www.quantamagazine.org/will-we-ever... Will we? @stevenstrogatz.com has opinions #aliens #littlegreenpeople

“Every great social movement has had a backbone of music and art. It’s our job to inspire, not just educate. That’s why authoritarians try to silence us.” - the wonderful Joe Uehlein speaking in Berkeley on his book tour.

Wow--that's a scary looking bacterium! The stuff on the right looks bad too.

I’m just a biologist who works on fossil fuels and keeps all my money in credit unions but I’m gonna say that investors choosing optimism is what’s driving all the data I look at every freaking day. Gift: Will Investors Choose Optimism Over Geopolitical Probability? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/b...

🥚 The story is about allegations of sexual abuse by a nun and baby trading by a social worker, but the headline is about the systemic failures of the government whose job it is to regulate adoption and I, an adoptee, give the BBC a standing ovation for this framing. www.bbc.com/news/article...

TODAY (Wednesday July 8) 3pm ET @desmog.com 20th Anniversary!

shorturl.at/1gF4k "Child Honouring is a child-first framework founded by @raffic.bsky.social that calls on individuals, institutions, and governments to organize society around the priority needs of the very young. July 8 also marks Raffi's birthday." #HappyBirthdayRaffi! #childhonouring

Thirteen generations paid for the seat I now hold. I will spend every day of it fighting for a country worthy of their sacrifice, where liberty is not a birthday we celebrate but a promise we keep. Happy 250th. The work continues.

‘Extreme weather phenomenon’ forces cancellation of many semiquincentennial events -- Expert says it’s tied to climate change | My interview earlier today with @kywnewsradio.bsky.social Philadelphia: www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio...

My latest. America at 250: Reflections of a Patriot by Choice Only those who have lived under dictatorship can fully appreciate freedom. www.nationalreview.com/2026/07/amer... Freedom and compassion are not enemies. They are partners.

Imagine seeing this chart and thinking “great, let’s keep doing what we’re doing.”

"El Niño is back, and it will shape weather far beyond the Pacific" by Jason Klein for @upenn.edu @upennclimate.bsky.social: climate.upenn.edu/news/el-nino...

Hot take while listening to the Colorado election news after lifting at the gym: Progressive overload WORKS, bro.

I’m incredibly proud that Sen. Warren and her colleagues quoted Abortion, Every Day in their letter to Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, blasting them over the new government website moms.gov — and cited five pieces of our reporting on CPCs.

The Trump Administration is waging a war on public health in the United States. California alone has lost $21 million in NIH funding since 2025 -- funding that supported HIV prevention, health disparity and infectious disease research, and lifesaving biomedical research.

What you need to know about data centers in Texas - Texas Tribune www.texastribune.org/2026/06/26/t...

"Europe’s extreme heat would be impossible without climate change, scientists say" by Alexa St. John for the @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/euro...

California's 12th district is home to a beautiful tapestry of immigrants who built and continue to sustain the culture and vibrancy of the East Bay. We know firsthand the central role that our immigrant brothers and sisters play in our local economies and communities everyday.

I am proud to announce that my fifth bipartisan bill has PASSED the House. The “Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act” would ensure that main street businesses, especially minority-, women-, disabled-, & veteran- owned small businesses, are protected against cybersecurity threats.

Being a public health nerd, I visited Balto in Central Park today after a medical appt on the upper East Side. In 1925 Balto + 149 other sled dogs raced antitoxin across Alaska to halt a diphtheria outbreak We don’t need antitoxin for diphtheria anymore. The D in the Tdap vaccine takes care of it.

Well, that signature move didn't last long. With 222 flu cases in Lackland Air Force base (up from 159 last week), the military seems to be going back to vaxxing recruits, and the mandate is spreading to other types of service people.

I am already mad that the days are getting shorter. What is the name of this personality disorder?

Power companies are still planning for climate regulation. Sort of. - E&E News by POLITICO www.eenews.net/articles/pow...

June 20th, 1967: Muhammad Ali convicted for refusing to partake in an unjust war. May his courage inspire us all as we refuse to participate in today’s unjust wars, abductions, detentions and attacks on our civil and democratic rights. #noncooperation

Unicellular organisms belonging to the genus Desmodesmus just out here rejecting White House makeovers aka doing the jobs of Congress and the Supreme Court. Gift: The Reflecting Pool Appears to Be Rejecting Its Makeover www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...

