Experts found that the White House budget request for the upcoming fiscal year could defund 54 NASA science missions, including a spacecraft currently studying Jupiter and two planned Venus missions: www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...

Another example of the insane incompetence of a member of Trump's administration causing sickness and death. What in God's name is wrong with them? They intentionally WANT people to suffer….

Last night Reps Greg Stanton, Yassamin Ansari, and Adelita Grijalva conducted a surprise inspection at a Mesa Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility after an AZ Mirror investigation found ICE was moving detainees to hide overcrowding from announced visits.

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Even just a few years ago, killing property taxes entirely would have been dismissed as a radical libertarian fantasy. Not any more. buff.ly/skK8rhP

To figure out how to boost student voting, colleges have relied on a study about campus voter registration and turnout rates. A Trump administration investigation has cut schools off from new data. n.pr/3OrRHPJ

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For everyone wondering when the lunar flyby will be and how you can follow along, it looks like NASA will have live coverage starting at 1 pm ET Monday on YouTube/NASA+

This week's comic on the authoritarian takeover of US media

...scientific disciplines. Now, its guiding light is acting as henchmen to a lawless President. NSF’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences is being used as a culture war cudgel, to the express detriment of our sciences for economics and prosperity...

Statement from Rep. Lofgren (ranking member of House Science Committee) re dissolving SBE: "What NSF is reportedly doing is in illegal contravention of the laws enacted by Congress this January. For over 75 years, NSF’s guiding light was how to best support cutting-edge research across all...

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Join me live, 10am PT at kalw.org's Your Call: time for the 25th Amendment? @markjacob.bsky.social pulls that apart for us. Then: @propublica.org's @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social & @marioarizabaez.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum.... Phone in: 866-798-8255 or email [email protected].

Announcing our lineup of Greenfield Neighborhood events for Spring & Summer! Saturday Block Parties are back! La Palapa is back! Lots more details coming soon, but for now, mark your calendars; we’re starting on April 18 with a t-shirt & big studio sale. See you in Greenfield this Spring & Summer!

New, from me: The federal government is required to track job satisfaction among its employees. The Trump admin stopped collecting the data, so a nonprofit stepped in. The results show that a collapse in morale and zero trust in Trump agency leaders. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/federal-em...

These four prints all have only a handful of copies left and will not be reprinted. So if you'd like one, don't wait: www.tomgauld.com/shop?category=Prints

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Meet Mackenzie Bly (not his real name; see back cover). I wanted to write something purely funny, but fell in love with my lead character along the way. It's out in August, but the lovely proofs, with cover by Jim Kay, have just arrived. Repost before tomorrow (Sun) evening, and I'll pick a winner.

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

In an 11-3-1 vote Allegheny County Council has voted to PASS legislation banning cooperation with ICE county wide. 🎉🎉🎉

Real talk: CALL your Senators and state Senators and Representatives and the Governor. A petition will do zero to stop this. Calling your elected officials will. While the environmental impacts would be awful, it's worth emphasizing the significant economic impacts to the region.

Well, if this isn’t the most wholesome thing you see today, I envy you! Someone at CBeebies give this kid a show

Dow asks Texas to legalize plastic pollution from its Seadrift complex Facing multiple lawsuits, North America’s largest chemical manufacturer requests an “unprecedented” permit amendment to authorize its discharge of polyethylene pellets into coastal waters. www.texastribune.org/2026/03/02/t...

if the US government logs these trees at the rate / quantity they're proposing, we'll lose one of the last old-growth forests. there's no coming back from that. if you have five minutes to leave a comment pushing back against the BLM, please do; there's a guide to that below.

Do you wish you could use Gen AI from within InDesign? The latest update ships with a built-in option but, well, it sucks eggs. I know of a plug-in that does a much better job. #a11y #accessibility laurabrady.ca/blog/gen-ai-...

This week's cover @thelancet.com

And the Lancet's editorial that goes with it www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Breaking news: A federal judge found that the IRS violated federal law “approximately 42,695 times” when it shared confidential taxpayer addresses with immigration enforcement officials last summer.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

We are opening a fully-funded PhD position on the characterization of rocky exoplanets using the JWST space telescope. More details here: eas.unige.ch/jobs.jsp?typ...

SCOOP: I have the first interview with the 36-year-old South Jersey man whose tearful protest against an ICE raid at a school bus stop has been watched more than 3 million times How a non-political Eagles fan Everyman became the face of ICE resistance My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️

The great Reggie Bannister, who was one of my biggest early cheerleaders and always kind to this kid just starting out, has entered hospice care. www.gofundme.com/f/support-re...

Please repost! We are looking for two field technicians to work on our deer mouse project in the Colorado Rockies this spring-fall. Learn about physiology, ecology, and evolution, all in one project! Not to mention that you get to be in the ⛰️. Reach out if you have any questions.

This is easily the hardest thing I've ever had to write.

Please consider helping friend and writer @paulallor.bsky.social - www.gofundme.com/f/help-paul-...

Submit a Valetine’s note to someone you love in the style of an old-fashioned classified ad from the 1970s. On Feb. 14, we will publish a bunch of them on our website.

Watching sports while blind is changing: "The device looks like a tabletop version of the field. Fans put their hands on its surface to feel the ball's movement in real time." www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...

I’m old enough to remember him doing this on Wogan in June 1988, protesting against the government’s homophobia. The targets change, the speech stays relevant…

Let me explain the math behind why the destruction of the Washington Post isn't about money. The paper is now losing $100 million a year. Jeff Bezos is worth $253 billion. This means he could self-fund the Washington Post for THE NEXT 2,000 YEARS and still have $53 billion LEFT OVER.

He has no criminal record He has a five-year work visa He is employed He has Real ID, valid driver’s licenses & Social Security number ICE abducted him in front of his daughter and put him in a prison Are we safer now? No Is this wrong? YES! triblive.com/local/valley...

A sad day at NIH... The NIH Record was a great way for NIH folks to find out what was going on across NIH. Many important stories published there over the years. nihrecord.nih.gov/2026/01/30/n...

My little work buddy. #cats #caturday

Happy 45th birthday to Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads, released as a single on this day in 1981. Here's David introducing that video

I can’t be expected to work under these circumstances.

A group of Maine nurses just showed up at Susan Collins’ office to demand she vote against funding ICE following ICE’s killing of nurse Alex Pretti.

Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends. I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad. Send them a valentine. It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too. squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/deep...

Then quit. Most jobs don't require nurturing what's worst in you. "Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right." - W. Clement Stone