This op-ed is clear-eyed expertise from someone who truly knows what they're talking about. www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/a...

Well, this sure is one way to turbo-charge the Regeneron Genetics Center www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

TIL there's a German word specifically for when something in real life is so ridiculous that it seems like satire. The word? Realsatire.

Every single brand needs to sit down and watch the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org show how compelling brand-building communications is done. Chock-full of personality and genuinely educational. I've sincerely looked to see if they sold merch ( @neorsd.org when you do let me know)

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

@elaineywchen.bsky.social your Met Gala guests as company logos was the smile I needed this morning - thank you! www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/b...

I'm so envious of everyone who lives in an @earlybirdsclub.bsky.social city! early-birds.club

If you have/are a high school/college kid, these are amazing opportunities! democracy-summer.breezy.hr

When I was a teenager learning about concentration camps, a horrifying image that stuck with me was that after they were shaved and disrobed, prisoners were forced to sit so closely that they were sitting V-style within each other's legs. Then I saw this today. www.bbc.com/news/world-l...

@booker.senate.gov is making me a proud New Jerseyan. I hope this helps shame his colleagues into doing their jobs as though we're in the crisis we're in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tQn... Keep going, Senator. And take that record from Strom Thurmond, fuck that guy.

On Saturday, April 5th, across the country, many thousands of regular folks are showing up at hundreds of protests to say: STOP. HANDS OFF. Join one near you! app.sosha.ai/s/W4nTYqNe #handsoff

Here is the entire transcript of the Signal group chat just released by Jeffrey Goldberg and The Atlantic. www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/co...

April 5 is looking like a lot of movements coming together. Mark your calendar and block your time now.

@democrats.senate.gov I'm sorry, but your tone-deaf fundraising texts are the single thing making me less likely to donate.

This is great and very badly needed - but it needs to start earlier. Finland has been at it from the elementary level for more than a decade, and has the best media literacy in Europe. www.voanews.com/a/finnish-yo...

The weekly "What's the Plan?" call from the Indivisible cofounders, every Thursday at 3pm ET, may be the only thing keeping me sane. Thank you @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social @indivisible.org indivisible.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This illustrates a concept I just learned - Brandolini's Law, or the bullshit asymmetry principle - that the amount of energy to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than that needed to produce it.

Just found the tracker www.project2025.observer by redditors u/rusticgorilla and u/mollynaquafina - looks like a super useful resource, unfortunately.

That's it in a nutshell. AI is great. IF you understand the asterisk.

How seriously would America take the inexpert opinions of a 53-year-old *woman* who'd had at least 13 children with at least 4 different partners? (Have as many kids with whoever you want; I'm pointing out a hypocrisy, not offering a judgment.)

Reminder that a subscription to @wired.com can be yours for $12 and would be worth it at 10x that.

12 minutes took me from a casual fan to a voracious one. How can you not get curious about the first Pulitzer Prize-winner to perform at the Super Bowl?

🔎 Demonstrating increased critical habits of mind, including effective verification skills & the ability to detect misinformation & faulty evidence, is today's #NewsLiteracyWeek standard. 🔗 Download our activity planner: newsliteracyweek.org Infographic created with @smartnews.bsky.social

Hi there, Flashes app. You’re looking oldschool, right down to the filter options, and it’s a beautiful thing.

This 2003 article, "Fascism Anyone?" is, apparently, the magazine's most-reprinted article, so you may have read it. I had not. secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fasc...

Happy #NewsLiteracyWeek. These helpful phrases are great.

Two important things about calling Congresspeople! (1) each call is logged under only 1 topic (2) each caller is logged about an issue only 1x So 1 call per topic. No need to repeat. (However: there are MANY reasons to call these days.) TIL via @leahgreenberg.bsky.social of @indivisible.org

Per Senator Murkowski Feb 5: "The US Senate phone system has been receiving around 1,600 calls each minute, compared to the 40 calls per minute we usually receive, which has disrupted our call systems." KEEP IT UP. Our Congress need to stay deluged with reminders that they're being held accountable.

Looking forward to today's "Bracing For Impact" @indivisible.org call, 3-4pm ET. These are my weekly dose of sanity, perspective and empowerment. indivisible.org/indivisible-...

@kim.senate.gov - I'm glad you're my senator. This is another great quick chat from @contrariannews.org .

Listen to this chat for quotes from Buffy, Animal House, and history - I think you'll come away impressed and heartened, as I am every time I hear @tommalinowski.bsky.social speak. I was delighted to have him as my House rep; hope he's on a ballot again ASAP.

Found this gem in an arcane NSF doc...key to know: The Constitution and law SUPERSEDES exec orders! "In the event of a conflict between policies issued at a lower tier versus policies issued at a higher tier, the higher tier policy will take precedence" nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Resear...

"I will not write unless I am oriented perpendicularly to a large window. I'm not picky, but it must be quite large, and there must be sheets of cold rain pouring down outside. If the rain stops, so do I. I will not write without a bracing rain."

I saw this by sahaf185 on 🧵 and have kept thinking about it - they're talking about something so important: "[T]he loss of those third spaces has hurt us so badly as a society. Once upon a time people would have these conversations with people they trusted at the bowling alley, the Elks..." 1/

Science project! The @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social annual Great Backyard Bird Count is next week! And there’s a webinar (either this Thursday or next Wednesday) to explain how to participate. Sign up here: dl.allaboutbirds.org/2025gbbcwebi... #birds

Debunking the anti-vax myths one by one, by the best of the best, @matthewherper.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/v...

Confession: I’ve lived in the NYC tri-state area most of my life but still have only the vaguest idea what alternate side of the street parking is.

Thank you for speaking up @kim.senate.gov . Please keep fighting in the Senate as well.

@corybooker.com Your voicemail has been full for two weeks now. Can you please enable your constituents to reach you?

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... This 14 minutes is worth your time. It’s centered around an inadvertently illuminating comment that I’ve been talking about often this week.

Democratic lawmakers need to understand something: Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain." And just stand there. This is how many of you are coming across.

Do you wonder why you haven’t heard much about this massive TB outbreak recently? Cuz the CDC can’t hold any press conferences or issue public statements of any kind. abcnews.go.com/Health/kansa...

Because of the gag order, the FDA isn't allowed to announce food recalls. Food recalls are still happening though!! (Like, this week, contaminated chicken nuggets.) Go here to see recalls: www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls *if this seems insane IT IS

My DWB newsletter subscription may be my favorite thing on the internet.

I got to see "Song of the North" last night and it was literally breathtaking. If you're in DC 1/31, NYC 3/14-23, Vancouver 5/10,14, or Seattle 5/17 - please, you need to see this. Kids, adults, everyone. It's magic. www.kingorama.com/song-of-the-... www.instagram.com/p/DFbmsNcxcK...

Every safety regulation was written in blood, frequently with a body count higher than one, and it’s not political to put the blame on people who want to “move fast and break things” when they start breaking human lives.

I'll take a W where I can get one this week.

If you have five minutes to learn about how game theory explains why social media is making us all more isolated - this is really worth your time. Plus, it's cute, and the background music is lovely. ncase.me/trust/

Give this a minute. I think it'll make you smile when you finish it. ncase.me/door/