THEY want to be every kind of evil, claiming that our insistence on doing good is the greatest evil of all. Compassion, truth, DEI, human rights…None of that is new. What is new today is their ever-more epic fails and the increasing reach of our pushback.
My apologies for showing the felon-in-chief’s face in this snarkalicious statue, a recent addition to the Capitol Mall putting Trump and Epstein into the iconic pose from Titanic.
What can you expect from a kakistocracy which only respects cruelty, lying, Dunning-Krugeritis, and grift? But none of these opinions holds a majority in the country any more. Similarly with racism, misogyny, nativism, pseudo-Christian Nationalism, and various forms of science denial, all of which were major political forces when I was growing up, and all of which are now in severe decline. Every one of us can help make them all more so.
Rabidly Repellent Republicans Rushing to Ruin/Bad News for Them
aka Epic Fails
Iran
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Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
• More hardline than father
• He’s the IRGC candidate
• Relatively young: 56
• Avoids public
• Trusted by father, clerics
• Was in military during Iraq-Iran war
• His wife, Zahra, killed in Israeli airstrike w his father
— Joyce Karam (@joycekaram.bsky.social) March 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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U.S. and Israel bomb Iranian oil tanks and refineries. “…the US-Israeli military coalition bombed major oil depots and other fossil fuel infrastructure in and around Tehran on Saturday, unleashing huge fireballs, [and] turning streets [into rivers of] fire..." www.commondreams.org/news/iran-oi...
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— Progressive News Service (@prognews.bsky.social) March 8, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Epstein
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Comer admits that the Trump administration stopped New Mexico's investigation into Epstein's Zorro Ranch in 2019.
Everyone needs to know about this. Let’s make this go viral 👇https://x.com/i/status/2031600573263274160
— Barry R (@yrrab18.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I can’t understand the story about Epstein threatening his prison guards, changing his will, making a secret phone call, and much more ending in supposed murder. I’ll just say that Ari Melber laid it out on The Beat yesterday.
FIND YOUTUBE OF THIS SEGMENT
Voting
Sen. John Cornyn flips on the filibuster to pass SAVE America Act as Trump weighs endorsement
Cornyn, who spent years defending the filibuster, is locked in a competitive GOP runoff in Texas against Ken Paxton, who has aligned with Trump on the issue.
Pseudo-Christianity
The Democratic campaign ads just tape themselves.
Palate Cleanser/Brain Bleach
Zakir Hussain Meets Berklee - Ustad Zakir Hussain Tabla Solo
Regular Good News
Science! Lifeforms! Weirdness (Legitimate or Stupid)!
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JWST peers inside a dying star’s “exposed cranium”
In 2013, NASA's Spitzer observed PMR 1, finding a structure that resembles a human brain.
Today, JWST actually resolves the Exposed Cranium Nebula, revealing what's inside.
bigthink.com/starts-with-...
#space #JWST #astro #nebula
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— Ethan Siegel (@startswithabang.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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Don't be a loser deep-sea snails with a yellow shells, be the snail the white arrow is pointing to: a black iron-clad snail with swords on your skin, capable of withstanding crushing temperatures and pressures. Don't be an average snail. Be the metal snail. Be the "sea pangolin"
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— Rebecca R Helm (@rebeccarhelm.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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One of the largest structures in the known cosmos is hidden behind gas & dust in our galaxy.
A new study pierces the gloom & reveals the true extent of the Vela Supercluster: over 300 million light years wide, more than 100,000x as massive as the Milky Way. 🧪🔭
www.sarao.ac.za/news/vela-th...
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— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Explore the human body in stunning, 3D detail with a new online tool
The free Human Organ Atlas gives users an up-close-and-personal look at 56 human organs.
With the Human Organ Atlas (HOA), users can travel through the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver and better understand our anatomy and the diseases that threaten it. The platform is detailed in a paper published today in the journal Science Advances
The Human Organ Atlas
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Distant failed stars glow JWST facts secrets view - To know what Webb discovered today, visit https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com and Explore Universe with this beginners telescope --> https://amzn.to/3JaxN9u #Astronomy #AmazonAffiliate #NASA #Space
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— James Webb Space Telescope Discoveries Tracker (@jameswebbdiscovery.com) March 8, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Cool! Isotopic ratios of H,C,N of our favorite interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS are different from our solar system. If I understand OK, it means colder and older environment.
Opitom+ arxiv.org/abs/2603.07187
Cordiner+ arxiv.org/abs/2603.06911
Salazar Manzano+ arxiv.org/abs/2603.07026
🧪🔭☄️
— Remco de Kok (@planetremco.bsky.social) March 10, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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Tsetse biology is WILD y'all. Females give live birth to one HUGE larva at a time which can WEIGH AS MUCH AS THE MOTHER HERSELF. The babies get this big by drinking a milk-like substance produced by the mother while they're still in utero.As upsetting as that miracle of life video from health class🧪
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— Hannah Thomasy (@hannahthomasy.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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You’ve heard fiber is good, but why? Gut microbes turn fiber into short-chain fatty acids that shape digestion, immunity and metabolism. APS member Sachin Aryal tells us all about SCFAs on the #ISpyPhysiology blog: https://ow.ly/3g2i50Ysv9Z 🧪
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— American Physiological Society (@apsphysiology.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
National Academy of Medicine
Funny or Fuggedaboudit
YouTube ameriCArtoon, FreedomToons, The Week, Political Cartoons, DK Cartoons, DK Image Library, The Onion
That’s like my favorite old-time Microsoft software bug.
Insufficient memory to quit.
Funny Music
Peter Paul & Mary - Autumn to May
