The GOP tries to Rig Everything.

Oh Baby.

This. youtu.be/SQ1Dkwkczqk?...

Trump is treating our tax money like one of his Bankrupt Casinos.

Yes! JUST IN: The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, a move that critics say would have compromised the central bank's independence www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

Despicable. This is what the Nazis did. A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list. www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

You Knew this was Coming. Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing. www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

Republican officials are pushing for more voting restrictions on U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in the country, after unsuccessfully challenging their ballots in 2024. www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

The Horror! The University of Pittsburgh is doubling down on its longstanding commitment to studying the horror genre with the launch of its new Horror Studies Center (via 90.5 WESA). www.wesa.fm/arts-culture...

Trump's America.

R.I.P. Jane Goodall.

Your Wednesday Mid-Day Timeline Cleanse.

After Donald Trump's address to military leaders today, "senior U.S. officers have to wonder who will shield them from the impulses of the person they just saw onstage," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.

A new documentary about Lilith Fair, the ’90s women’s music festival, serves as a corrective to the mocking mythology that has trailed it—and a reminder of how rare its collective ethos feels today, Sophie Gilbert writes:

Soaring in the air and diving below the water, birds are a wonder of nature. More than 25,000 photos capturing the animals in the wild were submitted to the Bird Photographer of the Year. See the winning selections at The Atlantic Photo:

Fight Over Hidden Report on Trump Documents Case Goes to Appeals Court Meanwhile, previously secret passages in court filings over grand jury fights in two cases against the president have been revealed. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Trump's Gestspto.

More Losing.

Bub- Bye.

Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long Covid after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found.

Household staples such as dish soap, baking soda paste, and rubbing alcohol are all effective at removing labels and adhesives. They also require less active scrubbing time in most cases.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “In a world that feels increasingly uncertain and unsafe for children, it’s no wonder that parents generally and mothers, in particular, have embraced the ethos that they know best,” Jennifer Reich, a vaccine hesitancy researcher, writes in a guest essay.

Bibi's Genocide - Using the blockade of Food as a Weapon.

Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier delivered a scathing takedown of WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. “We have the best players in the world. We have the best fans in the world,” she said. “But right now we have the worst leadership in the world.”

It’s playful. Effortlessly viral. Deliberately tacky. This is budots, a genre of dance music rooted in the slums of the southern Philippine city of Davao. It is shaped by the noise, joy and violence — and it’s delighting people around the world.

Another five homes collapsed Tuesday in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the latest incident in what has become a common sight in recent years along the state’s erosion-plagued coast. https://wapo.st/46wNil0

This village of 100 people is enclosed by some of Ecuador’s biggest oil reserves. For more than 40 years, the local Indigenous people have been advocating to stop oil development, which has ravaged large swaths of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Trump's Gestspto.

True. It's deeply sad that America has come to this.

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More than 20 years ago, budding scientist @ashadevos.bsky.social discovered the uniqueness of Sri Lanka’s blue whales after seeing one of them poop. She went on to become the first Sri Lankan to earn a PhD in marine mammal research. 🐋

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earthlike planets are common—if it can get off the ground

President Trump says Tylenol is not safe for young children. Here’s what the science says about acetaminophen

Biomining uses engineered microbes to harvest critical minerals

The former director of a CDC center reveals how political ideology is undermining science, threatening vaccine policy and endangering public health across the U.S.

There Is A Great Wave Traveling Across The Milky Way, Shifting Stars By 100s Of Light-Years 🔭 www.iflscience.com/there-is-a-g...

Can You Identify The “Triangle Of Death”? (No, it's nothing to do with Bermuda...) www.iflscience.com/can-you-iden...

People Are Being Urged To Put Bowls Of Salt In Their Window This Autumn And Winter, But Does It Work? www.iflscience.com/people-are-b...

World's Highest Bridge, Standing 625 Meters Above "Crack In The Earth", Opens To Public www.iflscience.com/worlds-highe...

Tombs revealed by drought, microscopic flowers, and the moment of a decision made. See the month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

The elements formed from a star’s demise shape the structure of the planets that rise from the ashes www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientists have linked dust storms in the Sahara Desert to hailstorms in Europe, including in the highest Alps www.nature.com/articles/d41...

An evolutionary surprise. www.sciencealert.com/multiple-mus...

A striking symbol for survival in the desert. www.sciencealert.com/12000-year-o...

This could help doctors offer life-changing surgery. www.sciencealert.com/new-ai-tool-...