Good gawd… those bins wouldn’t last five minutes against the #racoons in #Toronto.

So… #Sinclair owned #ABC affiliate #WABM 33/40 in #Birmingham #Alabama returned #JimmyKimmel to the air on Friday night. It’s a rerun of Wednesday’s show so far, with his extended opening monologue that drew so much praise. Let’s see if they continue to carry him next week. Protest works!

All that business acumen! One wonders what ever happened to the idea of “golden shares” as per the US Steel merger.

Will this department & university — and all the others recruiting junior faculty — recalibrate their promotion & tenure expectations for extramural research funding in an anti-science nation poised to permanently reduce NSF & NIH funding by 40%-50%? Asking for lots of friends…

T-minus 7 days for registration opening for the Annual #Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago next March. Looking forward to great science, and seeing our meeting staff from @genetics-gsa.bsky.social & our valued curators @flybase.bsky.social! #Dros26 genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-2...

In 2023 #HBO did a documentary called _ #Bama Rush_, about the intense competition for sorority membership at the UofA campus in #Tuscaloosa. The phenomenon has gone national, according to the WSJ. Frats & sororities used to be uncool, stodgy "establishment" orgs. www.wsj.com/style/fashio...

The #ABC affiliate tv station in #Birmingham #Alabama ( #WABM 33/40) is owned by #Sinclair. They preempted the return of #JimmyKimmel. WABM’s main phone is 205-403-3340; their business hours are 8am-5pm Monday-Friday. E-mail comments to WABM & Sinclair may work better. abc3340.com/station/cont...

“On Covid and Autism (And Everything Else), Trump Makes Sh”t Up” There, NYT, I fixed the headline. You’re welcome. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...

Carl was prescient, wasn’t he? We’re there. Damn it.

The #ABC affiliate tv station in #Birmingham #Alabama ( #WABM 33/40) is owned by #Sinclair. They preempted the return of Jimmy #Kimmel. WABM’s main phone is 205-403-3340; their business hours are 8am-5pm Monday-Friday. I will call in the morning. You should too. (Substitute your local info.)

“Criticism is a form of respect.” — Mary-Claire King, Ph.D. From today’s edition of #NPR #SciFri

Memo to Estonia, Poland, et al.: Next time you intercept Russian fighters inside your sovereign airspace, corral them into landing at your nearest military airbase. If they refuse to comply, shoot them down. Remember Rule #2 of “swimming with sharks.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/w...

Would we be having the same conversations about #Colbert, #Kimmel, #CBS, #ABC, #Nexstar, #Sinclair, #Ellison and broadcast #censorship if… … the #FTC, #FCC and the #DOJ took anti-trust law, the danger of media consolidation, preserving/restoring net neutrality, and the First Amendment seriously?

Are you angered by the #ABC cancellation of #Kimmel? Do you own shares in #Disney, the corporate conglomerate that owns ABC? If so, call Disney headquarters and express yourself as an _owner!_ Make them answer to _you!_

T-minus 14 days for registration opening for the Annual #Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago next March. Looking forward to seeing all our meeting support staff from @genetics-gsa.bsky.social . Ditto for our valued curators @flybase.bsky.social . #genetics genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-2...

“I am the very model of a frivolous, vexatious litigant.” — Donnie “Two-Dolls” “Yes, you are! Case dismissed!” — every judge in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division (Aileen Cannon is in Florida’s Southern District) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/b...

Get to the 11th & 12th ‘grafs. Where was Rep. Clay Higgins’ foaming-at-the-mouth outrage & call “to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals” who celebrated the bludgeoning of Paul Pelosi in his home or any of the mass-murder shootings in recent years? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...

#Caturday night's alright for flying, let's get a little action in! #orangecats #tabby #catfishing #acrocats #cats #catsky #catsofbsky

… and… does the list of reinstatements include @flybase.bsky.social ? Anyone at @genetics-gsa.bsky.social have an idea? @briancalvi.bsky.social — could you weigh in on this? #drosophila #genetics

A downtown Birmingham gem has become tarnished in the last few years and needs help regaining its luster, according to its developer. The city of Birmingham is stepping in to help the Pizitz Food Hall in its effort to rebrand and redevelop the venue. www.al.com/news/birming...

With all of the other news thrown at us, we need to remember this story.

…and let’s not forget that Lasker Awards often (but not always) anticipate Nobel Prizes. (Betting window is open…)

What’s remarkable is that the Trump-sycophant billionaire who owns the #LAT allowed this to be published. I severely doubt Bezos at #WaPo would have done so. After all, IIRC, he spiked Ann Telnaes’ work and she quit in protest.

Not live... Not from New York... It's (almost) #Caturday night! "I'm thirsty... for your attention!" — Raleigh #tabby #agouti #orange #cats

“Robots,” “replicants,” “first-generation humanoids” … these are sci-fi terms for sociopaths & psychopaths. In this case, she knows something from first-hand experience; she is married to one. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Get to the 8th ‘graf, and recall that two of Trump’s first acts back in January were to fire the senior-most judge advocate generals of all the military branches, and to purge their chiefs of staff as well. An uncritical “Yes, sir” is no substitute for the UCMJ. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Everything RFK Jr. has said in this hearing is a lie. Every accusation he made against others is a confession of his own malfeasance. We should all call our senators & congressional representatives to demand — #ImpeachRFKJr.NOW #FireRFKJr.NOW

I’ve heard enough… Call your senators! Call your congressional representatives! Demand they act immediately! #ImpeachRFKJr.NOW #FireRFKJr.NOW

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) was right to demand that RFK Jr. be sworn-in before today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing. Nearly everything RFK Jr. has said so far has been a lie. Every accusation of financial conflicts of interest he makes is a confession.

