New: Inspired by real immigrant stories, this upcoming game tries to simulate the emotional toll of immigration and teach people what it's like to go through the H-1B visa lottery. Plus, a Chick-fil-A buddha may bless your visa. Why? It's a modern urban legend concocted by Chinese immigrants.

Pennsylvania is facing one of the most severe avian flu outbreaks in decades, decimating farmers’ flocks. Since the beginning of the year, more than 7.6 million birds across 26 flocks have been affected, mostly in Lancaster County. From @iankarbal.bsky.social

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

honestly a little embarrassed I let the pitch get as far as it did, but I’m fine with that if this helps any other tiny pubs avoid getting scammed.

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

You've seen beer + shot You've seen beer + fries Have you seen beer + vaccine? So, so many scientific, safety, ethical things to weigh. www.sciencenews.org/article/vacc...

Oliver Sacks was a hero of mine. I couldn't let @rachelaviv.bsky.social’s brilliant piece pass without comment. My latest, on why Sacks's fictions are so much worse than those of your garden-variety journalist fabulist. . open.substack.com/pub/mariakon...

I don't use nyt for recipes so I had no idea this was going on sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...

Happy 15th anniversary to The Open Notebook! If this ridiculously generous project has helped you over the years, this is a great time to donate. Thread from @siricarpenter.bsky.social at @theopennotebook.bsky.social

Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations - ✍️: Rachel Fieldhouse / Nature News

I wrote about the intentionally byzantine process of getting a COVID vaccine this fall defector.com/how-the-fuck...

No. Carrot cake is delicious

@marcoarment.bsky.social @liss.bsky.social @siracusa.bsky.social it seems like you gained a powerful new ally x.com/joannastern/...

Federal workers are speaking out today about ‘devastating’ losses to the agency that gives us our weather forecasts, plus a worrying scoop on office leases canceled for the National Centers for Environmental Prediction and a radar development lab #NOAA www.theverge.com/news/622990/...

*guy who can't play Diablo for himself* Yeah all these government payments are probably fraud

The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned. Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.

On Wed, RFK Jr told senators his campaign doesn't exist anymore. The campaign sent out a fundraising email praising the HHS freeze *during that hearing*. Yesterday, he told senators he'd raised "zero" dollars off the emails. His campaign says it raised $500,000. from Isa Cueto at @statnews.com

It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.

My bird flu magnum opus. Thank you to @lakdawalalab.bsky.social for giving notes

@andrewwrites.bsky.social @mcgetting.bsky.social how about using this as a new rating system for @overduepod.bsky.social ?

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember: You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/

A month or so ago I saw a post by someone saying "we should all admit that Neil Gaiman has always been a shitty writer." That whole knee jerk revisionism. No, man, that's part of the whole horror. He's an internationally recognized writer. Objectively a good writer. But he's also a fucking monster.

Big and sad news for Center City Philadelphia www.inquirer.com/business/mac...

Apparently Zuck's public claims of bringing free speech back doesn't apply to his employees.

Back in 2021, PMG reported on the unseen games industry crunch taking place at outsourcing studios in SE Asia. Since then, the companies we looked at have continued to work on some of the biggest games in the world, without any push to improve the conditions of the artists doing that work. (1/7)

Happy Boxing Day to all cats who celebrate! 📦🐈‍⬛

Jane Davis Doggett, a Yale MFA graduate who studied under Albers and Rand, began work in the late 1950s that basically invented the wayfinding language of the modern airport we all know today, from color-coded terminal routes to the standardization of carrier name displays. She died last year at 93.

Constantly thinking of how historian Jill Lepore told @brookegladstone.bsky.social on @onthemedia.bsky.social about how tech moguls claim to be sci-fi fans but don't understand it: "It's an abdication of what reading is, and it's an abdication of historicism." www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

The most savage reactions I've seen in response to the shooting of the United Healthcare CEO come straight from the nursing subreddit, where people who are clearly used to dealing with this insurer assess the incident: www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...

Great story from @emilykrizzo.bsky.social, whose work you should follow if you're in, or interested in, Philadelphia

Scoop: Biden's Social Security head agreed to lock in hybrid work protections for tens of thousands of staff, part of a slew of union efforts that complicate Trump's federal workforce plans. Unions are also pushing for an executive order on extending contracts www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This thread from @andrewwrites.bsky.social is tremendous if you're thinking about replacing any tech before the tariffs hit. He custom built my desktop and he has years of experience writing and testing in the tech world.

Chances are, you’re probably already using AI tools like Grammarly in your workflows. But if you want to take it to the next level, @phillydesign.bsky.social shared easy tips from Technical.ly on using AI for SEO, summarization, data analysis, & more 🤖⬇️ www.lenfestinstitute.org/solutions-re...

This is a fine article on the difficulties of archival digitization. Worth adding, that high quality text transcription also requires considerable time, investment and quality control. #Archives

@propublica.org reported that the Georgia maternal mortality review committee deemed the abortion ban-related deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller "preventable." Here's what the state did next: "Effective immediately the current MMRC is disbanded." www.propublica.org/article/geor...

Now that’s a subskeet

Metaphor is my game of the year. i asked director Hashino a very specific question. He replied, “To be honest, you asked a question that really hits the core. I’ve done many interviews, and I haven’t had a question like this.” www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

a lot of people say about disability, even the kindest people, "I look past disability and I see the real person." Let me give you a word of advice, friends... many of us want you to look directly at our disabilities. They make us the people we are.

Philadelphia has disputed a state ruling that it should not have spent money from opioid-related legal settlements on home repairs and small businesses in an area ravaged by the drug epidemic.

Trump’s new FCC nominee promises to bring Project 2025-style governance to media

Trying to unpack a parcel of cat Christmas presents. Smol Paul: THIS IS MY MOMENT

I'm still thinking about this

I knew it! www.nature.com/articles/s41...