Grant writing and research leadership. Highly specialized wetware hacker. Mom of a trans son and a Marine. Mostly live on a 40ft Hallberg-Rassy. She/her/Dr.
M. S. AtKisson
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Happy Wednesday.
Polymarket offered me enough money to pay my rent for ten months for one post in my newsletter and I turned it down because I enjoy being able to sleep at night.
I also got offered money to promote polymarket and I turned it down. I can't support this bullshit, I have morals.
I'm getting a 403 Forbidden for NIAID.
This is good. Really, really good.
The last two were and the next two years are literally just going to be endless rounds of “lol get wrecked nerd“ swiftly followed by “Ooooh, THAT’S why you were doing that” because our entire country is being run by pompous assholes who literally do not believe in expertise
Dr. Mar
Molly Knight
I'm glad you ride your ebike or escooter, but when the bike path (rail trail, not bike lane) sign says "No motorized vehicles", that means you. If you ignore the sign and ride along with people pedaling and walking for fsck's sake, SLOW DOWN to normal cycle speeds.
I just got invited to speak at a conference because of my expertise in physics!
Reader, I have very little expertise in physics.
Alejandra Caraballo
Mon Mothma said what needed to be said in opposition to an evil, authoritarian regime.
Roll up from here. 🧵
M. S. AtKisson
INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes.
We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes.
We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
The company’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber, used a personal PayPal account to send money to content creators, according to records reviewed by POLITICO.
The company’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber, used a personal PayPal account to send money to content creators, according to records reviewed by POLITICO.
I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...
I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...
Among the more than 5,300 grants and programs killed as a result of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts are a slate of U.S.-funded programs at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including eff...
But I'd also like to point out that the company that says you can have a business of 100 people doing the work of 1,000, credited 24 people in the production of this one report.
So I'll continue to take their bombastic claims on their tech's capabilities with a large serving of salt.
(22/22)
