I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

The beeswax studio is ready for the holidays. Are you? Stop by to find handmade gifts to place under the tree or extra stocking stuffers. 🐝🎁 Saturdays 10a-4p

I wish all my raccoon friends a very “get domesticated nerd” www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...

A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country. Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢

The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.

NEW: We sued the Department of Homeland Security for violating the Federal Records Act and FOIA by failing to preserve text message data, and the National Archives and Records Administration for not enforcing the law. Transparency matters.

Outdated laws from the 1700s and 1800s give the president tremendous power to use the military at home. It’s past time for Congress to repeal the Alien Enemies Act, close loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act, and reform the Insurrection Act. bit.ly/4oxXJLN

After 30 years of publication, the U.S. Department of Agriculture abruptly canceled its annual report on the prevalence of hunger in America. The USDA’s press release condemned the report as “politicized,” “subjective, liberal fodder” that did “nothing more than fear monger.”

⛈️Extreme weather caused by climate change is raising food prices worldwide, study says 🌽🍓🥑 www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/b...

When you go to someone else’s funeral and make it about yourself 🤦‍♂️ #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

Massive ocean decline ahead! idp.nature.com/authorize?re...

Thank you 🙏 More of this please…asking you here Congress!

Massive walkout underway at CDC. RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

A voice that weaponized scripture has gone quiet. Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, & Family Policy Alliance, has died today at the age of 89. May the thousands of children and those within the LGBTQ community that suffered find some sparks of peace today.

People reporting LC or PCVS are subject to stigmatization and psychologization. From a patient per- spective, psychologization appears to be an important driver of stigmatization and negative outcomes. Imagine that🤬🤬‼️ bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Rubio called it “waste, fraud, and abuse.” But whistleblowers say no real audit ever happened. Just a purge of programs with words like “gender” and “climate.” This wasn’t about waste. It was about erasing U.S. aid—by design. Share, Quote, Like. #StopTheRescission

#TaxTheRich Otherwise we’ll have to #EatTheRich And I’m a vegetarian, so there’s that. Plus all those fillers in Bezos & bride might actually be toxic!!

showyourstripes.info/s/northameri... #showyourstripes We’ve only got 1 planet. Not much the bottom 90% of us can do to slow the climate crisis. You can eat a plant 🌱 based diet & plan families (fewer kids) If only the top 10% of wealth holders would stop flying private jets ✈️ & yachts 🛥️

Given what the ICE Gestapo is doing, immigration courts should offer every defendant the option of participating in hearings via Zoom.

If you went to a #NoKings #Protest then you MUST READ THIS 👇👇👇 She won. We were robbed. This shows the evidence. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

A human brain uses 12 watts to think while an AI system doing the same processing could use 2.7 billion watts. This makes our organic brains many million times more energy-efficient than current AI systems.

Hoping these raccoon 🦝 babies made it through the night on their own ❤️❤️ these masked bandits

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3

So the local cops arrest him 3days before for DUI but have to release him by law, to then arrest him again as passenger cuz ICE wanted him held the 1st time. Welcome to Jim Crow 2.0 #DissapearingCitizens #boycottFlorida #DefundICE

❤️🐝 Now I don’t feel so stupid trying to decipher what our bees are doing, although @nybeekeeper.bsky.social is kinda The Bee Whisperer & might have a few things to teach old #Aristotle

“…grass-fed beef is still no less carbon intensive than industrial beef, and severalfold more intensive than nonbeef alternatives.” More research showing how #beef is not sustainable, including grass fed! Time for plant-based diet 🌱 #MeatlessMarch

The crocus flowers are hospitable to our bees, eager to see spring in this cold #NorthCountry long winter #bees 🐝 #spring #pollinators

Hello @blakegendebien.bsky.social Echo chamber here. @votevets.org , what do you think?

KLAXON 🚨: Indie SAGE has come out of retirement to release a new short report standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the sciences! DEI is not just the right thing to do, it *improves* the quality of the science. Please read and share. independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2

This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#MicrobiologyMatters! Better get to know your microbes 🦠 folks! Lots of bacteria can reside in your foods before they make it to your plate 🍽️ What type of food poisoning are we facing? Many…. myhaccp.food.gov.uk/sites/defaul...

There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.

Scary stuff going on in TX. Stay safe & know your rights! Must have a court ordered warrant signed by a judge to enter your home. #TX-Exit #TX-Exodus

HERO vs ZERO I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore. #SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸

Who needs candles for the #Blackout? We are a small #NorthCountry business. All #candles are #handmade. If you want to support a small #LocalBusniss during the #EconomicBlackout, we would be honored to have your support. #Resist ✊

“How should those as part of the global enterprise of education, health, science & engineering respond? denounce these actions, shout about their negative effects, support researchers & defend their ability to work/study without fear for their jobs” #SupportScience 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

426.71 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 25-Feb-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Very informative video on the unfolding #H5N1 pandemic. Feels like we’re moving in slow motion yet at high speed towards the cliff here. #science 🧪

Wind was the mechanism of transmission, and factory farming was the cause of the virally dense plume. high pop. density in confined mechanically vented buildings facilitated the plumes creation & viral load. #FactoryFarming is not sustainable. Yet another reason to eat a 🌱plant based diet.

🌬️🦆 New evidence suggests that windborne transmission of HPAI H5N1 is possible! During the 2023-24 season, identical strains were found on Czech farms 8km apart, with wind likely spreading the virus. Game-changer for outbreak control! 🔬 Read at: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #H5N1 #AvianFlu #HPAI

We cannot support the state of hunting today. Once, long ago, hunting was how people fed themselves. today subsistence hunting has been largely replaced with thrill killing. With only 4% of mammals being wildlife, it's time to give them a break and end the pretenses of hunting as conservation.

Be like Sheryl #DefundTesla #DumpTesla #Swastikkkar Tesla owners in USA 🇺🇸 please realize you represent Elmo every time you get behind that wheel. Find your Courage, as Dan Rather would say! sell that albatross! Democracy needs you to stop caring more about your wallet than the country.

So…FB/Meta is censoring again. You can’t search groups for the following “science”, “health”, or “medical”. #silencing #censorship

We only need 3.5% of the population to coordinate, cooperate & collaborate inorder to affect change. SIGN THIS 👇 BE THE CHANGE MAKERS! #scientificfact #threeandahalfpercent #generalstrike #generalstrikeus #democracy #defundElon #FireElon #science #truth #protest #collaborate generalstrikeus.com

We all need to be eating more 🌱plant-based diets. If you’re a carnivore, it might seem impossible but you CAN do it! Start with 1 less meat 🥩 🥓🐷🐖🥩 🍖 meal each week or each day. You don’t have to go vegetarian or vegan…yet. been #vegetarian almost 30yrs , promise you won’t miss it & you feel better