Kevin Wortman
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we need more education about how the long-term punishment of Haitians is crucial to the white supremacist project
a proof-point for them about why you should never rise up, how you can never be free
a proof-point for them about why you should never rise up, how you can never be free
June 26, 2026 at 12:43 PM
we need more education about how the long-term punishment of Haitians is crucial to the white supremacist project
a proof-point for them about why you should never rise up, how you can never be free
a proof-point for them about why you should never rise up, how you can never be free
The sound of Spanish-language announcers pronouncing "Luca Modrić" really takes me back to the 2022 World Cup.
June 24, 2026 at 3:35 AM
The sound of Spanish-language announcers pronouncing "Luca Modrić" really takes me back to the 2022 World Cup.
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Oh fucking hell, this is very bad and could very well be a death blow for a whole host of currently promising research areas. This essentially turns functioning grant programs in shitty lottery tickets where even if you 'win' it can be clawed back if some MAGA dolt gets upset at the research.
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule.
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science.
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science.
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science
elizabethginexi.substack.com
May 29, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Oh fucking hell, this is very bad and could very well be a death blow for a whole host of currently promising research areas. This essentially turns functioning grant programs in shitty lottery tickets where even if you 'win' it can be clawed back if some MAGA dolt gets upset at the research.
The Dollar Tree versus Dollar General question really comes down to how you feel about Trees and Generals.
April 30, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The Dollar Tree versus Dollar General question really comes down to how you feel about Trees and Generals.
TFW when YouTube somehow knows to complete "how to use..." as "how to use drill powered drain auger" 💀
February 26, 2026 at 9:37 PM
TFW when YouTube somehow knows to complete "how to use..." as "how to use drill powered drain auger" 💀
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As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
February 26, 2026 at 1:30 AM
As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
I spent way too long contemplating the hand pump on these peanut butter-filled pretzels.
February 15, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I spent way too long contemplating the hand pump on these peanut butter-filled pretzels.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
The Anaheim Halloween Parade was Saturday! Amanda and I volunteer with the Float Team who builds and drives the parade organization's floats. www.youtube.com/live/Y3KqWZv...
2025 Anaheim Halloween Parade
YouTube video by CityofAnaheim
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The Anaheim Halloween Parade was Saturday! Amanda and I volunteer with the Float Team who builds and drives the parade organization's floats. www.youtube.com/live/Y3KqWZv...
Times are tough, but at least there's a new Neko Case album to sink my teeth into. nekocase.com
Neko Case | Neon Grey Midnight Green
New Album ‘Neon Grey Midnight Green’ Out Now On ANTI- Records.
nekocase.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Times are tough, but at least there's a new Neko Case album to sink my teeth into. nekocase.com
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@aaup.org Youtuber Hank Green (with 3.94 million followers) has made a video about Trump and higher ed. He's provided a link to the AAUP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwh...
What Trump is Doing to Universities
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
@aaup.org Youtuber Hank Green (with 3.94 million followers) has made a video about Trump and higher ed. He's provided a link to the AAUP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwh...
On days like this I'm glad I switched from a total market fund to USXF, an ESG fund that does not hold Tesla.
July 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
On days like this I'm glad I switched from a total market fund to USXF, an ESG fund that does not hold Tesla.
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Kids playing Ozzy's Crazy Train on xylophones
July 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Kids playing Ozzy's Crazy Train on xylophones
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Absolutely insane. They are destroying this country's scientific enterprise.
If you're not a scientist and don't know what this means, it basically means they are planning to fund only the top 4% of grants. Historically it's around 10%.
If you're not a scientist and don't know what this means, it basically means they are planning to fund only the top 4% of grants. Historically it's around 10%.
Funding policy for 2025 from NCI. Was just released: 4 percentile…maybe!
www.cancer.gov/grants-train...
www.cancer.gov/grants-train...
Funding Policy - Research Grants
NCI funding policy for research project grant (RPG) awards reflects the funding goals of the institute, NIH, and HHS.
www.cancer.gov
July 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Absolutely insane. They are destroying this country's scientific enterprise.
If you're not a scientist and don't know what this means, it basically means they are planning to fund only the top 4% of grants. Historically it's around 10%.
If you're not a scientist and don't know what this means, it basically means they are planning to fund only the top 4% of grants. Historically it's around 10%.
