I remind you all that last May the NTSB Vice Chair, Alvin Brown, was also fired by the administration with no explanation. No one has been talking about what happened to Brown. Now, Inman is fired. apnews.com/article/nati...

About tonight’s epic sunset… Over the last few days, a massive Saharan dust plume over Western Europe has been transforming ordinary sunsets into impressive colourful displays, even causing the Sun and its sunspots to be visible to the naked eye (and photo camera) without filters. #sun #astronomy

Okay, I've been playing maptap.gg daily. Highly recommend little quiz, a bit of fun for the day. They give city names, and you point to them on the globe for points. Easy. The other day one of the cities was a place overseas my wife's grandmother had lived. The very next clue was the town where

Here's how Hideki Yukawa predicted the mass of the particles that carry the nuclear force. It was a stunning episode in the history of physics, and the start of a new era. (1/9)

I do want to make sure we're being clear about this: The Bluesky team maintains the same review, red-teaming, and QA processes that we always have. AI coding tools have been proving useful, but haven't changed the fundamental practices of good engineering. Human review and direction remain key.

I was reading this interview from @annehelen.bsky.social on boys choirs, and the good they can do boys in terms of gender expression. And this is true! But I want to add something: The "magic" of the "boy soprano" has harmed adult femme singers. Walk with me. www.patreon.com/posts/multi-...

Inside a managing master class: Dave Roberts breaks down a Game 7 for the ages www.nytimes.com/athletic/708...

This week on F-Stop Collaborate and Listen, Colleen Parker joins Matt Payne to explore playful photography! ✨ Embrace your spark ✨ Navigate social media ✨ Find YOUR "why" What keeps YOUR photography fresh? #PhotographyPodcast #FStopCollaborateListen #StayInspired

POV : dans 3-4h tu vas te faire rouler dessus sévère

The AI apocalypse is nigh in "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die": Ars chats with Director Gore Verbinksi and screenwriter Matthew Robinson on the making of this darkly satirical sci-fi film. (It's great, BTW.) arstechnica.com/culture/2026...

"As a scientist, I was trained to seek evidence, test hypotheses, and adjust based on data. However, in the classroom, I was teaching without any feedback." Our latest @science.org Working Life essay—about an innovative teaching experiment. www.science.org/content/arti...

What happens with Stefon Diggs? Could they actually pair him with A.J. Brown? What’s the Patriots top priority? There’s bad news on the Khyiris Tonga front… And more From @kguregian and I: What we’re hearing about the Patriots from the Combine www.masslive.com/patriots/202...

Story links below, and illustration by the talented @oonazenda.bsky.social: - kffhealthnews.org/news/article... - kffhealthnews.org/news/article... - kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Hi — new to BlueSky! I’m a journalist covering how health policy and systems impact people. Lately I’ve reported on federal cuts hitting a rural bioscience hub, a town recovering from meth, and a man who said he had to break Medicaid rules. Based in Montana, I write for both 📰 and 📻

In a statement issued through NASA, astronaut Mike Fincke reveals he was the crew member who required medical evacuation from the International Space Station

During thunderstorms, electric discharges in the air cause trees to glow with an ultraviolet aura. You can't see it with your eyes, but researchers have finally managed to measure it & recreate it in the lab. 🧪🔭 news.agu.org/press-releas...

This is a joke, right?

One of the greatest bollard walks in history. #WorldBollardAssociation

What I’m seeing in Red Sox camp: Thoughts on new locker locations Willson Contreras’ intensity An under-the-radar utility infielder with a chance for a roster spot Sonny Gray’s schedule and more www.nytimes.com/athletic/706...

A thing about watching the Olympics I really like is how no one ever tells me to bet on anything

It's going to take me the rest of the day, but I'm going to do a full 🧵 in response to this. It is both validating and largely infuriating.

There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.

See those two dots with arrows pointing to them? They're giant gas planets orbiting their star, located 307 lightyears away. These are directly imaged exoplanets.

Kīlauea is doing its thing again Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...

It just happens that back in 2014 I made a bunch of Winter Olympic Lolcats. Let's have a look!

