“The numbers tell a painful story. The impact on journalists of color is staggering and devastating,” the Post Guild said in its statement on Friday. “We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...

Nauseating.

I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!

Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance. And you know why? Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 18,1964

Am I alone in favouring primary sources and fact-checking references? I keep finding work by well-established scholars that propagates past inaccuracies, some of which are too easy to correct. Seems to me that with the proliferation of AI slop fact-checking *everything* is more crucial than ever.

The Norton Horse in glorious 3D. Follow the link for more on this amazing discovery from 2023 #UCL200 #YearOfTheHorse

Really excited to see X Mal playing #WGTLeipzig this year! Qual is one of the first goth songs I listened to back in the Cleopatra compilation days 🥲 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzwD...

Bonus #DarwinDay content: Six of the best grumpy Darwin quotes.

SHORT-LISTED! So proud to learn that AAHM has short-listed "Starved for Light" for the George Rosen Prize, along with books from @bethlinker.bsky.social , @rachellouisemoran.bsky.social , @xtinaramos.bsky.social , @travisaweisse.bsky.social , and Harry Yi-Jui Wu. histmed.org/2026-george-...

The Antikamnia Chemical Company marketed an analgesic powder to pharmacists using these darkly illustrated limited edition calendars from 1897 to 1901. The name of the company means “opposed to pain.” Ironically, the product could be fatal as it contained acetanilide, which impairs red blood cells.

@theduncanmackay.bsky.social BBC News - Ancient Roman altars found in Scotland to go on display www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Security is great and all, but with 2FA we are now beholden to not just websites, but our phones, and if one access methods fails, we are screwed. Have to admit, I'm becoming increasingly frustrated and cynical about being this reliant on multiple tech avenues *at the same time*...

All major AI models risk dangerous experiments AI is revolutionizing scientific research, yet its growing integration into laboratory environments presents critical safety challenges Benchmarking large language models on safety risks in scientific laboratories 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

“It took trust for the US to become a scientific powerhouse. It took 70 years – and was destroyed within six months” - roboticist Wali Malik. It remains to be seen whether the parochial, sexist, racist corners of European academia will learn to treat newcomers as colleagues and humans. #academicsky

Hyperallergic Opportunities is a monthly list of residencies, grants, open calls, and jobs for artists and creatives seeking funding and community support to further their work.

Fresh Wood Ashes, Breast of the Robin round the Red, Common Calcedony -- What's your Werner Grey colour today? Follow the link in our bio to see more of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours in our Digitised Special Collections. #NatureInArt

Absolutely terrifying.

Today is National Umbrella Day - very apt for this continuously wet weather! ☔ Our book collections include 'Umbrellas and their History' (1871) by William Sangster, which seems like an ideal read for today! 📷 Reserve 391.44 SAN #NationalUmbrellaDay #RareBooks

Excited to share the striking cover of PAIN SONGS by Daniel Sluman. Lyrical, confessional poems exploring the experience of chronic pain & disability, fertility & pregnancy, the ways the body & the world interact & intersect. Ready to pre-order now, out in May. ninearchespress.com/publications...

I want to love this because mycology is awesome, but the use of AI in a sustainability project seems to defeat the purpose...

‘Working in oils on panel, Signorelli had time to attend to details that would be impossible to achieve in fresco before the plaster set […] there are 200 fingers in the foreground of this painting.’ Thomas Jones looks at the ‘Lamentation over the Dead Christ’ in Cortona.

#DIBLives One of the first female surgeons in New York city, Gertrude B. Kelly (b. #OTD 1862) worked in slums & tenements where she frequently assisted poor patients. Her experience undoubtedly contributed to the development of her activist political views. www.dib.ie/index.php/bi...

jesus.

No surprises there. Not to mention how dystopian it is to suggest AI as a "solution."

Italian health pass enabling bearer to pass despite quarantines due to plague, 1722. The word quarantine was derived from the Italian words quaranta giorni, meaning 40 days - the number of days a ship coming from an infected port had to sit at anchor before entering Venice.

In #AHAPerspectives, @drkyliesmith.bsky.social shares how she approaches teaching history to her nursing students. “Students need to learn a broad conception of history that explores the economic and political forces that shape their patients’ lives, as well as their own profession.” 🗃️

Books are not clutter. Clutter is all the other stuff that gets in the way of having more books.

📢 The County Descriptions of the Physico-Historical Society is now live in the Repository, digitised through the Nowlan Grants @ria.ie. This cross-border collaboration brings 18th-century scientific and local history to life, available to all on open access! Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...

WELL WELL WELL WELL

#sciart OMG gorgeous 😍

Thank you all for such a warm welcome! We’re thrilled to join the growing scientific, artistic, and medical communities here on Bluesky. We are a team of digital artists with graduate degrees in biomedical communication and professional certifications in medical illustration. axs3d.com 🐡🧪🎨🩺

In Politika, Aristotle says you can recognize a tyrannical regime in the fact that it intrudes into every aspect of the lives of its subjects while enshrouding the tyrant and his enablers in complete secrecy. What we see with ICE is the demonstration of that principle. bsky.app/profile/davi...

A new study suggests that the “softening” of cancer cells that occurs in some malignant tumors may help the cells to evade antitumor immune defenses. Learn more in #ScienceSignaling: https://scim.ag/3MaX9W5

Locking down your phone, being mindful of what you're wearing, and coming up with plans to communicate with others are all key steps to take before attending a protest. ssd.eff.org/module/atte...

Skeletons reveal Stone Age mother and daughter had a rare genetic condition www.popsci.com/science/ston...

404 Media has published the full user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE to bring up addresses for deportation targets. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Scoop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...

Finally, some good news 😅

Our first event of this term is taking place very soon, on Thursday 5 February! Holly Fletcher (UCL) will be speaking on 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine'. You can sign-up to attend in person and online here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

“The general strike is the name for when the riot, the strike, and the commune all happen at once,” late theorist Joshua Clover said..."that’s the day, the week, or the year where there will be a role for everyone.” There is a role for everyone; that time must be now theintercept.com/2026/01/24/s...

Looking for sources for a @nature.com story about how researchers are coping in the midst of current events: If you're a PhD or other academic who's struggling to focus with everything that's happening in the world and would like to be interviewed for this story, please get in touch ASAP!

(Posting to read later) aeon.co/essays/dying...

A favourite for its realistic and pragmatic perspective.

TBR

Finally, some backbone!

Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.

It's #caturday and I miss our old man, Smiglet. We had to say goodbye on NYE, after two difficult weeks of kitty home hospice. He died peacefully, at 17ish, of heart failure due to congenital cardiomyopathy. He was the best old judgy cat man & the most distinguished personality. I miss him dearly 💔