Recent content by Amused

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    No COVID boosters this Fall?

    Lest we forget, RFK Jr has subscribed to this denialism.
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    What’s your take on corn syrup vs came sugar in Coke thingi?

    Yep. I think William here has done a deep dive into "wellness" alt-med misinformation.
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    What’s your take on corn syrup vs came sugar in Coke thingi?

    Then HFCS and sugar would be identical here and both causing the same issues. To single out HFCS when both are digested as monosaccharides glucose and fructose in roughly the same amounts is nonsensical.
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    What’s your take on corn syrup vs came sugar in Coke thingi?

    Um, you do realize that cane/beat sugar is 50% fructose, right? And that HFCS is 55% fructose. Both are basically identical, chemically. Sucrose is immediately separated into fructose and glucose in the small intestine. So, again, both are digested by the body identically. Surcase...
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    Colbert: Yet another media capitulation

    Nexstar owns right-wing News Nation. Gives primarily to republicans. They pulled the show to protect their golden calf.
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    P&Ns middle name is and

    The caption claims Chelsea did it. They clearly did not.
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    Colbert: Yet another media capitulation

    Which CBS affiliate is your station?
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    P&Ns middle name is and

    Unfortunately untrue. :( https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chelsea-trump-fifa-club-world-cup/
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    Colbert: Yet another media capitulation

    CBS aired Colbert last night. It's also available on Paramount +. This may be your local CBS station doing this? Let me guess, it's a Sinclair owned station?
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    Orange stain second term results thread

    We are in the stupidest timeline. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/10/trump-presidency-news/#link-7FENR7BNYVG5BO6PWH4L6WH3OM Trump names self-proclaimed ‘alpha male’ influencer to ambassador post President Donald Trump said Thursday that he intends to nominate Nick Adams, a...
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    Elon Musk now owns 9.2% of twitter...update.. will soon be the sole owner as Board of Directors accepts his purchase offer

    The Atlantic sums it up nicely... The year is 2025, and an AI model belonging to the richest man in the world has turned into a neo-Nazi. Earlier today, Grok, the large language model that’s woven into Elon Musk’s social network, X, started posting anti-Semitic replies to people on the...
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    Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

    "The Russian authorities have arrested former officials from Kursk and accused them of embezzling more than $12 million in funds that Moscow had earmarked to fortify the border with Ukraine during Mr. Starovoyt’s tenure as governor." Isn't that like 5 dollars?
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    YouTube content providers that you follow?

    Another fun one is the Daily Dose of Internet. But yeah. cat videos are endlessly entertaining.
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    YouTube content providers that you follow?

    Same here. Oh, and cats. Lots and lots of cats.