I was expecting a Showdown with Socialism.

About that exclusive, "closed-to-press" MAHA summit last week with RFK and JD Vance: I got in. Here's what I saw. 🧵 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My love for science origin story is that my dad was an engineer on the primary mirror project for the Hubble Space Telescope. So I was super interested in this feature from @natastron.nature.com about the next space telescope! It'll be to hunt for life on other worlds.

Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs - Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75% - Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60% - Social Sciences by 50–70% - History by 60% - Biology by 75% - The German department will lose all PhD seats - Sociology from six PhD students to zero

This video on AI slop is a must watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1dW...

Social media managers: Is anyone having issues with LinkedIn today?

literally every time I talk to friends

Now might be a good time to repost this story about what scientists actually know about the complex causes of autism, and what's behind the increasing prevalence. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I really wish we could tag people in photos on here. I don't even know where to aim that request. But it would be super helpful!

It never ceases to amaze me that Americans believe there is clean water in every community in this country. Flint, Michigan, and Newark, New Jersey, would like a word.

In Florida alone, a 15% decline in vaccinations against measles over 25 years would lead to 1 million measles cases. www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...

New social media, 4 years later, and time for an update of my shark emoji review! Twitter manages to be the WORST, twice this time. @whysharksmatter.bsky.social Please help me spread this again 🦈🦈🦈

This is upsetting.

Today in things I did not expect with work: A discussion about dino sex on Facebook (It is pretty scientific in a sense of "how did these guys procreate? This must be why they went extinct/evolved")

Some wholesome Trek content to start the week right #startrek #tng #voyager #ds9

I came back from vacation today, and I've had to piece things together like a puzzle because other colleagues who covered for me are off today

Today is a sad day. I had to put up the worst looking fence ever on my community garden plot because the deer eats keeping my tomatoes (and already ate all my bean plants). Soap isn't cutting it this year 😭 We had some fencing and stakes available to us, so that's what I used 🌱

We need about 300 more scientists before we let teachers loose on the database! Tell your colleagues, we need ya!

I was trying to find a gif that summed up the face I was making after I read this.

I feel like "according to AI" is the new "according to Wikipedia," but that is a giant slap in the face of Wikipedia. I'd trust Wikipedia has a general source a billion times over AI. Wikipedia editors are amazing, and I'm sure the work is a lot harder now than it's ever been.

My phone just blared and vibrated and then read me the National Weather Service alert for a flash flood warning.

Today I learned that anti-vaxxers are blaming the COVID vaccine for Long COVID.

Just saw someone mention that Big Yogurt is sponsoring scientific research and I cannot 😂

We love America, and love keeping Americans safe, so we introduced the Visible Act. It requires ICE agents to wear identifiable badges and conduct their duties unmasked. Policies centered around transparency and accountability are effective in making communities, and law enforcement safer.

Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has sent a letter to Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported.

Probably not a coincidence Trump cancelled the Senate classified briefing for this afternoon.

This Nature article about the legacy of Jaws quotes me www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Someone who can post to the Science feed should send this to the Science feed. 😆

As a social media manager, I beg of you, please read the article. Most of your questions are answered there.

I want to put a hold on Libby for "Mark Twain" (I'd be 12th in line, apparently), but the audiobook is 45 HOUR LONG. I cannot listen to a 45-hour book in two weeks. 😭 #booksky

This scenario is precisely why the Founders created the Article I branch and gave them the power of impeachment and removal

People who make jokes at the expense of marginalized people shouldn't be allowed to limit their replies on social media.

In serving up one of the best and most dramatic matches in tennis history, this felt like the moment Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz announced themselves to the world at large. Sunday's drama at Roland Garros catapulted them into the mainstream spotlight. http://dlvr.it/TLFh8c

Amazing. Respect the lede.

Which one’s Joan and which one’s Bette?

Just had to mitigate an attack of climate deniers on FB. How's everyone else's day going so far?

Tomato season is near 🌱

Never a dull moment with NJ public transportation.

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Are you a scientist and not sure what to do to help with all the awfulness all around us? Inspired by Vietnam era activism, @standupforscience.bsky.social is hosting a series of "teach ins," in which scientists share a bit about their area of expertise and why it's important with the public. 🧪🦑🌎

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I spoke to the person who AI-generated the Chicago Sun-Times reading list. Says he's very embarrassed. This was part of a generic package inserted into newspapers and other publications, so likely to run elsewhere. He didn't know it'd be in Chicago Sun-Times www.404media.co/chicago-sun-...

The amount of rage bait on social media is out of control

This is a great article from @matthewfacciani.bsky.social about fact checking and using lateral reading. In a former journalism life, I was doing things like this for work. Tracing things back to its origin is important in today's media world

filling time on air until the new pope is announced is known as "pontiffication"

With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond. Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Well. This is shitty

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team. https://go.nature.com/44gQIHO

REPORTER: Amazon will soon display a number next to the price of each product that shows how much the Trump tariffs are adding. Isn't that a perfect demonstration that it's the American consumer who is paying for these policies? LEAVITT: This is a hostile and political act by Amazon.

Lincoln Square Road Closure and Accompanying Comments From The Local Facebook Page (April 2025)