L ‘Shana Tovah to all who celebrate. May this year be better than the last one, because last year can suck it.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist Applications due Dec 1 Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339 Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text)

New: Led by Sens. Whitehouse and Schumer, the entire Dem caucus sent a letter to Lee Zeldin demanding EPA rescind its proposal to undo the greenhouse gas endangerment finding. "Apart from being a dereliction of duty, EPA’s action here is one of breathtaking hubris."

If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.

Be careful out there folks

"Burned by the cataclysmic bushfires of 2019, a national park called the Barrington Tops exploded in rare veined doubletail orchids, and now the traditional owners of the lands perform prescribed burns to aid these flowers in flourishing under duress from invasive species."

Got my COVID and flu shots today. Figured I might as well before they get outlawed or something…

At Fourth World Farm, we have rematriated over 70 native species, which encourages the repopulation of the valley in and of itself; everything that has been erased gets to seed and go back out into the zone. #IAMTHEWEST buff.ly/IVMy5Sg

Government funding is the one card congressional Democrats have to play, and one they could and should use to push back against Trump's authoritarianism. What's their big demand? RFK Jr's resignation? Reforms in ICE? Stand down of National Guard? NOPE. "Obamacare enhanced premium tax credits"

He was a great actor and so much more. So sad to lose a tireless champion for the environment. R.I.P. Robert Redford.

The killing of an Arizona evangelical by a Utah Mormon means it's time to crack down on the New York Jews who control our media. by J.D. Vance

On Sunday, 4 days after my father’s funeral, my brother looks me in the eye and says “Superchunk is playing in Woodstock tonight? Want to go? It’s only 3 hours away?” This is something our dad would have 100% been on board with, having to taken us to dozens of concerts, so off we went.

Can anyone explain to me how this proposed new "Wildland Fire Service" is different that the already existing interagency Wildland Fire Leadership Council? nbcmontana.com/news/local/f...

Breaking — FEMA Acting Chief Counsel Colt Hagmaier just resigned in an email to staff. He's worked at the agency for more than a decade. Hagmaier's resignation comes immediately after two FEMA employees were placed on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk. Text of his email shared with me:

Anyone out there have a good sense of how the BLM Public Lands Rule affected on the ground management? I hear the argument from the current administration that it led to a loss of access and also stopped fuels management but I can’t really find good information on it.

Two stories about how Trump is harming farms today. First, ND's soybean exports to China (which are probably significantly being replaced by Brazil). Click thru for details on Scott Bessent's unaddressed conflict--he owns thousands of acres of ND land. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

one of the most interesting facts about russ vought’s life, to me, is that NIH research is the reason his daughter had access to life changing drug to treat her cystic fibrosis. vought, of course, is the architect of the administration’s war on science. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Really wish we didn’t have a man who is arguably the world’s most extreme, dangerous anti-vaxx activist leading the US health system right now 😢

The relationship between the people of Hawaiʻi and astronomy on Maunakea has been complex. I have witnessed both missteps and sincere efforts to be respectful and find common ground. Hopefully this is a welcome development. 🧪🔭

Number of firings for social media posts relating to the Pelosi attack, Shapiro attack, Hortman assassination, CDC shooting: 0

yes okay we're all very old but this song still slaps just as hard as it did thirty-four years ago apparently gen z agrees, which speaks well of their taste

The Trump Administration is once again failing to do its job — and California is cleaning up their mess. We're deploying state resources to protect the 2,000-year old sequoias on FEDERAL LANDS from the wildfires the federal administration are supposed to handle.

Rest in peace dad. Love you forever.

Hot take: If you have enough people around to supervise a flaming Roomba, you have enough people to just run a normal prescribed burn instead?

There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed. So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.

People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC

Looking for a #postdoct for a NSF project integrating ecosystem productivity, hyperspectral remote sensing and airborne LiDAR to test prominent hypothesis of the effect of #biodiversity on #forest #productivity @fluxnetecn.bsky.social @ngaps.bsky.social Apply at: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

We now have had 4 different pots of chicken soup brought to the house and we are thinking about starting a ranking system. Also, every single person who brought one said “chicken soup is Jewish penicillin!” in a NJ or NY accent and I wish I had a recording of that.

This is well researched. But I bristle at the idea of this as a “scientific standoff.” A hallmark of science is that there are almost always contrary paradigms challenging the dominant one. But you have to know when the weight of evidence is on different planets. news.mongabay.com/2025/08/old-...

Whether it's Democrats making it harder for kids to get cigarettes or Republicans making it harder for kids to get vaccines, both sides have imposed the will of government on America's children.

Twitter is owned by a neo-Nazi, the LA Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal are owned by pro-Trump billionaires, and CBS News will soon be run by a far-right Likud extremist. American media still has a liberal bias problem.

Really important story. The Federal Farm Policy Trap: Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive, with @capitolnewsil.bsky.social

WhY dOn’T cYcLiStS uSe ThE bIkE lAnE, pt eleventy-billion.

When in NJ, eat some everything bagels and lox. Preferably with some onion and a garden fresh tomato on top. #GoodLunch

From today’s @bostonglobe.com. I’ll link the full article below, but for those who hit a paywall… “Velchik — who holds two degrees from Harvard, one from the college and one from the law school — was the sole lawyer arguing the case for the White House in July.” You really can’t make this up.

Ok burning man. We see you 🤣 #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall

Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...

I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field. There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.

Ghost bikes, but for people kidnapped by ICE.

Seen on my run in Rock Creek Park today. Parking lot near Beach and Tilden. Paper taped on over a Harris 2024 sign.

Ms. Roy said that with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment. And over the last decade, the experiences of that population have consistently signaled what is to come for others. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

I am starting a thread on random thoughts around caretaking for a loved one when they are in home hospice. Its not meant to be a list of suggestions, though those may be in here, scattered about, but more a list of observations.

this is one of the most insane things i have ever heard, i don't even know where to start ya let me just fire up my lab in the garage to do my own research in a field i didn't study. WHAT

This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It's a legit news site but reads like an article from The Onion. www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/mil...

I am in NJ at my parents house because my father went into home hospice care last week. He is unfortunately at the end of his 13+ year battle with prostate cancer.