Welp here we are again, fresh out of Archaeologists for Skype a Scientist matches. This fall, we have matched 248 groups with Archaeologists for online Q&As. I have 38 more groups who need a match, but I'm out of Archaeologists! Archaeologists! Please volunteer www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

erasing data/studies in hopes of controlling their eugenics priorities @standupforscience.bsky.social @500womensci.bsky.social @ucs.org @altcdc.altgov.info

But of course, most physicians and scientists know this.. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/... @500womensci.bsky.social @acog.org @amwadoctors.bsky.social

Preserving these data sets is critical. I applaud her work. And it's unfortunate that the current regime has made her work necessary @cdelawalla.bsky.social @altnoaa.bsky.social @rebelfema.altgov.info @altnoaaclimate.bsky.social @roguenoaa.bsky.social @efisherwx.bsky.social @500womensci.bsky.social

Stating facts shouldn’t be controversial but these are not normal times #resist 500womenscientists.org/updates/2025...

We just drove by an accident where every air bag went off including on the sides and the back and side of the car were basically obliterated and it looks like everyone walked away Seatbelts and airbags, incredible technology. Regulation works.

Climate denial is child abuse. “Kids want the EPA to preserve the endangerment finding. Our generation is expected to live through three times as many climate disasters as our grandparents, and we’re already living through them.” —a 12 year-old insideclimatenews.org/news/1909202...

I condemn political violence, as everyone should. But condemning political violence and honoring a man who spoke hate are not the same.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a law banning most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during some operations.

This moment is disturbing even in the mundane: I’ve started taking screenshots of historical sources I’m using in research from the national park service, the smithsonian, and the national archives, just in case they get taken down. It’s now a part of my process and takes time I have to plan for.

People acting like Disney being fascist is new should go back and read the company’s history. Disney himself was a Nazi-sympathizer and only got into the US propaganda film game because he was also a staunch Nationalist. Before that he literally hosted dinner parties for Nazis.

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

I’m going to say something abt domestic abuse that I think applies to our current situation: Abuse increases when the abuser feels they are losing their control. Also, here is the Power and Control Wheel.

Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

“By silencing someone for expressing an opinion he has every right to voice, Disney showed just how far this administration will go to censor people...If a wealthy, white, male celebrity can be forced into silence, what does that mean for the rest of us?" www.glamour.com/story/the-ji...

"This blatant double standard reveals that the GOP’s crackdown on Kirk’s detractors has nothing to do with decorum or respect for the dead, and everything to do with political retribution against their rivals."

Well this is both awful and unlawful. www.statnews.com/2025/09/16/c...

I donno guys, Black folks working in mainstream media have been fleeing outlets because of censorial pressure for *check history* always, but if we focus on right now a lot since things changed hands and they said why. Would be great to listen to them. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

It is very hard for me not to cut and paste passages from my book into posts at this point. I have been told by my editor not to give away the goods. That said. The difference in scale of outrage between Attiah’s firing and Kimmel’s suspension proves a whole point about canaries and coal mines.

The war for truth is over, and the truth has lost by a resounding margin. I’d make a sly joke about it, but what reason is there to laugh anymore? www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Go to protests Sign up to be on mailing lists Practice good operational security Don’t volunteer information you don’t need to, like where you plan to be Know your phone gives away information even when locked Don’t use face unlock or print to unlock your phone

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Heartbreaking ... it is important we don't look away from the genocide in Gaza

How can we convince children that education is important when a large sector of American society, including our president, rejects science, historical evidence, and a basic respect for knowledge and expertise? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The First Amendment is the bedrock of our democracy — and protecting it isn't a partisan issue. The fight for free speech should be one that everybody can get behind.

NEW: Judge Beryl Howell granted my motion for expedited review in my FOIA case for the Epstein files, and invited me to file a motion for summary judgment. Which we did, and which you can read here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ive-fi...

This is amazing.

In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.

Dr. Deb Houry, former CDC chief medical officer: “I have many that won’t speak about vaccines now and have removed their names off of papers. They don’t wish to present publicly anymore because they feel they were personally targeted because of misinformation.” This is frightening.

You cannot disentangle the vitriol coming out of political leaders toward Mamdani from the very real death threats now targeting him. It's a through line, and it's filled with hatred, racism, and Islamophobia.

The idea that the combined MMR is dangerous but separately the vaccines are fine was created out of whole cloth by Andrew Wakefield, a disgraced former doctor who had a patent on a non-combined version of the MMR. We've known his research was bunk for almost 30 years.

Cronyism at its best. This is what fascism looks like

The Trump administration continues their Make America Sick Again campaign #ImpeachRFK

the blood of thousands upon thousands of children will be on the hands of everyone who voted to confirm this lunatic to make all of his conspiracies federal policy

A voice of reason

Trump just designated “Antifa” as a terrorist organization, on par with ISIS and Al Qaeda. As a reminder, “antifa” is short for “antifascist”. They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left. This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up. www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...

BREAKING: Judge orders Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria, alleging he omitted information from his green card application.

In a trio of cases, two currently pending before the Supreme Court and one that is likely to land on the justices’ doorstep as soon as Tuesday, President Donald Trump claims new powers that, if he prevails, would give him near-total control over all US fiscal and monetary policy.

The point is that many can live quite normally under the thumb of authoritarianism. Yes: many suffer and suffer now but large swaths of the American public chooses to be clueless and it’s not difficult. This is how the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper. www.vox.com/the-big-idea...

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Tomorrow's front page 📰 Is sharing this image a crime?

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

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Last year’s record heat led to prolonged droughts and extreme floods across the globe.

After today's hearing, @drdebhoury.bsky.social told me, “The CDC director should be given autonomy on how to lead the agency. We really need physicians and scientists to raise their voices” at a time when radical transparency and gold-standard science are not happening at the CDC. Read more below!

Three quarters of the news stories studied were shared without clicking and reading the article - something I’m guilty of myself all too often. But it’s not good practice! “virality of political content on social media (including misinfo) is driven by superficial processing of headlines and blurbs”

How did Dr. Monarez go from being “a public health expert with unimpeachable scientific credentials” who had the “full confidence” of Secretary Kennedy into being a “liar” and “untrustworthy” in less than a month? She refused to rubber stamp his anti-vaccine recommendations.

Shout out to the American Federation of Musicians

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...