I think often of my favorite philosophy professor from college, who was named (most unfortunately) Jeffrey Epstein. I hope he's doing okay out there teaching 19-year-olds about normative ethics.

Check out the timely and outrageous story. Listen on Apple 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q...

And good for him!! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...

Really cool audio story on our recent ditch paper by @emfurd.bsky.social. Let's all pay more attention to our ditches...

Meta PR has been challenging us to philosophical debates about the difference between its AI glasses harassment machine and an iPhone, this is my answer www.404media.co/whats-the-di...

Déjà vu: Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman to run NASA….again. 🧪🔭 For a space drama, this saga is pretty wild. Here’s what’s happened: 🧵👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...

Repeating the Curtis Rule of Media Reporting: When they call your outlet "storied," that means something really bad is happening. www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...

New audio story in Eos today! Ditches and moats are subbing in for witches and ghosts this Halloween. 🧙‍♀️👻

Winners of the @rmets.org Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year competition are out! Running around announcing this like Paul Revere because they are so beautiful!📣📣📣 PCs: Alex Cruz Geshuang Chen, Shuchang Dong Jonah Lange Kyaw Zay Yar Lin Learn more: www.rmets.org/standard-cha...

The EPA is picking and choosing who gets to work during the shutdown: "virtually everyone who is working to undo marquee Biden-era regulations for air pollution, climate change and water quality is still on the job." This is, to put it mildly, not normal. www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

A 2025 “State of the Climate” report shows Earth’s vital signs are crashing, requiring humanity to “rethink the way we live,” says @williamripple.bsky.social. eos.org/research-and...

I did not understand how big the ballroom is gonna be. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Continents xkcd.com/3159/

god, i love the sky. every now and then you'll just be going about your day and then WHUMF whole lake gets dropped on you. fantastic stuff

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This is bad news for people who are afraid of anteaters (e.g. me).

Really great explanation from @gvd.bsky.social of the funding deal Trump is offering to universities (and why, so far, none have accepted but several have refused). eos.org/research-and...

One Redditor raved, "The bar is on the floor but I guess he's fine."

Happy 25th to one of my favorite novels! michaelchabon.substack.com/p/silver-and...

We’re on Capitol Hill with 225 Earth & space scientists — including @aas.org and @planetarysociety.bsky.social — urging Congress to reopen the government and protect NASA science. 🚀🌍 Join us: buff.ly/a3YuGgY #ScienceIsEssential #AGU

A really nice ed note from @highcountrynews.org EIC Jennifer Sahn: "If something you love is under attack, you do not bury your head in the sand. In whatever way you can, using whatever skills you have, join the chorus of people saying No, we won’t let this happen." www.hcn.org/issues/57-10...

when they tell you publishing is slow they mean S L O W i've been working on this for five years and we sold it six months ago but now i get to announce to the world! i'm writing a book! never say the word "talent" around me if you don't want a whole ass dissertation!!!!!

Climate change will likely cause widespread income losses, with low-income and hotter countries faring the worst, according to new @plosclimate.org research. eos.org/research-and...

Ooh, the Ig Nobel Prizes for unusual & imaginative research are out. The peace prize went to a team who showed "that drinking alcohol sometimes improves a person’s ability to speak in a foreign language." 100% true, in my experience. improbable.com/2025/09/18/h...

If nothing else, we have made it through to decorative gourd season.

We just sued ICE. Support us here: 404media.co/membership/

Did I make a Wicked reference in this skeet? Yes I did. Did I make a Lady Gaga reference in this headline? Yes I did. Did I make a Jane Austen reference inside the text? Yes I did. Click for the references, stay for the wonky planet systems! 🔭

My latest for Eos.

It's been a long week. Zeldin saying that requiring major polluters to report their greenhouse gas emissions "does nothing to improve air quality" was a fittingly upsetting way to end it.

I didn't even know there was this much to learn about Lofi Girl. And I love Lofi Girl! @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social for @404media.co www.404media.co/how-lofi-gir...

“If you're studying interstellar objects, you're sitting cleanly at the division between planetary science and traditional astrophysics.” 3I/ATLAS’s longevity will enable broad, transdisciplinary participation from scientists of all backgrounds.🧪🔭☄️ My latest for @eos.org: eos.org/features/how...

“It’s better to climb while you still can.” 🥹

Makes total sense to get rid of this, yeah.

FEMA staff who signed their name to the recent Katrina Declaration were placed on administrative leave. The notice says the move is not punitive, but others call it illegal retaliation against whistleblowers. 🧪 eos.org/research-and...

Definitely one of the dumber ways we've spent money, but thankfully they're all this stupid and there are like five more coming.

“As soon as they were safe, people really wanted to contribute,” said JPL's Kimberley Miner. Learn how scientists navigated disaster science in their own backyards. eos.org/features/whe...

Inhaling smoke from any wildfire can be harmful. But urban wildfires, which can burn through materials ranging from lead-based paint to asbestos ceilings, can release a particularly dangerous cocktail of inhalants. Thank you so much to the scientists and Angelenos who spoke with me for this story!

Earlier this year, I spoke with scientists in the LA area about the aftermath of the fires. How are local scientists using their expertise to help their communities recover? Those conversations with me, @emfurd.bsky.social & @gvd.bsky.social led to @eos.org's Sept issue: From Devastation to Data 🧪

We listened to 20+ hours of public hearings on the EPA's reconsideration of the Endangerment Finding so you don't have to 🧪: eos.org/research-and...

The EPA is considering repealing the '09 endangerment finding that GHG emissions threaten public health. In the ~16 hrs of EPA public hearing testimony I listened to this week, I heard from 100s of Americans asking the agency not to repeal the finding. I heard from 9 people in favor of the repeal.

Day 3 of the EPA's marathon hearings on the proposed elimination of the endangerment finding has begun. Thanks to everyone who has been following our coverage, which is being tag-teamed by @eos.org superstars @astrokimcartier.bsky.social @emfurd.bsky.social and @gvd.bsky.social.

"You can't fire the atmosphere, no matter how much you don't like the facts and the data it's giving you," said private individual Craig Kenworthy, calling the proposed repeal "anti-science, anti-public health, and ultimately anti-freedom."

Today marks day 1 of public hearings on the EPA’s reconsideration of the endangerment finding, a 2009 declaration that greenhouse gases threaten public health. Follow along with us👇🧵

Boy oh boy is this freaky. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...

"I used to be “allergic” to humor because I thought, very naively, that serious literature never smiled.... But one day, I discovered that in order to effect a certain experience of life in literature, humor could be a very precious tool. "

This fall, I'm offering college essay consulting services using a pay-what-you-can model. Whether your kid is struggling to get started or just wants a copy editor, I'm happy to help! My suggested rate is $50/hour, but like I said, you decide how much you can pay!

For the morning crowd: NASA employees have revealed that the Trump admin, via Sean Duffy, have secretly directed them to make plans to terminate two highly successful, widely-used carbon monitoring satellites, despite warnings from lawmakers that doing so would be illegal. 🧪🛰️

My family when they found out I was a vegetarian.

#NASAWebb’s newest look at planetary nebula NGC 6072 in the near- and mid-infrared shows what may appear as a very messy scene resembling splattered paint. However, the unusual, asymmetrical appearance hints at more complicated mechanisms underway. (1/8) 🧵 🔭 🧪