If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work @rafaelbehr.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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What Teens Are Doing With Those Role-Playing Chatbots Harassing bots with “funny violence.” Confiding about a broken heart. Chatting with a block of cheese. Filling a void of loneliness. @kashhill.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/t...

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent. To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

Extreme saving hacks that are clever, unorthodox — and maybe a bit unethical There is a thrill in finding ways to save money, and for many people, that drives a lifelong pursuit of penny-pinching hacks. @michellesingletary.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

🌊 Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of prolonged marine heatwave www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Are you noticing climate change yet… or just calling it a “nice early spring”? 🌼 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It’s a world of bottom quarks and arsole compounds – so why is science still so serious? Levity can make it all a lot easier to understand @helenpilcher.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of my fave studies - bees DON’T dance like noone’s watching. The quality of their dance, and its message, deteriorates when the audience dwindles. Les’s break dancing. More dad dancing. Me in BBC #Wildlife #science 🧪🧪 #bees #conservation www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Bondi and Noem getting the boot while the equally corrupt and incompetent menfolk keep their jobs reminds me of this Table of RFK Jr’s CDC Directors I made last week. Only one person needed actual qualifications to be the CDC Director and that person was the only woman who had the job.

Russell Vought, Jay Bhattacharya, Matthew Memoli and Jon Lorsch are the 4 horsemen of the biomedical apocalypse. They are hell-bent on the destruction of NIH. Never ever forget what they have done, are doing.

I met Mr. Lewis, who died on Tuesday at the age of 88, when he was the United Nations secretary-general’s special envoy for H.I.V./AIDS in Africa — a very grand title that made him roll his eyes. @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/w...

Let's be frank: the thing we're all wondering, looking at those astronauts in that tiny pod, is how anyone is going to 💩. Fortunately, @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social brings us the science of the Artemis toilet www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/s...

What could possibly go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/h...

"The starving children in India" was an expression used to get us 1940s brats to eat our lunch.

James Fallows: Your Scorecard for US Military Aircraft Over Iran. open.substack.com/pub/fallows/...

“But no Attorney General in history has caused more damage to the department itself—damage that promises to long outlast Bondi’s tenure, and to be deepened, not repaired, by whoever is chosen to succeed her.” @ruthmarcus.bsky.social

Pam Bondi’s Legacy of Flattery and Destruction No Attorney General has done more damage to the Justice Department. Her successor could be even more dangerous. @ruthmarcus.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Sunrise, Saturday, 4 April from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

Can Science Predict When a Study Won’t Hold Up? Scientists publish more than 10 million studies and other publications a year. Some of those findings will add to humanity’s storehouse of knowledge. But some will be wrong. @carlzimmer.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/s...

Who will profit, exactly? The entire history of humanity provides some clues. @michellecyca.com open.substack.com/pub/thewalru...

The poster child of the AI boom, valued at $850bn, needs to show strategic discipline after ‘casting its net too wide’ @aishadown.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

If OpenAI is to float on the stock market this year, it needs to start turning a profit

More drilling in North Sea ‘not the answer’ for UK energy security, say former military leaders - "Going for renewables gives greater independence, greater sovereignty, less vulnerability to attack and more opportunity” #energycrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘National scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters - ‘Precious ocean life is being pushed to the brink,’ say campaigners, arguing that overfished marine areas are ‘protected only on paper’ #paperparks www.theguardian.com/environment/...

For the past two years, Ukraine has made dramatically effective use of small, cheap drones as complex and deadly tools of warfare. America has paid little attention. @brynntannehill.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Ford’s Conservatives have spent the last eight years stripping the education system of resources. Important piece by @kunalchaudhary.bsky.social thewalrus.ca/ontario-scho...

Thankful for providence for gifting me with this good boy who knows exactly how to pose when not one two legged member of my family will oblige #dogs #aussie #samwise 😂

In Donald Trump’s war on Iran, everything is meta except the bombs. At the point of impact, where buildings shatter and flesh is shredded, the war inhabits the material world of awful human consequences. @fotoole.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Stunning photo: James Bradford in 1961, arrested for reading in the Jackson, Mississippi public library.

How the Iran War Has Rippled Across the World www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump’s Attack on Science @drkatemarvel.bsky.social a widely known climate scientist and author, has resigned from her position at NASA, citing the Trump administration’s attacks on climate science in the United States. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/c...

Criminalizing peeing is extraordinarily damaging to public health—in 5️⃣ main ways A 🧵, based on NC’s experience (its HB2 bill) & on published literature 1/n www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

I wrote about the collective yearning for a more analog life that has sprung up recently and why, for most people, it hasn't manifested in actually dumping their smartphones: www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

I have a story today about the quest to turn eggs into low-cost factories for medicines. Gift link: nyti.ms/4bzSabB

Utah Is the New U.S. Hotspot for Measles www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

JD Vance Tells MAGA Podcaster He Thinks UFOs Are ‘Demons’ www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...

The origin of our eyes over half a billion years ago is looking more and more weird--from a cyclops to four eyes to two. Here's my story (gift link): nyti.ms/4rzisQP

Saturday Spill: Liza Donnelly To Live Draw NYC No Kings Day Rally; Tilley Watch Online, March 23-27, 2026

A 14-year-old girl knew her constitutional rights better than her teacher. She sat during the Pledge to protest the war in Gaza. Her teacher humiliated her, even saying "go back to your country." She sued. The district just paid up. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/palestinia...

Fossil fuel companies finally accept the climate crisis – just not their role in it, writes Noah Walker-Crawford - The era of corporate climate denial is over but in courts around the world the big names have shifted strategy #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It helped me feed my six children’: how Africa’s first water fund supports farmers to protect Kenya’s biggest river

They are humankind’s best friend, and now ancient DNA analysis has revealed that the enduring bond between dogs and humans dates back more than 15,000 years. @hannahdevlin.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

The longer men went without sex, the more their sperm showed signs of DNA damage and oxidative stress, and the more tests rated the sperm as less viable and poorer swimmers. @iansample.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

"at 12:03 PM, President Trump told reporters he wanted a ceasefire with Iran. At 12:05 he declared victory. At 12:07 he announced he was sending Marines. At 12:08 he said no boots on the ground. At 12:11 he said he did not want a ceasefire. At 12:16 he declared victory again....."

More Trump insanity .... US to pay almost $1bn of taxpayers' money to French energy company to kill wind project plan #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Airbnb has partnered with Hay Festival to launch a new writing award, Room to Write, which “champions creativity and the importance of place and space in storytelling” 👇 #BookSky

“As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malaria, a new form of the condition linked to malnutrition is surfacing in patients who can afford neither screening nor care.” @snolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/h...

Great study on the use of humour in science. I’m all for it and include these skills when I teach sci comm. Plus, when you crack jokes at a conference, you get a better class of heckle! 🧪🧪🧪 bit.ly/419PLy6