The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

I think this is a really important point. When folks say "no AI" they often don’t mean "I can conceive of no possible use for AI"—they mean "the use cases I’ve been shown do not begin to justify the harms"—that’s not something you respond to by offering another narrow use case

wow, GIS specialists, genAI is coming for your jobs

I could watch Richard Sherman’s reaction to the Seahawks win over the Rams 200 times.

The Seahawks' two-point conversion:

There will be a long road ahead to recover from the historic flooding and severe weather events in WA state. Check out these resources and common questions about flood insurance claims to make sure you have the information you need to start the process.

whenever you make stigmatizing comments about addiction, just remember that trump and his team won’t see them, but some of these 50 million americans and their families will, and it hurts them

“NIH is in crisis, grants are being terminated, labs are closing….but they found $1.6 million for an unsolicited proposal to study whether we should delay a vaccine we’ve been safely giving for 40 years, in a country where infants are at high risk of infection” www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...

Anyone that wants to see the benefits of #UBI needs to read this. We can make humanity the standard. We can lift each other up and fix what's broken. We can have a better future. #UBI #HouseTheHomeless #DignityForAll #MakeHumanityGreatAgain #WeAreTheWorld #EmapthyMatters #FeedTheHungry #HealTheSick

"tumultuous" is doing A LOT of work in this headline.

Good thread and discussion about AI summaries of research papers.

Happy (in spite of everything) to share our new paper on loess tablelands, mesa-like landforms of highly erodible sediment, that persist without a resistant caprock for tens of thousands of years, if not longer. Why? 1/5 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Man, isn’t it the worst when you go to check the backyard cams and the thumbnail looks cool but then when you watch the video it’s just one of the kids walking by?

Feels like there will be plenty of opportunities to quote this one

www.prosocial.world/posts/defend... Another in a great series in this magazine.

New York today

Wishing a Lichtiger Hanukkah to all who observe, especially in the midst of such horrific darkness.  You are all in my hearts today.

As a professor, a Brown alum, and a Jew, the news is just too much right now. Hug your loved ones and keep fighting for a better world.

Holding a high thought for everyone impacted by these horrible floods- www.cnn.com/weather/live...

this last year has made it clearer than ever that no one actually gives a shit about government spending. they only care when you let bad faith politicians set the frame around that. public health isn’t going to make the nation go broke. let’s move away from this

also, we need to shift our messaging away from the muscle memory of defending the meager sums we spend on public health. we need to flip that frame and go on the offensive — if you want to live in a modern society, then you need to pay for it

once this nation learns the hard way that destroying public health isn’t an option for modern life, PH workers need to unite to demand fair pay. our field already had terrible pay before the years of inflation, during which pay has not gone up, exactly

That "until further notice" is a bit concerning. Back to back atmospheric rivers are saturating the ground, but rain is falling for 4 more days. At least 23 rivers are in some level of flood stage in Western Washington. As wonderful as it was, I am glad we moved off the river this year.

I need to bookmark this for whenever someone says our #2025MMM #2026MMM scenarios are "too far-fetched."

Wut.

"The investigation suggested a “likely three-step transmission chain” in which a bat infected a skunk, which infected the donor, whose kidney then infected the recipient."

Wut.

Jimmy Fallon hosting Sam Altman's late night debut is on brand.

"there's a new serif in town"

Impact of demographic change in one image.

Much like with the War on Drugs, the push for AI is not about what they say it's about. They say the War on Drugs is about keeping us safe, it's actually about mass incarceration and racial subjugation. They say AI is to make our lives better, it's actually a Trojan horse for mass surveillance.

this begins with addressing the health system, workplace policies, and regulations so that everyone can receive evidence-based information without commercial influence. We wrote about what needs to happen in our recent NASEM report on breastfeeding: www.nationalacademies.org/news/to-impr...

👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…

Breastfeeding advocates often fall into three broad groups: #1 Folks working to improve human health & know breastmilk is key, but also know that not all parents can BF & need safe, healthy alternatives...

I remember the American flag decorations along the driveway to celebrate when my uncle Toan returned from his oath ceremony. I can't even imagine the anguish if instead he'd been abducted by ICE that day. This is monstrous and wrong.

Immigrants "plucked out" of U.S. citizenship line moments before oath ceremony boingboing.net/2025/12/08/i...

Here's a good case for AI. Unless someone is sending me handwritten emails, I don't need it in Gmail.

And if you live near a Bass Pro Shop or Cabela's, a 4x6 photo with Santa is free ($20-$25 if you want a digital copy and/or more printed photos). But you don't get to linger or get precious: 2 minutes of Santa photo magic.

Three years ago I discovered that Bass Pro Shops do dog friendly Santa photos, & got my family to meet up in Lacey WA at the one in the middle equidistant from the furthest houses...

Who has made this 🤣

Happy Last Day of Classes to all who celebrate!!!!

The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.

TONIGHT join the National Center for Science Education zoom webinar for their Friends of Darwin and Friends of the Planet 2025 Awards! #EvMed #SciComm #Biology #Conservation us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"In the evening the bats weave soft black circles and their wings splash delicate ink upon the pale blue air..." Joseph Auslander (1897-1965) 🎨 Eric Fitch Daglish (1894–1966) #BookologyThursday

Omggggggg Canada Post has holiday squirrel stamps 😍 store.canadapost-postescanada.ca/store-boutiq.... #sqrlpix

I've finished the ebook version of my 2025 #Nudivember zine! I put it up on Itch since my webshop is currently closed. This is my first time listing anything there so I hope I did it right. If I have time this week I'll add my other zines before I leave. saimi.itch.io/nudivember-2...

On Giving Tuesday, we appreciate everyone who transforms our understanding of disease and achieves new approaches to improving human health. Thank you researchers, funders, learners, & donors. Learn more: evmed.asu.edu Contribute: tinyurl.com/5td5vx6s

Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.