Alito finds his moment? I know it’s just too easy to dunk on the NYT since a few years back, but seriously?? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...

"Alex, I'll take 'Things that Hitler also said' for $100."

This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States.

20 years ago today, I launched aboard Discovery on STS-121, the only shuttle mission ever to launch on July 4th. Pretty good way to spend Independence Day. Proud of everyone who made that mission happen and still proud of what this country can do when we invest in exploration.

100 years ago.

A single black woman surrounded by hooded white supremacists is certainly a chilling image.

In a 6-3 ruling on the shadow docket, the Supreme Court has ruled the president can keep a bunch of blood diamonds as a treat

It is seriously alarming how many of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people are just screamingly mentally unwell in deeply toxic, dangerous ways.

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

There is a reason actual democracies do not permit such wealth concentration or unfettered access to power of individuals, & we are seeing this on a daily basis here in the country that is not actually a full democracy.

The Globe is going back in time to 1776. The Continental Congress voted to adopt a Declaration of Independence from King George III. Read the day's news from Massachusetts and beyond. globe.com/1776

Evil, fascist, arguably insane, but lets not leave out: really fucking dumb www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/u...

As someone in this picture I find it a little odd that @natureportfolio.nature.com chose this image to illustrate the point. We were very careful when choosing a slogan for our signs that it be scientificly defenceable. "Science says New Oil & Gas = Death" is a plain statement of fact 🧵

More to my fields - I want the college presidents who have gone all in on AI to lose their jobs and never work in higher ed again.

Let's hear it for President Dealmaker, who negotiated and signed USMCA (calling it the “best and most important trade deal ever made"), then ran against it, won, and breached it while asking "who would ever sign a thing like this?' from the same desk where he signed it, and now won't renew it.

With Kathryn Nesbitt, PhD again joining the FIFA World Cup stage as an assistant referee, we look back at the insights she shared in 2021 the journey from chemist to referee. Read here 👇 @rebeccatrager.bsky.social www.chemistryworld.com/careers/from...

Congratulations to MIT CS3 Director Noelle Selin, who has been named as TEPCO Professor in the MIT Institute for Data, Systems and Society & MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences! The award supports distinguished faculty advancing global environmental research and education. 🧪

Russian goals remain maximalist despite massive losses and a faltering theory of victory. Negotiating with russia is pointless.

A California cyclist is currently suing Waymo after a passenger opened the door when the vehicle parked in a bike lane, hitting the cyclist and throwing her off her bike, only to be hit by another Waymo dropping off another passenger in the bike lane.

MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon & co-authors find #ozone depletion began decades before discovery of ozone hole. Using modern tools, they also determined that carbon tetrachloride, used as a dry-cleaning and degreasing agent as early as the 1930s, was at the root of early ozone loss. 🧪

While I’m heartened that the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision protected the mail-in voting process, it’s insane that four justices were ready to limit voting rights and ballot access. The next President must reform this court.

After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi. This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel. They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3383):

Abolish ICE.

Ford has rehired hundreds of senior engineers after replacing them with AI backfired and has cost the company billions of dollars. AI adoption is blamed for Ford being the most recalled automaker in the U.S. with 51 recalls covering over 11 million vehicles in the first half of 2026 alone.

Greatest ceasefire ever

I speak of the century from 1923 to 2024 (B.A.E.) in which everyone knew a stroll between the Lincoln and Washington Memorials, accompanied by restful pauses, reflections, even a picnic or two, was among the great joys for visitors and D.C. residents alike. But no, the Assholic Era is now upon us.

The authors, who withheld information for months, instead of doing their day jobs, in order to keep it for monetizing their book, did <what now> with the serial lying lawless authoritarian? 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Never change, NY Post. Never change.

As @extremetemps.bsky.social has documented, all time-record high temps in northwest Siberia past couple of days. Beliy Island (73.3ºN) hit 28.3C (83F), apparently the highest temp so far north anywhere in the world. But this heatwave is distinct from the European heatwave. #Arctic #ExtremeWeather

Question: Are Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil infrastructure having a real impact, not only undermining Russia's war machine but also making regular Russians feel costs of war in unignorable ways? Answer: Picture of car line waiting to get fuel, so long that there are port-a-potties along the way.

Larry Ellison gave $45M to support Trump's reelection in 2024. In return, Trump has given Ellison free rein to build more AI data centers and helped him gobble up companies like Paramount, WBD, and TikTok for his business empire. This is what oligarchy looks like.

We are living in a time of emboldened racism. It's like the 1950s, only sadder because we actually went through a few decades when most people knew better. (Or at least knew to keep quiet in public.)

This coming from the guy who uses the Fox News junior staffer pool to hunt for dates.

"And we in the Republican Party are committed to helping President Trump finish destroying them."

He’s lying.

It's so on-brand for SpaceX to be crashing.

"Trump's 13-Year-Old Accuser"

You know something is horrendously wrong in America when it takes 38 states to ratify an amendment to the US Constitution, but only SIX rabid justices on SCOTUS to kill such an amendment!

A pathetically insecure and viciously grasping social climber is fascinated by Nixon? I’m shocked!

Does anyone know if Alito benefited from birthright citizenship? Did his father get naturalized and become a citizen, or did his son just get the gift he now wants to deny to others?

"we do six Watergates before lunch every day"

And related to this -- there once was a period when you could actually be seen as *too* openly racist for Republicans. Now they're all worried they're not being racist enough, that they're leaving themselves open to a primary challenge by a literal Klansman campaigning in a hood.

The quiet part out loud he said

Apparently, you're not allowed to post: “BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!”

and this isn't just some random evil racist congressman. he's the majority whip, the third most powerful member of the house! this *is* the party.

Again, Trump has never cared about the country. He only cares about the US as it reflects upon him, if the US is ripped off under his rule, then he is affronted. But he only represents himself and not much else.