We built forts out of anything we could find. We dared each other to do crazy stunts on playground equipment. It was the best. The only rule was “be home before dinner.”

The front page of today’s @nydailynews.com.

Idaho bought this one. Lock, stock, and barrel.

This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.

The cruelty isn’t “part” of the policy, it IS the policy. So are fear and chaos. This is all designed to suppress dissent and consolidate power.

Prove to us you are not guilty...I dare you...

New work published today from the RasgonLab! The first thesis chapter from @zureishon.bsky.social! Project highlights some of the difficulties we had with sample collection during the early days of COVID journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...

Yep, STFU you obsequious idiot.

From the Florida Phoenix. Yes, really. “…DeSantis also created a state-level DOGE to audit state universities and local govts to search for waste, fraud, and abuse. That torch has been taken up by the CFO, who’s unofficially renamed the task force the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight, or FAFO.”

You don’t have to work to deserve to eat. You don’t have to be a citizen to deserve to eat. You don’t have to have a qualifying medical condition to deserve to eat. You deserve to eat because you’re a human being deserving of care, compassion, and dignity.

Of course they do.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

You gotta give ‘em hop.

It’s working. DON’T BACK DOWN.

Dear campus bookstores, No one looks good in the thin, all poly shirts and they stink when you sweat. The no-care benefit does not outweigh these things. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

A mss review due Fri that opened to “expired link,” I happily assumed they had enough reviews. I review a good bit, so I replied to the editor I’d be out of the office. Multiple auto emails to update my login (which is fine). AI is another reason why publishing and reviewing are just so hard now.

Listen to this.

South Park always knows the truth

A few years earlier, this one for sure www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKpI...

“Banning Chinese gene editing of American cells and DNA”. Yup, the stupid is strong here.

WTAF 1000 times.

Facts for Friday.

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An observation after a nearly 30 year career of sitting on committees: old white men still say stupid shit.

USAID was the most effective soft power organization on planet Earth. The good for humanity that it did was unparalleled. But it also did an amazing job showing the world that we cared about other people while simultaneously advancing American interests. American histories biggest self own.

Never forget, “Well, we all are going to die. For heaven’s sakes, folks.”

#FAFO , Georgia Edition

Yeeeesssss!

GO BILLS! Amazing final 13 sec against the Ravens! Woohoo!

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Folks need to keep their distance, especially from moms, but this never gets old.

OK, the guy who said it’s impossible to release the Epstein files because the identities of the victims can’t be protected is the same guy who knows his felonious boss’s name was carefully removed from every one of those thousands of files.

Good morning, Idaho. Sadly, it’s smoke creating this captivating view.

Thank you, Senator Smith.

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, who once said “we’re all going to die” when defending Medicaid cuts, will not seek reelection in 2026.

Everyone should read this news piece and associated scientific publication. Kudos to these authors. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Military Times strong statement of fact. To wit, Babbitt’s conduct was dishonorable, so this cheapens the honor for those who justly earned it.

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This is bullshit. We owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Monarez. And in other news, release the Epstein files.

Thank you, George Takei.

It’s a felony (not today) to throw a sandwich or even touch officers to “protect police to the hilt” and all 1500 violent J6ers were pardoned after violently assaulting (checks notes) police officers.

Horrible, predictable, and preventable. And Medicaid cuts are going to ensure unending misery.

I am back with great news. A project by a former undergrad, Liz Wynne, is now out in publication. In it she discovered a mosquito in the genus Culex that lays eggs from the air (like a Toxorhynchites) and exhibits skip oviposition (spreading eggs around). An amazing discovery! 🦟🍾 rdcu.be/eBkFM

So great to finally have this out!!

We had neighbors in California who proudly shared they sprayed for spiders because they didn’t like unsightly webs on their shrubbery. Even with two PhDs in Entomology, my husband and I couldn’t convince them this was stupid on many levels.

Wishing a happy 92nd birthday to South Korean microbiologist Kyung Joo Kwon-Chung. She was a leader of molecular microbiology at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases starting in the 60s and in 2024 was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. #WomenInSTEM #BioSky 🧪

This administration works with only the best people. Yep, sure thing.