His parents, asylum seekers from Colombia, said their son’s physical and emotional health deteriorated during the weeks they were held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas.

Here is the issue, respectfully: We don't *know* We make educated guesses which are sometimes right and other times not. In 2005 I sat in a faculty meeting with a futurist paid a bundle to opine that residential university education would be gone in 15 years. I've listened to lots of things...

Right up until when we turned college into STEM trade school. Trade schools are good and necessary, but they train you how to do a thing. Training is to education as tactics are to strategy. Both are necessary, but they're not interchangeable m

“His misery was all due to i-Ready, the software product our district had purchased for math work and testing.” My family’s experience is the same. Bad edtech software funnels money to consultant and tech firms, and disempowers talented teachers. It is breaking education.

I just resigned from NASA. It breaks my heart to leave, but I’ve become convinced the best path forward is to do the best science I can, and that can’t be here anymore. I’m still in love with the promise of those four magic letters. Ad astra per aspera, and remember: Earth is the only good planet.

Cuba’s medical brigades have long operated at the margins of global health systems, filling gaps in underserved regions. U.S. pressure to curtail these programs raises public health questions about sovereignty, workforce dependency, and the ethics of restricting transnational care delivery 🏥🇨🇺

We cannot normalize ICE inserting itself into our daily lives. Here is a reminder: ICE agents do not belong at airports. ICE agents do not belong at polling stations. ICE agents do not belong undermining our rights and hurting our communities.

Videos show flames and a plume of thick smoke following an explosion at a Valero oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Police have told local media they believe an industrial heater caused the blaze and there are no reports of injuries.

A good overview of some current issues: Personnel policies are changing so fast even seasoned feds are struggling to follow federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...

What is your favorite bed in a box (US delivery)?

Today we’re launching a sister publication, Iran War Dispatches. For the foreseeable future, we’ll be launching daily reporting and updates on the war there. We'll have the human interest lens of The Counteroffensive, but aimed at this region instead. Sign up — it’s free! www.iranwar.news

Most people aren't in fact 'doing their own research'.

I sort of accidentally got assigned to work on this at USAID for two years and listen I'm not *not* thankful for a brain full of fertilizer facts but I'd really prefer never to have to use them again

An upcoming ballot measure in Virginia would make it the 26th state to allow anyone who is not presently in prison to vote. Currently, people with any felony convictions lose their right to vote for life. boltsmag.org/virginia-con...

Dear friends: I didn't realize that my talk (and the 9:30 AM Mass this morning) at St Cecilia's Church in Boston, was going to be livestreamed, but they were. So ICYMI, here is my talk on "Work in Progress" last night, with a fun Q&A at the end. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWQB...

This is clearly true and also (imo) clearly related to ever increasing tuition. When it's $65/credit hour or $5k/year - you feel freer to explore. When you and your parents are paying $15k or $50k/year, you get real angsty about your job prospects at 23.

"There are signs that the number of people who drop coverage may grow as the months go on. 'Nearly one in five say that they're not even confident that they're going to be able to afford their premiums for the entire year — so they may end up being uninsured.'"

My grandfather had lifelong heart problems because he had rheumatic fever as a kid. Rheumatic fever is just one possible complication of untreated strep. People are fucking around with shit and they have no idea what the possible consequences are. V

A newsroom without reporters is just a press release regurgitation machine.

About 8 in 10 Americans who re-enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage say their health care costs are higher this year, including about half who say their costs are "a lot" higher, according to a survey from the health care research nonprofit KFF. https://to.pbs.org/47HpDOI

That Congress isn't doing their job needs to be addressed. It's too big a problem to try and compensate for.

Just because something is permissible does not mean it's appropriate. #JWT #MilitaryEthics

8. I know. There's a lot to keep track of right now with so much going on in the world. So if you’re an eligible voter who can use a guide to help you register, I’ll keep it simple: Start by going to npr.org/vote.

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Many survivors of last summer’s flood want to return to the very place that traumatized them. The question of whether they should is tearing a tight-knit community apart.

The problem is that a significant number in and outside the military don't think education has value. Only training. Which is why this whole LeThality thing is going as well as expected. Meanwhile, on another site, someone is arguing that you dont need ethics if you have doctrine.

As a grandma who remembers these diseases & has seen the extraordinary difference vaccines made, I’ve joined/follow Grandparents for Vaccines, a storytelling movement that encourages grandparents to share personal stories about disease & the relief of vaccination. www.grandparentsforvaccines.org

Okay, I finally registered my claim in this Anthropic settlement! If you've worked on a book, search for your name and see if you're in there, too, and register before 3/30 so you can get PAID! www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

I am so glad that I chose to spend my day Being A Weird Black Girl instead of justifying the last 47 years of my existence as A Weird Black Girl. IME people are as comfortable around you as you are comfortable with yourself, so lean into your weird with as much authenticity as possible.

Janet Guthrie transformed the world of #NASCAR for women… but she knew that backlash was hiding around every corner. #womeninmotorsport #womeninnascar #womenshistorymonth

The older people I protest with every week keep telling each other that you have to sign up for the protest you're going to or you can't go. I keep quietly telling each of them--they won't check the list when you get there, I promise.

A grocery run should never turn deadly. But America’s gun violence crisis makes this far too common. Our hearts are with the victims, survivors, and the Boulder community as they continue to grieve this senseless loss.

Today marks five years since a gunman killed ten people at King Sooper grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. One other person was injured and an entire community was changed forever.

Folks - it's largely dumb luck

"It connects all the dots in my life. It’s just been so easy." "I’ve never seen how it could be economically viable." "They need to think through what the replacement’s going to be." With the streetcar shutdown coming March 31, we talked to the commuters who actually use it:

This is your reminder that if you are a class member and have NOT yet filed a claim in Anthropic v. Bartz, the AI copyright lawsuit, you have 9 days to do so.

“The Phoenix Police Department will not discipline any officers for their roles in a massive city scandal where officials invented a fake gang and then falsely charged protesters as members back in 2020”

If you haven’t given this a listen, make sure you do. @gregggonsalves.bsky.social is a treasure trove of knowledge and compassion with deep insights into the myriad problems facing science and public health. @badboyofscience.bsky.social & @philippmarkolin.bsky.social - great work with the series!

2024: www.reuters.com/world/us/new...

Two moms who agonized for years about the unsolved 2009 murder of their teenage sons in Liberty City are suing the Miami Police Department for not telling them that the killer had secretly confessed and been granted immunity from prosecution. amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

The @nationalacademies.org Awards for Excellence in #scicomm have honored some of the best thinkers & creatives I know, like @chanda.blacksky.app @neillewisjr.bsky.social @cbo.bsky.social Top award: $40,000. Deadline: April 3. Explore & apply www.nationalacademies.org/programs/NAE...

More than 87 public libraries and archives in Gaza have been partially or completely destroyed by Israel’s genocide. buff.ly/ZlOmxuF

Oh. So they want Obama’s nuclear deal minus Obama’s signature. Got it.

While working at the NIH, Judith Rapoport wrote “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” a groundbreaking study of OCD. Dr. Rapoport, who died March 7 at the age of 92, “essentially brought that disorder to light in the United States and around the world.”

Your reminder to be sure to download and print out the Mueller Report (I did years ago). We should expect that there will come a time when it can no longer be found online.

A new, highly divergent Covid variant www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Tobacco could get a boost from the farm bill. How does that square with MAHA? www.statnews.com/2026/03/20/m... via @statnews.com

I want fully staffed public pools, and libraries that are cathedrals to public goods and a society where walling yourself off with money is viewed as sociopathic.