This month, we published another article revealing that MSG kept a database of VIP event attendees, labeling some of them as LGBTQIA and assigning a “risk score” to others. This is also now free to read:

In April, we reported on the MSG surveillance machine–an operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. You can now read it for free.

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

These years of anti-immigration hysteria we're living through right now are going to look utterly incomprehensible in the coming era of closing schools, ageing populations and massively understaffed public services

On the plus side, there’s a reasonable chance Trump will have to present the World Cup to Spain, so just think about how much he’ll hate that.

How well do the probabilities implied by World Cup 2026 betting odds so far reflect the actual frequency results? In general, things are pretty well calibrated:

Probably the best example of a rapid bottom-up energy transition: Pakistan imported more Chinese solar last year than any country on earth. No big subsidy, no rooftop scheme, no feed-in tariff. Solar is now around a quarter of electricity. More in my piece👇 www.thenewworld.co.uk/jan-rosenow-...

🔸️Wastewater levels on both WWScan and Biobot remain at rock bottom levels. 5-8x lower than previous lulls and 50-80x lower than our last big waves in 2024. 🔸️<40k infections/day 🔸️We may still see a small late summer wave for the West and South.

Nothing makes me feel more creatively inspired than working on something that’s not the thing I need to finish

I especially love this diagram.

A fifth of Leave voters have died.

HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!! The coating is a polyurea used inside pipes. It gels in about 3 seconds, making it non self-leveling. The texture is like an orange peel, the perfect substrate for biofilms. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

holy shit bsky has a water sealant expert that predicted the reflecting pool failure mode perfectly

In the last three hours, Musk has posted that USAID “was central to the creation of COVID-19,” “funded coronavirus research in China that killed millions of people,” “was used for terrorism,” and “killed millions.”

Elon Musk spent $290 million getting Trump elected. During this midterm cycle, he's spent $85 million. In total, that’s 0.0375% of his $1 trillion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.

I've been out the loop. Are you genuinely telling me that Trump signed his surrender agreement in Versailles and that this really truly happened.

In USA, no evidence for HPAI occurring in non-commercial flocks before commercial flocks, ie. aren't a good sentinel or early warning indicator. 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

wastewater during the 2024-2025, California: consistent detection of H5N1 across 3 monitored sites, but clinical H5N1 detections sporadic and rare. Genomes similar to seqs from cows. 👉 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

With the strong caveat that this is purely anecdotal, I have to say that over the past months it's been increasingly difficult to ignore the sheer number of mistakes people have been making. There's a kind of endemic sloppiness and I think part of it is cognitive dysfunction.

What did @drtedros.who.int hear from the communities affected by Ebola in the DRC? “For us, probably Ebola kills less or it’s less of a problem. Malaria probably kills more. Armed conflict kills more.” An important and sobering interview by @helenbranswell.bsky.social 🧪

How do you persuade people they need to take #Ebola seriously when more in their midst are dying from other diseases & armed conflict? That is the challenge #WHO DG Tedros confronted when he visited the outbreak zone in DRC this week. “Ebola is a lesser evil." www.statnews.com/2026/06/13/w...

Researchers Find Long Covid More Common Than Willingness To Say Long Covid

Proudly trained in America. Proudly hired in Germany. Don't beg to stay in a place where you are no longer welcome. Build where you're valued. #BrainDrain

Canada showing what inclusion & common sense look like 🇨🇦⚽ If the U.S. won’t allow FIFA referee Omar Artan to participate, Vancouver is ready to welcome him & ensure the game comes first! #Canada #Vancouver #FIFA2026 #WorldCup #Soccer #SheShed

In the first weeks after the outbreak was announced it was quite hard to follow the numbers, both because suspect cases were accumulating with little testing and because it kept shifting who was putting out what numbers. Now we seem to have settled into a pattern with these situation reports.

