Luke Holcombe

We heard directly from more than 150 researchers, scientists and investigators about their terminated NIH grants and the science that’s being lost. Full story ⤵️

This wonderful smart successful friend hasn’t visited his mother in 20 years? Sounds like a cunt.

So a mate and I just came up with our best 11 to play against Australia and would love some feedback.

So we’ve got:

1. Smith
2. Cook
3. Lara
4. Sachin
5. Viv
6. Pant
7. Jadu
8. Ambrose
9. Broad
10. Bumrah
11. Steyn

For all you fancy boys and girls who say
'fracture' instead of 'break'
'larceny' instead of 'theft'
'interrogate' instead of 'ask'

You can thank the Battle of Hastings (1066).

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A message from Carl Sagan from 1995—some of his last prophetic words.

As usual you’ve provided me with a view that I hadn’t considered which, in equal parts, may or may not be true. Always grateful for the perspective.

My producer sent this to me and off the headline I was like "oh right, so she got hit by a loose round"... but then when you see it... like, that officer saw she was a reporter and shot her ~on camera~. Absolutely wild. Hope @laurentomasi.bsky.social is ok.

As usual, a cracking episode of If You’re Listening. This one is particularly good

The White House responds to Musk saying the Epstein files haven't been made public because Trump is in them, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt telling @Sam_Waldenberg, “This is an unfortunate episode from Elon, who is unhappy with the One Big Beautiful Bill because it does not include the policies he wanted. The President is focused on passing this historic piece of legislation and making our country great again."

This is not a denial

A ‘snafu’ is a situation marked by errors or confusion.

‘Snafu’ comes from WW2 and is an acronym for “Situation Normal, All F*cked Up.”

Yes, really.

Language is great

Fuck me dead. Fascism sure is on trend right now

Trump repost on Truth Social: “There is no #JoeBiden - executed in 2020.
#Biden clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities are what you see.
>#Democrats dont know the difference.”

Absolutely bonkers — Joni Ernst doubles down on her “we are all gonna die” defense of Medicaid cuts while walking through a cemetery

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Two weeks ago China was in grave economic danger! The very high Tariffs I set made it virtually impossible for China to TRADE into the United States marketplace which is, by far, number one in the World. We went, in effect, COLD TURKEY with China, and it was devastating for them. Many factories closed and there was, to put it mildly, “civil unrest.” I saw what was happening and didn’t like it, for them, not for us. I made a FAST DEAL with China in order to save them from what I thought was going to be a very bad situation, and I didn’t want to see that happen. Because of this deal, everything quickly stabilized and China got back to business as usual. Everybody was happy! That is the good news!!! The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!

We are governed by a lunatic

"Approval of the North West Shelf extension would be easily one of the worst decisions ever made by an Environment Minister in Australia's history," said @grogsgamut.bsky.social.

I haven’t read every article, or even most of them. I’ve read some and followed progress on Totally Fb. I have loved this project so much. If you can get a book published I will definitely buy it. Amazing work

Postecoglou: "I remember Daniel said 'we've gone for winners, it hasn't worked, we've got Ange.' Mate, I'm a winner, I've win everywhere I've been. All I've done my whole career is win things.

"But, whatever happens, I push on to do what I do."

This Tottenham squad will go down as legends. They have accomplished what Gareth Bale, Harry Kane and Luka Modric could not.

Son Heung-min might now eclipse Kane as the best player in Spurs’ modern history.

Kane left to win a trophy, Son stayed to prove the doubters wrong.

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SCENES

WHY DOES SHE HAVE THE GREATEST ARTISTS OF ALL-TIME & I ONLY GET KID ROCK??? WAAAAAHHH!!!!! 😩

It’s a terrifying world when Pence is the moderate in the room

I can’t tell if putting the question mark on its own line emphasises or de-emphasises the title. Like, is it philosophical or scientific? It’s hard to tell
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Not if they were born in South Africa you fucking moron.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz:

"...Russia has broken all the rules that we have established for our coexistence in Europe since the end of the Second World War, and above all, since overcoming the division of Europe.