New: We found out how much money Nick Fuentes makes from "superchats": $900,000 since the start of Trump's second term. Here's the story of Kristine in Ohio, a food-truck operator who became his most frequent donor, despite not making much money herself: wapo.st/4mERkhv

Stop attacking me 🫠

“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.” OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.) NSF at -42%!

I am dying laughing, please donate bloob to save me

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

TFW someone not from Jersey says Denny's is a diner.... (Had that experience this past week.)

Only 1?

Off to make some Human Art 🤘🏼

How is “viewpoint diversity” not just affirmative action for people with bad ideas

Job ad: I'm hiring for a Research scientist to join my team at @joinprolific.bsky.social If you've ever wondered who's working on the hard questions in online research — data quality, sampling methodology, the effect of AI on how research gets done — this is that job. [1/4]

Seems like a good time to share an amazing bit of reporting by Cokie Roberts that has stuck with me: Her discovery of a letter from Louisa Adams detailing how Congress left behind *40 pregnant mistresses* after the extra-long session of 1820, necessitating more orphanage space -->

The same week the NYTimes was devoting its significant resources to producing this ridiculous piece about Lauren Sanchez Bezos's call for rich people to not worry and be happy, Ryan Hass, an independent journalist in Oregon, was investigating this horrifying story about a death in an Amazon plant.

TRUMP: Do you think men should play in women's sports? DOORDASH DRIVER: I really don't have an opinion on that. I'm here about no tax on tips.

I didn’t know that ivermectin looked like a glowing tennis ball.

Honestly researching EHS courses just so that I can one-up this absolute tool who makes my life hell twice a year.

New Anti-AI watercolors in the shop! Artologica.etsy.com 🧠

When has the pope ever made me laugh before now, I can't think of it.

current earworm: driftveil city

Japanese sci-fi: two robots in space, yearning American sci-fi: man gets the author's beliefs on polygamy confirmed by the aliens of ramalama IV french sci-fi: two horny bounty hunters visit the Galaxy of Breasts British sci-fi: nuclear war. Everyone dead. America's fault

The U.S. Vaccines for Children program was launched b/c of a massive measles outbreak that started in 1989 and caused more than 11,000 hospitalizations and 123 deaths. It happened b/c some couldn’t afford vaccines. RFK Jr.’s organization doesn’t care and neither does he.

Antivaccine activists: A. don’t want children to have access to vaccines. Apparently, they think poor kids deserve tetanus and polio. B. Want us to pay billions for disease outbreaks, rather than much less for vaccines. C. Cut the branch unvaccinated kids sit on: herd immunity.

We need to do better at improving science literacy in part because too many people think conspiracy sources like Wide Awake Media and Rumble and Natural News are bonafide replacements for top medical journals.

I just listened to an extended NPR interview w an education economist about 40 yrs of rising college tuition & student debt, and not a single mention that 40 yrs ago was about the time all states cut higher education budgets, privatized tuition, in order to pay for tax cuts and prisons

Viktor Orban accomplished so much of what the Trump movement wants to accomplish here he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor and still, they threw him out and you know what? they did it by voting don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter

When students come to office hours, they often want to chat about careers Many want to go into public health but aren’t sure what paths lie ahead—so I discuss various practitioner, academic, NGO paths, etc. I used to say “landing at CDC would be amazing”—sadly not so under Bhattacharya/RFK 😢

On the occasion of the opening of MoMA's sweeping Marcel Duchamp retrospective (now in member previews, opening to the public on Sunday), artist Kathleen Gilje's "Sant’Orinale (Saint Urinal)," 2017 kathleengilje.com/artwork/4886...

In this week's newsletter, Michael answers a question about costume design in his cover art. What better excuse to showcase 14 of our favorite fashionable fantasy and SF illustrations... theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/a-question...

I haven’t said anything because I’m superstitious but now I can: hi other challenger trauma kids who also ended up working their whole lives to be like Ronald McNair. Unclench your jaw.

Great quote

Good on @pauloffit.bsky.social www.phillymag.com/news/2026/04...

"but the problem is teens aged 15-19 the birth rate is down" sorry, is Fox News suggesting that we should encourage children aged 15-17 have more babies

ICE thugs kidnapped & deported 2 Durham Public School students—aged 6 & 11 I know someone whose grand-kid goes to a DPS school & the kid is seeing a therapist because they’re suffering severe anxiety *about their school friends being kidnapped* ICE can’t be “reformed” www.wral.com/news/local/s...

Your periodic reminder that there are FREE stock photos of vaccination (many without needles!) available from SELF Magazine in collab with the American Academy of Pediatrics www.self.com/story/vaccin...

Bloody hell. Researchers invented a disease, published two fake papers to see if LLM’s would ingest them and kick them up as fact — and then it broke containment and all the major AI’s bought in. Information pollution. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hey this reminds me of that time CBER Director Vinay Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a manuscript on a similar topic from the journal I edit. Now it’s Podcast Jay’s turn! The actual standards for Gold Standard Science are unclear besides “vaccines bad, corruption good”

The arrogance of Bhattacharya and his minions' belief that somehow they've discovered a fundamental flaw in how vaccine efficacy is determined is still shocking, if not surprising.

Politics has unexpectedly hit a special interest of mine so here is a quick rundown on the Avignon Papacy.

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE TAGGING ME IN ON THE VATICAN / PENTAGON BEEF HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.

I bought purple popcorn kernels to pop in my microwave popper and I was really hoping for more from them. I don't know what I expect, because it's just popcorn.

Imagine if it was reported that a Democratic President threatened a Pope to either stop talking about abortion or face military overthrow of the Papacy? The conservative "freedom of religion" folks are complete jokes that they aren't demanding impeachment over this.

I just listened to another interview with Andy Weir and I really wonder if he believes that books with the underline story - science is real and can make sense of things and, when people of diverse talents and perspectives work together, can solve the biggest problems - are apolitical.

Hey all! I am doing this a week from now!

I'm tired

Our mural on native plants and pollinators at H. A. brown elementary school in Kensington starts today! We’re still shy of our fundraising goal, so if anyone would be down to support educational art in an underserved area of Philly, I would really appreciate it! givebutter.com/KenzoMural

Latest Artemis II Photo Proving Problematic For Science

So, thing that is apparently better understood inside academia than outside of it: International students pay sticker price. Most domestic students do not. International students are subsidizing the education costs for domestic students, as per student governmental funding drops.

Lol Twitter is the only place where Kevin Sorbo is relevant...