Anyone who read the Vought/Roberts/Dans-led Project 2025 manifesto at any time after it first came out nearly two years ago _knows_ that this was one of their aims. We talked ourselves blue-in-the-face trying to warn our fellow citizens about the dangers posed by Project 2025. We failed.

Florida goes all-in on the irrational, anti-science, anti-vax anti-public-health, authoritarian Trump-Vought-MAGA death cult. Obviously this Ladapo fellow is auditioning to succeed RFK Jr. as SecHHS. wapo.st/4p68Vzy

This @xkcd.com comic reminds me of the Larry Niven #SciFi short story titled _There is a Tide._ Keywords : #Trinocs #SlaverStatisBox #LouisWu #KnownSpace IYKYK. xkcd.com/3135/

Trump thinks there's a mess at CDC?? He's right! The mess is called Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Trump owns the responsibility of nominating him & of telling him to "go wild on health." Ownership time-share goes to Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who could have killed the nomination twice. #ImpeachRFKJr

T-minus 31 days for registration opening for the Annual #Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago next March. Looking forward to seeing all our meeting support staff from @genetics-gsa.bsky.social. Ditto for our heroic curators @flybase.bsky.social. #genetics genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-2...

Big surprise. Ashli Babbit is being disinterred for reburial with military honors, and her family is getting millions of dollars as compensation for “wrongful death[sic].” And for _this_ people like me are paying federal taxes?? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

This nearly 19-year-old column by historical fiction novelist Robert Harris seems very pertinent to understanding the current moment in US politics and how we got here. I’d love to see discussion arise from this post… www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/o...

The war on scientific expertise & the purge of professionals continues unabated. Main lessons: No one is safe; everyone is dispensable; don't unpack your boxes. Consequence: This "government" is systematically decapitating itself; which will endanger us all as a result. wapo.st/4n7Dkfm

Not to mention that 1982 - 54 = 1928, and that 1928 =/= 1959. But why would anyone realistically expect a _“large language model”_ to perform successfully the arithmetic & logical consistency checking that any typical second-grader can do. GoogleAI: billions spent, still not ready for primetime.

_This_ man, who fumbled his way to the US Senate, who blocked-and-tackled 400 military promotions for a year hoping that Donnie "Two-Dolls" will pick CN loyalists, has announced his plan for #Birmingham & #Montgomery #Alabama if elected governor next year. Just Vote NO. www.al.com/news/2025/08...

Buy his books. Read his newsletters and website. Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social offers brilliant analysis and insights.

It's easier to indict a ham sandwich than the person who hurls one, after all. Justice was served.

Lisa Cook, federal reserve governor: “You can’t fire me, and I won’t quit.” Donnie “Two-Dolls”: “Hey you, over there! Yeah, you! Here’s an address & office number. Go over there & install a new lock on the door. Bring me the new keys when you’re done.” Random custodian: “Yes, sir! Right away sir!”

So… @npr.org reports that EVERY American’s social security data record was wrongly copied _and_ posted to a cloud-server. But, not to worry, that server is “off the Internet” & the data hasn’t been distributed further. Yeah, right. Unanswered: who stole our data? My guess: Musk & his DOGElings.

"A lot of people are saying maybe we like a dictator. I don't like a dictator. I'm not a dictator. I'm a man with great common sense and a smart person." — Donnie "Two-Dolls," 25 Aug 2025 Denying you are a dictator means you _are_ one. BTW, truly smart people don't declare themselves as such.

Join me and our friends at Stand Up for Science — Read the linked "Katrina Declaration" & sign the petition supporting #FEMA. This week marks the 20th anniversary of the devastation of New Orleans (& other Gulf Coast locations) by Hurricane Katrina. #SUFS www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...

#Birmingham 27th annual #Sidewalk Film Festival @sidewalkfilm.bsky.social started with #Alabama themes & filmmakers. This one about the 1910 Manchurian plague outbreak is a fascinating portrait of a little-known #epidemiology & #PublicHealth story. See it on Sat. www.neitherdonkeynorhorsefilm.com

Just as a reminder — any anecdote involving someone addressing Donnie “Two-Dolls” as “Sir” is a complete & total fabrication. Even if (as happened the other day) the word was put into the mouth of his WH chief of staff.

Never mind the narcissism that makes Donnie “Two-Dolls” easily manipulated. He’s long past that. If he _looks_ like a Russian asset, _walks_ like a Russian asset, and _talks _like a Russian asset… he _is_ a Russian asset. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...

Trumpism has progressed from "personality cult," to "death cult" and now, effectively, to a "murder cult." The headline shouldn't be "tried to lose the war on cancer" but "has switched sides in the war on cancer." That's what #NIH, #EPA, #NSF, & #CDC cuts do. www.thebulwark.com/p/research-t...

Our friends at Stand Up For Science have another petition, this one aimed at removing the anti-vax, anti-science, perjurer RFK Jr. (aka #brainworm) from his job as SecHHS. #SUFS www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...