🍄 Fungus collections aren’t just for lab nerds. They’re how we stop crop plagues before they wreck harvests and jack up food prices. USDA wants to shutter Beltsville. Food security is at stake. Comments due TODAY: [email protected]

As Moldova heads to the polls today, it does so in the midst of coordinated foreign influence and disinformation campaigns. Electoral integrity and free and fair elections are not self-evident. That should be a reminder for everyone. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Just a friendly reminder that in the mid-80s, Knorr (the powdered soup and gravy company) had a weird scarecrow mascot made of vegetables.

⚡️Ukraine liberates 160 km square in 'counteroffensive operation' in Donetsk Oblast, Zelensky says. Seven settlements have been liberated in the Dobropillia and Pokrovsk sectors during the operation, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

早く涼しくならないかな。がんぼるぞい。 translation: I hope it gets cooler soon.

Polio is not some cutesy little disease, it is horrifying and if your child survives they are extremely likely to have a lifelong disability making their life much harder and more expensive. Only a ghoul would consider getting rid of the polio vaccine. #fireRFKjr #SacktheQuack

The Kyiv Independent’s Kate Tsurkan sits down with internationally renowned artist and activist Ai Weiwei during his first exhibition in Ukraine dedicated to Russia's full-scale war.

This Hubble image shows interacting galaxies AM 1054-325. The clusters of stars born from the galaxy merger appear like a string of pearls. Formations like these were common in the early universe. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Jayanne English (University of Manitoba). 🔭 🧪

In June 2024, EarthScope Consortium submitted a proposal to the National Science Foundation to operate the National Geophysical Facility (NGF). We are thrilled to announce that EarthScope has been selected as the operator of NSF NGF. ➡️ https://loom.ly/gfaXxQ8

The "boiling" appearance consists of cell-like structures, each approximately the size of Texas, which are formed by convective currents that move heat from the Sun's interior to its surface. Learn more: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

PPOD: The Inouye Solar Telescope has captured the highest-resolution image of the Sun's surface ever recorded. The image, produced by the National Solar Observatory, reveals a turbulent, "boiling" pattern of gas covering our star. Credit: Inouye Solar Telescope, NSO, AURA, NSF 🧪 🔭

Recent Earthquake Teachable Moment for the magnitude 7.4 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Teachable Moment presentations capture the opportunity to bring knowledge, insight, and critical thinking to the classroom following a newsworthy earthquake. ➡️ https://loom.ly/6Dv85wg

Rockyford County East of Calgary 20250915T0530Z First image a SAR arc associated with an unknown green auroral arc, 2nd image the SAR arc at zenith. The display lasted no longer than 5 minutes.

@hcnone.bsky.social Uh oh... Pen's at the computer... It's that time again... Thank you so much! This plush made my day. She will stay with me to remind me that I am literally always procrastinating. #EndlessMondays #hcnone

@kyivindependent.com Trying to work up to making borscht by making a silly borscht fridge game! (Feat. Artwork and EDC items crafted by #TIBStudio and #WorshopFidgits, as well as whatever else I have on my fridge!

Finally transported our dobsonian to our new house. Just got a quick sliver from my phone last night, but dang that crater edge is lookin' foooin. #Moon #Dobsonian #CentralWAState #BackyardAstronomy

India warns citizens: Avoid offers to join Russian Army after reports of men deceived into fighting in Ukraine. Two Indians say they were promised jobs but sent to the frontlines instead. New Delhi demands release. euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/11/i...

modern american conservative movement really is just a bunch of shrek characters huh?

Gaza West Bank Lebanon Yemen Syria Iran Iraq Tunisia Qatar All attacked and bombed by Israel in the past year. Insane. Rogue state.

Some awesome cloud formation going on over central Washington this evening! (Feat. little indications of a solar storm 🌞) #KittitasCounty #Ellensburg

Clouds, please don't #organiiiize #don'tdoitman #chuckieschu

🔭 IRAS 04302: Butterfly Disk Planet Formation Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Webb; Processing: M. Villenave et al. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25090...

There is shaping up around RFK a removal politics

🔭 NGC 7027: The Pillow Planetary Nebula Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Delio Tolivia Cadrecha apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25083...

open.spotify.com/track/4jrCMO... Muse's "Take a Bow" from 2006 was my jam. Relevant more than ever, I suppose.

In Geophysical Research Letters, scientists present the first documentation of the full CO2 frost cycle at both Martian poles using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. 🔗 Check out the #OpenAccess results:  buff.ly/hsOWqKD #AG#AGUPubsl#Planetsp#SpaceSciencep#SpaceT#STEM

Ukraine returned more people home on Independence Day! "Soldiers of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service, and civilians. Most of them had been in captivity since 2022," said Ukrainian President Zelenskyy 📷 Zelenskiy/Official

6 months ago, in the shadow of the night, Israeli soldiers took 16-year-old American Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim from his family. He’s been imprisoned ever since. He’s suffered from scabies & lost 25 pounds. Remember Sayfollah Musallet, the young American killed by settlers last month? They’re cousins.

Reading the case now. NEPA only applies to “major federal projects,” but the facility is run by Florida. So how did the plaintiffs get around that? They pointed to language in Florida’s 287(g) agreement which says that state officials are acting under color of Federal law and Federal supervision.

The Supreme Court ruled today to allow the Trump administration’s reductions to National Institutes of Health funding, a move tied to the federal government’s broader effort to attack diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Watch DC residents chase federal agents out of the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Meanwhile, we spotted FBI and Homeland Security agents appear to respond to… an alleged *fare evader.* @zeteo.com

Is the statement "help, I've been stabbed"?

ACARS Message From: N854UA / UA2218 Message: HYDRAULIC REPORT Track Aircraft: https://www.flightradar24.com/N854UA Area: Chicago, IL, USA #acars #vdlm2 #N854UA #UA2218

To be fair to Trump, it being sped up makes the 5mph wind look like it's 50mph

VDLM2 Message From: N600LR / 9E4996 Message: CAN YOU SEND NEW BURNS PLS Track Aircraft: https://www.flightradar24.com/N600LR Area: New York City, NY, USA #acars #vdlm2 #N600LR #9E4996

Ukraine’s president endured a public shaming. Russia’s was pampered. Both episodes were disgraceful.

🔭 Perseids from Perseus Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin Rosadziński apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25081...

🔭 Zodiacal Road Image Credit & Copyright: Ruslan Merzlyakov (astrorms) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25081...

Good morning ppl! Over on the shit site, the FDA is dropping shit like this. Funny how when you fire comms and use AI, it all works out…

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VDLM2 Message From: N233AZ / 8C3340 Message: AIPLANE ALL GUD. NUTIN BROKE YET. Track Aircraft: https://www.flightradar24.com/N233AZ Area: Austin, TX, USA #acars #vdlm2 #N233AZ #8C3340

Cite your papers bitches or get your fucking dumb ass influencer gifting ass out of here.