Scot Polk
@scotpolk.bsky.social
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Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...
Here's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately
Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.
gizmodo.com
June 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...
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This is an amazing question and also an amazing answer.
June 8, 2026 at 4:13 PM
This is an amazing question and also an amazing answer.
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I’m a broken record, but it’s facially insane that the SCOTUS’s position is that the interest of a political party—an entity with no special constitutional protection—in gerrymandering is more important than black people’s right to vote, which we have several constitutional amendments addressing
May 14, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I’m a broken record, but it’s facially insane that the SCOTUS’s position is that the interest of a political party—an entity with no special constitutional protection—in gerrymandering is more important than black people’s right to vote, which we have several constitutional amendments addressing
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Tom Waits x Massive Attack just released a brand new single
Massive Attack, Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground
YouTube video by Massive Attack
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April 16, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Tom Waits x Massive Attack just released a brand new single
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It’s Akira Kurosawa’s birthday.
This is what it’s all about.
This is what it’s all about.
March 23, 2026 at 8:12 PM
It’s Akira Kurosawa’s birthday.
This is what it’s all about.
This is what it’s all about.
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At some point we are going to have to reckon with the fact that in our society individuals taking on enormous unserviceable debt is an irresponsible vice, but finance guys taking on enormous unserviceable debt to buy media companies, then laying the suffering on the workers, is a virtue.
March 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM
At some point we are going to have to reckon with the fact that in our society individuals taking on enormous unserviceable debt is an irresponsible vice, but finance guys taking on enormous unserviceable debt to buy media companies, then laying the suffering on the workers, is a virtue.
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SLUGGO’S THOUGHT
FOR THURSDAY
FOR THURSDAY
March 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
SLUGGO’S THOUGHT
FOR THURSDAY
FOR THURSDAY
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My column this week:
Uncertainty surrounding Arkansas library funding undermines state’s literacy efforts arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/22/u...
Uncertainty surrounding Arkansas library funding undermines state’s literacy efforts arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/22/u...
Uncertainty surrounding Arkansas library funding undermines state’s literacy efforts | Arkansas Advocate
COMMENTARY: Tabling funding for libraries doesn’t make sense for a state trying to tackle lagging literacy scores. It’s also the latest obstacle thrown in the way of libraries when they would be the m...
arkansasadvocate.com
February 22, 2026 at 1:04 PM
My column this week:
Uncertainty surrounding Arkansas library funding undermines state’s literacy efforts arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/22/u...
Uncertainty surrounding Arkansas library funding undermines state’s literacy efforts arkansasadvocate.com/2026/02/22/u...
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Some deep-sea facts for you! High pressure changes protein folding, requiring specialized enzymes to function at depth. Deep-sea life isn’t just tougher. It runs on proteins that often stop working at surface pressure. europepmc.org/article/med/...
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Some deep-sea facts for you! High pressure changes protein folding, requiring specialized enzymes to function at depth. Deep-sea life isn’t just tougher. It runs on proteins that often stop working at surface pressure. europepmc.org/article/med/...
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Samuel L Jackson is 77.
This is wonderfully in-depth interview conducted by @bilgeebiri.bsky.social
Jackson is insight as usual on the technical aspects of acting but as you can see below, he’s just damned entertaining & straight-talking: www.vulture.com/article/samu...
This is wonderfully in-depth interview conducted by @bilgeebiri.bsky.social
Jackson is insight as usual on the technical aspects of acting but as you can see below, he’s just damned entertaining & straight-talking: www.vulture.com/article/samu...
December 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Samuel L Jackson is 77.
This is wonderfully in-depth interview conducted by @bilgeebiri.bsky.social
Jackson is insight as usual on the technical aspects of acting but as you can see below, he’s just damned entertaining & straight-talking: www.vulture.com/article/samu...
This is wonderfully in-depth interview conducted by @bilgeebiri.bsky.social
Jackson is insight as usual on the technical aspects of acting but as you can see below, he’s just damned entertaining & straight-talking: www.vulture.com/article/samu...
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It’s very simple. Genuinely very simple. Until Section 230, it was the case that any website that allowed a user to publish any content of any kind could be sued if they said *anything* libelous or bad. That includes web hosts, blogging platforms, social media etc.
December 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
It’s very simple. Genuinely very simple. Until Section 230, it was the case that any website that allowed a user to publish any content of any kind could be sued if they said *anything* libelous or bad. That includes web hosts, blogging platforms, social media etc.
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NO to crypto apologists. YES to cryptid apologists
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
NO to crypto apologists. YES to cryptid apologists
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Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Remember the immigration raid on the apartment complex in Chicago almost two months ago? The one with the Black Hawk helicopter and federal agents rappelling on ropes? @ProPublica decided to take a deeper look. We found little evidence to support the government’s claims. 🧵
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A buddy just pointed out there's a new book about Secret Wars (2015) being Kickstarted soon, so it feels like the right time to reshare the oral history I did about that comic featuring Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic, Tom Brevoort, and more.
Secret Wars (2015) was a massive moment for Marvel's comic history. But how did it happen? In case you missed it, here's an oral history I did back in 2021 that digs into the story behind that story.
Solve Everything: An Oral History of 2015’s Secret Wars and How It Came to Be - SKTCHD
Event comics are designed to change the superhero universe they belong to. That’s their fundamental nature, acting as crescendos to recent, notable storylines. They’re also meant to sell comics, of co...
sktchd.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A buddy just pointed out there's a new book about Secret Wars (2015) being Kickstarted soon, so it feels like the right time to reshare the oral history I did about that comic featuring Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic, Tom Brevoort, and more.
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Sam Altman gonna single-handedly cause the Second Great Depression
"Many of the deals OpenAI has struck — with chipmakers, cloud computing companies and others — are strangely circular. OpenAI receives billions from tech companies before sending those billions back to the same companies to pay for computing power and other services." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Sam Altman gonna single-handedly cause the Second Great Depression
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has now effectively burned more than $200 MILLION OF U.S. TAXPAYER MONEY on rapidly depreciating Argentine pesos...
...as funding for food stamps that needy Americans rely on is due to run out in a matter of days.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
...as funding for food stamps that needy Americans rely on is due to run out in a matter of days.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Treasury Sells Dollars to Keep Peso Within Argentina FX Band
The US Treasury sold dollars again on Tuesday through Banco Santander in Argentina’s currency market as the peso neared the ceiling of its trading band, according to people with direct knowledge of th...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has now effectively burned more than $200 MILLION OF U.S. TAXPAYER MONEY on rapidly depreciating Argentine pesos...
...as funding for food stamps that needy Americans rely on is due to run out in a matter of days.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
...as funding for food stamps that needy Americans rely on is due to run out in a matter of days.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The US government is gang affiliated www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The US government is gang affiliated www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Microsoft hates computers AND everyone who uses them, whereas Apple only hates computers, and Linux only hates the people who use them. In this essay I will
October 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Microsoft hates computers AND everyone who uses them, whereas Apple only hates computers, and Linux only hates the people who use them. In this essay I will