"There's a lot of bad stupid in the world right now and I think we need more good stupid."

What I wouldn't give to be an ancient jawless fish...

Potter Park Zoo will be collecting holiday lights to be recycled through the end of January! Proceeds go to fund their annual Wonderland of Lights. Read more at bit.ly/3MF8sG3

New preprint from the lab on bioRxiv, led by Grace Zhang! Quick summary: Lots of studies have examined costs and benefits associated with resistance. Most focus on a single stressor, leaving unclear how resistance shapes fitness and evolution under multiple interacting stresses.

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

THREAD: The FDA has made it difficult to find where medications are made. Today we're changing that with our latest tool. With Rx Inspector, it’s possible to see your drug’s manufacturing facility and what the FDA found during its inspections. Here's how you can use it. 1/

Every trans person--including every trans child--deserves the chance to be fully themselves. I'm so sick of seeing trans folks harmed repeatedly and unrelentingly, against all reason and scientific precedent. To my trans friends--I'm so sorry the world keeps trying to dim your light.

Instead of addressing the real problems facing families, Republicans are inserting themselves between families and their doctors as they make the most personal and private decisions. I will never back down from fighting this sick and calculated attempt to erase trans Americans.

How can woodrats weighing less than half a pound survive rattlesnake bites that would hospitalize, or even kill, a full-grown human? LSI researchers have uncovered a genetic clue that points to the source of the tiny rodents' potent immunity. www.lsi.umich.edu/news/2025-12...

Not that I have a horse in this race, but I would love for SMBs to be accepted into the chemistry vernacular.

"Mothers had to choose which of their kids to feed...Pregnant women with life-threatening anemia were so desperate for calories that they ate mud. Out of options and mortally afraid, refugees began fleeing...They said they’d rather risk being shot or dying on the perilous route than slowly starving"

New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.

Enjoyed speaking @michiganpublic.bsky.social about @stpp-um.bsky.social's new Technology Assessment Project report on advanced nuclear, which aims to "empower citizens to ask detailed, sophisticated questions about the implications of [advanced] nuclear power for them and their communities.”

As someone who had never talked about the southwest megadrought before now, I feel like we should be talking more about the southwest megadrought. news.umich.edu/southwests-d...

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

Another environmental win for congestion pricing: A new Cornell study finds the policy reduced PM2.5 pollution by 22% in Manhattan news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

#UMich expert & chief health policy officer Anand Parekh weighs in on recent recommendation to drop universal hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. The policy, begun in 1991, lead to a 99% decrease in cases among infants & children. myumi.ch/XybQX

WHEW, there's a LOT of short essays about the university of michigan/los alamos national laboratory data center from people in ann arbor and ypsilanti in today's michigan daily

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"Researchers found that out of 125 species-age class combinations, 58 had changed size. Of those 58 that changed, 46 were smaller. In other words, 37 percent of all age classes showed statistically significant shrinkage, compared to just 9 percent that grew larger." www.mlive.com/environment/...

After 2 years of war, 98% of tree cropland and 75% of greenhouses in Gaza have been destroyed. Remote sensing maps tracking the progression of damage can help identify the best ways to remediate the land & rebuild Gaza’s agricultural sector. #AGU25 My latest for @eos.org: eos.org/articles/98-...

A while back back, I asked Bluesky for random questions about the world. I'm finally sharing some answers to three of them! Why is cinnamon "hot"? Why is mint "cold"? Why does soda fizz more when you add ice? 🧪 news.ncsu.edu/2025/12/why-...

"This is the way coal ends, not with a bang but a whimper." 🔌💡 www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/ding-dong-coal-dead

I don't think the people who made this Advent calendar understand how Advent calendars work

Journalists: I can't recommend the Knight-Wallace fellowship enough. Personally and professionally, it changed my life. Here's a chance to learn more if you're considering giving it a go! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hey @lansingmifacts.com we busted out the moderately sized green orbs for our Holiday Sale next week.

In which Joe Burrow perfectly encapsulates the Detroit Lions viewing experience roughly a decade ago: "You go watch Matthew Stafford throw for 300, 400-some yards with Calvin Johnson and probably lose the game. But it was fun to watch. Those are memories that you have.”

Every year I think, "This @mcsweeneys.net piece won't be relevant next year," and every year I'm wrong

Writing about neuroscience is a great time because misspelling "brain" as "brian" is never not funny to me.

In 2008, after killing many of their neighbors, Ngogo chimpanzees expanded their territory. Female fertility then doubled, and infant mortality plummeted. Adaptive violence in our ape cousins, documented in this new paper. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org

This is dangerous. "FDA has received reports that recalled formula is still being found on store shelves in multiple states, including at multiple Walmart, Target, and Kroger locations, and at one or more Sprouts Organic Market, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, and Star Market locations."

Sea level rise is accelerating thanks to climate change. This doesn't just mean coastal homes falling into the ocean. Bigger problems are on the horizon now. abcnews.go.com/US/thousands...

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew. “It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet." For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested. Stunning report.

I got business cards today, which is super exciting. But it also reminded me I have still have most of a box left over from a previous job.

Tiny spiders that build giant 'puppet' decoys from disembodied prey discovered in Peru and Philippines www.livescience.com/animals/spid...

Cade Cunningham has the SECOND 40-point triple-double in Pistons franchise history The first since Isiah Thomas in 1983!

Preliminary data from @umich.edu survey on student AI use for class. Most rarely/sometimes use AI & always follow class policies, but think others frequently use AI & only sometimes follow policies. Perceptions of misuse ≠ reality Misperceptions may provide implicit permission for misuse.

Every time I see a band with pedal boards the size of command centers, they're deeply serious (and boring). This is not that. (Shout out to my colleague Nikki for booking Nova Twins at the Tiny Desk. This one rules.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOi...

It's the first Friday of the month and we got no jobs data for the first time in 77 years. Hold me.

1/ New research from our group @umich.edu in collaboration with MI DNR investigated if climate change is altering fish body size. Our team analyzed data from 13 species and 1,497 lakes from 1945-2020. 🐟 🧪 🌎🌐🌱 #climatescience #umichresearch #blueskyscience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life

ICYMI: After an August meeting on how the state permits large-scale animal feeding operations, Phil Roos, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, issued his final opinion laying out new terms for the permit. @michiganadvance.com michiganadvance.com/2025/11/03/s...

In which two of my interests overlap unexpectedly... www.the-scientist.com/metal-vocali...

"Michigan's 10-cent deposit... applies only to carbonated beverages, fizzy and bubbly drinks. But the number of beverages available to consumers has skyrocketed since the Bottle Bill was enacted in 1976. It was the following year, 1977, when Perrier launched a successful U.S. advertising campaign...

I don't know if that's true anymore. Real newspapers have a limited scope, the erosion of local news means that the bar for stuff to get reported on is quite high, and I see stuff on TikTok all of the time that people is saying is happening in their communities that I have no way to verify

The government shutdown is blocking funding for LIHEAP, an energy assistance program that helped over 400k Michiganders keep their heat on last winter, assisting another 129k with year round support. @planetdetroit.org

Tremane Wood is currently on death row, despite his older brother admitting to killing victim Ronnie Wipf in 2002. Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.