Our Accidental Cat is settling in quite nicely. Here's a classic "how it started/how it's going" where you can see his transformation from street urchin to a dapper man of letters.

Some amazing pics of George Smoot and the U2 Anisotropy Experiment aether.lbl.gov/www/projects... #Cosmology 🧪

Many years ago I had the honor of talking with George Smoot about his historic research measuring the cosmic microwave background. He ended up with a Nobel. I ended up with my first cover story (in Scientific American). He was thoughtful & generous--a source of joy & enlightenment. 🧪🔭

L: Color print magazine advertisement for Pennsalt DDT products. This ad appeared in Time Magazine, June 30, 1947. Science History Institute. R: Photo of children being spayed with DDT in a public swimming pool. Date and photographer unknown. 🌱🐋 # HistSTM 🧪🌎 #philsci #philsky #WomeninSTEM

I'm not sure what's going on, but this year's freshman class is giving me ... what was that word ... hope? They're energized and excited, they're doing the reading and doing it well, they're asking great questions and offering smart answers too. Is this just me or are others seeing it?

Glad to have this pop up in my podcast feed recently. #chemsky 🧪 www.ted.com/talks/jenny_...

OMG SOME GOOD NEWS 🧪 #MedSky

We must not allow the federal government to strip Arizona's forests and wilderness of their protections. This is a public land grab by greedy corporate interests—and I plan to stand in the way. Press Release: www.azag.gov/press-releas...

Happy First Day of Autumn! 🍁

Father David called Arizona’s spectacle yesterday a warning. Democracy survives only if we ban together now! Arizona’s “spectacle” was theater for authoritarians. Democracy isn’t a sideshow it’s our fight. Stand together or lose it all. Listen!!⬇️⬇️ #USDemocracy #Pinks youtube.com/shorts/eid3E...

Kilauea is putting on quite the show once again! Live stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...

Retiring the only remaining ship in the US arsenal that was dedicated to research in the Southern Ocean....it hurts my soul to know how badly this will impact the science and all (scientists, students, crew, etc) who have worked so hard to advance our knowledge of all things #Antarctica 🧪🌎🦑🇦🇶🐧

HUGE applause for my extraordinary colleagues Heather Stewart and Kate Wawatai on recently completing "the best dive EVER," Antarctic peninsula youtu.be/yNmfhwRIghM?... Congrats Inkfish KelpieGeo U Western Australia 🌊 🦑 🐙 🇦🇶

💥 🦠 🧪 COVID-19 Vaccines Broadly Available in Arizona by Governor Hobbs' Executive Order

Yay! Sights like this remind you that despite everything, hate can’t stop the diffraction of electromagnetic radiation from the sun by atmospheric water droplets.

Non-paywalled version via @yahoonews.com: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

As an American who embellishes Jeep culture I still obey our never enforced traffic laws. I am very envious that the rule of law still exists in more advanced democracies like Canada. www.thedrive.com/news/canadia...

People who work on the 7th continent are the luckiest people on Earth.

This is the weirdest goddamn timeline and I’d like off now, please.

Like all horses good people are horrified by violence. "He watched as the last of the horses, his mate, pulled back from the scene of such unmitigated violence, and in doing so, the herd of magnificent horses receded into the forest and were gone." James Michener, Centennial, chap. 1 The Land.

Which one should I munch on, the blue or red snack? 😋 A Southern Right Whale, estimated to be around 18 meters long and weighing 80 tons, caught on camera. Stunning. These whales are relatively harmless and they are known to interact with humans. Amazing creatures. #southernrightwhale #sealife

Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.

A 5th grader explains that his schoolmate shielded him. That friend is now in the hospital after taking a bullet while shielding his classmate. They are only 10 years old.

My lab cannot afford donating at the moment, so I donated privately. Even if you don’t work on flies we all owe so much to FlyBase. Consider donating, and importantly, let’s strive to make the more official funding bodies aware of how much is at stake.

Antarctic sea ice loss is slowing a key ocean circulation twice as fast as in the North Atlantic — threatening oxygen, nutrients, and climate stability.

Robot fiddler crab gets pulled apart by real fiddler crab 🦀🧪🦑 youtu.be/UOFtsJkiRmE?...

Will I fall for the same trap as the science communicators who came before me? Or will I be able to use my big brain for good!? Find out next time on Science, Tonight! 🧪

Antarctica’s seas are seeing big changes in tiny life — carbon-storing diatoms are giving way to smaller species, threatening krill and boosting salps after sea ice loss. qazinform.com/news/scienti...

This is how the world should be.

Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

Beautiful 🧪

July's best science images, as chosen by the Nature photo team, include a glow-in-the-dark marsupial showing off its luminous furr, which earned photographer Ben Alldridge a spot as a finalist in the Beaker Street Science Photography Prize 2025. See more photos at the link. #SciArt 🧪 🔭 🏺

This bodega owner pays for good report cards! #blacksky #AMomentofJoy Academic Division!

This is not a coding error.

Sean Hannity is whining about me on his radio show and I have learned some new information about myself.

Hammer on nail... this man is going viral.

I vote for MOFO Wind Farms!!! Thank you, Samuel L. Jackson. You rocked this!!

Did Virginia Giuffre commit suicide?

What. The. Fuck.

The idea is to destroy anything that is amazing and good.

Brief History Of World's oldest question in mathematics by Prof Brian Cox. 🎥 BBC

I am alarmed by this post from the official Department of Homeland Security account. There are just 14 words in the tweet. The letter "H" is capitalized twice. Look up "14 words" on Wikipedia and you'll see why this makes me uneasy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourtee...

They'd rather go home than face the truth. Ruben Gallego

This is perfect .

Republicans are in charge of Congress, why would they want it closed? I’ll explain.

Pettson and Findus Sven Nordqvist-1946 is a Swedish writer/illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. He is also active as a comic artist

Raise strong Democrat men.

uh…hunter biden for president?

JACKSONVILLE — TW ⚠️: Unarmed Black driver has his window smashed + face punched by a sheriff’s deputy after being pulled over for not having his headlights on… during the day. 🤔 Sheriff TK Waters says they’ve launched an “internal investigation”: www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news...

It seems the Mesa Arizona police department is fine with Trump supporters pointing guns at peaceful protesters. The greater Phoenix/Scottsdale area has become quite the violent and deadly hellscape. www.kold.com/2025/07/20/p...