WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

This is just to say I have let in the duck that was on the doorstep and which you were probably hoping would stay out Forgive me he was persuasive so scary and so loud.

"Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail" "About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation"

These incredible Buff Tip Moths blend in so well with branches that you might mistake them for sticks. Nature's masters of disguise are truly fascinating!

The DC-based NOTUS politics news website is to expand into sports to fill a void left by the Washington Post and will rebrand as The Star, which was the name of a Washington newspaper that traced its roots back to 1852 and went bankrupt in 1981. www.notus.org/about-us/jobs

It's National Library Week. Make sure that if you're sharing National Library Week images you include alt text because the library is for EVERYONE. If people don't know what your image is, especially if it contains text, your post is not for everyone. Guidance: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

Happy National Garlic 🧄 Day! Greeks & Romans loved garlic—but Mesopotamians loved it 1000s of years before them. The Greek ἄγλις (Latin alium) is an Akkadian loan word. At Pompeii, there was even a garlic seller (aliarii) workshop ( 📸 by @pompei79.bsky.social): pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpic...

👏👏👏 on the transparency & sharing of lessons learned to help other media outlets & their readers figure out how to proceed with #journalism & #AI

Artist and educator Loïs Mailou Jones in her studio with her cat, c. 1937–38. #Caturday americanart.si.edu/artist/lo%C3...

Boastful Quaker Oats ad, Chicago 1891

Science is a container ship carrying 200,000 tons of observations. The weight comes from years of hard work mining and refining these observations. The ship can’t turn on a dime, so scientific knowledge often changes slowly. And I think the public’s expectations don’t always match this truth.

"An AI model showed a preference for owls despite never being trained to show such a bias." Me took, AI, me too.

Ownership come on you guys

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. www.wired.com/story/the-in...

"Defunct startups are being liquidated for their Slack archives, Jira tickets, and email threads—operational exhaust that AI labs now treat as premium training data."

A wee bat print for Bat Appreciation Day! #linocut #printmaking #bat #washi #wildlifeArt

A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur. And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops). Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...

Wow! For the First Time in the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas e360.yale.edu/digest/us-re...

The world depends on healthy insect populations. As climate change and other threats cause their declines, simple actions can give them a much-needed boost.

The reported likelihood of Amoc collapse has increased from 5% to over 50%. 😬 Again and again, we need to brace ourselves for some of the worst-case scenarios and use our anxiety to drive action.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch, including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is finally revealed. [kottke.org]

It's been a week. Re-live the #ArtemisII Moon flyby with me, in the room where the science happened. 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

There are A LOT of fake images related to Artemis II being circulated online. Be aware, check sources & don't repost them! Here are the REAL images, directly from NASA. Share these--they tell the true story of this important space mission & the team's amazing work www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii-m...

Going to get some great images from NASA in the coming days. Here’s a couple of post-splashdown snaps of actual heroes.

Daily bunny no.3285 made it home safely

Welcome home, Integrity! Amazing teamwork, NASA & ESA! I loved all of the livestreams, interviews, process descriptions, camera angles: such thorough media sharing! #astronomy #science #DreamBig #WorkHard #STEM #communications #NASA #Artemis #Orion #ESA

Live feed from Orion as it heads towards splashdown! 🚀👨‍🚀 🌍🌎🌏❤️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rwf...

Two postdoc fellowships now open at @brown.edu Dept of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences. One in ocean sciences (apply.interfolio.com/183855) and one in any field of geoscience (apply.interfolio.com/183852). Deadline May 1.

The remarkable Artemis II mission isn’t making me more passionate about Mars. It’s making me more passionate about Earth.

It seems silly to be going “wow, the moon!” but seriously how bout that moon?

Today reminded us that no matter how far technology can take us, what ultimately propels us to new heights is the care humans can have for each other. Thank you Artemis II and NASA!

"First time in over 50 years that we have humans completely unreachable by anyone else on earth."

If you know a graduating undergraduate looking for the chance to spend 1-2 years in a lab before graduate school, we're hiring! Our lab explores morphogenesis, defining how the cell adhesion & cytoskeletal machinery work together to allow cells to change shape & move tarheels.live/peiferlab/ 1/n RT

I highly recommend putting this NASA #Artemis II mission livestream on and just leaving it playing as you go about your weekend. Live views of the spacecraft, occasional visualizations of the current config, views of the control room, space-ground radio audio. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

It’s official: The Artemis II astronauts have arrived in the moon’s cosmic neighborhood.

FYI, this gallery has all the photos NASA is sharing from Artemis II in one place, with descriptions.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

This planet — with all its troubles — is worth caring for. That should be our single purpose, as a species: To be stewards of this magnificent world, ensuring it thrives long into the future.

A #Caturday physics lesson? 😺

Okay so here’s my actual Bluesky-is-dying hypothesis: The entire web is dying. Users aren’t going from BlueSky to another site (x/insta/threada/tiktok). Users are going to chatbots. I know traffic to news sites has cratered (like 90%). My hunch is traffic to all the social platforms is down too.

Mexico’s overwintering monarch population grew 64% this winter, with butterflies covering their largest area of forest since 2018. The recovery remains fragile, but suggests there’s been a positive impact from conservation efforts in the butterflies’ core habitat. buff.ly/XoPKQ9d #ShareGoodNewsToo

Reflections on the Claude Code source code leak from @techtrenches.dev “The leak isn’t the story. The code is the story.”

Show me your spring flowers! In NYC, it’s been a looooong winter, and the flowering trees are only now starting to pop…

AI Preparedness Guidelines for Archivists via FLAME (AI for Libraries, Archives and Museums) project provide practical guidance to help the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums #GLAMS sector approach #AI adoption in a responsible and informed way www.archives.org.uk/ai-preparedn...

James Stevenson New Yorker April 1, 1972

gettin' closer

Every part of the lily plant is deadly to cats - even drinking water that lilies were sitting in can kill them. Other popular spring flowers like tulips and daffodils can also make them very sick, but there are plenty of beautiful and safe alternatives.

In Belgium, employees receive compensation for every kilometre they ride, with some cyclists earning up to €810 per year. And why not? Biking saves public money for everyone. “All employees in Belgium who cycle to work are entitled to a bicycle allowance of €0.28 per kilometre of their commute.”