On the 19th of June, 1865 troops rode into Galveston to announce slavery had ended, more than 2 years after enslaved people of Texas had by law already been freed. Freedom here has never been given to us. It has been claimed, with every generation, by people who refused to wait for permission.

There is a duplicitous intellectual bait-and-switch. It equates warnings, like ours, of the dangers of field deployment of untested schemes with a "ban" on research" which NONE of us support. He could have simply googled us. This is really dishonest stuff, @uclalawemmett.bsky.social!

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/20: Some girl lions have manes and a lot of testosterone. [Photo: Robynne Kotzee]

The Hill: #Juneteenth is a time to celebrate the success of #HBCUs thehill.com/opinion/educ...

ips-dc.org/video-chuck-... @chuck77.bsky.social - "“I think it’s a dark day for democracy. It’s a dark day for those of us concerned about concentrations of wealth and power" - more in link #greed #eattherich

"Field representatives" at Turning Point USA are out there recruiting young girls—in one case they brought a mechanical bull to a high school 🤢 Don't miss this guest post from @peltzmadeline.bsky.social

Our West Oakland communities have been clear: no coal in Oakland. Today, I filed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2027 Energy and Water Appropriations bill that would prohibit funding for the proposed Oakland coal export terminal project.

The Conversation: #Juneteenth reminds us of Black Americans’ long struggle for education following end of slavery theconversation.com/juneteenth-r...

randomhouse.app.box.com/s/824okqm0gc... Great new discussion with Stephanie Coontz on her new book FOR BETTER OR WORSE #publishing #marriage #sociology

"Doctors around the country say they are seeing more cases of serious, sometimes life-threatening illnesses that vaccines have long kept at bay, including whooping cough and bacterial pneumonia or meningitis. ... Several also said they had seen a growing number of adults refuse tetanus shots..."

Trump’s EPA Unlawfully Cancelled Environmental Justice Grants, Judge Rules - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/1206202...

🎸 sweet to be asked to take part in our local library’s Mother Goose circle! 🪿 total delight! 🌟 love that gorgeous Earth map rug with all the continents. 🌎

This week, I voted against the FY2027 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration funding bill because it asks working people, children, seniors, and struggling communities to shoulder the burden of budget cuts while the cost of living continues to rise.

Pope's slavery apology draws praise as Jesuit slaveholding legacy turns to reconciliation | National Catholic Reporter www.ncronline.org/news/popes-s...

I want a put a finer point on the effect of sealed records on the medical decision-making of adoptees🥚 Adoption secrecy means the shame of illegitimacy during the Eisenhower administration prevents my cardiologist from knowing what to do w me at age 66. In the balance: stroke and heart attack risk.

I am proud to be a cosponsor of the Lebanon War Powers Resolution and to have voted for its passage this week. As the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon worsens, we must prioritize diplomacy, de-escalation, and accountability.

I was so honored to sit down with Penny DoBoer and her family this week. When Penny was one year old, she was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. She received treatment at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, and today, Penny is a thriving nine year old.

🚨 Five alarm fire, New Yorkers! Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin will announce in Binghamton ON MONDAY a push for a pipeline we killed long ago and for overturning our NYS fracking ban. EVERYONE SHOW UP and do the NY protest thing! Yes, I’ll be speaking. 🧵 www.facebook.com/events/19323...

I recently secured $1 MILLION in community project funding for Oakland's Operation Ceasefire-Lifeline. This funding will help Oakland's Department of Violence Prevention deliver violence interruption and transformative social services for individuals at highest risk for committing gun violence.

"Earth Rotation Climate Change Rate Unseen in 3.6 Million Years: GPS Precision at Stake" by Maxwell Templeton for #TechTimes: www.techtimes.com/articles/317...

Rep. Max Miller's remarks on the House floor on Wednesday was unacceptable. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib deserves the same dignity and respect afforded to every Member of Congress. racism.https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/03/congress/miller-and-tlaib-have-a-dust-up-on-the-floor-00949525

"Confronting the Danger of a Warming World" | Op-ed by Dr Kanan Purkayastha for #DailyAsianAge: dailyasianage.com/news/352936/...

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/5: Clownfish populations are led by trans females.

shorturl.at/3cElV Join Sea Shepherd chapters around the world for coordinated beach cleanups defending coastlines, marine wildlife, and critical ocean habitat on World Ocean Day. #environment #oceans