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The Dread Pirate Christopher

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Pirates. Puns. General geekery. International biosecurity, multilateral negotiation, and the Best Words.

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Para Inc. DoorDash Teamsters Harvard Grad Students Union-UAW Local 5118 We are deep into the enshittocene and it is terribly demoralizing. But by understanding the constraints that kept enshittification at bay, we can rebuild them, and shore them up.

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“In the beginning, there was the Word and the Word was, shouted, not spoken, screamed from the ledge of eternity, that liminal region between meat and machine—“Fuck.””

— The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw
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Russia's international isolation continues to grow.

After failing to be elected to the International Court of Justice, the IMO, UNESCO, and the OPCW executive boards in November, Russia suffered another diplomatic defeat at the Danube Commission, one of the world's oldest

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111 years ago today

Knowledge alone isn't sufficient to ensure good decision-making, because governance isn't about information. It is about power and influence.

We need policies to be informed by evidence and to ensure scientists have credibility

111 years ago today Knowledge alone isn't sufficient to ensure good decision-making, because governance isn't about information. It is about power and influence. We need policies to be informed by evidence and to ensure scientists have credibility
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To heck with “flammable” and “inflammable” - what about “privation” and “deprivation”? No, sorry, can’t deal with it, too busy being outraged about “irregardless” Merriam-Webster

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