A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

May 24, 2026

This is a video of a ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) captured by Tjeerd Schone in waters near Padangbai, Bali in 2025. Every ribbon eel is born male, with jet black skin & transitions first to this colorful male, then to female - only when they've reached their max size. Let's talk about it.

(Reuters) - The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the beginning of a "systemic agrifood shock" that could trigger a severe global ​food price crisis within six to 12 months, the United ‌Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said on Wednesday. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

And the funny thing is the head lawyer quit Treasury quit b/c they asked him to begin the process of taking the money out of Treasury and he was like, I am not going to hand the keys to Treasury to you.

Interest by who?!!!

Lockdown Jay www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

1/ When his 7-year-old daughter ran to report a flooded bathroom, Mitch Meredith assumed a burst pipe, maybe a backed-up toilet. Then he saw the foul-smelling black fluid covering the floor… 🧵

This mass courtship event typically marks the beginning of Waymo mating season, and the general public is advised to avoid approaching them or their young and maintaining a safe distance at all times as they can get even more unpredictable in their behaviour towards humans at this time

"Predictably, the huge spike in productivity that these companies claim their own AI products have enabled hasn’t resulted in more or better products, shorter work weeks, or better consumer experiences." www.404media.co/software-dev...

After a single infusion of immune cells engineered to recognize HIV, two people in a new study have suppressed the virus to undetectable levels, one of them for nearly two years. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/h...

Version 4. Spanish case added. Latest version pinned to the top of my timeline.

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

If we want to build a winning coalition, we are going to have to make room for those who were late to the party.

My entire lifetime has seen Republicans benefit from every structural bias in the system: two republican presidents elected while losing the popular vote,the senate being biased towards small rural conservative states,house and state legislatures being heavily gerrymandered, and a captured SCOTUS.

Sooooo... Several people shared this slide with me. NIH is apparently working on a new parent mechanism called an RP1. I have many questions (and only a few answers). (EPMC is the NIH-wide Extramural Program Management Committee co-chaired by Jon Lorsch). 1/4

BREAKING: In a loss for Democrats, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the congressional map voters approved last month to counter GOP gerrymanders cannot go into effect. The decision overturns the will of voters for technical reasons and gives Republicans a leg up for the 2026 midterms.

The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.

"The Government cannot escape liability for DOGE’s work by scapegoating ChatGPT." A US judge slammed DOGE's use of AI in a decision today blocking the termination of $100M in humanities grants, finding DOGE lacked authority and unlawfully based decisions on race and viewpoint buff.ly/Qw0qcDH

May 6, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-6-2026

The sad story about this is that the federal government nor the states track these deaths. So, the problem doesn’t exists.

“Nearly half (48.6%) of investigators with equity-related terminations were BIPOC and 60.0% of investigators with gender-related terminations were SGM… 20.5% of investigators with institutional terminations (for purported antisemitism) were Jewish.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I need a little cheering up, so here's baby Molly, a young fennec fox kit born at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium (@kansascityzoo.bsky.social) via their FB. Born to mom Beshte & dad PJ on Feb 22nd, 2026, she has two brothers (Radar & Echo) born 2025, bringing the little family up to 5.

Backers of the massive data center campus say at full buildout it will consume 9GW of electricity, more than double the entire state of Utah’s current energy use. They say they intend to burn fossil fuels on site to make all that electricity. Box Elder County will vote on the proposal Monday.

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.

Amidst the American arseholery, we must never forget that the Iranian regime is truly terrible. What a world we live in. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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First insider trading arrest in the US for prediction markets & the govt says one of the Polymarket whales who made over $400k on the maduro raid... was a special forces guy who worked on the Maduro raid 🤯 www.wired.com/story/us-spe...

Public health got started largely in the military for a reason, Hegseth. Remember the 1918 flu pandemic. Remember Walter Reed’s work on yellow fever. Remember George Washington ordering his troops to be inoculated against smallpox.

Here a way to start the week reflecting on what you want more and less this week ❤️ From the amazing Amber Rae buff.ly/kpAOHXW #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI

I call it food porn.

April 18, 2025 And, just like that, President Donald J. Trump’s triumphant boasting that the Strait of Hormuz had been permanently reopened has unraveled in less than 24 hours. Citing the continuing U.S. blockade, Iranian officials announced they were closing the strait again.…

A four-hour documentary from 1969 about life in Nazi-occupied France chronicles the way that many ordinary citizens simply lived their lives as if nothing had changed, @dgraham.bsky.social writes. "The Sorrow and the Pity" is more relevant than ever:

Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.

These incredible Buff Tip Moths blend in so well with branches that you might mistake them for sticks. Nature's masters of disguise are truly fascinating!

This is a cool tool. Find your name in Landsat images. science.nasa.gov/mission/land...

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

Feels like this paper on protein-templated DNA synthesis by a natural enzyme warrants some comment. So here's a 🧵. /1 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.

“Koch brother groups have tried to derail public transit plans in other cities around the country, from Little Rock, Arkansas and central Utah, to Nashville and Michigan. They have frequently called such projects ‘wasteful spending’. The Koch organization is also heavily invested in fossil fuels.”

We already KNOW how to make super babies, you eugenicist creeps! And it's all the things you fucking fucks are fucking up! THREAD!

Here's the article which includes the actual interview in question. Yes, he absolutely said this and yes, it's in context. wordinblack.com/2025/02/rfk-...

NASA astronaut Christina Koch hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls flic.kr/p/2s7aCi3 #Artemis 🧪🔭

This nerve could help reduce inflammation from rheumotoid arthritis. Neurosurgeon Dr. Kevin Tracey talked with Science Friday on how stimulating the vagus nerve can slow down inflammation in the body. Listen to our podcast to learn more: https://bit.ly/4smSkYL Illustration by Molly Magnell

so happy for my emotional support astronauts

I'm deep down the rabbit hole on FROGFISH, 60 species of anglerfish in family Antennariidae. They are deeply, utterly WEIRD & MARVELOUS. Most walk on modified fins. Others use jet propulsion. Some are capable of air-breathing. Some are "hairy", others blend perfectly in sargassum.

Has anyone checked on the flatearthers?!

This is helpful.