PostsCommentsPayoutsbumblecat (77)in #korean • 13 hours agoPutin remains a master strategist.So far South Korea has only sent non-lethal aid to Ukraine. They have large stockpiles of artillery munitions.…bumblecat (77)in #trump • yesterdayTrump and JFK stuff.Trump just got a series of questions about why he didn't release the JFK stuff while President after promising to…bumblecat (77)in #djt • 2 days agoTruth social is (not) going to the moon.Any retail investor not playing the swings here is going to be left holding nothing when the insiders sell their…bumblecat (77)in #democratic • 4 days agoUkrainian born Eugene Vindman easily won the Democratic primary in Virginia.Good stuff. He's favored to win the open seat in the general election. If you'll recall his twin brother Alex was…bumblecat (77)in #gme • 5 days agoThere is no connection between how emotionally validating a narrative is and how well it describes reality.Mostly the principle applies to conspiracy cults and elections, but there are also a small but extremely vocal number…bumblecat (77)in #house • 6 days agoOne thing I really dislike about "grimdark" stories is how, far from being "more realistic," they often sacrifice realism for the sake of pointless, violent misery.In the book "Fire and Blood," the queen and her children are terrorized by Blood and Cheese. The kids are awake the…bumblecat (77)in #rfk • 7 days ago“Aggressive NATO expansion” is a Moscow myth.This fucking guy is such a dumbass. Every candidate besides Biden absolutely sucks on the matter of Ukraine this…bumblecat (77)in #usd • 8 days agoThe internet posts about the petrodollar are fake news.There has never been a time when the Saudis only accepted and priced only in USD. That’s simply not true. Some old…bumblecat (77)in #employment • 8 days agoJob gains for immigrants and not native workers?There's been a persistent right-wing talking point the past few years that the job gains have been mostly among…bumblecat (77)in #climate • 9 days agoCurious about the conservative wins in the European elections?One element to keep in mind is what political scientist Roger Pielke, Jr., has dubbed the Iron Law of Climate Policy:…bumblecat (77)in #economy • 10 days agoCPI numbers.You love to see it. Headline CPI was unchanged in May- 0%. Led by a decline in gasoline prices. Core CPI month to…bumblecat (77)in #green • 11 days agoReviving a zombie virus from permafrost.I subscribe to 5 online scientific journal type magazines. They cover Machines, Hi-tech communication, Micro-biology…bumblecat (77)in #times • 12 days agoWhat's with the Times lately?I generally find Tufekci okay, but this piece is extremely revisionist. This was my fear that'd we'd just do…bumblecat (77)in #disney • 13 days agoSometimes even the smartest people—with the most skin in the game—are spectacularly wrong.Disney's 1994 film “The Lion King” was made by their B-team of animators. The company intentionally had their best…bumblecat (77)in #covid • 14 days agoAn antigenic map.These are always fun. This is a great way to see that you shouldn't stress about the coronavirus vaccine strain…bumblecat (77)in #party • 15 days agoIntellectual honesty is basically impossible with Party allegiance.I remember how it went for me, including the moment I became politically aware. I had just heard of affirmative…bumblecat (77)in #career • 16 days agoLess pay for staying in the job?While I kind of agree with the conclusion, the analysis has problems. Changing jobs doesn't cause higher pay, it's the…bumblecat (77)in #intelligence • 17 days agoStrength is hard to define.I hate when people say that you can't measure intelligence because intelligence is ambiguous and hard to define.…bumblecat (77)in #times • 18 days agoSo the Times I guess doesn't fact-check its opinion pieces anymore?Alina Chan keeps posting the same wrong and misleading arguments over and over again. The deep irony of this opinion…bumblecat (77)in #russia • 19 days agoTerritorial gains, are they worth it?In 1 year of fighting, Russia achieved a net territorial gain of 128.69 square kilometers. For comparison, Chicago has…
