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On Tuesday, hundreds marched through downtown Senatobia, Mississippi, in protest of the police murder of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley two days prior. Police responded to the protest by teargassing the protesters.
As luck would have it, Sean from New York, who used to work for a pool company, was nearby to talk about this blue stuff.
Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it.
People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
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“We cannot accept a world where an alleged shoplifting call ends with a child dead,” said civil rights lawyer Ben Crump.
Since Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in April, only 40% of new recruits have opted to get immunized.
Nearly 160 have fallen ill at this base, and right now is the OPPOSITE of flu season.
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
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Something I learned a few years ago is the 1919 influenza pandemic really started spreading via a US military installation. History repeats itself when we allow it to.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
mcboingboing
God damn it.
www.newscientist.com/article/2529...
And solidarity with everyone showing up right now.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/a...
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derek guy
The most terrifying thing in this article — when “optional” only *40 percent* of recruits get a vaccine
40% with their heads screwed on right
This is a massive disaster for basic readiness
Something I learned a few years ago is the 1919 influenza pandemic really started spreading via a US military installation. History repeats itself when we allow it to.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casu...
“We must fight for your life as though it were our own — which it is — and render impassable with our bodies the corridor to the gas chamber. For, if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night.”
— James Baldwin, as written to Angela Davis
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“.. A trainee in his sixth week of basic training died after falling ill on Friday and being taken to Brooke Army Medical Center, the Air Force said in a news release.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
We're watching the evolution of warfare in realtime away from air superiority and armored infantry towards drone and trench warfare. It's spreading from Ukraine and Russia. The next innovation to watch for is automation with lightweight machine learning models to identify and take out targets.
