At today's average gas prices, Americans are spending ~2.9% of their paycheck on filling up. A decent change in consumer behavior happens at ~3-3.25% (roughly $4/gal), but really snarls demand at 4%. By 5%, Americans are busting out the bikes.

Any dog or cat lovers out there? My friend's aunt rescues and rehomes neglected animals on Cape Cod. But she's in danger of losing the home where she does this work because of back taxes. As she works on a long-term solution, she could use some help. Consider giving if you can!

I really want to see this movie. Scientists as heroes, the importance of gathering facts before making big decisions that could get people killed, and Brendan Fraser as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower!

Democrats flipped a seat in the New Hampshire House in a special election Tuesday.

There goes Kristi Noem. The first major firing of Trump's second term?

Many scientists got caught up in Jeffrey Epstein's orbit. Not these three.

An essential read as federal health officials work to undermine confidence in one of the most effective and safe vaccines available. There is no reason that so many are getting sickened and dying of measles.

Alicia Hastey really sums up the core essence of journalism in her note. Good journalism adheres to standards. Stick to those standards, regardless of what labels others put on you.

A landmark moment in science 10 years ago today.

The video of the latest ICE shooting starts by showing several agents wrestling a man to the ground. If you see that sort of video autoplaying on your feed and don't want to see someone killed, you have a few seconds to scroll past it or hit stop.

Once again, because of the actions of ICE agents in Minnesota, I feel the need to share this again: You can turn off autoplay in the "Content and media" settings or toggle sound off by default if you don't want to see/hear these videos.

It would be a service to their readers if CNN and others who run these pieces would note that under New Hampshire state law, it will hold the first primary. This story notes that the DNC "demoted New Hampshire" last time around but doesn't toss in a sentence to say that it went first anyways.

I knew when I saw that this was an @petridishes.bsky.social column that it would finish with an absolute gut punch.

Officials in Maine are growing increasingly concerned that ICE is planning major actions in that state.

A corrective to much of the reporting on CES.

The cellphone video taken by the ICE officer who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has been released. It is being shared widely. So, another reminder that you can turn off autoplay in the "Content and media" settings or toggle sound off by default if you don't want to see/hear these videos.

The BCA's Force Investigations Unit was established after the murder of George Floyd to provide unbiased investigations into uses of force by law enforcement. The BCA says it will be ready to reengage if the FBI changes course again and seeks a transparent joint investigation into the ICE shooting.

The NY Times does some of the best video analysis out there. This one is based on videos that have been shared publicly, so there may be additional videos (including one taken by the shooter) that could shed additional light on what happened in Minneapolis. This is disturbing video.

An interesting thread. Law enforcement agencies commonly consider it an assault when a car heads toward them or if a car takes off when an officer has their hand on the door. And the law backs them up and could apply to that first shot in MN. But there were other shots fired...

The mother of the woman killed by ICE has identified her as Renee Nicole Good, 37, saying she lived in the Twin Cities with her partner. Other reports have said the passenger in the vehicle identified her as her wife and said they have a 6-year-old child, though that is not in this report right now.

Minneapolis officials are giving a live press conference on the shooting. Mayor Jacob Frey comments on the DHS statement saying that the driver was engaged in domestic terrorism: "This is bullshit." Later: "To ICE -- get the (f---) out of our city."

There are at least two videos going around of the ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis. One clearly shows the officer firing into the woman's vehicle. You can turn off autoplay in the "Content and media" settings or toggle sound off by default if you don't want to see/hear these videos.

I don't believe President Trump's DNI Tulsi Gabbard has said anything on the record about the recent U.S. actions in Venezuela. When she campaigned for president here in New Hampshire, she had a lot to say on the matter.

This has been a challenging year, broadly and personally. But as always, one thing remains true. The dogs were good again.

JFK Library Foundation reporting today that Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy, has died. She wrote about her cancer diagnosis in a very personal essay in November in which she decried her cousin's attacks on the US health care system. (www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...)

For a moment, I read the word of the year as "stop," which also felt appropriate for 2025.

Some have argued to me strongly that even if Loeb is wrong, he’s getting people interested in 3I/ATLAS and that’s a good thing for science. But Loeb isn't just wrong, he's recklessly following an old playbook that got 39 people killed in 1997. sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...

Several of the climate change pages on the EPA.gov website have been recently altered to remove or reduce discussion of the human causes of climate change. These changes mean that the site cannot be considered to be scientifically accurate on this issue.

The woman who is the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew has been taken into custody by ICE and has been transferred to Louisiana.

I have never turned on Apple Intelligence on my MacBook (don't plan to), so I don't see things like this. But it seems like Apple should provide a way for developers to exclude such "features" if they don't want them.

Rudy Giuliani is seriously injured in a crash in New Hampshire, breaking a thoracic vertebra. Our only source right now is his head of security, so story is developing. If anyone has more details, email [email protected] or send a note to my Signal: kirkenstrom.76

We LOVE our induction stove. It’s insane how fast water comes to a boil, and cooking can be precise and consistent. And, as David notes in a reply, it’s ridiculously easy to keep clean!

An interesting read on the oyster farmer hoping to unseat Susan Collins in Maine. Graham Platner’s candidacy is attracting a lot of attention.

It’s International Dog Day, so here’s a mandated Gordo pic. #dogsofbluesky

Quite an opportunity! I'll be seeing The Beths when they come to Boston later this year.

Really great thread here walking through the science of climate change.

This is an excellent guide to the junk science perpetrated by RFK's pick to "research" debunked links between vaccines and autism for HHS. Journalists should read up to prepare for what's coming: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This column from the former WaPo Fact Checker reinforces my decision to become one of the hundreds of thousands who canceled their subscriptions in the past year: substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The whole Jim Acosta interviewing "Joaquin Oliver" thing is just gross. I'm not reposting the tease for it, but you can do a search to find it. I understand his parents are grieving, but that AI bot is not their son and those words aren't his, even if spoken by what sounds like his voice.

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

I am begging fellow journalists to educate themselves on the myths of fentanyl exposure. Doctors say there has never been an overdose through skin contact. Claims of overdoses through inhaling ambient fentanyl are also unfounded. There's a reason people use needles to get the drug inside them.

This is very good news. And I'm not just saying that because I'm employed by Hearst. It's bad for a community when Alden buys the local paper.

New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan has replied to a DOJ request for information on the state's voter registration procedures and for New Hampshire's entire statewide voter list. As Scanlan previously noted, NH law only allows disclosure of that list in limited circumstances.

When Justice Department officials reviewed what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a “truckload” of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, they discovered that Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times, according to senior administration officials. www.wsj.com/politics/jus...

Journalists in Gaza are in danger of dying from starvation.

Dear Jeff Bezos …

Bravo to the @miamiherald.com for publishing this list in full www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

I wouldn’t tell anyone if I won the lottery but there would be signs.