Have canvassed, can confirm
Maybe it's uncouth to say this out loud, but if you've ever spent time with "regular voters", you know that most people have heterodox, contradictory, and largely incomprehensible political beliefs. It is maddening and why I could never work in electoral politics.
ngl it seems like voters only understand "I'm happy with the way things are going" -> vote for incumbents and "I'M MAD!!!" -> vote for whatever party has the most anti-status quo vibes, and social media + residual covid stuff has pushed voters to feel the later
July 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Have canvassed, can confirm
At a Sunday night concert targeting mostly people in their 40s-50s (Psychedelic Furs). So far 75% of the people around me have checked their work calendar for tomorrow.
July 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
At a Sunday night concert targeting mostly people in their 40s-50s (Psychedelic Furs). So far 75% of the people around me have checked their work calendar for tomorrow.
As an instructor, I feel this loss of a shared frame of reference. Sometimes it would really help to explain something by analogy, or theme an assessment around a pop culture reference, but there aren’t any stories that practically everyone knows anymore.
Yeah we grew up on cartoons made in like the 40s without even knowing it and I don’t think we appreciate how cool it was to have a shared frame of reference.
July 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As an instructor, I feel this loss of a shared frame of reference. Sometimes it would really help to explain something by analogy, or theme an assessment around a pop culture reference, but there aren’t any stories that practically everyone knows anymore.
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This is so so sad.
And I don’t see many people talking about the student loan shit they jammed in that bill. They’ve ensured only the rich can go the college. They capped the amount you can borrow over 4 years AND cut Grad Plus loans (which is how I paid my rent during law school).
And I don’t see many people talking about the student loan shit they jammed in that bill. They’ve ensured only the rich can go the college. They capped the amount you can borrow over 4 years AND cut Grad Plus loans (which is how I paid my rent during law school).
July 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is so so sad.
And I don’t see many people talking about the student loan shit they jammed in that bill. They’ve ensured only the rich can go the college. They capped the amount you can borrow over 4 years AND cut Grad Plus loans (which is how I paid my rent during law school).
And I don’t see many people talking about the student loan shit they jammed in that bill. They’ve ensured only the rich can go the college. They capped the amount you can borrow over 4 years AND cut Grad Plus loans (which is how I paid my rent during law school).
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The dismantling of the research apparatus that made America the science and tech giant it's been over the past century is the greatest own-goal in history. We haven't even begun to calculate or feel the losses
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The dismantling of the research apparatus that made America the science and tech giant it's been over the past century is the greatest own-goal in history. We haven't even begun to calculate or feel the losses
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this 48-second video of a protest in ontario, california is top-tier storytelling 🤌🏽🤌🏽
June 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
this 48-second video of a protest in ontario, california is top-tier storytelling 🤌🏽🤌🏽
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Trump is deliberately killing one of our strongest exports: higher ed www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
REPORTER: There are 277k Chinese students in the US. Should all of them feel they're at some risk of having their visa revoked?
TAMMY BRUCE: Everyone who's here on a visa has to recognize that America takes their visas seriously, that vetting is not a 1-time process... we are looking at their visas
TAMMY BRUCE: Everyone who's here on a visa has to recognize that America takes their visas seriously, that vetting is not a 1-time process... we are looking at their visas
May 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Trump is deliberately killing one of our strongest exports: higher ed www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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I don’t think a single person should do any ethics training modules if Trump actually takes that plane. Why the hell should I if he’s not going to?
May 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I don’t think a single person should do any ethics training modules if Trump actually takes that plane. Why the hell should I if he’s not going to?
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This. 🧪
BTW. If you’re a scientist and are feeling hollowed out, depressed, fried, frustrated, confused, and simply exhausted by everything, I understand you. You are perfectly sane and you are not alone.
May 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This. 🧪
Sometimes estate sales are bittersweet. Kicking the tires on this ‘66 Fury, I found that once upon a time the owner wrote labels with detailed maintenance notes. A kindred spirit! #weirdcars #musclecars #plymouth #mopar #stationwagon
May 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Sometimes estate sales are bittersweet. Kicking the tires on this ‘66 Fury, I found that once upon a time the owner wrote labels with detailed maintenance notes. A kindred spirit! #weirdcars #musclecars #plymouth #mopar #stationwagon