come on Mr. Banks, I understand you want to lampoon warmongers, but this is too much."

I get it now.

There have also been many past attempts to solve this class of “Don’t make me make choices” problem where there’s too many customization points to provide a tidy abstraction, but people just want something standard.

Some attempts look like snippet libraries, code generators. Other attempts look like Dreamweaver.

They’ve all suffered from problems that vibe coding recapitulates: speedy initial prototyping gives way to maintenance nightmares.

There’s a long history of people thinking that they’ve made programming easier by changing the syntax, or by making it not look like programming. That history is mostly a parade of embarrassments (COBOL! 4GLs!). One big subset of the current AI hype is just that mistake again — “vibe coding is programming in English!” — but now compounded by the nondeterminism of the tool.

Hogg’s thread correctly navigates around that mistake, focusing on •abstractions• instead of •syntax• as the problem.

Vance is hyping Trump’s so called
“war on fraud”
while suspending $259 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota.

This from the same Trump whose charity was shut down for fraud and who paid $25 million over Trump University.

Trump doesn’t fight fraud.
He is the fraud.

https://bsky.app/profile/cwebbonline.com/post/3mfpz3cc5ek2e

it was plain that unless artificially upheld, the body would at once sink to the bottom

@carnage4life

The thing about the techbros is they insist on developing solutions to what they think are problems.

And they just aren’t that normal, mainstream, or relatable.

They’re weird.

And some are creepy.

"I am," said Pooh.

@shoq One-third of a given population committed to authoritarian dictatorship sounds about right.