Adam McLain

Well that's really cool.

I got to talk to some 6th graders today about lemurs and man the kids are alright.

Literally

Trump might start a war with Iran. Can anyone stop him? Trump might start a war with Iran. Can anyone stop him? Congress, public opinion, and administration insiders aren’t reliable constraints on Trump’s foreign policy decisions.

Quick reactions after learning that no, nobody could stop him. 1/ goodauthority.org/news/trump-m... 1/

Operation Distract from Pedo Island

Nudist Camp for Sale: The Rise and Fall of the Florida Naturist Park

"He subdivided the property, selling off individual lots, so any buyer would have to work around aging nudists who have no plans to move."

Well now, there's a sentence...

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/r...

With all the depressing news out there, at least it's only a month until baseball season!

Views of OMO VE3-10063. Humerus OMOVE3-10063a, proximal portion

New associated postcranial remains from the Shungura Formation (Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia) provide insights on behaviors and ecology of early Homo 🏺🧪
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Radiochronologically dated to 1.843 ± 0.023 Ma
Homo from Shungura be attributable to either Homo or Paranthropus

The thing about being against vaccines will never not be insane to me... like, literally people a century ago would have been fighting each other for access had they existed.

"Gee GROK, as much as I appreciate the quotes from Mein Kampf I was really just asking you about how to make a carrot soup..."

A Mandaic curse bowl in the Royal Ontario Museum. It has a spiraling Mandaic text that leads to an encircled x at the center.

This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.

Worth a thought...

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Book Clubs Get Swept Away by ‘Wuthering Heights’

Come to it for the romance. Stay for the story of brutal, unhinged revenge and death!

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/s...

N.Y. State Prosecutors Want Mangione Murder Trial to Start in July

Imagine trying to find 12 people in America and none of them have been screwed by a health insurance company...

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/n...

How to Grow Peas Indoors for a Thriving Harvest All Year Long Grow fresh peas indoors with ease. Learn how to plant, care for, and support pea plants inside for a healthy, productive harvest year-round.

A new article by Gregor Mendel for Martha Stewart Living...

www.marthastewart.com/how-to-grow-...

Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional

Making polio great again

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...

He looks like he fears direct sunlight.

He Climbed a Cliff in ‘Free Solo.’ Now He’ll Try a Skyscraper.

Hats off to this magnificent bastard, I would never have the guts to try it.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

The Late Breaking Science Submission Portal is now open, and 40 abstracts for the poster session will be accepted! Submit your abstracts before February 2nd via your AABA profile. www.xcdsystem.com/aaba/member/...

Justice Department asks federal judge to deny special master for Epstein files The U.S. Justice Department has asked a New York federal judge to deny a request by two lawmakers seeking an appointment of a special master to monitor the public release of records tied to the late f...

Who the f spells "inconsistent" with a hyphen. Good lord, is there anything anyone in this administration does right?

www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Ah yes, FDR creating the TVA and helping win World War 2, and Trump pardoning sex abusers.

www.propublica.org/article/andr...

Trump Demands Inquiry Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats

Do they not understand that Democrats are totally cool with an investigation like this because unlike the GOP we don't protect people who r-pe kids.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.

So... this guy was trying to warn ICE that there were children at a bus stop and they shot him in the back?

www.latimes.com/california/s...

This revolt of the peasantry is getting far less amusing as each day passes.

US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts The disease was eliminated across the Americas in 2024, but urgent vaccination drives are now under way as cases rise from Mexico to Bolivia after outbreaks farther north

Who could have ever seen this coming

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The New Zoo Revue is coming right at you motherfuckers!

Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes

At what point is someone going to explain to the hicks who voted for this that blue state funds largely keep them alive?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination, a Bumper Crop of Conspiracy Theories

In a shocking development no one could have predicted, the violent death a conspiracy theorist who actively promoted other conspiracy theorists has created a groundswell of conspiracy theories....

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...