A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day. Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏 History.

No Kings DTLA

#A_NewHope ✊

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

This is gonna be fun. Build the FOMO. NoKings.org

Googled the title of our new paper out today and the FIRST HIT was an AI sludge article that was completely incorrect A: no we didn't analyse phosphorus isotope ratios in rocks B: NOBODY analyses these C: because phosphorus only has ONE stable isotope Dead internet here we go

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

“Chain-link cages. Flooded tents. Clouds of mosquitoes. Malfunctioning AC. Scarce food. Zero recreational time” More Nobel material www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I have to fan-girl for a minute here. My friend @rosvall-lab.bsky.social built an app to gather data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse. 10,000+ citizen scientists contributed (including my kids), and the resulting paper was published in Science today! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Your kids were published ON THE COVER

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President Macron: “We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

Daddy is back 🥹 Glory to Ukrainian Heroes 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

it’s really good when “technology of the future” treats you leaving as if you were leaving a cult

I wrote this piece about 7th anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder. On the costs of speaking the truth in today's world. And how Jamal's memory still stalks Saudi Arabia--- and the Washington Post. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

My god. “Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

So exhausting..

myshetland.co.uk/the-shock-of... My poor heart. I have never been so scared. #Shetland #ShetlandIslands #MyShetland #IcelandicHorse #ShetlandPonies #family #rescue #RescueAnimals #photography #PatterdaleTerrier #sheep #ponies #horses #DailyBlog #MyLife #Scotland #thordale #whitecat

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

holy crap, I think that baby just took her first steps at the library right now!

Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers. This is just a slightly politer version of the lies Robin Vos spreads about UW all the time (bsky.app/profile/mcop...). It's ugly. It's not true. Nor are the grants lies true. Frankly, it's all obscene given the authoritarian assault now on 🇺🇸 higher ed.

As I was saying…

Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:

lol new clown car just rolled up

Images and footage of US President Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle as a three-day state visit to the UK got underway. Campaign group Led by Donkeys shared footage of the projection on Instagram with the message, “Hey Donald, welcome to Windsor Castle.”

Vienna's public transit system has transported 873 million passengers in 2024. We don't need faulty robots endangering our pedestrians. As someone who actually has studied economy a little at university, it's incredible how low quality a publication called "The Economist" actually is.

1/11 Why is Elon Musk pushing for civil war in the US and Europe? This thread breaks down how Musk is using his platform, wealth, and influence to amplify far-right movements, incite political violence, and undermine democracy—across continents

America is now a place where a prominent cable news host can openly call for homeless people to be murdered — and face zero consequences.

I hope I have given fidelity, and that everyone viscerally understands: You will have to come through me.

If you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can play D&D with other isolated, angsty, strange young men - and women! - and before you know it, you'll no longer feel isolated. Though remaining angsty and strange is entirely appropriate, if not positively encouraged.

1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering. www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...

Losing my goddamned mind. We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.

Crying as I type . . .

the connection between AI image generation and mathematical physics using concepts from diffusion, random walk, and the Fokker-Planck equation. Amazingly well explained... 🤩 youtube.com/watch?v=iv-5...

These animals are not just a symbolic treehugger cause. They serve a practical purpose, helping to keep other wildlife populations in check, which in turn helps control the spread of diseases in deer and elk. They shape the landscape by preventing deer from stripping plant life from riverbanks.

Will the absence of high-speed rail in North America mark the moment its citizens notice how far their continent has fallen behind?

The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.

“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

People doubted me when I said researchers were moving from #Twitter to #Bluesky. Then @altmetric.com showed early data supporting the claim, and now @whysharksmatter.bsky.social & @drjuliawester.bsky.social confirm it with their research. The trend is real. Switch now! #SocialMedia #X #ResearchSky

“overburdened with mitochondrial challenges”: Grade A pseudoprofound bullshit

Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!

GOOD NEWS! For the FIRST time ever, and after MORE THAN 30 YEARS of HIV vaccine clinical trials, researchers have developed a vaccine that has SUCCESSFULLY generated TIER 2 broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against HIV and BLOCKS viral infection in vaccinated PEOPLE.

I got the complaint in the horrific OpenAI self harm case the the NY Times reported today This is way way worse even than the NYT article makes it out to be OpenAI absolutely deserves to be run out of business

This guy, I swear.

They all take turns

Trump proposes to rescind AIDS funds. Congress rejects the proposal. So Trump and his henchman Russ Vought just refuse to spend the money and try to hide that decision from Congress and the public. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/h...

Day 232 of #365DaysOfSmiles Teeter the dog teaches Matilda the piglet to use the doggie door

every morning