Update: I just received an invite to an INEOS drive event in March. I replied to explain that I would not be providing the company with any media attention due to the bigoted comments of its owner. We are under no obligation to rubber stamp the actions of billionaires. We have a choice, and a voice

Today is the 36th anniversary of the pale blue dot picture. Yesterday we did a journal club about a classic Sagan paper and my grad student BP ended by sharing this video. I’d heard the more polished pale blue dot speech so many times but I find this one to be more human youtu.be/tgQ1PtkZvGU?...

Breaking: I’m on Cameo. ▪️Yes, I will roast your friend’s terrible QB opinions. ▪️Yes, I will hype your team. ▪️No, I will never make a video for Kansas fans v.cameo.com/e/3w2qm2QKJ0b

As Elon Musk and Pete Hegseth talk about wanting to make Star Trek real, long-time fan Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says they've misconstrued the heart of the story

Newsletter just went out to subscribers. It's Part 1 because I only made it thru the '80s in looking at how politicians have been involved in DCA airspace rules. It's so easy to blame the FAA, but we can not ignore Congress. /1 colleenmondor.substack.com/p/41-dca-air...

Typically, the humiliation of a no-bill is that prosecutors could not persuade a *majority* of grand jurors to indict on a relatively low burden of proof. Every single grand juror knew this case was a disgrace, per this reporting. 🔽

This is great Olympic coverage, actually makes it interesting and makes me want to watch. sports.beehiiv.com/p/olympics-d... by @rodger.bsky.social

Good. Morning. 😍

I was around when the #Patriots lost a Super Bowl 46 to 10. This is not worse than that. But this defense is just as good. They deserve this win.

Is it me or has NBC done very few replays

Thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, Amazon saw its corporate income taxes shrink by more than HALF last year, even as its profits climbed. But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI. Textbook corporate greed.

Patriots Friday 🏈12:45p PT: Practice NOTES: OT Will Campbell's final "Weekend Update"...No more media interviews...CB Christian Gonzalez on WR Jaxson Smith-Njigba: "Smooth in and out of breaks, looks like he's not running"...DT Milton Williams: Doubters "give me more fuel".

#RedSox salary dump Jordan Hicks (plus cash and prospect David Sandlin) to #WhiteSox for 22-year-old pitching prospect Gage Ziehl according to multiple reports. Hicks, part of the return for Rafael Devers, pitched to an 8.20 ERA, 1.982 WHIP, and 51 ERA+ in 21 appearances for BOS in 2025.

Twenty-three years ago today, seven astronauts never made it home when we lost space shuttle Columbia. It was a tragedy that changed space exploration and reminded us of its incredible risks. I think about their families every Feb. 1st. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Newsletter is out - this one on air ambulance operator Guardian Flight. I'm working on a lot of DCA midair and FAA stuff but we talk way too little about medevac, which is Part 135, and so I spent some time on these accidents. colleenmondor.substack.com/p/40-guardia...

Let’s goooooo 🎉 You can check these every day on Baseball Savant 🙌

Patriots injury report (projected if there was practice):

RIP Challenger crew. 40 years ago this morning. 🫡 😢

Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases

Cleaning out the notebook from the Patriots’ 10-7 win over the Broncos in the AFC Championship Game … with a peek ahead to Super Bowl LX vs. the Seahawks.

ARRAKEEN — Baron Vladimir Harkonnen announced today Rabban Harkonnen has been replaced as head of the Arrakis occupation. The Baron has named Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen as the new overlord, promising that the Fremen will come to love him. Chuck Schumer declared victory and voted to fund the Harkonnens.

The BBC is the world's most respected broadcaster. @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social is its most respected fact checker. Here he analyses, frame by frame, what happened in Minneapolis. Border Patrol removed Alex Pretti's gun, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 shot him — TEN times in five seconds. The Trump regime is lying to us.

Quick-hit thoughts/notes around the Patriots and NFL (Mike Vrabel-Sean Payton an elite coaching matchup; how Drake Maye felt the playoffs; Anfernee Jennings' reward; Vrabel's appreciation for job; Stefon Diggs comes full circle in Denver; Senior Bowl etc.) www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Apparently Drake Maye improvised the naked bootleg on the last play? That's my quarterback! 😎

Lots of "that game sucked because of the weather". It's a valid opinion, sure. But you have to admit that it is in the DNA of the #NFL. Why was one of the first games with a nickname the Ice Bowl? Why do we hear about the Frozen Tundra (tm) 100 times a season? It's part of the deal.