Can mosquitoes learn to love DEET? 🦟 Research published yesterday suggests that mosquitoes may learn to associate the smell of DEET with dinner—and start gravitating toward it instead of away from it. Read more: ow.ly/jFzP50Z5JPH

It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.

"The prospect of not being able to come home for safe and effective care may create disincentives for people to disclose having been exposed, which could drive cases underground, and cause the virus to spread even more." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

In light of the ongoing situation with Ebola in the DRC, I'm sorry to have to remind you that evolutionary biology makes it abundantly clear that ignoring a catastrophic disease outbreak because it's there, not here, is a terrible, terrible idea.

Did Something Happen In The Last Six Years That Could Have Caused A Decline And Loss Of Energy Everywhere? Anything? Anything At All? No. We Couldn’t Think Of Anything Either. Lockdowns, I guess.

this is why I find climate dooming so frustrating there is no point - none - at which throwing up your hands and going “well we’re fucked” is the correct response every tenth of a degree matters and can make a big difference and is worth fighting for

Our Ancestors Survived Massive Climate Shifts By Dying, And Being Replaced By Better-Adapted Organisms. Why Can’t We Do The Same?

Estimating within-herd transmission model. Estimated adequate contact rate: 0.78. basic reproduction number: 8. In a herd of ~3000 cattle, took 2 weeks form disease to 5% of herd with clinical signs. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Pretty relevant study. Over 700 cases analyzed, myocarditis incidence surged during the start of the pandemic and remained high. Older African American are the most affected ones. Vaccine-associated myocarditis not likely a contributor. Can we really say we are living a post-pandemic era? #COVID

As I'm sure most of you can imagine, I am often asked by friends, colleagues, and clients what I'm most concerned about in terms of global biological risk. Even with everything that's happening right now, my answer remains the same as it was in January 2023: H5N1.

There is no RCT evidence that non-leaky condoms are better than leaky condoms vs HIV. There is no RCT evidence mosquito nets are better vs malaria than tuna fishing nets.

Public health messaging we need to hear: "We acknowledge that we were wrong about COVID not being airborne. We've learned from that. We no longer assume the same with new outbreaks and we employ the precautionary principle until we have clear evidence that airborne mitigations are not required."

🚨New paper!🚨 Our study showing that H5N1 influenza viruses can remain infectious in unpasteurised milk for, basically, as long as you are likely to encounter that milk has now been published: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Banks’ market power shaped the euro-era tightening: weak pass-through on deposits led to sharper credit cuts for riskier firms, higher loan rates, and better returns. The deposit channel pushes banks to optimize risk return, reversing ZLB search for yield. ▶️ www.bde.es/wbe/en/publi... #bdeResearch

⚠️ Iran Speaker Ghalibaf: “Operation Trust Me Bro failed.”

Area Man Saddened To Learn He Was Not One Of The “Most People” In “Most People Won’t Be Disabled By It”

You want to know what #climate scientists got wrong about #climatechange? We were too cautious. It's happening faster than we anticipated and the impacts are going to be worse.

Guy's got a point...

To be clear about what just happened: The Trump administration sent armed FBI agents to abduct a 78-year-old doctor and former federal public health worker from his home and stripped him because the brainwashed right-wing base, hopped up on a literal conspiracy theory, wants scalps.

Now Australia has so much solar that they're *giving away electricity*, with three free hours of unlimited energy every day. Stick your dishwasher, clothes-dryer and EV charger on a timer, invest in a battery or two, and fill your boots: billmckibben.substack.com/p/free-elect... 29/

Rare sighting of a column chart taking a dip at Hove Beach. #dataviz

This takes courage.. The Strokes closed their Coachella set flashing images of the governments the CIA has overthrown, the leaders the US has assassinated including MLK, the war crimes the US is committing in Iran, and the genocide Israel is committing in occupied Palestine.

How the Strokes ended their second Coachella set! #TheStrokes #Coachella

This thread is a good summary of what has happened today

Merchant vessels report gunfire as they attempt to cross Hormuz, shipping sources say reut.rs/3QLIUJa