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it was a joke, not a real question. i write stuff at @iflscience

any pronouns
Joined August 2015
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GUESS WHAT: I've only gone and wrote a book! It's called The Limits Of Genius (in the UK) / Edison's Ghosts (in the US) and it's about all the silliest, stupidest things ever done by history's "geniuses". Pre-order here and I will be your best friend: geni.us/KatieSpaldingBook
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Elon Musk joins the very long list of inventors and entrepreneurs throughout history- including his namesake Nikola Tesla - who prove over and again it’s possible to have some very good ideas but still be horribly wrong about many other things.
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For many more examples of stupid genius, check out @supermathskid’s book - which now needs another chapter: google.com.au/books/edition/…
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Replying to @mollytaft
(Obviously the community is not a monolith, but) any trans or non-binary person I have ever met has been amazingly chill and willing to extend grace about pronoun usage - far more than cisgender people who, let's say, have their fetus or pet misgendered
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live your life like Ridley Scott, crashing through a History Department at 88 mph telling everybody to "suck it up bitch, I'm here now and I say robin hood was real and the Colosseum was full of sharks"
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we spun up seven trillion ancestor simulations to predict the next president. uncountable souls lived and died in artificial worlds. the result is 50:50
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this is my electoral map prediction for tuesday because this country is COOKED
babe come eat your steak
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Harris ad: Avocado Toast Millennial 1: I hate Amerikkka. Time to vote third party to spite my loving parents. Avocado Toast Millennial 2: haha yeah (Looks over to Outback Steakhouse across the street and is suddenly overcome with enormity of American Values, ticks Harris box)
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It would be funny if the Kamala camp launched one of those "Vote Harris. Nobody has to know." ads but targeted specifically at leftists.
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Please understand that this platform is about to become the very least reliable source of information in the aggregate if Trump starts losing tomorrow. Coup Two requires people to feel "robbed" and Musk is going to go into overdrive making the MAGAs feel that.
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Absolutely, your “for you” tab is gonna be a million blue check nazis whining about voting migrants and faulty voting machines and no amount of blocking will matter
Please understand that this platform is about to become the very least reliable source of information in the aggregate if Trump starts losing tomorrow. Coup Two requires people to feel "robbed" and Musk is going to go into overdrive making the MAGAs feel that.
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Final Marist poll: Harris +4% lead nationally
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they live in an alternate reality
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if you’re a leftist voting for kamala because of your concern for americans’ reproductive health and freedom, i hope that you will also make a contribution to a woman in gaza in need of those same resources
Today, we received the difficult news that one of our twins has an omphalocele and will need immediate surgery and specialized care at birth.our current situation, we don't have access to the healthcare and facilities needed. We humbly ask for your continued support to help us
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Oh they got this all screwed up
from Philly courtroom — Musk lawyer says his $1m giveaway is NOT a lottery. "There is no prize to be won" and winners "are not chosen at random," Musk lawyer Chris Gober said. Instead, the $1m is a salary they "earn" to be a spokesperson for Musk's pro-Trump super PAC. Winners are picked based on their "suitability to serve" and their personal story, Gober said. In response, Philly DA team called this a "complete admission of liability" that Musk is running an illegal lottery under PA law. Remember: When Musk announced the giveaway.... in PA nonetheless.... he said, "we are going to be awarding $1 million randomly." DA showed this in court to the judge. Gober argued there's a difference between "randomly" and "by chance," which is why he argued that this isn't an illegal lottery under PA gaming laws.
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Someone around Greenwich is having a very bad day today
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oh man just wait until you hear what it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than
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This is funny.
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Kemi Badenoch on: Revenge porn: "We shouldn't legislate for hurt feelings." Abortion: voted against clinic buffer zones & pills-by-post Maternity leave: "It's excessive. We need more personal responsibility." JK Rowling celebrates a hit to women's rights to spite trans people
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