Hans Bethe, the scientist who worked in both the Manhattan Project & USA H-bomb programs, wrote in 1983 a 40 page history called "The Story of Los Alamos." It seems not to be publicly available online except where I have made it so, free for all: osf.io/thjpk #NukeSKY 1/n

Trumpkennedycenter.org Is live, with a soft launch preview before the official launch in January. Seems Mr. Sue ‘Em when he doesn’t get his way thinks parking domains is a crime. @tobymorton.bsky.social isn’t playing games Who else thinks he’ll wish it was just parked?

It's #caturday and I randomly remembered this video that @anamariecox.bsky.social post on twitter 15 years ago. I will never forget this song and now... neither will you guys. youtu.be/bpfbbolyOKY?...

A team led by physicist Chien-Shiung Wu obtained the first experimental confirmation of “parity violation,” in the decay of Cobalt-60, #OTD in 1956. Her theory colleagues received a Nobel for the prediction, but she was left off the prize. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 Image: Smithsonian Institution Archives

A Denisovan skull should have helped clarify who the group was and what role they played in human evolution. Instead it has done the opposite

Suffragette Christmas card from the Women's Social and Political Union, 1909. UK.#Womensart

⭐️Peace to all ⭐️

Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.

"You idiot. It's not the police. It's HIM."

Bjork’s song Jólakötturinn, about the giant Yule Cat of Iceland. If you aren’t good, you don’t get new clothes. And if you don’t get new clothes, Jólakötturinn eats you. “He opened his eyes widely Making both glow It was not for cowards To look into them”

I loved this. And I want to note the whole “there were no autistic people before …” discourse has an answer here: just the people were sent away in the incarceration (yes “care homes” like this), and if they fled, they were just abandoned by society, usually to die.

Merry Christmas.

To all who celebrate.

When are we getting to the "he didn't buddy up to Epstein while he was president" defense?

Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.

Happy Festivus Eve. I hope everyone is ready with their grievances and prepared for the Feat!

Lyman, Donetsk region The city is covered with fiber-optic cables from drones. Every day, hundreds of enemy UAVs fly here. 📹: 3rd Army Corps/Defense of Ukraine

"Think not of the books you've bought as a "to be read" pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood." - Luc van Donkersgoed

We are failing our kids

The country mourned a beloved filmmaker. Trump’s first instinct was to desecrate. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.

“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” --Anne Lamott

Help Elect A Tennessee Democrat @aftynbehn.bsky.social 2 Congress... youtu.be/2uHMg_zmroI?...

Let's remember that everyone's life experience is different. Trump supporters have different life experience than the rest of us. Pity over judgement.

'Trump Library' are 2 words I never thought would be in the same sentence.

We are now into the "15 year olds are not THAT young" and "Without Trump, we have no one" level of defense.

Yes, they caved because many Democrats lack a coherent or compelling vision for their party. But the shortest answer for why Democrats caved is that Chuck Schumer is the party’s leader in the Senate. The fish rots from the head. trib.al/AaaXLnQ — @alexshephard.bsky.social

GOP promises? They're not worth the toilet paper they're smeared on.

Do your dog's paws smell like Fritos?

Heading into the weekend with that blue wave election energy — am I right #AOC

One thing to do, especially if you’re a science writer or editor, is when you have occasion to mention the names of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, just say “Watson, Crick, and Franklin.” No one can stop us, and it is correct.

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works. I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

Beware the The Headless Tortoiseman!

Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...

With SNAP benefits stopping and ACA tax credits ending, the ballroom is Trump’s main priority!

Painfully on-the-nose metaphor for modern conservatism

Pay attention -- what he means is allowing Democrats to win a free and fair election.

My 16yo heard this and responded by walking around the house screeching “das ist Mein Totenkopf” in a high-pitched haunted baby voice this morning. 😂 We concluded this was NOT a convincing behavior re “not a Nazi”

George Santos—a shameless fraudster who lies about everything and steals from everyone—walked free Friday night when President Trump commuted his 7-year sentence after serving just 84 days. Sound familiar? Under a new law, New York State can correct Trump's perversion of justice. trib.al/UlIZdIz

"No, we don't want a monarchy, we want a theocracy" is a not the flex they think it is.

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Cry havoc and #nokings #utah

We have friends everywhere 😇

This amused me

As you attended No Fascists (how I brand it) events today, I highly recommend picking up a copy of Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny. It's outstanding and something you will keep referring to over and over again.

Susan Stamberg, one of the "founding mothers" of NPR and the first woman to anchor a national nightly news broadcast in the U.S., has died. She was 87. 🧵

Words of reassurance left for an elderly lady with dementia by her daughter. A simple white board left in her sight line in her sitting room. Helped to reduce constant anxious phone calls. #Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving #EndAlz